Printer Software Problems; Printed Pages Have Alternating Bands Of Light And Dark Print; Printer Prints Improperly Formed Or Misaligned Characters; Printer Prints Unexpected Or Missing Characters - Lexmark 3200 User Manual

Problem: Printed pages have
alternating bands of light and dark print
What to do:
For help, see "Printer pauses frequently during
a print job" on page 53.
Problem: Printer prints improperly
formed or misaligned characters
What to do:
Clean the print cartridge nozzles. For help, see
"Cleaning print nozzles" on page 42. Align the
print cartridges. For help, see "Aligning print
cartridges" on page 40.
Problem: Printer prints unexpected or
missing characters
What to do:
Make sure you have your Lexmark Color
Jetprinter's printer driver selected as the default
printer.
Your printer may have bidirectional
communications problems. For help, see
"Bidirectional communications problems" on
page 49.
Problem: Print is too dark or smudged
What to do:
• Increase the Brightness setting.
• Make sure the Paper Type setting in the
printer software matches the Paper type
loaded in the printer.
• Make sure the paper is straight and
unwrinkled.
• Let the ink dry before handling the paper.
• Clean the print cartridge nozzles. For help,
see "Cleaning print nozzles" on page 42.
Problem: Print smears on the page
What to do:
• If print smears as the printer prints the
page:
a Open the Printer Properties.
b
On the Color Quality tab, make sure
Dry Time Delay is checked.
• If the page is smeared by the next page
exiting the printer, the ink may still be
damp when a page finishes printing.
Remove the pages as they exit the printer
and allow them to dry before stacking.
Problem: Solid black areas on
transparencies contain white streaks
What to do:
Try using a different fill pattern in your
application software.
Printer software
problems
Problem: Portions of Control Program
grayed out
What to do:
If the ink level indicators of the Cartridges tab
are grayed out, and printer error messages and
job progress information do not appear on the
computer screen, see "Bidirectional
communications problems" on page 49.
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