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Printer does not print | Your computer is having a | Follow these steps: | ||
from Windows (but does | problem communicating |
| 1. | Select the Main group |
print from | with the printer. |
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| Control Panel. |
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| Printers icon. |
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| 5. | Click on Connect. |
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| 6. | Click on the box next to |
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| Fast Printing Direct to |
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| Port to remove the X. |
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| 7. | Click on OK. |
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| 8. | Click on Close. |
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| 9. | Close the Control Panel. |
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| 10. | Try your print operation |
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| If the problem persists, go | |
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| change the connection from | |
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| LPT1 to LPT1.DOS. | |
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Output is not as expected | Printer driver may not be |
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| the Canon | |
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| the Printers dialog box or | |
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| from the printer setting for | |
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| your particular application. |
Fonts do not print as | Bitmapped fonts designed |
smoothly rounded | for dot matrix printers do |
characters | not print smoothly rounded |
| characters when used with |
| high resolution printers like |
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| Certain MS fonts, such as |
| MS Serif, will print jagged. |
Make sure you installed an outline font manager, such as Adobe Type Manager or Bitstream Facelift, or that you are choosing a TrueType font.
Choose another font.
Troubleshooting
Chapter 7 | Troubleshooting 111 |