Lexmark Z12 Color Jetprinter User's Guide for Windows 95 and Windows 98 (1.5 M - Page 22

Printed s have alternating bands of light and dark, print intermittent printing

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Printed pages have alternating bands of light and dark print (intermittent printing) • Make sure Enable Buffer Mode is selected on the Options tab of the Control Program. For help, see page 7. • Select High 1200dpi Print Quality on the Document/Quality tab in the Printer Properties. For help, see page 4. • Your printer may have two-way communications problems. For help, see page 14. Print smears on the page • If the page is smeared by the next page exiting the printer, remove the pages as they exit the printer and allow them to dry before stacking. • Select a higher Print Quality setting in the Printer Properties. For help, see page 4. Print is too dark or smudged Make sure: • You let the ink dry before handling the paper. • The Paper Type setting in the Printer Properties matches the paper type loaded in the printer. • The paper is straight and unwrinkled. • The Print Quality setting is appropriate for the paper type. If you are printing on regular paper, select the Normal 600dpi Print Quality setting in the Printer Properties. For help, see page 4. • The print nozzles are clean. For help, see page 10. • 18 • • • Chapter 3 •

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Chapter 3
18
Printed pages have alternating bands of light and dark
print (intermittent printing)
Make sure
Enable Buffer Mode
is selected on the
Options
tab of the Control Program. For help, see page 7.
Select
High 1200dpi
Print Quality on the
Document/Quality
tab in the Printer Properties. For help, see
page 4.
Your printer may have two-way communications problems. For
help, see page 14.
Print smears on the page
If the page is smeared by the next page exiting the printer,
remove the pages as they exit the printer and allow them to dry
before stacking.
Select a higher Print Quality setting in the Printer Properties. For
help, see page 4.
Print is too dark or smudged
Make sure:
You let the ink dry before handling the paper.
The Paper Type setting in the Printer Properties matches the
paper type loaded in the printer.
The paper is straight and unwrinkled.
The Print Quality setting is appropriate for the paper type. If you
are printing on regular paper, select the
Normal 600dpi
Print
Quality setting in the Printer Properties. For help, see page 4.
The print nozzles are clean. For help, see page 10.