Changing The Printer Driver Settings; Printed Colors Do Not Match Displayed Colors; Print Positions Do Not Match Display Positions - Ricoh Aficio SP C232SF User Manual

Changing the Printer Driver Settings

You may eliminate certain problems by changing the printer driver settings as
described below.
Possible Cause
Cannot print properly when us-
ing a certain application, or can-
not print image data properly.
Some characters are printed
faintly or not printed.

Printed Colors Do Not Match Displayed Colors

If the colors of images displayed on the computer screen do not match print re-
sults, the cause may be one of the following.
Possible Cause
Color printing was not specified
for the data.
Print quality settings have not
been configured.
Bidirectional communication is
not enabled with the machine.

Print Positions Do Not Match Display Positions

If the position of items on the printed page differs from the position displayed
on the computer screen, the cause may be one of the following.
Possible Cause
Page layout settings have not
been configured.
The paper size setting does not
match the paper loaded.
The printable area has been
changed.
Solution
• Increase the print quality settings.
• Adjust the color density.
• Set the document to print in gray-scale.
• Increase the print quality settings.
• Set the document to print in gray-scale.
Solution
Check that both the application and the driver are config-
ured for color printing. For details, see the printer driver
Help.
Configure the print quality settings. For details, see the
printer driver Help.
If bidirectional communication is not enabled, the tone of
printed images might differ from that of displayed images.
Establish bidirectional communication. See p.103 "If Bidi-
rectional Communication is Disabled".
Solution
Check that the page layout settings are properly configured
in the application.
Make sure the paper size selected in the printer properties
dialog box matches the size of the paper loaded. For details,
see the printer driver Help.
Set the printable area to maximum. For details, see the print-
er driver Help.
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