Troubleshooting
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It takes a long time to com-
plete a print job.
Photographs and other data intensive documents take a long time
for the machine to process, so simply wait when printing such da-
ta.
Changing the following settings with the printer driver may help
speed up printing:
❖
PCL 6/5e
Select the lowest value for
[
Resolution
]
on the
[
Print Quality
]
tab
in the printer properties dialog box.
❖
PostScript 3
Set a lower value for
[
Resolution
]
. The location of this setting is
given below.
If your operating system is Windows, in
[
Postscript Output Op-
tion
]
, select
[
PostScript (optimize for speed)
]
.
[
PostScript Output Op-
tion
]
is located as follows:
•
Windows 95/98/Me
In the printer properties dialog box,
[
Print Quality
]
tab.
•
Windows 2000/XP, Windows 2003 Server
In the printer properties dialog box, on the
[
Paper Quality
]
tab,
[
Advanced...
]
,
[
Postscript Option
]
,
[
Postscript Output Op-
tion
]
.
•
Windows NT 4.0
In the printer properties dialog box, on the
[
Advanced...
]
tab,
[
Document Option
]
,
[
Postscript Option
]
,
[
Postscript Output Op-
tion
]
.
•
Mac OS 9.x
In the print dialog box,
[
Printer Specifications
]
.
•
Mac OS X
In the print dialog box,
[
Printer Features
]
,
[
Set 3
]
tab.
If you use Windows, select
[
PostScript (optimize for speed)
]
•
Windows 95/98/Me
In the printer properties dialog box, on the
[
PostScript
]
tab,
[
PostScript output format:
]
.
•
Windows 2000/XP, Windows Server 2003
In the printer properties dialog box, on the
[
Print Quality
]
tab,
[
Advanced...
]
,
[
Postscript Option
]
,
[
Postscript Output Option
]
.
•
Windows NT 4.0
In the printer properties dialog box, on the
[
Advanced...
]
tab,
[
Document Options
]
,
[
Postscript Option
]
,
[
Postscript Output Op-
tion
]
.
See the printer driver Help.
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