Sharp AL-840 Status Monitor, See the section on Connecting the Interface Cable, Normal Messages

		TROUBLESHOOTING
Problem	Possible cause	Solution	See
			page:
The printer	The interface cable might	Check the interface cable	Copier*2
prints wrong	not be connected properly.	connection.
data or
	The interface cable	Use the interface cable included with	25
incorrect
characters.	specifications may be	the AL-840. See the parallel
	incorrect.	interface specifications.
Printing is	If using Windows 3.1x, Print	Double-click the Printers icon in	–
too slow.	manager may be disabled.	Control Panel and check the Use
		Print Manager box.
	There may be too many	Close all unnecessary applications	–
	applications open.	before printing.
	RAM disk is used in the	Reduce the RAM disk size or do not	–
	computer.	use the RAM disk.
	The resolution is set to 600	Set the resolution to 300 dpi.	14
	dpi.
	The computer may have	Install more random-access memory	–
	insufficient random-access	(RAM) in your computer.
	memory (RAM).

*1 See the section on LOADING COPY PAPER.

*2 See the section on CONNECTING THE INTERFACE CABLE.

STATUS MONITOR

When printing starts, the status monitor screen will appear on the computer display. The status monitor displays the printer state and information on the current print job.

The status monitor displays the following types of messages,Normal, Warning and Fault. If an error message appears, check the message description below and perform the listed task.

“Copier” in the column “See page:” indicates the description is in the copier operation manual.

Normal Messages

The following messages indicate the current state of the printer. Since the operation is normal, you need not take any measures.

Message	Description
Ready	The printer is idle and ready for the next print job.
Spooling or Printing in progress	A spooling or printing job is in progress.
Copying in progress	A copying job is in progress.

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Printer trouble?

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