Are media jams present?

93

Is the parallel or USB Device Cable (A/B) working, and is it connected correctly?

93

Are other devices running on your computer?

93

Pages printed, but a problem exists

94

Is the print quality poor?

94

Is the printed page different from what appears onscreen?

94

Are the device settings appropriate for the print media?

94

Onscreen error messages appear

95

Printer not responding/error writing to LPT1

95

Cannot access port (in use by another application)

95

Paper-handling problems exist

96

Print is skewed (crooked)

96

More than one sheet feeds at one time

96

Device does not pull media from the media input tray

96

Media curls when fed through device

96

Printed page is different from what appears onscreen

97

Is the text garbled, incorrect, or incomplete?

97

Are graphics or text missing? Are there blank pages?

97

Is the page format different from the format on another printer?

98

Is the quality of graphics poor?

98

Media jams occur in the printer

99

To clear a media jam

99

To clear other media jams

101

Tips to avoid media jams

101

Print quality is unacceptable

102

Light print or fade

102

Toner specks

102

Dropouts

103

Vertical lines

103

Gray background

104

Toner smear

104

Loose toner

105

Vertical repetitive defects

105

Misformed characters

106

Page skew

106

Curl or wave

107

Wrinkles or creases

107

Toner scatter outline

108

Device control panel error messages appear

109

Resolving common error messages

109

Critical error messages

109

Alert messages

110

Warning messages

110

No copy came out

112

Is media loaded in the input tray?

112

Is the original loaded correctly?

112

Copies are blank, or images are missing or faded

113

Has the sealing tape been removed from the print cartridge?

113

Is the print cartridge low on toner?

113

Is the original of poor quality?

113

Does the original have a colored background?

113

Copy quality is unacceptable

114

Preventing problems

114

Media jams occur in the automatic document feeder (ADF)

115

Typical automatic document feeder (ADF) jam locations

115

To clear a media jam from the automatic document feeder (ADF)

115

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