Lexmark 5770 manual Print smears on, Contain white streaks, Printed pages have, Unexpected or

	Problems	Solutions
	Print smears on the	Print smearing may occur in two ways:
	page	• Print is smeared as the printer prints the page.
		• A page prints without smearing, but is
		smeared by damp ink on the next page exiting
		the printer.
		Try the following suggestions to prevent print
		smearing:
		• Print is smeared as the printer prints the page.
		• Change to a higher or lower Print Quality
		setting.
		• Disable your Windows screen saver. See
		your Windows documentation.
		• Page is smeared by the next page exiting the
		printer.
		The ink may still be damp when a page
		finishes printing. Remove the pages as they
Troubleshooting	contain white streaks	exit the printer and allow them to dry before
		stacking.
	Printed pages have	See “Printer pauses frequently during a print job”
	alternating bands of	on page 54.
	light and dark print
	Solid black areas on	Try using a different fill pattern in your application
	transparencies	software.
	Unexpected or	Make sure you have your Lexmark 5700 Series
	missing characters	printer driver selected as the default printer.
		Your printer may have bidirectional communi-
		cations problems. See “Bidirectional communi-
		cations problems” on page 44.
	Vertical straight lines	Try the following suggestions to improve print
	are not smooth	quality of vertical straight lines in tables, borders,
		and graphs:
		• Clean the print cartridge nozzles. See
		“Cleaning the print nozzles” on page 29.
		• Test the printhead alignment. See “Aligning
		the print cartridges” on page 27.
		• Change Print Quality to something other than
		Quick Print 600.

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