If no, ask the customer if the issue is occurring only when printing from the PC. Is the text on the PQCS blurry, fuzzy or double printing? If you can see missing short lines as shown under 'Poor', press (-) for NO and go to: 'White horizontal lines on printed pages'Ģ. If all the dotted lines are present as shown under 'OK', with none missing, blurry or distorted, press (+) for YES and go to step 2. The machine's display asks you if the print quality is OK, YES or NO. Check the quality of the four color blocks on the sheet.

Study the PQCS there will be four color blocks (Black, Yellow, Cyan and Magenta) made up of dotted lines. A Print Quality Check Sheet will be printed.į. Press ▲ or ▼ to select Print Quality and press OK.Į. Press ▲ or ▼ to select Test Print and press OK.ĭ. Press ▲ or ▼ to select Ink and press OK.Ĭ.

Print a Print Quality Check Sheet (PQCS):ī. For 8 x 10 prints, your image should be at least 300 DPI to be printed without distortion.ġ. A 72 DPI image can only be printed up to 6 x 8 without distortion. The lower the image resolution, the smaller the print size must be to maintain acceptable quality. Images that show compression artifacting (distortion), dithering, or other image imperfections when viewed on your monitor or mobile device, are likely not print quality and any distortions seen will affect the final print output. Many web images and pictures taken with mobile device cameras, are not suitable for printing because of low image resolution. When printing images, the image's resolution affects the final quality of the printed document. How Image Resolution Affects Print Quality

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