Printing Tips

When printing Photographs, load the paper single sheet at a time, to avoid misfeeding.

If your printer misfeeds on certain papers, even if you only load one sheet, pre-feed the paper into the printer.

Wherever possible, print one single sheet at a time to prevent print surface damage.

Never stack prints for drying. Prints should be dryed as quickly as possible and stacking them retards the drying of all but the top print. This is very important, because ink spreads whilst wet (Dot Gain) and delaying this drying process, may allow the inks to carry on spreading, causing unsharpness, in particular on Art type papers.

Allow the print to fully dry before assessing the colour.

Carry out a nozzle check before a print run. If you find gaps in the nozzle check printout pattern, carry out the cleaning procedure until you get a perfect printout pattern. Only then should you start printing.

When using Art Papers shake each sheet just before printing onto it. This is because some Art papers, because of their construction, may have loose fibres on the surface and if these fall off after printing they may leave small unprinted white patches. Selecting Bi-Directional printing is fine to reduce printing times, but as your printer gets older, and wear takes place, it may be better to de-select Bi-Directional printing if fine banding can be seen (This is because due to wear, the line of printing in each direction differ very slightly) and print in one direction only.

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