Symptom

Check

Cause/Solutions

The printed

• Did you allow dust

cWipe the plastic part of the print cartridge and

pictures are

to get on the print

remove dust.

inferior in

cartridge?

 

quality.

• Did you allow dust

cDo not touch the printing surface (the

 

 

or finger prints to

shiny-side with no imprint). Fingerprints on the

 

get on the printed

printing surface may result in imperfect

 

surface?

printing.

 

 

 

 

• Did you use used

cDo not print on used print paper. Printing an

 

print paper?

image twice on the same paper will not make

 

the printed image thicker.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Did you shoot an

c When you shoot an image in the RAW file

 

image in the RAW

format, a highly-compressed JPEG file may be

 

file format?

also recorded. As the printer does not support

 

 

the RAW file format, it may use the JPEG file to

 

 

print an image. A RAW file can be printed

 

 

from a PC. For details, see the operating

 

 

instructions of the digital camera you are using.

 

 

What is a RAW file?

 

 

A RAW file is an original image file format to

 

 

save uncompressed, unprocessed still image

 

 

data captured from a digital camera.

 

 

For whether or not a digital camera can capture

 

 

an image in the RAW file format, see the

 

 

operating instructions of the digital camera.

 

 

 

 

• Did you use an

cAn AdobeRGB image file that supports the DCF

 

AdobeRGB-

2.0 will undergo color corrections, but an

 

compliant digital

AdobeRGB image file that does not support the

 

camera, not

DCF 2.0 will be printed in vague colors without

 

compatible with

color corrections.

 

the DCF 2.0, to

What is an AdobeRGB?

 

shoot an image in

 

An AdobeRGB is a color space that the Adobe

 

the AdobeRGB

 

System Incorporated employs and uses as the

 

mode?

 

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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