Tips on How to Better the Use of Your Printer

Friday, October 25, 2013

This section introduces the tips on how to use your printer and for printing with optimal quality.

 

Ink is used for various purposes.

 

How is ink used for various purposes other than printing? Ink may be used for purposes other than printing. Ink is not only used for printing, but also for cleaning the Print Head to maintain the optimal printing quality.

 

The printer has the function to automatically clean the ink jet nozzles to prevent clogging. In the cleaning procedure, ink is pumped out from the nozzles. Used ink for nozzle cleaning is limited to a small amount.

 

Does black-and-white printing use color ink?

 

Black-and-white printing may use ink other than black ink depending on the type of printing paper or the settings of the printer driver. So, color ink is consumed even when printing in black-and-white.

 

Printing on special paper: How to print with optimal quality!?

 

Check the printer status before printing! Is the Print Head ok? Because, if the printer's print head nozzles are clogged, print will be faint and papers will be wasted. Print the nozzle check pattern to check the Print Head.

 

When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors Are Incorrect.?

 

Is the inside of the printer smeared with ink?

 

After printing large quantities of paper or performing borderless printing, the area where papers go through may get smeared with ink. Clean the inside of your printer with Bottom Plate Cleaning.

 

How to load the paper on printer correctly!

 

To avoid jamming and other printing issues when it comes with paper, a two question must be answered first by the user. First, is the paper loaded in the correct orientation? And second, Is the paper curled?

 

The best answer for the first question is, load paper in the Rear Tray with the printing side facing you. And for the second question, the curled paper causes paper jam. Flatten the curled paper, then reload it.

 

After loading paper, be sure to select the loaded paper in Media Type of the printer driver. If the type of paper is not selected, you may not be able to get the satisfactory print result.

 

Printing and Media Types You Can Use.

 

There are various types of paper: paper with special coating on the surface for printing photos with optimal quality and paper suitable for documents. Media Type of the printer driver has different settings for each type of paper in advance (such as using ink, ejecting ink, or distance from nozzles) so that you can print on each paper with the optimal image quality. You can print with different settings in Media Type suitable for each type of loaded paper.

 

Use the RESUME/CANCEL button to cancel printing!

 

 Tip!: Never press the ON button!

 

If you press the ON button while printing is in progress, the print data sent from the computer queues in the printer and you may not be able to continue to print.

 

Press the RESUME/CANCEL button to cancel printing.

 

 Note

 If you cannot cancel printing by pressing the RESUME/CANCEL button while printing from a computer, open the printer driver setup window to delete the unnecessary print jobs from the printer status monitor.

 

Does the printer need to be handled with care when using or transporting?

 

Tip!: Do not use or transport the printer vertically or slanted!

 

If the printer is used or transported vertically or slanted, the printer may become damaged or ink may leak from the printer. Be sure not to use or transport the printer vertically or slanted.

 

Tip!: Do not place any object on the Front Cover!

 

Do not place any object on the Front Cover. It will fall into the Rear Tray when the Front Cover is open and cause the printer to malfunction. Also, place the printer where objects will not fall on it.

 

Tip!: Carefully choose the area to place the printer!

 

Place the printer at least 5.91 inches / 15 cm away from other electrical appliances such as fluorescent lamps. If the printer is placed closer to those, it may not be able to work properly due to fluorescent noises.

 

 

How to maintain the optimal printing quality?

 

The key to printing with the optimal printing quality is to prevent the Print Head from drying or clogging. Always follow the following steps for optimal printing quality.

 

Follow the procedure below to disconnect the power plug.

 

1. Press the ON button on the printer to turn it off.

 

2. Make sure that the POWER lamp is not lit.

 

3. Disconnect the power plug from the wall outlet.

 

 

 

If you press the ON button to turn off the power, the printer caps the Print Head (nozzles) automatically to prevent from drying. If you disconnect the power plug from the wall outlet before the POWER lamp is turned off, the Print Head will not be capped properly and this will cause drying or clogging.

 

To disconnect the power cord, be sure to follow this procedure.

 

Print periodically! Just as the tip of a felt pen becomes dry and unusable if it has not been used for a long time, even if it is capped, the Print Head too, may become dried or clogged if the printer has not been used for a long time. It is strongly recommend that the printer to be used at least once a month.

 

Note

Depending on the type of paper, ink may blur if you trace the printed area with a highlight pen or paint-stick, or bleed if water or sweat comes in contact with the printed area.

 

Lamp or Light indicator on the printer is flashing: What can I do?

 

Alarm lamp or printer's light indicator is flashing orange. Either, alarm lamp flashes, alarm lamp is off, and alarm lamp flashes repeatedly, your printer has an error.

 

POWER lamp flashes green and Alarm lamp flashes orange alternately. An error that requires repair has occurred.

 

 

Colors are uneven, and print results are blurred.

 

Tip!: Print the nozzle check pattern to check if the nozzles are clogged.

 

If the print head nozzles are clogged, colors may become uneven or the print results may be blurred. In this case, print the nozzle check pattern. Also, check the printed check pattern to see if the nozzles are clogged. And see when printing b0ecomes faint or colors are incorrect.

 

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