Lexmark Z23 Color Jetprinter User's Guide for Linux (1.44 MB) - Page 73

Lexmark Z13 Lexmark Z23 Lexmark Z33 Printer overview Basic printing Printing ideas Maintenance Troubleshooting Notices Index Troubleshooting 73 Improving print quality Click the topic that best describes your problem. • Clean the print cartridge nozzles • Wipe the print nozzles and contacts • Print is too dark or smudged • Vertical straight lines are not smooth • Print smears on the page • Printed pages have alternating bands of light and dark print • Print quality is poor at the edges of the page • Printed characters are improperly formed or misaligned • Colors on the printout are faded or they differ from colors on the screen • Characters are missing or unexpected Clean the print cartridge nozzles Cleaning the print cartridge nozzles forces ink through the nozzles to clear any that are clogged. A test page prints so you can see if the cleaning process is a success. Clean the print nozzles when: • Characters are not printing completely. • White dashes appear in graphics or printed text. www.lexmark.com