Getting help when things go wrong – Sony 970C Series User Manual

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Getting Help When Things Go Wrong

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Text is printing off the edge
of the page.

• Make sure the margins are set correctly in your software program.
• Make sure the text and graphics in your document fit within the printable area of

the page. See “Minimum Printing Margins” on page 65.

• Make sure you have selected the right paper size in the

Setup

tab. See “Setup Tab”

on page 7.

• Uncheck

Poster Printing

in the

Features

tab. See “Features Tab” on page 8.

The print quality is poor.

• Make sure you are using media intended for HP DeskJet printers, and that the

media is loaded print side down.

• Make sure you have selected the correct paper type in the

Setup

tab. See “Setup

Tab” on page 7.

• If the printing appears faded or dull, click

Normal

or

Best

instead of Draft on the

Setup

tab. See “Setup Tab” on page 7.

• If the colors bleed or the ink smears, click

Normal

or

Draft

instead of Best on the

Setup

tab. See “Setup Tab” on page 7.

• Make sure you are not out of ink. See “Replacing Print Cartridges” on page 31.
• You might need to clean the print cartridges. See “Cleaning Print Cartridges” on

page 33.

• If the color ink and black ink aren’t lining up on the printed page, go to the

HP

Toolbox

and click

Calibrate the printer

. See “Printer Services Tab” on page 25.

Colors are wrong or missing.

• Verify that you removed the protective vinyl tape from the print cartridge.
Check the print cartridges status. See “Print Cartridge Status” on page 29.
• You might need to clean your color print cartridge. See “Cleaning Print

Cartridges” on page 33.

• Uncheck

Print in Grayscale

on the

Advanced

tab. See “Advanced Tab” on page 9.

Banners aren’t printing
correctly.

• Make sure the OUT tray is up.
• Make sure you selected

Banner

on the

Setup

tab. See “Setup Tab” on page 7.

• If several sheets feed into the printer together, unfold and refold the paper.
• If the paper creases going through the printer, the paper might be unsuitable for

banner printing.

• If gaps in the printing appear at the ends of the sheets, the problem might be with

your software program. See Release Notes in the

Program

group. To get to these

notes, click

Start

Programs

HP DeskJet 970C Series

.

The Automatic Two-Sided
Printing Module is attached,
but you can’t select the

Automatic

option in the

Two-Sided Printing

section

of the

Features

tab.

1

Print one page.

2

Go to the

Features

tab, check

Two-Sided Printing

, then check

Automatic

.

OR

1

Go to the

Configuration

tab of the

HP DeskJet Toolbox

.

2

Check

Automatic Two-Sided Printing Module

, then click

Apply

.

3

Click the

X

in the upper-right corner to close the dialog box.

4

Go to the

Features

tab of the

HP DeskJet Printer Properties

dialog box.

5

Check

Two-Sided Printing

, then check

Automatic

.

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