Printing Your First Document

If Something Goes Wrong

This section briefly discusses the most common problems you might encounter. For more complete troubleshooting information, see Chapter 6. Chapter 6 also describes all printer error and status indicators.

ProblemRemedy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No response by printer

Ensure that:

 

 

 

• The printer is turned on and online. The

 

 

ONLINE indicator should be lit.

 

• The cable from the computer to the printer

 

 

is properly connected at both ends.

 

• Your software program has sent the print

 

 

data to the printer. Many programs have a

 

 

printer control function that shows print

 

 

 

No printout; DATA

The printer has received data from the

indicator on

computer but has not printed the page. To

 

print the page, put the printer offline by

 

pressing

 

 

briefly then press

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Unreadable printout

Possible causes and solutions are:

 

• A wrong printer driver is selected. Select

 

 

the PrintPartner 14ADV printer driver as

 

 

the document printer.

 

• The document contains unknown printer

 

 

commands. Remove any setup strings or

 

 

embedded commands, or print the

 

 

document with a Text only or ASCII text

 

 

print option.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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