Lexmark 4800 Series manual Printouts have alternating bands of light and dark print

Printed characters are improperly formed or are not aligned correctly

Have you added spaces at the left margin?

If the print is not aligned correctly, make sure you have not added spaces by pressing Enter or the spacebar (hard- coded spaces).

Do you need to align the print cartridges?

The cartridges may be out of alignment.

1Do one of the following:

•In Windows Vista, click Œ Control Panel.

•In Windows XP or 2000, click Start.

2Click Programs or All Programs ΠLexmark 4800 Series.

3Click Solution Center.

4Click the Maintenance tab.

5Click Align to fix blurry edges.

Are the print cartridges clean?

You may need to clean the print cartridge nozzles.

Printouts have alternating bands of light and dark print

If the printer pauses frequently during a print job and prints pages with alternating bands of light and dark print, it is printing data faster than the computer can send it. Banded printing occurs when the printer pauses frequently. You may need to change the printer software settings, or the problem may be that the printer and the computer are not able to communicate properly.

Are the printer and the computer able to communicate data?

Check the printer status:

1Do one of the following:

•In Windows Vista, click Œ Control Panel.

•In Windows XP or 2000, click Start.

2Click Programs or All Programs ΠLexmark 4800 Series.

3Click Solution Center.

4If the Printer Status is:

•Cannot Communicate, the problem could be hardware or printer software settings.

•Ready or Busy Printing, the problem may be with the printer software settings.

Transparencies or photos contain white lines

Adjust the Quality/Speed settings

1With a document or photo open, click File ΠPrint.

2Click Properties, Preferences, Options, or Setup.

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