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If theprintis faint,or uneven,checkthe following:
Check
Possibleremedy
Is theribbonproperlyin-
Checkandreinstallifnecessary.
stalled?
I
Is theribbonwornout?
Theribbonhasalonglife,butwilleventuallyneedre-
placing.Fitanew ribboncartridgeifnecessary.
I
If dotsare missingin theprinting,checkthe following:
Are dotsmkskg atrandom
intheprinting?
Possibleremedy
Theribbonhasbecomeslack,causingittogetcaught
up.Stopprinting,removetheribboncartridge,reten.
sionandrer)laceit.
The print head is damaged. Stop printing, and contact
your supplier for a new print head.
If your applicationsoftwarecannotprint the fontsor charactersselected,
checkthe following:
Check
Is your applicationsoftware
properlyinstalled?
Arefontsnotbeingselected
properly?
Are charactersotherthan
those
expected being
printed?
Possible remedv
Checkthesoftwareinstallation,andre-installthesoft-
wareifnecessan.
Check the software installation and insert the com-
mands nemssarv for font charwes into the software.
Either you areusing the wrong International Character
Set (reset with EDS switches or software commands),
or you have the wrong character set selected (for
example if characters other than IBM block graphic
characters are being printed). Correct this with EDS
switchesortheappropriatesoftwaresequences.
If theprintoutisnot whatis expected:
Check
Possible remedy
Istheprinterinstalledcor-
rectly?
Your software may think that it is driving a different
emulation to the one actually set. Check the EDS set-
tiruzsto make sure vou have the right emulation.
Is the
printernot printing
anything that you areexpect-
~g?
Use the Hex Dumpmode to analyze the output from the
computer to the printer. This will enable you to deter-
mine that the right escape sequences, etc are being
transmitted.