Symptom

Cause

Solution

Jobs do not print

You are using the wrong printer

• Verify that you selected the printer driver

(continued).

driver or are printing to a file.

associated with your Lexmark W812 printer.

 

 

• If you are using a USB port, make sure you are

 

 

running Windows 98, Windows Me, or

 

 

Windows 2000, and using a Windows 98,

 

 

Windows Me, or Windows 2000 compatible

 

 

printer driver.

 

 

 

 

Your MarkNet™ print server is

Verify that you have properly configured the printer

 

not set up properly or is not

for network printing.

 

connected properly.

Refer to the drivers CD or to Lexmark’s Web site for

 

 

 

 

information.

 

 

 

 

You are using the wrong

Make sure you are using a recommended interface

 

interface cable, or the cable is

cable.

 

not securely connected.

Refer to the Setup Guide for cable specifications.

 

 

 

 

 

Held jobs do not print.

A formatting error has

• Print the job. (Only part of the job may print.)

 

occurred.

• Delete the job.

 

The printer has insufficient

• Free up additional printer memory by scrolling

 

through the list of held jobs and deleting others

 

memory.

 

you have sent to the printer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The printer has received

Delete the job.

 

invalid data.

 

 

 

 

Job takes longer than

The job is too complex.

Reduce the complexity of your print job by

expected to print.

 

eliminating the number and size of fonts, the number

 

 

and complexity of images, and the number of pages

 

 

in the job.

 

 

 

 

Page Protect is set to On.

Set Page Protect to Off from the Setup Menu.

 

 

1 Press Menu until you see Setup Menu, and then

 

 

press Select.

 

 

2 Press Menu until you see Page Protect, and then

 

 

press Select.

 

 

3 Press Menu until you see Off, and then press

 

 

Select.

 

 

 

Job prints from the

Printer driver settings are

Make sure the Paper Size and Paper Type

wrong tray or on the

incorrect.

specified in the printer driver are correct for the job

wrong paper or

 

you are printing.

media.

 

 

 

 

 

You cannot find the

There is no paper size

Look at the last icon on the paper size dial. The

universal setting on the

identifying universal on the

universal setting is indicated with a picture only.

paper size dial.

paper size dial.

 

 

 

 

Incorrect characters

You are using an incompatible

If you are using a parallel interface, make sure you

print.

parallel cable.

are using an IEEE 1284-compliant parallel cable.

 

 

We recommend Lexmark part number 1329605 (10

 

 

ft) or 1427498 (20 ft) for the standard parallel port.

 

 

 

 

The printer is in Hex Trace

If Ready Hex appears on the display, you must exit

 

mode.

Hex Trace mode before you can print your job. Turn

 

 

the printer off and back on to exit Hex Trace mode.

 

 

 

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Lexmark 812 Held jobs do not print, Job takes longer than, Expected to print, Select, Job prints from, Wrong tray or on