Troubleshooting
Printing is too slow.
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Your printer software | For faster printing, try the following: |
options are set incorrectly. | • Set Print Quality to Economy. |
| • Turn MicroWeave off. |
| • Turn High Speed on. |
| • Choose No Halftoning. |
| • Choose Black ink. |
| See Chapters 1 and 3 for more information. |
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Your system doesn’t have | • Clear space on your hard disk drive or run a defragmentation |
enough resources. | utility. |
| • Don’t run too many applications at the same time. |
| • Turn off virtual memory. |
| • Increase your system’s memory (RAM) |
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You’re using background | Choose Get Info from the File menu and increase the Memory |
printing on a Macintosh. | Requirements for EPSON Monitor2 or turn off background |
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Your port settings are | Change your default spool directory and disable port settings as |
incorrect in Windows 95. | described in Chapter 4. |
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Your printer switches to the modem port or won’t confirm on the printer port (Macintosh).
Possible cause | Solution |
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Your Macintosh has | Make sure AppleTalk is inactive. In the Extensions Manager, |
extension confilcts. | disable the AppleShare, FileShare, and PrinterShare extensions. |
| Set your printer and any unused Apple printers to the printer port. |
| Then restart your system. |
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You’re using an AppleTalk | Make sure you’re using a standard Apple System |
cable. | cable. See the Introduction for more information. |
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Your printer icon doesn’t appear in the Chooser (Macintosh).
Possible cause | Solution |
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Your Macintosh has | Disable Quick Draw GX in the Extensions Manager. Make sure |
extension confilcts. | EPSON Monitor2 and EPSON Stylus Color are enabled, and then |
| restart your Macintosh. |
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