1.PROBLEMS WHILE PRINTING FROM A COMPUTER

1-1. Computer printing problems

Num-

Symptom

Possible Cause

 

Remedy

Description

ber

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

The printing

The application

Check the instruc-

Depending on the soft-

 

position does

paper and print set-

tion manual for the

ware, if the settings are

 

not match

tings are incorrectly

application, and

incorrect, even by a small

 

the previ-

specified.

then correctly

amount, the printing posi-

 

ously used

 

specify the set-

tion may be shifted.

 

printer.

 

tings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The paper that is

Refer to “Paper

With this unit, paper is fed

 

 

being used does not

Tab” in the Printer

by the friction of rollers.

 

 

meet the specifica-

Controller User

Due to this, there may be

 

 

tions for the printer.

Manual, and then

slight errors in the hori-

 

 

 

check the paper.

zontal and vertical direc-

 

 

 

 

 

tions. These errors differ

 

 

 

 

 

depending on the paper.

 

 

 

 

 

2

Only some of

The binding margin

Check the print

 

 

the pages

is incorrect.

area.

 

 

were printed,

 

 

 

 

 

or the data

 

 

 

 

 

for one page

 

 

 

 

 

was printed

 

 

 

 

 

on two

 

 

 

 

 

pages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

The left side

The paper position

Correctly load

 

 

of the page is

shifted.

 

the paper.

 

 

blank. (The

 

Check the mar-

 

 

text is only

 

 

gin settings

 

 

printed on

 

 

specified in the

 

 

the right side

 

 

application.

 

 

of the paper.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Text different

The printer is not set

Specify the appro-

 

 

from the text

to the settings most

priate printer set-

 

 

in the screen

appropriate for the

tings.

 

 

was printed.

computer environ-

 

 

 

 

 

ment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The interface cable

Check that the

 

 

 

is not correctly con-

cable is correctly

 

 

 

nected.

connected to the

 

 

 

 

copier and the

 

 

 

 

computer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A printer buffer or a

Change the con-

 

 

 

switch is being used.

nections so that a

 

 

 

 

printer buffer and

 

 

 

 

switch is not being

 

 

 

 

used.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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