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Solving general printing problems, Symptom, Possible Cause, Solution
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Solving general printing problems In addition to the problems listed in this section, see "Solving common Macintosh problems" on page 202 if you are using a Macintosh computer, and see "Solving PostScript (PS) errors" on page 201 if you are using several printer languages. Table 27. Solving general printing problems Symptom Possible Cause Solution The print job is extremely slow. The job might be very complex (for example, if it contains graphics). Wait for the job to print. Reduce the complexity of the page or try adjusting the printquality settings. If this problem occurs frequently, add memory to the printer. The maximum speed is 16 ppm in black and 4 ppm in color and cannot be exceeded even when more memory is added. Wait for the print job to finish. Printing speeds might be Wait for the print job to finish. automatically reduced when printing special-sized media. In the printer driver, the Type or Size If you are printing on heavy paper, the Type or Size should be is set incorrectly for the media in the set to a heavy paper setting. The printer prints more slowly to printer. provide better quality. Wait for the job to print. If you are not printing on heavy paper, set Type or Size in the printer driver to plain paper. In the default settings for this printer, click the Paper tab and make sure that Type is set to plain paper. You can override this setting from the printer driver when you print on heavy paper. An issue might exist with the driver. If you are printing using a PCL driver, print using the PS driver, or vice versa. The printer pulls paper or print media from the wrong tray. The Source (tray) selection might be incorrect. For Windows, make sure that the Source is selected from the Print dialog box (which is part of the program) if possible or in the printer driver. If you select the Source in the printer driver and then select a different Source in the Print dialog box, the Source setting in the printer driver changes to match the Source setting in the Print dialog box. For Macintosh, set the Source in the Print dialog box. Remove any media from other trays to make the printer select from the tray you want, and then press (GO). The Type or Size setting does not Using the embedded Web server, change the Type or Size setting match the size of paper or print media for the tray to match the size of print media that is loaded. loaded in the tray. Media is loaded in tray 1. Remove any media from tray 1. The printer pulls from tray 1 if you did not specify a tray that had a compatible size or type loaded and tray 1 is unconfigured. EN 6 Troubleshooting 197