Other Printing Problems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Problem

Cause

 

Solution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It takes a long time to

Photographs and oth-

If the Data In indicator is blinking, data has been

 

 

complete a print job.

er data intensive pag-

received by the printer. Wait for a moment.

 

 

 

es take a long time for

Changing the following settings with the print-

 

 

 

the machine to proc-

er driver may help speed up printing:

 

 

 

ess, so simply wait

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

when printing such

PCL 5e

 

 

 

data.

Select the lower value for [Resolution] on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Print Quality] tab in the printer properties di-

 

 

 

 

alog box.

 

 

 

 

PostScript 3

 

 

 

 

Select the lower value in [Resolution]. The lo-

 

 

 

 

cation of this setting is given below. If your

 

 

 

 

operating system is Windows, select [Post-

 

 

 

 

Script (optimize for speed)] in [PostScript Output

 

4

 

 

Option]. [PostScript Output Option] is located as

 

 

 

 

follows:

 

 

 

 

• Windows 95 / 98 / Me

 

 

 

 

 

[Print Quality] tab in the printer properties

 

 

 

 

 

dialog box.

 

 

 

 

• Windows 2000 / XP, Windows 2003

 

 

 

 

 

Server

 

 

 

 

 

[PostScript Output Option] in [PostScript Op-

 

 

 

 

 

tions] 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 Op-

 

 

 

 

 

tions] 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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