Black Ink is still wet after printing on plain paper and the paper is wet (For PC Printing). What can I do?

Please be sure to select Plain Paper as a Media type at printer driver when printing on plain paper.

 

To select the media type, please follow the steps below:

 

For Windows users:

  1. Windows 98/ 98SE/ Me/ 2000 users:
    Click Start -> Settings -> Printers

    Windows XP users:
    Click Start -> Printers and Faxes

     
  2. Right click on the Printer Icon and select Properties.
     
  3. Windows 98/ 98SE/ Me users:
    Open Basic tab.

    Windows 2000/ XP users:
    Click on the Printing Preference button and then open Basic tab.

     
  4. Select Plain Paper at Media Type section.
    Windows 2000/ XP users:
    Click OK.

     
  5. Click OK.

(Screen layout varies by machine)


For Macintosh users:

  1. Click File -> Print.
     
  2. Click on the drop down menu next to Media Type.
     
  3. Choose Plain Paper from the listed items.

 

 

 

 

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