General Print Quality Problems Occur; Poor Print Quality At Left, Right, Or Bottom Edge Of Envelope; Poor Print Quality Occurs At Left, Right, Or Bottom Edge Of Page - Lexmark 3200 User Manual

• Clean the print cartridge nozzles. For help,
see "Cleaning print nozzles" on page 42.
• If you are printing transparencies, try
changing the fill pattern in your application
software.
Problem: General print quality problems
occur
What to do:
• For normal text printing, make sure you have
a black print cartridge installed instead of a
photo cartridge.
• Check to make sure you are using the right
print quality and speed for the type of job you
are printing.
• A print cartridge may be out of ink or low on
ink. If the Ink Low message has appeared,
install a new print cartridge. For help, see
"Installing or replacing print cartridges" on
page 34.
To view the ink level, check the ink level
graphic. For help, see "Using the printer
software" on page 7.
• Change the Print Quality setting to something
other than Quick Print 600.
• Clean the print cartridge nozzles. For help,
see "Cleaning print nozzles" on page 42.
• Make sure the print cartridges are installed
correctly. For help, see "Installing or
replacing print cartridges" on page 34.
• Make sure you are using the correct type of
paper.
• Adjust the Brightness and Contrast.
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Troubleshooting
Problem: Poor print quality at left, right,
or bottom edge of envelope
What to do:
Like other printers, your printer cannot print in
the extreme left, right, or bottom edges of an
envelope. To avoid poor print quality at the edges
of the envelope, we recommend using these
minimum margin settings:
Left and right margin settings must be at least
6.35 mm (0.25 in.) each for all envelope sizes.
The top margin must be set to at least 1.7 mm
(0.067 in.).
The bottom margin setting for all envelope sizes
must be 12.7 mm (0.5 in.).
Problem: Poor print quality occurs at left,
right, or bottom edge of page
What to do:
Like other printers, your printer cannot print in
the extreme left, right, or bottom edges of a page.
To avoid poor print quality at the edges of the
page, we recommend using these minimum
margin settings:
Left and right margin settings must be at least
6.35 mm (0.25 in.) each for all paper sizes except
A4.
For A4 size paper, left and right margin
settings must be at least 3.37 mm (0.133 in.)
each.
The top margin must be set to at least 1.7 mm
(0.067 in.).
The bottom margin setting for all paper sizes
must be 12.7 mm (0.5 in.) for monochrome
printing and 19.5 mm (0.75 in.) for color printing.