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Miscellaneous Printout Problems
Incorrect or garbled characters
Turn off the printer and computer. Make sure the printer’s interface cable is securely plugged in.
Incorrect margins
Check the margin settings in your application. Make sure that the margins are within the printable area of the page.
See Printable area
See Printable area
Make sure the printer driver settings are appropriate for the paper size you are using.
For Windows, check the Main window. See the printer driver online help for details.
For Windows, check the Main window. See the printer driver online help for details.
If you are printing from a memory card without connecting the printer to a computer, make sure the paper size setting on the printer's control panel matches the paper loaded in the sheet feeder.
Printout has a slight slant
Inverted image
For Windows, clear the Mirror Image check box from the Page Layout window of your printer driver, or turn off the "Mirror Image" setting in your application. For instructions, see the online help for your printer driver or for your application.
Blank pages print
Make sure the printer driver settings are appropriate for the paper size you are using.
For Windows, check the Main window. See the printer driver online help for details.
For Windows, check the Main window. See the printer driver online help for details.
For Windows, check the Skip Blank Page setting by clicking the Speed & Progress button on the Maintenance window of the printer driver.
If you are printing from a memory card without connecting the printer to a computer, make sure the paper size setting on the printer's control panel matches the paper loaded in the sheet feeder.
After trying one or more of these solutions, run a printer operation check to check your results.
See Running a printer operation check
See Running a printer operation check
Printed side is smeared or scuffed
If the paper is curled toward the printable side, flatten it or curl it slightly in the opposite direction.
Clear the High Speed check box in the settings from your printer driver.
For Windows, check the Advanced window. See the printer driver online help for details.
For Windows, check the Advanced window. See the printer driver online help for details.
If you are printing on thick paper or envelopes, set the paper thickness lever to the 
position.
position.Printing is too slow
Make sure the paper type selected in the printer driver is appropriate for the type of paper loaded in the printer.
See Selecting the Correct Paper Type
See Selecting the Correct Paper Type
For Windows, clear all customized settings and select Text as the Quality Option from your printer driver's Main window. See the printer driver online help for details.
See Accessing the printer driver for Windows.
See Accessing the printer driver for Windows.Close any unnecessary applications.
If you print continuously for an extended period, the paper may temporarily stop feeding or the print head may pause for a while. This is to slow down the printing speed and prevent the printer mechanism from overheating and being damaged. If this happens, you can continue to print, but we recommend stopping and leaving the printer for about thirty minutes with the power on. (The printer does not recover with the power off.) After you restart, the printer will print at normal speed.
If you try all of the methods above and cannot solve the problem, see the following:
Increasing the Print Speed
Increasing the Print Speed