Lexmark Z12 Color Jetprinter User Manual page 45

Steps to basic printing
Maintaining your printer
Troubleshooting
Appendix
Index
Printed characters are improperly formed or misaligned
• Cancel any print jobs and resend your job to print.
• Align the print cartridge. For help, see
• Clean the print nozzles. For help, see
Colors on the printout differ from the colors on the screen
• A print cartridge may be out of ink or low on ink. For help changing
the print cartridge, see
• Use a different brand of paper. Every paper brand accepts ink
differently and prints with slight color variations.
• Remove any extra devices, such as a scanner, and connect the
printer directly to the port.
Colors on the printout are faded
Try the suggestions listed in the previous section,
printout differ from the colors on the
seem faded, clean the print nozzles. For help, see
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Troubleshooting
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screen. If your colors still
Colors on the
page 28.