Condition |
| Suggested solutions |
Horizontal | If horizontally aligned black streaks or smears | |
stripes | appear: | |
| • | The toner cartridge may be installed |
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| improperly. Remove the cartridge and |
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| reinsert. |
| • | The toner cartridge may be defective. Install a |
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| new toner cartridge. See page 8.4. |
| • If the problem persists, the printer may require | |
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| repair. Contact a service representative. |
Curl | If the printed paper is curled or paper does not | |
| feed into the printer: | |
| • | Turn over the stack of paper in the tray. Also |
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| try rotating the paper 180° in the tray. |
An unknown | Your printer is probably being used at an altitude | |
image repetitively | of 2,500 m (8,200 ft) or above. | |
appears on a | The high altitude may affect the print quality | |
next few sheets | ||
such as loose toner or light imaging. You can set | ||
or loose toner, | ||
this option through Printer Settings Utility or | ||
light print or | ||
Printer Tab in printer driver’s properties. Refer | ||
contamination | ||
to the Software Section for details. | ||
occurs. | ||
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Common Windows problems
Condition | Suggested solutions |
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“File in Use” | Exit all software applications. Remove all |
message appears | software from the StartUp Group, then restart |
during installation. | Windows. Reinstall the printer driver. |
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“Error Writing to | • Ensure that the cables are connected |
LPTx” message | correctly and the printer is on. |
appears. | • If |
| on in the driver, it will also cause this |
| message. |
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“General Protection | Close all other applications, reboot Windows, |
Fault”, “Exception | and try printing again. |
OE”, “Spool32”, or |
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“Illegal Operation” |
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messages appear. |
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Condition | Suggested solutions |
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“Fail To Print,” “A | These messages may appear during printing. |
printer timeout error | Just keep waiting until the printer finishes |
occurred,” | printing. If the message appears in standby |
messages appear. | mode or after printing has been completed, |
| check the connection and/or whether an error |
| has occurred. |
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Note
• Refer to Microsoft Windows 98/Me/NT 4.0/2000/XP(32/64 bit)/ 2003 User’s Guide that came with your PC for further information on Windows error messages.
Common PostScript problems
The following situations are PostScript language specific and may occur when several printer languages are being used.
Note
• To receive a printed or screen displayed message when PostScript errors occur, open the Print Options window and click the desired selection next to the PostScript errors section.
Condition | Possible cause |
| Suggested solutions |
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PostScript file | The PostScript | • | Print a configuration page |
can not be | driver may not |
| and verify that the PostScript |
printed. | be installed |
| version is available for |
| correctly. |
| printing. |
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| • | Install the PostScript driver; |
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| to installing the PS printer |
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| driver, see the Software |
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| Section. |
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| • | If problem consists, contact a |
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| service representative. |
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“Limit Check | The print job | You might need to reduce the | |
Error” message | was too | complexity of the page. | |
appears. | complex. |
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A PostScript | Print job may | Make sure that the print job is a | |
error page | not be | PostScript job. Check to see | |
prints. | PostScript. | whether the software | |
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| application expected a setup or | |
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| PostScript header file to be sent | |
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| to the printer. | |
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When print a | The resolution | Make sure that the resolution | |
document in | setting in the | setting in your printer driver | |
Macintosh with | printer driver | matches that in Acrobat | |
Acrobat Reader | may not be | Reader. | |
6.0 or higher, | matched with |
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colors print | that in Acrobat |
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incorrectly. | Reader. |
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9.9 <Troubleshooting>