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ON SOME LINES OF PRINT, THE ENTIRE LETTER DOES NOT PRINT

ON SOME, BUT NOT ALL LINES OF PRINT, THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE LETTERS DO NOT PRINT. ON OTHER LINES OF PRINT, THE MIDDLE PART OF THE LETTERS DO NOT PRINT. A FEW LINES OF PRINT ARE NORMAL.

  • DONNABRONX Nov 24, 2008

    This solution did not help because I left out a detail that I didn't know about at the time. The problem affects only composed documents but not printouts from web sites. Thank you.

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Do a printer utility deep cleaning and possibly be prepared to replace the cartridges

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