User's Guide Solving Problems Printed Characters Are Incorrect or Garbled ❏ Connect the USB cable securely to the printer and the computer. ❏ Cancel any paused print jobs. ❏ Do not put the computer manually into the Hibernate mode or the Sleep mode while printing. Pages of garbled text may be printed next time you start the computer. Related Information & “Canceling Printing” on page 58 The Printed Image Is Inverted Clear any mirror image settings in the printer driver or the application. ❏ Windows ❏ Mac OS X Clear Mirror Image on the printer driver's More Options tab. Clear Mirror Image from the print dialog's Print Settings menu.
The Printout Problem Could Not be Cleared If you have tried all of the solutions and have not solved the problem, try uninstalling and then reinstalling the printer driver. Related Information & “Uninstalling Applications” on page 111 & “Installing Applications” on page 113 Printing Is Too Slow ❏ When printing continuously for approximately more than 10 minutes, printing slows down to prevent the printer mechanism from overheating and being damaged. However, you can continue printing. To return the printer to normal printing speed, leave the printer idle for at least 30 minutes. The printer does not recover if the power is off. ❏ Close any unnecessary applications.
❏ Lower the quality setting on the control panel or the printer driver. High quality printing slows down the printing speed. 129