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Chapter 10

Troubleshooting 10-15

Problem

Cause

Solution

Fonts do not print as

Bitmapped fonts designed

Make sure you installed an

smoothly rounded

for dot matrix printers do

outline font manager, such

characters

not print smoothly rounded

as Adobe

®

Type Manager or

characters when used with

Bitstream

®

Facelift, or that

high resolution printers like

you are choosing a TrueType

®

the MultiPASS C3000.

font.

Certain MS fonts, such as

Choose another font.

MS Serif, will print jagged.

Output is faint

You may be using Draft

Try using Standard print

print quality or Fine mode.

quality.

Printing takes too

You may be using Fine

Turn off Fine mode.

much time

mode.

Blurred or smudged ink

The print medium you are

Try a different paper type;

using may not be supported

however, use only print media

by the MultiPASS

specified in Appendix A,

Specifications.

You may be printing on

Paper has a right side for

the wrong side of the sheet.

printing. If the print quality is

not as clear as you would like,

try turning the paper over and

printing on the other side.

Printer prints only in

The printer driver may not

Check that you selected

black (you are printing

be selecting color.

Color in the Color Model

from an application that

dialog box of the Graphics

supports color printing

tab of the printer driver.

but your output is

black ink only)

The Color BJ cartridge may

Print the Nozzle Check Pattern

not be installed or may not

to make sure the BC-21 Color

be working properly.

BJ Cartridge is installed and

firing correctly.
If a BJ tank is empty, replace it.

The print head unit may

Clean the print head (see

need cleaning.

page 9-6).

Colors are broken or

The print mode may be

If you are printing high

uneven

wrong.

density graphics on plain

paper, set the Media Type to

Coated Paper on the Paper tab

of the printer driver.

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