4Troubleshooting
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Paper jam; error light is on, | Paper is jammed in the | Clear the paper jam (see page |
printer does not operate | printer |
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Prints have vertical streaks | Thermal print head is dirty. | Clean the thermal print head (see |
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Prints have streaks made up of | The platen roller is dirty. | Clean the platen roller (see page |
small dots |
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Print size or aspect ratio is not | The image file or printing | In your photo printing software program: |
what you expected | options need to be adjusted | • Use the Fit to Page or the Clip options if |
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| • Adjust the image size to match the | |
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| paper size. |
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| • Make sure the Portrait/Landscape |
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| setting matches the orientation of the |
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| image. |
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| • For more information, see the help for |
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| NOTE: It is not necessary to adjust the |
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| image resolution (dpi) to match the |
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| printer resolution. The printer drive |
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| automatically scales your image to |
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| match the printer resolution. |
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Insufficient memory errors | Your computer is low on | • Minimize the number of images open at |
occur on your computer after | RAM and/or disk caching | the same time. |
making a substantial number of | memory. This occurs when | • Delete the contents of the clipboard |
prints | you rotate, scale, or retouch | frequently. |
| high resolution images | • Close all programs except the photo |
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| printing software program. | |
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| • See the help for your photo printing |
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| software program for tips on memory |
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| optimization. |
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| • See “System Requirements” on page |
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