General advice, Print quality troubleshooting wizard – HP Designjet Z3100 Photo Printer series User Manual
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General advice
When you have any print-quality problem:
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To achieve the best performance from your printer, use only genuine manufacturer's supplies and
accessories, whose reliability and performance have been thoroughly tested to give trouble-free
performance and best-quality prints. For details of recommended papers, see
.
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Make sure that the paper type selected in the front panel is the same as the paper type loaded into
the printer. To check this, use the
View loaded paper
key on the front panel. At the same time, check
that the paper type has been calibrated. Also make sure that the paper type selected in your software
is the same as the paper type loaded into the printer.
CAUTION:
If you have the wrong paper type selected, you could experience poor print
quality and incorrect colors, and perhaps even damage to the printheads.
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Check that you are using the most appropriate print-quality settings for your purposes (see
). You are likely to see lower print quality if you have moved the print-quality slider to
the 'Speed' end of the scale, or set the custom quality level to Fast.
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Check that your environmental conditions (temperature, humidity) are in the recommended range.
See
Environmental specifications on page 206
.
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Check that your ink cartridges and printheads have not passed their expiration dates: see
the ink cartridges on page 135
.
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Avoid touching the paper while printing is in progress.
Print quality troubleshooting wizard
The Print Quality Troubleshooting Wizard can help with the following problems:
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Horizontal lines across the image (banding)
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The whole image is blurry or grainy
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Lines are too thick, too thin, or missing
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Colors are inaccurate
To start the wizard:
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From HP Easy Printer Care under Windows: go to the Support tab, and select Print
quality troubleshooting.
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From HP Printer Utility under Mac OS: select Support, then Print quality
troubleshooting.
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From the Mac OS Print dialog: go to the Services panel, select Device Maintenance, then
select Print quality troubleshooting from the list of maintenance tasks.
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From the Embedded Web Server: go to the Support tab, select Troubleshooting, then
select Print quality troubleshooting.
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