Ricoh AP306 User Manual
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Other Printing Problems
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Note
❒ If you cannot solve the problem by taking above actions, contact your sales or
service representative.
Changing the color settings 
with the printer driver caus-
es a drastic change in print-
out color.
With the IPDL-C printer driver, do not make radical 
changes to the settings on the 
[Color Setting]
tab.
Also note that the sample shown by the printer driver 
is intended to show what processes are being applied, 
not exactly what your printout will look like.
Photograph printing looks 
rough.
With the IPDL-C printer driver, select
[High Quality]
on
the
[Print Quality]
tab.
Printing from some applications results in a loss of res-
olution.
Color documents are printed 
in black and white.
The printer driver is not set up for color printing. Select
[Color]
in the color mode setting with the printer driver.
Some applications normally print color text as black 
and white.
Fine dot pattern does not 
print.
Select
[Photographic]
in the
[Dithering:]
setting with the
printer driver.
Solid areas, lines or text are 
shiny or glossy when created 
as a mixture of cyan, magen-
ta, yellow.
Select
[K]
in the
[Black Text/Graphics:]
setting with the
printer driver.
Black gradation is not natu-
ral.
Select
[CMY + K]
in the
[Black Text/Graphics:]
setting with
the printer driver.
Thin lines are blurred or 
light.
With the IPDL-C printer driver, select the
[CAD]
check
box on the
[Print Quality]
tab.
When printing on OHP 
transparencies, a sheet of pa-
per is not placed between 
printed OHP transparencies.
The size and direction of the paper loaded in the paper 
tray are different from those of the OHP transparency. 
Load paper of the same size and orientation as the 
OHP transparencies in the paper tray.
The "OHP Slip" setting is set to "Off” (
P.83). Change
the setting with operation panel.
The page layout has 
changed.
The printable area differs from printer to printer. A 
document that when printed by another printer fits on 
a single page might not fit on one page when printed 
by this printer. From the IPDL-C printer driver, check 
the 
[Enlarge Printable Area]
on the
[MISC.]
tab.
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