General Guide for Troubleshooting

3.1General Guide for Troubleshooting

There are quite a few printer problems which may be corrected by the user. If some kind of printer problem should occur, check the following before concluding the printer is broken.

This section explains how to correct these problems.

Symptom

 

Check Items

Corrective Action

The printer will not

Check the

indicator.

Off

Look through the items below and check

print from the

 

 

 

anything that seems appropriate.

computer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flashing

Rapid flashing: An error has occurred. For

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

details on error warnings and remedies, see

 

 

 

 

section 3.3 Indicators on page 3-6.

 

 

 

 

Flickering: The printer is offline. Pressing the

 

 

 

 

key switches the printer to online status.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lit

See the appropriate item below.

 

 

 

 

 

Check if status page can

Status page

There may be a problem with the computer’s

 

be printed.

 

can be

connection to the network. Also, look through

 

 

 

printed.

the items below and check anything that

 

 

 

 

seems relevant.

 

 

 

 

 

Print quality is not good.

 

 

See section 3.2 Print Quality Problems on

 

 

 

 

page 3-3.

 

 

 

 

 

Paper is jammed.

 

 

 

See section 3.4 Paper Jam Removal on page

 

 

 

 

3-15.

 

 

 

 

Nothing lights on the

Check that the power cord is properly

Turn off the printer’s power, plug in the power

operator panel even

plugged into the power outlet.

cord securely, and try turning on the printer’s

when power is turned

 

 

 

power again.

on and the fan makes

 

 

 

 

Check that the power switch is really in the ON ( ) position.

no noise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The printer prints a

Check the interface cable.

 

Connect both ends of the interface cable

status page, but data

 

 

 

securely. Try replacing the printer cable. For

from the computer is

 

 

 

details on the parallel interface for this

not being printed

 

 

 

printer, see Appendix B.

normally.

 

 

 

 

Check program files and application

Try printing another file or using another

 

 

software.

 

 

print command. If the problem occurs only

 

 

 

 

with a specific file or application, check the

 

 

 

 

printer settings for that application.

 

 

 

 

 

Table 3-1

 

 

 

 

If you still cannot correct a printer problem even after checking the above, please contact your Kyocera Mita dealer.

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Kyocera FS-1020D manual General Guide for Troubleshooting, Symptom Check Items Corrective Action

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