Printed results

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Cause/Solutions

The printed

• Did you print preview

c When a digital camera saves an image, a

pictures are

image data?

preview image may be saved along with

inferior in

 

the primary images. The printed quality

quality.

 

of the preview images will not be as

 

 

good as the primary images. Note that if

 

 

you delete the preview images, the data

 

 

for the primary images may be

 

 

damaged.

 

 

 

 

• Did you allow dust to get

cWipe the plastic part of the print

 

on the print cartridge?

cartridge and remove dust.

 

 

 

 

• Did you allow dust or

cDo not touch the printing surface (the

 

finger prints to get on the

shiny-side with no imprint). Fingerprints

 

printed surface?

on the printing surface may result in

 

 

imperfect printing.

 

 

 

 

• Did you use used print

cDo not print on used print paper.

 

paper?

Printing an image twice on the same

 

 

paper will not make the printed image

 

 

thicker. Doing so could result in

 

 

damages to the printer.

 

 

 

 

• Did you use an AdobeRGB-

cAn AdobeRGB image file that supports

 

compliant digital camera,

the DCF 2.0 will undergo color

 

corrections, but an AdobeRGB image file

 

not compatible with the

 

that does not support the DCF 2.0 will be

 

DCF 2.0, to shoot an image

 

printed in vague colors without color

 

in the AdobeRGB mode?

 

corrections.

 

 

 

 

What is an AdobeRGB?

 

 

An AdobeRGB is a color space that the

 

 

Adobe System Incorporated employs

 

 

and uses as the default setting for image

 

 

processing software including the Adobe

 

 

Photoshop. The AdobeRGB, an optional

 

 

color space extended with the DCF 2.0,

 

 

determines the color ranges widely used

 

 

in printing industry.

 

 

For whether or not a digital camera

 

 

supports the AdobeRGB, see the

 

 

operating instructions of the digital

 

 

camera.

 

 

 

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