Printing Is Too Slow

Close any unnecessary applications on your computer or smart device.

Lower the quality setting.

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.

• Control panel

  Enable Bidirectional in Settings > Printer Settings.

• Windows

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

• Mac OS

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

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

• Control panel

  Select on the home screen, and then select Off.

• Windows

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

• Mac OS

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

Reboot the wireless router while taking into consideration other users connected to the network. If this does not solve the problem, place the printer closer to your wireless router or see the documentation provided with the access point.

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