Make sure you know the paper size that you’ve fed into the printer. The printer may be configured to print on a smaller paper while the document has been created on a larger paper. If the print quality is compromised i.e., there may not be enough ink to print everything, check the ink levels in the cartridges and refill them if needed. If the test page is printing fine, try the fixes below. Some printers have a dedicated button or an option on the printer’s on-device control panel.
Check your printer’s manual to see how it prints a test page. If you’re trying to print a document and your printer is only printing half a page, there may be several reasons and they may not all be related to the printer.įirst, try to print a test page. Once you run into a problem with your printer, you may end up dedicating hours trying to fix it. Printers are one of the rare hardware devices that connect over a USB port but that are incredibly difficult to use at times.