Printing is faint

1. Check 1 Is the reverse side of the paper being used for printing?

   Print on the printing surface.

2. Check 2 Is the Print head nozzle blocked?

   Print a test pattern to check the nozzles and see if they are clogged.

   • Checking for Nozzle Clogging

3. Check 3 Are paper scraps stuck in the printer?

   Remove paper scraps left inside the printer.

   • Remove Jammed Roll Paper
   • Remove a Jammed Sheet

4. Check 4 Was the paper cut before the ink dried?

   In the touch screen menu, select Paper-related settings > Advanced paper settings, and increase time in Pause between scans or Pause between pages.

   • Specifying the Ink Drying Time

5. Check 5 When printing photos and posters, are the Print target settings set correctly?

   Do one of the following.

   • In the printer driver, change the setting to Photo (Color) or Poster in Print Target.

     • Printing by setting the Print target

   • In the touch screen menu, select Printer settings > Print settings > Default print settings > Print quality settings > Print target, and change the setting to Photo. (This is only available when the printer driver's Media Type is set to Auto (Use Printer Settings)).

     • Menu Structure

6. Check 6 Is the printer driver Print Quality set to a low quality setting?

   Follow the steps below to set Print Quality to higher quality settings, and then print.

   • Windows

     Change the Print Quality settings in the printer driver Advanced Settings.

     • Changing the Print Quality and Correcting Image Data (Windows)

   • macOS

     Change the Print Quality in the printer driver Quality & Media settings.

     • Changing the Print Quality and Correcting Image Data (macOS)

7. Check 7 Does the paper used for printing create a lot of cutting dust?

   In the touch screen menu, set Cut-dust reduction in Advanced paper settings to ON.

   • Reducing Dust from Cutting Rolls