Samsung Settings and Printers. Right, Click the Samsung ML-3050, Series PCL 6 printer icon

Condition	Possible cause	Suggested solutions
		From the Start menu, choose
		Settings and Printers. Right-
	If using Windows	click the Samsung ML-3050
	9x/Me, the	Series PCL 6 printer icon,
	Spooling Setting	choose Properties, click the
Print job is	may be set	Details tab, and then choose
extremely	incorrectly.	the Spool Settings button.
slow.		Select the desired spool
(Continued)		setting.
	The computer
	may have	Install more memory in your
	insufficient
		printer. See page 10.1.
	random-access
	memory (RAM).
		Simplify the page layout and
	The page layout	remove any unnecessary
		graphics from the document.
	is too complex.
		Install more memory in your
		printer. See page 10.1.
	The page	Change the page orientation in
	orientation setting	your application. See the
Half the page	may be incorrect.	Software Section.
is blank.
		Ensure that the paper size in
		the printer driver settings
	The paper size	matches the paper in the tray.
	and the paper	Or, ensure that the paper size
	size settings do	in the printer driver settings
	not match.	matches the paper selection in
		the software application
		settings you use.
		Remove excess paper from the
	There is too much	tray.
	paper in the tray.	If printing on special materials,
		use the multi-purpose tray.
	An incorrect type	Use only paper that meets
		printer specifications.
	of paper is being
		If printing on special materials,
The paper	used.
		use the multi-purpose tray.
keeps
jamming.		Special print materials, such as
	An incorrect	thick paper, should not be
	output method is	printed using the output tray
	being used.	(face-down). Use the rear
		cover (face-up) instead.
	There may be	Open the front cover and
	debris inside the
		remove the debris.
	printer.

Condition	Possible cause	Suggested solutions
		Disconnect and reconnect the
		printer cable. Try a print job that
	The printer cable	you have already printed
		successfully. If possible, attach
	is loose or
		the cable and printer to another
	defective.
		computer and try a print job
		that you know works. Finally,
		try a new printer cable.
	The wrong printer	Check the application’s printer
The printer	driver was	selection menu to ensure that
	selected.	your printer is selected.
prints, but
the text is	The software	Try printing a job from another
wrong,	application is
		application.
garbled, or	malfunctioning.
incomplete.
		If printing from Windows (any
		version), exit to a DOS prompt
		and verify functionality with the
	The operating	following command: At a C:\
		prompt, type Dir LPT1, and
	system is
		press OK. (This assumes you
	malfunctioning.
		are connected to LPT1.)
		Exit Windows and reboot the
		computer. Turn the printer off
		and then back on again.
	The toner	Redistribute the toner
	cartridge is	cartridge. See page 8.3.
	defective or out of	If necessary, replace the toner
Pages print,	toner.	cartridge. See page 8.3.
	The file may have	Check the file to ensure that it
but are
	blank pages.	does not contain blank pages.
blank.
	Some parts, such	Contact a service
	as the controller
	or the board, may	representative.
	be defective.
The	The setting in the	Select Download as Bit Image
illustrations
		in the Advanced Options
print	software
		window of the graphic
incorrectly in	application is
		properties. Print the document
Adobe	wrong.
		again.
Illustrator.

9.10 <Troubleshooting>