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Chapter 10

Print Quality Problems

Problem

 

Cause & Solution

 

 

 

Print is too light or

Make sure the Print Quality setting is set to

blurred

 

Normal. See Print Quality on page 5-9 for more

 

 

information.

 

Check to see if the print cartridge ink is low or

 

 

empty.

 

If you are printing on an uneven print surface,

 

 

change the paper type setting.

 

If there is a recommended print size for the paper,

 

 

load the proper paper.

 

Clean the printheads. If the printhead cleaning test

 

 

page still contains broken lines, clean the Print

 

 

Cartridge Carrier Contacts.

 

 

 

Characters print askew

Align the print cartridge.

 

Adjust the Print Quality to Normal.

 

 

 

Characters print with

Check to see if the print cartridge ink is low or

White lines

 

empty.

 

Remove and re-install one of the print cartridges.

 

 

See 'Replacing Print Cartridges' on page 9-2 for

 

 

more information.

 

Clean the printheads. If the cleaning printheads

 

 

test page still contains broken lines, clean the

 

 

Print Cartridge Carrier Contacts.

 

 

 

Incorrect character print

This printer is not selected as the default. Check

 

 

the default printer.

 

Make sure you are using the correct cable. Use

 

 

IEEE-1284 compliant parallel cable.

 

 

 

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Problem

 

Cause & Solution

 

 

 

 

 

Entire page is white

The page layout is too complex.

 

 

Simplify the page layout. Delete any unnecessary

 

 

graphics.

 

Check the paper orientation.

 

Make sure the paper size is set correctly.

 

Make sure you are using the correct cable;

 

 

IEEE-1284 compliant parallel cable.

 

Load the correct paper in the printer or change the

 

 

paper size in the Print Setup dialog box.

 

 

 

 

Printed colour does not

The ink in the colour cartridge is too low. Replace the

match screen colour

 

colour print cartridge.

 

Clean the printheads.

 

 

 

 

Black and White is

Make sure the Document Type is set correctly.

printing instead of

The black print cartridge may be installed in the

colour

 

colour Carrier Slot. Replace with the colour print

 

 

cartridge.

 

 

 

 

Colour print quality is

Make sure the Paper Type is appropriate for the

poor

 

paper you loaded.

 

Change the Print Quality to High or Normal.

 

If there is a recommended print side for the paper,

 

 

load the paper correctly.

 

 

 

 

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Samsung SCX-1000 Series manual Change the Print Quality to High or Normal