Lexmark 2480 manual Troubleshooting and maintenance

7 Troubleshooting and maintenance

This section helps you identify printer conditions and problems that you can often correct. When you first recognize a problem, determine whether it is located within the printer, the software application, or an option. For additional assistance and answers to your questions, contact your service representative.

When diagnosing a problem, see “Checklist for typical problems” on pag e112.

Problem	See …	on page …
Status lights and alarms	“Checking the printer status”	” on page 118
Paper jams and paper	“Clearing paper jams”	” on page 126
feeding problems
Printing problems	“Testing the printer”	” on page 116
Misaligned printhead	“Adjusting bidirectional alignment”	” on page 123
Poor print quality	“Dots are missing or print quality is	” on page 128
	poor”
Incorrect font or pitch	“Is the font or pitch selected from the	” on page 114
	operator panel not printing or is it
	changing”?
Auto Sheet Feeder	“Paper does not feed from the Auto	” on page 135
problems	Sheet Feeder”

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