DOS Setup

Printing Difficulties (Continued) Paper Handling Difficulties

Print

Quality

Difficulties

Difficulty

Suggestions

 

 

How can I change the

Use the Remote Printer Console (RPC)

user settings or

program.

default settings on the

 

machine?

 

 

 

The machine does not

Check to see if the CHECK PAPER or

load paper. The LCD

PRINTER JAM message appears on the LCD.

shows CHECK PAPER

If so, the multi-purpose paper cassette may be

or PRINTER JAM.

out of paper or not properly installed. If it is

 

empty, load a new stack of paper into the

 

feeder. If there is paper in the multi-purpose

 

paper cassette, make sure it is straight. If the

 

paper is curled, you should straighten it.

 

Sometimes it is helpful to remove the paper,

 

turn the stack over and put it back into the

 

multi-purpose paper cassette. Reduce the

 

amount of paper in the multi-purpose paper

 

cassette, then try again. Check the manual feed

 

mode is not selected in the printer driver.

 

 

The machine does not

Reinsert the paper firmly, load one sheet at a

feed paper from the

time. Make sure that manual feed mode is

manual feed slot.

selected in the printer driver.

 

 

How can I load

You can load envelopes from the manual feed

envelopes?

slot. Your application software must be set up

 

to print the envelope size you are using. This is

 

usually done in the Page Setup or Document

 

Setup menu of your software. Refer to your

 

software application manual.

 

 

What paper can I use?

You can use plain paper, envelopes,

 

transparencies, labels and organizer paper.

 

(For information on paper you can use, see

 

Acceptable Paper, on page 2-5.)

 

 

How can I clear paper

See Printer Jams, on page 11-4.

jams?

 

 

 

Printouts are too dark

Adjust the print conditions by setting the Print

or light.

Density function. It has been factory set to the

 

middle position. (See Setting the Print

 

Density, on page 2-9.)

 

 

Printed pages contain

You may fix this by wiping the scanner windows

white stripes.

with a clean soft cloth. (See Routine

 

Maintenance and Cleaning the Drum Unit,

 

on pages 11-12 and 11-14.) If you still see

 

white stripes or faint images and the display

 

shows CHANGE DRUM SOON, replace the

 

drum unit with a new one. Check the machine’s

White Stripes or

environment. Conditions such as humidity, high

Faint lmages

temperatures, etc. may cause this print defect to

 

occur.

 

 

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DCP1200 specifications

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