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Problemswiththeprintingquality
Colorsinprintedimagesareuneven
CauseCorrectiveAction
LineDrawing/Textisselectedwhenprintingimages
inmanysolidcolors.
SpecifyImageintheprinterdriver.
Youareprintingonpaperthatcurlseasily.Printedcolorsmayappearunevenontheleading
edgeofpaperthatissusceptibletocurling.Increase
thelevelofvacuumholdingthepaperagainstthe
Platenorspecifyamarginof20mm(0.79in)ormore
fortheleadingedge.(→P.587)
IfyouuseGlossyPaper,artpaperorCoatedPaper,
colorshadingmayappearattherearedgesofthe
paper.
InAdvancedSettingsoftheprinterdriver,choose
HighestorHighinPrintQuality.
(→P.216)
PrintedcolorsmaybeunevenifyousetthePrint
Qualitytoolow.
ChooseahigherlevelofPrintQualityinthe
AdvancedSettingsoftheprinterdriver.
(→P.216)
Colormaybeunevenbetweendarkandlightimage
areas.
SelectUnidirectionalPrintingintheAdvanced
Settingsoftheprinterdriver.
SpecifyNoinAutoCutintheprinterdriverbefore
printing.Inthiscase,thepapercanbeprintedwithout
bordersontheleftandrightsidesonly.Cutthe
printeddocumentejectedfromtheprinter,thenuse
scissorstocutawaytheedgesonthetopandbottom.
Whenborderlessprintingisused,theedgeofthe
paperiscutduringprinting.Thus,inkdensitymay
beunevenattheedges.
ChooseahigherlevelofPrintQualityinthe
AdvancedSettingsoftheprinterdriver.
(→P.216)
ThePrintheadisoutofalignment.AdjustthePrintheadalignment.
(→P.572)
Dryingdocumentsstackedoneachothermaycause
unevencolors.
Toavoidunevencolors,werecommenddryingeach
sheetseparately.
Ifyouareusingheavyweightsheetsorsimilarpaper,
colorsmaybeunevenonthetrailingedgeinsome
casesevenafteryouexecuteAdjFarEdFeed.
Forheavyweightsheetsorsimilarpaper,executeAdj
FarEdFeedwiththeFrontTrayGuidesraised.Also
keeptheFrontTrayGuidesraisedduringprinting.
Beforeprintingonpaperotherthanheavyweight
sheets,lowertheFrontTrayGuides.
Troubleshooting673