L3310 Series

User's Guide

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Printing Is Too Slow

One of the following situations may be the cause.

Unnecessary applications are running.

Solutions

Close any unnecessary applications on your computer.

The print quality setting is too high.

Solutions

Lower the quality setting.

Bidirectional printing is disabled.

Solutions

Enable the bidirectional (or high speed) setting. When this setting is enabled, the print head prints while moving in both directions, and the printing speed increases.

  • Windows

    Select Bidirectional Printing on the printer driver's More Options tab.

  • Mac OS

    Select System Preferences (or System Settings) from the Apple menu > Printers & Scanners (or Print & Scan or Print & Fax), and then select the printer. Click Options & Supplies > Options (or Driver). Select On as the Bidirectional Printing setting.

Quiet Mode is enabled.

Solutions

Disable Quiet Mode. The printing speed slows down when the printer is running in Quiet Mode.

  • Windows

    Select Off as the Quiet Mode setting on the printer driver's Main tab.

  • Mac OS

    Select System Preferences (or System Settings) from the Apple menu > Printers & Scanners (or Print & Scan or Print & Fax), and then select the printer. Click Options & Supplies > Options (or Driver). Select Off as the Quiet Mode setting.

The printer is printing high-density data such as photos on plain paper.

Solutions

If you are printing high-density data such as photos on plain paper, printing may take some time in order to maintain print quality. This is not a malfunction.