Hi Please could you tell us a little more information like what printer is it, inkjet/laser, epson/cannon/HP, model. What kind of computer you are using. Using this general information and using my general knowledge of printers this seems to be a sign of ink cartdriges that are low on ink although you say you have cheacked this. The printer may not be reporting empty cartridges due to you talking them out and putting them back in as some printers use a mechanical switch that is triggered when the cartridge is inserted as a sign of a *new* full cartridge and when the cartridge is taken out it resets this switch. Also mabey your heads are clogging and then unclogging during prints...are u using the printers recommended inks, have they pehaps expired mabey you have had them in the printer too long. Cheers Kevin Hains Cape Town South Africa Http://user.lia.net/hains/js2main.htm Http://www.ct.lia.net ________________________________ Posted for Carole W. Kohler. I am having a problem with how documents are printed. The problem came about very suddenly. The page is printed very poorly, with some areas whited out and others faded. This is both on black and white text and colored photos. If I reprint a document, it prints exactly the same, whited out in the same places and printed perfectly in the same places. I have cleaned and realigned the heads and those two test pages print fine so I wonder if it isn't something in my computer software rather than in my printer. I have increased my print quality to the highest available with no change at all in output. I have reinstalled my printer twice. I have checked cartridge ink levels and they don't seem to be a problem. I have taken out the ink cartridges and reinstalled them. I have increased my disk space by compressing my hard drive as I had little memory available and that was one thing I was told to look at. PCSOFT mailing list is brought to you by: The NOSPIN Group http://nospin.com