Improve print quality

Introduction

●Print from a different software program

●Check the paper-type setting for the print job

●Check toner-cartridge status

●Clean the product

●Visually inspect the toner cartridge

●Check paper and the printing environment

●Adjust color settings (Windows)

●Calibrate the printer to align the colors

●Check the EconoMode settings

●Try a different print driver

If the printer is having print-quality problems, try the following solutions in the order presented to resolve the issue.

Print from a different software program

Try printing from a different software program. If the page prints correctly, the problem is with the software program from which you were printing.

Check the paper-type setting for the print job

Check the paper type setting when printing from a software program and the printed pages have smears, fuzzy or dark print, curled paper, scattered dots of toner, loose toner, or small areas of missing toner.

Check the paper type setting (Windows)

1.From the software program, select the Print option.

2.Select the printer, and then click the Properties or Preferences button.

3.Click the Paper/Quality tab.

4.From the Paper Type drop-down list, click the More... option.

5.Expand the list of Type is: options.

6.Expand the category of paper types that best describes your paper.

7.Select the option for the type of paper you are using, and click the OK button.

8.Click the OK button to close the Document Properties dialog box. In the Print dialog box, click the OK button to print the job.

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