Kyocera FS-1900 manual General Guide, Symptom Check Items Corrective Action

General Guide

General Guide

There are quite a few printer problems that you can deal with by yourself. This section explains how to correct these problems. Therefore, if some kind of problem should occur, check the following before concluding the printer is broken.

Symptom	Check Items		Corrective Action
The printer will not	Check the READY	Off	Look through the items below and check
print from the	indicator.		anything that seems appropriate.
computer.
		Flashing	An error has occurred. For details on error
			warnings and remedies, see Indicators on
			page 4-6.
		Lit	See the appropriate item below.
	Check the ATTENTION	Flashing	See Indicators on page 4-6
	indicator.
		Lit
	A maintenance message appears in the		See Maintenance Messages on page 4-7
	message display.
Print quality is not good.			See Print Quality Problems on page 4-3.
Paper is jammed.			See Correcting a Paper Jam on page 4-12.
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 printer,
not being printed			see Appendix C.
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.

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

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