140 Trouble Description Recovery method Image/ Illustra- tion Print quality for barcodes is poor The width of the bars has not been corrected. The width of the bars has to be corrected to print barcodes correctly. Use the barcode and 2D symbol fonts that are installed with the printer driver, or a barcode generator application to correct the width of bars. To be more precise, decrease one pixel from the bars and increase one pixel for the space between bars. For more information on the barcode gen- erator application you are using, see the manual supplied with the application. The width of the bars is not corrected for the 2D symbols. No.
4 Depending on the paper you are using, ink amount used to maintain the bar- code print quality may vary. Set [Ink Profile]. On the [General] tab, select [Advanced] from [Print Settings], click [Advanced...] and then select [Ink Profile and Brightness Adjustment]. Set [Ink Profile] correctly. For appropriate [Ink Profile] settings, con- tact your dealer. (See "How to Make Media Settings" on page 167.) You can also use the BSF file to set [Ink Pro- file]. See "Exporting/Importing Printer Driver Settings" on page 86. - The print result may be blurry depending on the thickness of the paper being used. Adjust the misalignment of bidirectional printing.
On the [Printer Utilities] tab, select [Printer Setting Utility]. When the PrinterSetting screen is displayed, click [Printer Adjust- ment] - [Print Head Alignment] - [Bi-direc- tional Printing Adjustment]. See "Print Head Alignment" on page 133. -