Printer Problems

General Printing Problems

Problem

Possible Cause and Remedy

 

 

Your machine does not

• The printer cable is not connected properly. Check the

print.

printer cable connection.

 

• The printer cable is defective. Swap the cable with one

 

known to work.

 

• The port setting is incorrect. Check the Windows printer

 

settings to make sure that the print job is being sent to

 

the correct port (for example, LPT1).

 

• The print cartridge is not installed properly. Remove and

 

reinsert the print cartridge.

 

• The printer properties may be configured incorrectly.

 

Check the application to make sure that all print settings

 

are correct.

 

• The printer driver may be incorrectly installed. Uninstall

 

the MFP driver and reinstall the MFP driver. Then try

 

printing a test page. Refer to ‘Uninstalling SmarThru

 

Software’ on page 2.16.

 

• A paper jam has occurred. Remove the jammed paper.

 

See page 7.1.

 

 

The paper is not fed into

• Paper has not been inserted correctly. Remove and

the machine.

reinsert the paper correctly (refer to ‘Loading Paper’ on

 

page 1.13).

 

• There is too much paper in the paper input tray.

 

Remove some of the paper from the input tray.

 

 

The paper keeps jamming.

• There is too much paper in the paper input tray. Remove

 

some of the paper from the tray. (If printing onto

 

transparencies, or labels, insert them one at a time in the

 

manual paper feeder.)

 

• The paper setting method may be incorrect. If printing

 

onto envelopes, insert the envelopes so that there is a gap

 

of approximately 1 mm (1/32”) between the left and right

 

edge of the envelopes at the paper guide.

 

 

7.12 Troubleshooting

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