
Understanding the printer messages
Message | What this message means | What you can do |
Printing Quality Test | The printer is formatting and printing | Wait for the message to clear. |
Pages | the Print Quality Test, which consists of |
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| 4 pages. Page 1 contains a mixture of |
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| graphics and text, pages 2 and 3 |
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| contain only graphics, and page 4 is a |
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| blank page. If Duplex is turned on, then |
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| the pages will be duplexed; otherwise, |
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| they are simplexed. |
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Prog Engine Code | The printer is programming new | Wait for the message to clear and the |
DO NOT POWER OFF | engine code. | printer to reset. |
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| Warning: Do not turn the printer off |
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Prog System Code | The printer is programming new | Wait for the message to clear and the |
DO NOT POWER OFF | system code. | printer to reset. |
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| Warning: Do not turn the printer off |
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Program Flash | The printer is storing resources, such | Wait for the message to clear. |
DO NOT POWER OFF | as fonts or macros, in flash memory. | Warning: Do not turn the printer off |
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Queuing and Deleting | The printer is deleting one or more | Wait for the message to clear. |
Jobs | held jobs and sending one or more | See also: Using the Print and Hold |
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Queuing Jobs | The printer is sending one or more | Wait for the message to clear. |
| held jobs to print. | See also: Using the Print and Hold |
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Ready | The printer is ready to receive and | Send a job to print. |
| process print jobs. |
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Ready Hex | The printer is in Hex Trace mode and is | • Send a job to print. All data sent to |
| ready to receive and process print | the printer is printed in hexadecimal |
| jobs. | and character representation. |
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| Control strings are printed, not |
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| executed. |
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| • Turn the printer off and then on to |
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| exit Hex Trace mode and return to |
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| Ready status. |
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Remove Paper Standard | The standard output bin is full. | Remove the stack of paper from the |
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Res Reduced | The printer is reducing the resolution of | Press Menu to open the Job Menu and |
| a page in the current job from 600 dots | cancel the current job. |
| per inch (dpi) to 300 dpi to prevent a |
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| 38 Memory Full error. Res Reduced |
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| remains on the display while the job |
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| prints. |
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Resetting | The printer is resetting the counter that | Wait for the message to clear. |
Maint Cnt Value | tracks wear on the fuser. |
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