Poor quality at the edges of the page – Lexmark 5300 Series User Manual

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C

HECK

PAPER

CONDITION

Use only new, unwrinkled paper.

R

EMOVING

AND

REINSTALLING

THE

SOFTWARE

Software may not be installed correctly.

Poor quality at the edges of the page

These are possible solutions. Try one or more of the following:

C

HECK

MINIMUM

PRINT

SETTINGS

Unless you are using the borderless feature, use these minimum print margin settings:

Left and right margins:

6.35 mm (0.25 in.) for letter-size paper

3.37 mm (0.133 in.) for all paper sizes except letter

Top margin: 1.7 mm (0.067 in.)

Bottom margin: 12.7 mm (0.5 in.)

S

ELECT

THE

B

ORDERLESS

PRINT

FEATURE

1

From the software application, click File ΠPrint.

2

Click Properties, Preferences, Options, or Setup.

3

Click Print Layout.

4

Click Borderless.

M

AKE

SURE

YOU

USE

PHOTO

PAPER

Borderless printing requires photo paper. Small margins are printed when you select the Borderless feature when
you are printing on plain paper.

M

AKE

SURE

THE

PAPER

SIZE

MATCHES

THE

PRINTER

SETTING

1

From the software application, click File ΠPrint.

2

Click Properties, Preferences, Options, or Setup.

3

Click Paper Setup.

4

Check the paper size.

C

LEAN

PRINT

CARTRIDGE

NOZZLES

For more information, see “Cleaning the print cartridge nozzles” on page 116.

Troubleshooting

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