Fixing a Paper Jam
Have you ever been working on an important job only to have your office printer or color copier stop working? Of course this is something that every person who has worked in an office has experienced. This is the all-too-common experience of having a paper jam. They are a pesky burden, but fixing a paper jam is a relatively painless process.
Fixing a paper jam is nice because it’s something you can do without the help from your maintenance team. Remember to stay calm and follow directions. Being angry will lead to mistakes and randomly searching inside your machine is sure to cause problems. Follow these steps and your machine should be well on its way to working normally.
- Set your print resolution. Make sure that it is as high as it can go. Most printers have settings that go as high as 1800 x 600 dpi, or even 2400 x 1200. More dpi means better pictures.
- Set your print driver. Make sure you change from the text setting to the photo setting. This will prepare your printer for a bolder image.
- Set print drive to full color. This will open a new range of colors available.
- Use Adobe PostScript print drive. Your greens, blues, and reds will be changed into cyan, magenta, yellow, and black values. This will create a fully color spectrum.
- Check your digital format. Jpeg, PDF, and PNG will create better images than TIFF or Bitmap photo.
If you follow these steps then you shouldn’t be experiencing any more issues. If you are still having problems then it may be time to call an expert to look at your machine before the problem gets worse.
