Kyocera FS-1010 manual General Guide, Symptom Check Items Corrective Action

General Guide

3.1General Guide

There are quite a few printer problems which may be corrected by the user. This section explains how to correct these problems.

If some kind of printer problem should occur, check the following before concluding the printer is broken.

Symptom		Check Items		Corrective Action
The printer will not	Check the	indicator.	Off	Look through the items below and check
print from the				anything that seems appropriate.
computer.
			Flashing	Rapid flashing: An error has occurred. For
				details on error warnings and remedies, see
				section 3.3 Indicators on page 3-5.
				Flickering: The printer is offline. Pressing the
				key switches the printer to online status.
			Lit	See the appropriate item below.
	Check if status page can		Status page	There may be a problem with the computer’s
	be printed.		can be	connection to the network. Also, look through
			printed.	the items below and check anything that
				seems relevant.
Print quality is not good.				See section 3.2 Print Quality Problems on
				page 3-3.
Paper is jammed.				See section 3.4 Correcting a Paper Jam on
				page 3-14.
Nothing lights on the	Check that the power cord is properly			Turn off the printer’s power, plug in the power
operator panel even	plugged into the power outlet.			cord securely, and try turning on the printer’s
when power is turned				power again.
on and the fan makes
	Check that the power switch is really in the ON ( ) position.
no noise.
The printer prints a	Check the interface cable.			Connect both ends of the interface cable
status page, but data				securely. Try replacing the printer cable. For
from the computer is				details on the parallel interface for this
not being printed				printer, see Appendix B.
normally.
	Check program files and application			Try printing another file or using another
	software.			print command. If the problem occurs only
				with a specific file or application, check the
				printer settings for that application.

If you still cannot correct a printer problem even after checking the above, please contact your Kyocera Mita dealer.

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