Other Printing Problems

 

 

 

 

 

 

Problem

Cause

Solution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is considerable

Processing time de-

If the data-in lamp is blinking, data has been

 

 

delay between the

pends on data vol-

received by the printer. Wait for a moment.

 

 

print start instruction

ume. High volume

Making the following setting on the printer

 

 

and actual printing.

data, such as graph-

 

 

driver may reduce the computer's workload.

 

 

 

ics-heavy documents,

 

 

 

For how to open the printing preferences dia-

 

 

 

take longer to process.

 

 

 

 

log box, see “Setting Up the Printer Driver”,

 

 

 

 

Printer Reference.

 

 

 

 

❖ PCL 5c/6

 

 

 

 

Select the lower value for the [Resolution]

 

 

 

 

list on the [Print Quality] tab in the printing

 

 

 

 

preferences dialog box.

 

 

 

 

❖ PostScript 3

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

If your operating system is Windows, se-

 

 

 

lect [PostScript (optimize for speed)] in the

 

 

 

 

[PostScript Output Option] list. [PostScript Out-

 

 

 

 

put Option] is located as follows:

 

 

 

 

• Windows 95 / 98 / Me

 

 

 

 

[PostScript output format:] on the [Post-

 

 

 

 

Script] tab in the printing preferences di-

 

 

 

 

alog box.

 

 

 

 

• Windows 2000 / XP, Windows Server 2003

 

 

 

 

[PostScript Output Option] in the [Post-

 

 

 

 

Script Options] on the [Advanced...] on the

 

 

 

 

[Layout] tab in the printing preferences

 

 

 

 

dialog box.

 

 

 

 

• Windows NT 4.0

 

 

 

 

[PostScript Output Option] in the [Post-

 

 

 

 

Script Options] on the [Document Options]

 

 

 

 

on the [Advanced] tab in the printing

 

 

 

 

preferences (document defaults) dialog

 

 

 

 

box.

 

 

 

 

❖ RPCS

 

 

 

 

Select [Speed] in the [Print priority] on the

 

 

 

 

[Print Quality] tab in the printing preferences

 

 

 

 

dialog box.

 

 

 

 

Also, select the [User settings] check box,

 

 

 

 

and then click [Change User Settings...].

 

 

 

 

Select the lower value for the [Resolution:]

 

 

 

 

list on the [Image Adjustments] tab in the

 

 

 

 

[Change User Settings] dialog box.

 

 

 

 

See the printer driver Help.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Images are cut off, or

You may be using pa-

Use the same size paper as that selected in the

 

 

excess is printed.

per smaller than the

application. If you cannot load paper of the

 

 

 

size selected in the ap-

correct size, use the reduction function to re-

 

 

 

plication.

duce the image, and then print. See the printer

 

 

 

 

driver Help.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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