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Printed page is different than what appeared on screen NOTE Choose the item that best describes the problem: ● Garbled, incorrect, or incomplete text ● Missing graphics or text, or blank pages ● Page format is different than on another printer ● Graphics quality To preview a print job, use the Print Preview option in the software application (if available). WARNING! Garbled, incorrect, or incomplete text ● If a specific file prints garbled text, there might be a problem with that specific file. If a specific application prints garbled text, there might be a problem with that application. Make sure that the appropriate printer driver is selected. ● There might be a problem with your software application. Try printing from another software application. ● The USB cable might be loose or defective. Try the following: Before you connect the USB cable to the printer, always unplug the printer to prevent damage to the printer. ● Disconnect the cable and reconnect it at both ends. ● Try printing a job that you know works. ● If possible, attach the cable and printer to another computer, and try printing a job that you know works. ● Turn off the printer and the computer. Remove the USB cable, and inspect both ends of the cable for damage. Reconnect the USB cable, making sure that the connections are tight. Make sure that the printer is directly connected to the computer. Remove any switchboxes, tape backup drives, security keys, or any other devices that are attached between the USB port on the computer and the printer. These devices can sometimes interfere with communication between the computer and the printer. Restart the printer and the computer. Missing graphics or text, or blank pages ● Make sure that your file does not contain blank pages. ● The sealing tape might still be in the print cartridge. Remove the print cartridge, and pull the tab on the end of the cartridge until the entire length of the tape is removed. Reinstall the print cartridge. See Changing the print cartridge for instructions. ● The graphic settings in the printer properties might not be correct for the type of job that you are printing. Try a different graphic setting in the printer properties. See Printer properties (driver) for more information. ● Clean the printer, particularly the contacts between the print cartridge and the power supply. 62 Chapter 4 Problem solving ENWW

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Printed page is different than what appeared on screen
Choose the item that best describes the problem:
●
Garbled,
incorrect,
or
incomplete
text
●
Missing
graphics
or
text,
or
blank
pages
●
Page
format
is
different
than
on
another
printer
●
Graphics
quality
NOTE
To preview a print job, use the
Print Preview
option in the software application (if available).
Garbled, incorrect, or incomplete text
●
If a specific file prints garbled text, there might be a problem with that specific file. If a
specific application prints garbled text, there might be a problem with that application.
Make sure that the appropriate printer driver is selected.
●
There might be a problem with your software application. Try printing from another
software application.
●
The USB cable might be loose or defective. Try the following:
WARNING!
Before you connect the USB cable to the printer, always unplug the printer to prevent
damage to the printer.
●
Disconnect the cable and reconnect it at both ends.
●
Try printing a job that you know works.
●
If possible, attach the cable and printer to another computer, and try printing a job
that you know works.
●
Turn off the printer and the computer. Remove the USB cable, and inspect both
ends of the cable for damage. Reconnect the USB cable, making sure that the
connections are tight. Make sure that the printer is directly connected to the
computer. Remove any switchboxes, tape backup drives, security keys, or any other
devices that are attached between the USB port on the computer and the printer.
These devices can sometimes interfere with communication between the computer
and the printer. Restart the printer and the computer.
Missing graphics or text, or blank pages
●
Make sure that your file does not contain blank pages.
●
The sealing tape might still be in the print cartridge. Remove the print cartridge, and pull
the tab on the end of the cartridge until the entire length of the tape is removed. Reinstall
the print cartridge. See
Changing
the
print
cartridge
for instructions.
●
The graphic settings in the printer properties might not be correct for the type of job that
you are printing. Try a different graphic setting in the printer properties. See
Printer
properties
(driver)
for more information.
●
Clean the printer, particularly the contacts between the print cartridge and the power
supply.
62
Chapter 4
Problem solving
ENWW