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Printouts Are Not What You Expected

Incorrect or garbled characters
Incorrect margins
Inverted image
Blank pages print
Printout has smears on the bottom edge
Printing is too slow

If one of the following problems has occurred, try the solutions listed for the problem.

Incorrect or garbled characters

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Incorrect margins

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For Macintosh, check the settings in the Page Setup dialog box. Make sure the settings are appropriate for the paper size you are using.


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Inverted image

Turn off the Flip Horizontal setting in the printer driver, or the "Mirror" setting in your application software. For instructions, see the online help for the printer driver or for your application.

For Macintosh, see also Using the Advanced settings.


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Blank pages print

Try one or more of these solutions:

For Macintosh, check the settings in the Page Setup dialog box. Make sure they are appropriate for the paper size you are using.

After trying one or more of these solutions, run a printer operation check to check your results. See Running a printer operation check for details.


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Printout has smears on the bottom edge

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Printing is too slow

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