Primera Pictura 310s User Manual page 82

My prints have
thin lines or a
dark band across
the width of the
print.
Symptoms: The printer seems to ÒstutterÓ or print
unusually slow and when the print is finished, it has a
dark strip across the first inch of the print while the rest
of the print is much lighter. Or, there are many thin
lines across the width of the print.
Windows: Print using the Color Sign PrinterÕs
Fast 32-Bit Print Spooler for Windows 95. When
using this spooler, be sure that your computerÕs
parallel port mode is set to ECP and that a DMA
channel is assigned. See Section 6-C and D for
instructions on using this spooler.
Windows: This signifies that your computer is
not sending data to the printer fast enough.
Select the Write Direct to Port option in the
Color Sign PrinterÕs printer driver setup if you
are unable to use the 32-Bit Print Spooler.
Selecting this option will bypass the system
print spooler and devote all of your system
resources to the current print job. This option
will increase the rate of data transmission but
will tie-up your system until the print job is
complete.
Windows: See ÒIÕm having problems printing
from Windows 95Ó on page 73.
Windows: If using the print manager of
Windows 3.1x or the standard print spooler of
Windows 95, and your printer starts printing
and stops, you may need to increase your
Transmission Retry Value from 45 to 900. To do
this in Windows 3.1x, go to Control Panel, click
on the Printers icon, and select the Connect
button. To do this in Windows 95, click the Start
button, point to Settings, and select Printers.
When the Printers window appears, click on the
Color Sign Printer icon with the right mouse
button and select the Properties option. Then,
click on the Details tab.
Windows: Install a high speed Parallel Port Card
into your computer. Such a card will improve
your parallel port speed by 2-10 times, while still
allowing you to use the system print spooler.
Macintosh: You may have the printer connected
to a serial port which has been added on to your
computerÕs main board. Such add-on ports may
not be fast enough to sustain the Color Sign
PrinterÕs high-speed rate of data transmission.
When this happens the printer will seem to
ÒstutterÓ as it waits for more data to be sent
down from your computer. To solve this
problem, connect the Color Sign Printer to one of
your computerÕs built-in ports such as the
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