Other Printing Problems

 

 

 

 

 

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Possible Causes, Descriptions, and Solutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paper gets wrinkles.

• Paper is damp. Use paper that has been stored properly.

 

 

 

See p.63 “Paper and Other Media”.

 

 

 

• Paper is too thin.

 

 

 

See p.63 “Paper and Other Media”.

 

 

 

• There may be a gap between the guides and the paper in

 

 

 

the paper tray. Make sure there are no gaps.

 

 

 

See p.71 “Loading Paper”.

 

 

 

• The fusing unit is deteriorated or damaged. Replace the

 

 

 

unit. For replacing the unit, Maintenance Kit (optional) is

 

 

 

required.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paper is not fed from the select-

When you are using a Windows operating system, the print-

 

 

ed tray.

er driver settings override those set using the control panel.

 

 

 

Set the desired input tray using the printer driver.

 

 

 

See the printer driver Help.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A printed image is different

• When you use some functions, such as enlargement and

 

 

from the image on the compu-

reduction, the layout of the image might be different from

 

 

ter's display.

that displayed in the computer display.

 

 

 

• You might have selected to replace True Type fonts with

 

 

 

printer fonts in the printing process.

 

 

 

To print an image similar to the image on the computer,

 

 

 

make the settings to print out True Type fonts as an image.

 

 

 

See the printer driver Help.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It takes too much time to turn on

If the printer is turned off while it is still accessing the hard

 

 

the printer.

disk (for example: during file deletion), the printer will re-

 

 

 

quire more time to power-up the next time it is turned on. To

 

 

 

avoid this time delay, do not turn the power off while it is in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

operation.

 

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It takes too much time to resume

• The data is so large or complex that it takes time to proc-

 

 

printing.

ess it. If the Data In indicator is blinking, the data is being

 

 

 

processed. Just wait until it resumes.

 

 

 

• If OHP transparencies is being used, printing takes more

 

 

 

time to start.

 

 

 

• The printer was in the Energy Saver mode. To resume

 

 

 

from the Energy Saver mode, the printer has to warm up,

 

 

 

and this takes time until printing starts. To disable the En-

 

 

 

ergy Saver mode, select [Off] for [Energy Saver] in the Sys-

 

 

 

tem menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It takes too much time to com-

• Photographs and other data intensive pages take a long

 

 

plete the print job.

time for the printer to process, so simply wait when print-

 

 

 

ing such data.

 

 

 

Changing the settings with printer driver may help to

 

 

 

speed up printing.

 

 

 

See the printer driver Help.

 

 

 

• The data is so large or complex that it takes time to proc-

 

 

 

ess it. If the Data In indicator is blinking, the data is being

 

 

 

processed. Just wait until it resumes.

 

 

 

• If “Waiting... ” appears on the display, the printer is now

 

 

 

warming up. Wait for a while.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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