Other printing problems

Problem

Action

 

 

Your job did not print or incorrect

Make sure Ready (or Power Saver) appears on the first line of the operator

characters printed.

panel display before you send a job to print. Press Go to return the printer to the

 

ready state.

 

If Ready Hex appears on the operator panel display, you must exit Hex Trace

 

mode before you can print your job. To exit Hex Trace mode, reset the printer or

 

turn the printer off and back on.

 

 

 

Make sure the printer is not displaying a Toner Empty message. If it is, you

 

cannot print until you replace the specified print cartridge.

 

 

 

Verify you are using the correct printer driver.

 

 

 

If you’re using a parallel interface, make sure you’re using an IEEE 1284-

 

compliant parallel cable. We recommend Lexmark part number 1329605 (10 ft)

 

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

 

 

 

If you’re using a Lexmark internal or external network adapter, verify it is set up

 

properly and the network cable is securely connected. Refer to the documen-

 

tation that came with your adapter, or the network documentation on the printer

 

CD for more information.

 

 

You cannot print color.

Make sure the Color Correction menu item is not set to Black & White.

 

 

 

Make sure you’re using a color printer driver.

 

 

 

Make sure color printing is selected from the printer driver.

 

 

You cannot print the menu

Make sure the selected paper source holds A4, letter, or legal size paper. The

settings page.

menu settings page can only print on those paper sizes. Make sure the

 

Paper Type setting for the selected source is Plain Paper.

 

 

You cannot print using the

Make sure neither LocalTalk Port nor LocalTalk Buffer is set to Disabled in the

LocalTalk port.

LocalTalk Menu.

 

 

 

Verify the printer is set up correctly in the Macintosh Chooser.

 

 

You cannot receive faxes via the

Make sure the telephone line is connected to the fax port if you have an optional

fax port.

internal fax modem installed. If you have an external fax machine, make sure

 

the serial cable is connected to the printer serial port.

 

 

 

Make sure the Fax Port or Fax Buffer has not been set to Disabled in the Fax

 

Menu.

 

 

 

Make sure the fax machine you have connected to your printer is a class 1 fax

 

modem.

 

 

 

If power to the modem has been interrupted, complete the following steps in the

 

order listed:

 

1 Turn the printer power off.

 

2 Turn the modem power on.

 

3 Turn the printer power on.

 

 

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