HP 4500 N manual Printer is on, but is not receiving data

Printer is on, but is not receiving data

Cause	Solution
The printer’s READY indicator light is not lit.	Press GO to return the printer to the READY
	state.
The top cover is not closed properly.	Close the top cover firmly.
A printer message other than READY appears	See chapter 8 for troubleshooting information.
on the printer control panel.
The interface cable is not correct for this	Select the correct interface cable for your
configuration.	configuration. See the chapter on printer
	interfaces for more information.
The interface cable is not securely connected	Disconnect and reconnect the interface cable.
to both the printer and the computer.
The printer is not configured correctly.	See chapter 6 for configuration information.
The interface configurations on the printer’s	Configure the printer to match your computer
configuration page do not match the	configuration.
configurations on the host computer.
Your computer is not working properly.	Try using an application that you know works
	properly to check your computer, or, in DOS,
	type Dir > Prn at the DOS prompt.
The computer port that the printer is	Run another peripheral connected to this port
connected to is not configured or is not	to check the port operation.
working properly.
The printer has not been correctly named for	Use the appropriate utility to name the printer
your network or Macintosh computer.	on the network. For Macintosh computers,
	name the printer from within the Chooser
	menu.

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