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User's Guide Solving Problems ❏ In Windows, click Print Queue on the printer driver's Maintenance tab, and then check the following. ❏ Check if there are any paused print jobs. Cancel printing if necessary. ❏ Make sure the printer is not offline or pending. If the printer is offline or pending, clear the offline or pending setting from the Printer menu. ❏ Make sure the printer is selected as the default printer from the Printer menu (there should be a check mark on the menu item). If the printer is not selected as the default printer, set it as the default printer. ❏ In Mac OS X, make sure the printer status is not Pause. Select System Preferences from the menu > Printers & Scanners (or Print & Scan, Print & Fax), and then double-click the printer. If the printer is paused, click Resume (or Resume Printer). ❏ Perform a nozzle check, and then clean the print head if any of the print head nozzles are clogged. ❏ You may not be able to use the printer through AirPrint if the necessary protocols or settings have been disabled. Enable AirPrint using Web Config. Y Related Information & "Canceling Printing" on page 54 R & "Checking and Cleaning the Print Head" on page 87 A & "Web Config" on page 94 Printout Problems IMIN Print Quality Is Poor L Check the following if the print quality is poor due to blurry prints, banding, missing colors, faded colors, E misalignment, and mosaic-like patterns in the prints. R ❏ Use paper supported by this printer. P ❏ Do not print on paper that is damp, damaged, or too old. ❏ If the paper is curled or the envelope is puffed up, flatten it. ❏ When printing images or photos, print using high-resolution data. Images on websites are often low resolution although they look good enough on the display, and so print quality may decline. ❏ Select the appropriate paper type setting on the control panel or in the printer driver for the type of paper loaded in the printer. ❏ Print using a high quality setting on the control panel or in the printer driver. ❏ If you have selected Standard-Vivid as the quality setting on the Windows printer driver, change to Standard. If you have selected Normal-Vivid as the quality setting on the Mac OS X printer driver, change to Normal. 115

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❏
In Windows, click
Print Queue
on the printer driver's
Maintenance
tab, and then check the following.
❏
Check if there are any paused print jobs.
Cancel printing if necessary.
❏
Make sure the printer is not offline or pending.
If the printer is offline or pending, clear the offline or pending setting from the
Printer
menu.
❏
Make sure the printer is selected as the default printer from the
Printer
menu (there should be a check mark
on the menu item).
If the printer is not selected as the default printer, set it as the default printer.
❏
In Mac OS X, make sure the printer status is not
Pause
.
Select
System Preferences
from the
menu >
Printers & Scanners
(or
Print & Scan
,
Print & Fax
), and then
double-click the printer. If the printer is paused, click
Resume
(or
Resume Printer
).
❏
Perform a nozzle check, and then clean the print head if any of the print head nozzles are clogged.
❏
You may not be able to use the printer through AirPrint if the necessary protocols or settings have been
disabled. Enable AirPrint using Web Config.
Related Information
&
“Canceling Printing” on page 54
&
“Checking and Cleaning the Print Head” on page 87
&
“Web Config” on page 94
Printout Problems
Print Quality Is Poor
Check the following if the print quality is poor due to blurry prints, banding, missing colors, faded colors,
misalignment, and mosaic-like patterns in the prints.
❏
Use paper supported by this printer.
❏
Do not print on paper that is damp, damaged, or too old.
❏
If the paper is curled or the envelope is puffed up, flatten it.
❏
When printing images or photos, print using high-resolution data. Images on websites are oſten low resolution
although they look good enough on the display, and so print quality may decline.
❏
Select the appropriate paper type setting on the control panel or in the printer driver for the type of paper
loaded in the printer.
❏
Print using a high quality setting on the control panel or in the printer driver.
❏
If you have selected
Standard-Vivid
as the quality setting on the Windows printer driver, change to
Standard
. If
you have selected
Normal-Vivid
as the quality setting on the Mac OS X printer driver, change to
Normal
.
User's Guide
Solving Problems
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