Lexmark Z42 Color Jetprinter User's Guide for Windows 95 and Windows 98 (1.9 M - Page 38

Print quality is poor at the left, right, top or bottom edge,

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Print quality is poor at the left, right, top or bottom edge of page Like other printers, your printer cannot print in the extreme left, right, top or bottom edges of a page. Use these minimum settings: • Left and right margins: 6.35 mm (0.25 in.) each for all paper sizes except A4 For A4 size paper - 3.37 mm (0.133 in.) each • Top and bottom margins: Top - 1.7 mm (0.067 in.) Bottom - 16.51 mm (0.65 in.) Colors on the printout differ from the colors on the screen • An ink cartridge may be out of ink or low on ink. Check the ink level graphic on the Cartridges tab of your printer's Control Program. For help, see page 21. • From the Document/Quality tab of Printer Properties, select Natural Color as the Document Type. For help, see page 5. • Use a different brand of paper. Every paper brand accepts ink differently and prints with slight color variations. • Remove any extra devices such as a scanner, and connect the printer to the parallel port. • Clean the print nozzles. For help, see page 25. • 34 • • • Chapter 4 •

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Chapter 4
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Print quality is poor at the left, right, top or bottom edge
of page
Like other printers, your printer cannot print in the extreme
left, right, top or bottom edges of a page. Use these minimum
settings:
Left and right margins:
6.35 mm (0.25 in.) each for all paper sizes except A4
For A4 size paper - 3.37 mm (0.133 in.) each
Top and bottom margins:
Top - 1.7 mm (0.067 in.)
Bottom - 16.51 mm (0.65 in.)
Colors on the printout differ from the colors on the screen
An ink cartridge may be out of ink or low on ink. Check the
ink level graphic on the
Cartridges
tab of your printer’s
Control Program. For help, see page 21.
From the
Document/Quality
tab of Printer Properties,
select
Natural Color
as the Document Type. For help, see
page 5.
Use a different brand of paper. Every paper brand accepts
ink differently and prints with slight color variations.
Remove any extra devices such as a scanner, and connect
the printer to the parallel port.
Clean the print nozzles. For help, see page 25.