SOFTWARE PROBLEMS

Your software (operating environment, applications and printer drivers) controls the printing process. Make sure you have selected the right driver for use with your printer. See your software documentation for more information.

SYMPTOM

PROBLEM

SOLUTION

 

 

 

Printing is

Incorrect driver is

Install an appropriate driver.

garbled.

installed.

 

 

 

 

Printer’s output

Much of the

For maximum speed, use text in

is below rated

printing delays will

your document and use a printer

speed.

be caused by your

resident font.

 

application.

 

 

Sometimes purely

 

 

text documents will

 

 

print slowly

 

 

depending on the

 

 

selected fonts and

 

 

how they are

 

 

transferred to the

 

 

printer.

 

 

 

 

Size of top

Creeping text.

Many software packages assume

margin

Number of lines per

66 lines per page, but your

increases with

page in software is

printer’s default is 64. Adjust

each page

not equal to

software accordingly, or set LINES

printed.

number of lines per

Per PAGE in the soft control panel

 

page of printer.

to equal lines per page in your

 

 

software.

 

 

 

HARDWARE PROBLEMS

SYMPTOM

PROBLEM

SOLUTION

 

 

 

Graphic image

Insufficient printer

Change the resolution, reduce the

prints partly on

memory for this

image size, or install more memory

one page, partly

image at this

in your printer.

on the next.

resolution.

 

 

 

 

When you try to

Configuration error.

Check cable connection. If more

print nothing

 

than one printer is available, make

happens, but

 

sure your printer has been

printer indicates

 

selected.

it is ready to

 

 

receive data.

 

 

 

 

 

Garbage prints.

Incorrect cable

Check cable configuration,

 

configuration. Also,

continuity, and length.

 

see Software

 

 

Problems.

 

 

 

 

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