Solving Print Quality Problems - Brother GT-541 Instruction Manual

7-2. Solving Print Quality Problems

Use the table below to solve print quality problems.
Problem
Print is faded.
Your print has horizontal stripes
(banding).
The ink runs and blurs on the
edge.
The outlines of printed image
are not clear, or texts and
outlines are printed doubled.
T-shirt is smudged with ink.
Ink dots smudged yellow area
where is next to black area.
Cause
The graphic application's
settings are not appropriate.
Maybe CYMK mode is being
used for data.
The print condition is not
appropriate.
Ink in the Ink Cartridge may be
getting low.
Some nozzles misfired by
checking the Nozzle Check
Pattern (see "7-2-3. Checking
Print Quality with Nozzle Check
Pattern "). The Print Heads need
to be cleaned.
Printing by wider gaps between
Print Heads and printed medium
or printing on very high
absorbent material.
Too much ink is used.
Using a thin T-shirt that is not
made with 100% cotton.
The Platen height may be
wrong. with a too large gap..
Print Heads hit garment
The Platen Sheet needs to be
replaced and is dirty.
Select Yellow / Black Printing of
Printer Driver.
GT-541
7. Troubleshooting
Solution
See "4-2 Setting the
Application's Print Condition"
and modify the artwork.
See "4-3. Setting the Printer
Driver Condition" and select
proper Vivid Processing & Ink
Volume.
See "6-1-1. Replacing the Ink
Cartridge".
Press the Head Cleaning Button
to clean the Print Heads. Or
select "Head Cleaning" menu
and try "Powerful Cleaning".
After Head Cleaning, check the
nozzles with "Nozzle Check
Pattern. If repeating this 5 times
does not solve the problem, see
"7-2-2. Cleaning the Print
Heads".
Select "uni-directional" of Print
Direction. See " 7-2-4. Changing
the Print Direction".
Adjust the Ink Volume. See
"4-3-6. Selecting the Ink
Volume".
Adjust the ink volume.
Adjust the Platen Height. See
"4-5. Placing the T-shirt on the
Platen".
Keep the surface flat (esp. both
edges) and take care in
removing the wet T-shirt..
See "6-1-4. Replacing the Platen
Sheet".
See "4-3-7. Setting Yellow /
Black Printing".
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