Ricoh MV74 Operator's Manual page 172

Symptom
Your printer seems extremely slow when
printing in color.
The printout does not appear as you
expect.
Printed characters do not match characters
on the screen.
The printout does not match the paper size.
The printer is not using the font you
selected with Emulation Switches.
Your computer indicates a device time-out.
OPERATING DIFFICULTIES
Required Action
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If you are using Windows, turn off the
Print Manager, then choose plain
paper, color mode, and pattern for
halftone in the Windows driver.
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Check that the printer control mode
matches the printer driver select.
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Select the printer control mode with
Emulation Switch digit 11.
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Many graphics characters and special
symbols are produced by different
ASCII codes according to the type of
computer and printer being used.
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To receive a print out of the character
sets supported by the printer, request
the appropriate Printer Command
Summary.
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Set the correct character table and
printer control mode using the
printer's Emulation Switches.
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Make sure the paper size you
selected with in your printer driver
matches the paper loaded in the
machine.
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Make sure the width of the paper on
which you are printing matches the
width defined by your software.
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Your software is overriding the
Emulation Switch settings.
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Change the initialisation string that
your software sends to the printer.
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Make sure paper is on-line.
Check that the printer's interface
cable is connected correctly.
*
Make sure paper is properly loaded in
the cassette.
Try the print operation again.
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