B. solving print quality problems – Primera Technology RX900 User Manual

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Troubleshooting and Maintenance

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Page Size. Often the page size is not large enough for the

label. If this is the case you may see white space on the right

(printers left) side of the the label and no image over-lap on

the opposite side. This indicates that the page size needs to

be increased. Increase the page size through the printer

preferences enough to cover the label.

B. SOLVING

PRINT QUALITY

PROBLEMS

Many factors can affect the quality of the print. The following

are listed in order from most likely to least likely:
1. Quality Setting. Change your quality setting. The lowest

(and fastest printing) quality may not be sufficient for

many photos or graphics. The highest quality setting may

cause ink to bleed on certain graphics in combination with

certain label stock. Increasing the quality increases print

time because the printer makes more horizontal move-

ments across the label.

2.

Clean the Printhead

. Run an automatic printhead cleaning

print or manually clean the printhead as described in

Section 5F .

3. Change Cartridge. Try a new cartridge. Make sure that the

ink cartridge has ink remaining. Check the ink levels via

the Status Monitor.

4.

Align Printhead.

Normally, printhead alignment is

only necessary after changing a printhead. However, in

certain cases, running the alignment again can improve

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