Hello to all and thank you in advance for your time!
I am experiencing a problem when printing in color, because the text appears blurry. However, when I print in grayscale, the text is sharp and clear. Additionally, I've observed that the black color does not print as a true 100% black when using color settings. This problem persists whether I print directly from Scribus or from an exported PDF.
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How can I resolve this issue?
I am using a standard laser printer and Scribus 1.6.3.
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That is most likely a printer issue, the printer is not printing with black only in color mode, but are including the other colors (to create a "rich black").
I would check the settings of the printer to see if there is a setting to print black with only black (not rich black).
You may need to look under Advanced settings or something like that.
That is a bit more than a standard laser printer. You are using a business class print center. There are extensive settings for these, depending on the features. I have printed from scribus to a Konica-Minolta system, and the driver for it has many settings. Sounds like you are printing color, but not 4 color, check the printer driver for options.
Let us know what models exactly if you cant find a solution, we can check over the manual and might be able to find what you need to change.
I have been working on this issue, and it prints perfectly on my small HP inkjet printer. The Ricoh MPC2503 printer works as a network printer and utilizes the PCL6 V4 driver for Universal Print in Windows 11, which appears to be the source of the issue.
any other program have issue printing in color for you?
see if you can find anything in the printer setting that might make it print in a lower resolution, like a "draft" or "toner save" mode. I thinking that might have inadvertently been set for color printing.
I did find a "conserve toner" mode that prints in black and white only. is the low quality printing limited to text only? do photos and graphics print ok?