Ricoh Aficio MP 171F Troubleshooting Manual page 56

Troubleshooting When Using the Printer Function
Problem
There is considera-
ble delay between
the print start in-
struction and actu-
al printing.
4
Graphics print
out differently
to how they ap-
pear on screen.
Page layout is
not as expected.
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Cause Solution
Processing time If the Data In indicator is blinking, data has been received
depends on by the machine. Wait for a while.
data volume.
Making the following setting on the printer driver may re-
High volume
duce the computer's workload.
data, such as
For how to open the printing preferences dialog box, see
graphics-heavy
"Setting Up the Printer Driver", Printer Reference.
documents,
takes longer to
❖ PCL 6/5e
process.
Select the lower value for the [Resolution] list on the
[Print Quality] tab in the printing preferences dialog box.
❖ PostScript3
If your operating system is Windows, select [PostScript
(optimize for speed)] in the [PostScript Output Option] list.
[PostScript Output Option] is located as follows:
• Windows 95 / 98 / Me
• Windows 2000 / XP, Windows Server 2003
• Windows NT 4.0
❖ RPCS
Select the lower value for [Resolution:] on the [Print Qual-
ity] tab in the printer driver's dialog box.
Select [Fast] for the [Document type] list on the [Print Qual-
ity] tab in the printer driver's dialog box.
To enable [Change User Settings...], select the [User settings] check box.
See the printer driver Help.
If the printer If you want to print accurately, set the printer driver to
driver is config- print without using the graphics command. See the print-
ured to use the er driver Help.
graphics com-
mand, the graph-
ics command
from the machine
is used to print.
Print areas differ Adjust the [Printable area:] setting in the [Printer Configura-
depending on the tion...] dialog box on the [Print Settings] tab in the RPCS
machine used. In- printer driver. See the printer driver Help.
formation that fits
on a single page
on one machine
may not fit on a
single page of an-
other machine.
[PostScript output format:] on the [PostScript] tab in
the printing preferences dialog box.
[PostScript Output Option] in [PostScript Options] on
[Advanced...] on the [Layout] tab in the printing pref-
erences dialog box.
[PostScript Output Option] in [PostScript Options] on
[Document Options] on the [Advanced] tab in the print-
ing preferences (document defaults) dialog box.