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,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

take longer to process.

PCL 5e/6

 

 

 

 

Select the lower value for [Resolution] on

 

 

 

 

the [Print Quality] tab in the printer proper-

 

 

 

 

ties dialog box.

 

 

 

 

PostScript 3

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

Select the lower value in [Resolution]. The

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

location of this setting is given below. If

 

 

 

 

your operating system is Windows, select

 

 

 

 

[PostScript (optimize for speed)] in [PostScript

 

 

 

 

Output Option]. [PostScript Output Option] is

 

 

 

 

located as follows:

 

 

 

 

• Windows 95 / 98 / Me

 

 

 

 

 

[Print Quality] tab in the printer proper-

 

 

 

 

 

ties dialog box.

 

 

 

 

• Windows 2000 / XP, Windows Server 2003

 

 

 

 

 

[PostScript Output Option] in [PostScript

 

 

 

 

 

Options] on [Advanced...] on [Layout] tab

 

 

 

 

 

in the printing preferences dialog box.

 

 

 

 

Windows NT 4.0

 

 

 

 

 

[File] on [Advanced...] on [Document De-

 

 

 

 

 

faults] tab in the printing preferences di-

 

 

 

 

 

alog box.

 

 

 

 

Mac OS 9.x

 

 

 

 

 

[Printer Specifications] in the print dialog

 

 

 

 

 

box.

 

 

 

 

Mac OS X

 

 

 

 

 

[Set 3] tab in [Printer Features] in the print

 

 

 

 

 

dialog box.

 

 

 

 

If you use Windows, select [PostScript (opti-

 

 

 

 

mize for speed)].

 

 

 

 

• Windows 95 / 98 / Me

 

 

 

 

 

[PostScript output format:] on the [Post-

 

 

 

 

 

Script] tab in the printer properties dia-

 

 

 

 

 

log box.

 

 

 

 

• Windows 2000 / XP, Windows Server 2003

 

 

 

 

 

[PostScript Output Option] in [PostScript

 

 

 

 

 

Options] on [Advanced...] on [Layout] tab

 

 

 

 

 

in the printing preferences dialog box.

 

 

 

 

Windows NT 4.0

 

 

 

 

 

[File] on [Document Defaults] on [Ad-

 

 

 

 

 

vanced...] tab in the printing preferences

 

 

 

 

 

dialog box.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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