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Improve print quality, Print from a different software program

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Improve print quality If the product is having print-quality problems, try the following solutions in the order presented to resolve the issue. ● Print from a different software program ● Check the paper-type setting for the print job ● Check ink cartridge status ● Clean the product ● Visually inspect the ink cartridge ● Check paper and the printing environment ● Calibrate the product to align the colors ● Check other print job settings ● Try a different print driver Print from a different software program Try printing from a different software program. If the page prints correctly, the problem is with the software program from which you were printing. Check the paper-type setting for the print job Check the paper type setting when printing from a software program and the printed pages have smears, fuzzy or dark print, curled paper, scattered dots of ink, or small areas of missing ink. Check the paper type setting (Windows) 1. From the software program, select the Print option. 2. Select the product, and then click the Properties or Preferences button. 3. Click the Paper/Quality tab. 4. From the Paper Type drop-down list, click the More... option. 5. Expand the list of Type is: options. 6. Expand the category of paper types that best describes your paper. 7. Select the option for the type of paper you are using, and click the OK button. 8. Click the OK button to close the Document Properties dialog box. In the Print dialog box, click the OK button to print the job. Check the paper type setting (Mac OS X) 1. Click the File menu, and then click the Print option. 2. In the Printer menu, select the product. 80 Chapter 6 Solve general problems ENWW

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Improve print quality
If the product is having print-quality problems, try the following solutions in the order presented to resolve
the issue.
Print from a different software program
Check the paper-type setting for the print job
Check ink cartridge status
Clean the product
Visually inspect the ink cartridge
Check paper and the printing environment
Calibrate the product to align the colors
Check other print job settings
Try a different print driver
Print from a different software program
Try printing from a different software program. If the page prints correctly, the problem is with the software
program from which you were printing.
Check the paper-type setting for the print job
Check the paper type setting when printing from a software program and the printed pages have smears,
fuzzy or dark print, curled paper, scattered dots of ink, or small areas of missing ink.
Check the paper type setting (Windows)
1.
From the software program, select the
Print
option.
2.
Select the product, and then click the
Properties
or
Preferences
button.
3.
Click the
Paper/Quality
tab.
4.
From the
Paper Type
drop-down list, click the
More...
option.
5.
Expand the list of
Type is:
options.
6.
Expand the category of paper types that best describes your paper.
7.
Select the option for the type of paper you are using, and click the
OK
button.
8.
Click the
OK
button to close the
Document Properties
dialog box. In the
Print
dialog box, click the
OK
button to print the job.
Check the paper type setting (Mac OS X)
1.
Click the
File
menu, and then click the
Print
option.
2.
In the
Printer
menu, select the product.
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Chapter 6
Solve general problems
ENWW