Condition

Suggested solutions

 

 

Faxes do not store

There may not be enough memory space to

in memory.

store the fax. If the display shows the low

 

memory message, delete any faxes you no

 

longer need from the memory and then try to

 

store the fax again. Please call for service.

 

 

Blank areas

You may have chosen the wrong paper

appear at the

settings in the user option setting. For details

bottom of each

about paper settings. (Page 4.9)

page or on other

 

pages, with a small

 

strip of text at the

 

top.

 

 

 

Common Windows problems

Condition

Suggested solutions

 

 

“File in Use”

Exit all software applications. Remove all

message appears

software from the StartUp Group, then restart

during installation.

Windows. Reinstall the printer driver.

 

 

“General

Close all other applications, reboot Windows

Protection Fault”,

and try printing again.

“Exception OE”,

 

“Spool32”, or

 

“Illegal Operation”

 

messages appear.

 

 

 

“Fail To Print”, “A

These messages may appear during printing.

printer timeout

Just keep waiting until the machine finishes

error occurred.”

printing. If the message appears in standby

messages appear.

mode or after printing has been completed,

 

check the connection and/or whether an error

 

has occurred.

 

 

Note

Refer to Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista User’s Guide that came with your PC for further information on Windows error messages.

Common PostScript problems

The following situations are PS language specific and may occur when several printer languages are being used.

Note

To receive a printed or screen-displayed message when PostScript errors occur, open the Print Options window and click the desired selection next to the PostScript errors section.

Problem

 

Possible Cause

 

Solution

 

 

 

 

 

 

PostScript file

 

The PostScript

Install the PostScript

cannot be

 

 

driver may not be

 

driver, referring to

printed.

 

 

installed correctly.

 

Software section.

 

 

 

 

 

Print a configuration

 

 

 

 

 

 

page and verify that the

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS version is available

 

 

 

 

 

 

for printing.

 

 

 

 

 

If the problem persists,

 

 

 

 

 

 

contact a service

 

 

 

 

 

 

representative.

 

 

 

 

 

“Limit Check

 

 

The print job was

You might need to reduce

Error” message

 

too complex.

the complexity of the page

appears.

 

 

 

or install more memory.

 

 

 

 

 

A PostScript

 

 

The print job may

Make sure that the print job

error page prints.

 

not be PostScript.

is a PostScript job. Check

 

 

 

 

 

to see whether the

 

 

 

 

 

software application

 

 

 

 

 

expected a setup or

 

 

 

 

 

PostScript header file to be

 

 

 

 

 

sent to the machine.

 

 

 

 

The optional tray

 

The printer driver

Open the PostScript driver

is not selected in

 

has not been

properties, select the

the driver.

 

 

configured to

Device Settings tab, and

 

 

 

 

recognize the

set the Tray option of the

 

 

 

 

optional tray.

Installable Options section

 

 

 

 

 

to Installed.

 

 

 

 

Window/

 

The machine does not

Try to print with the latest

Macintosh

 

staple correctly when

Adobe Reader program or

 

 

printing more than one

print with turning on "Print

 

 

copy from Acrobat

as Image" option from

 

 

Reader with a collate

Acrobat printing options. It

 

 

option.

 

might take longer to print

 

 

 

 

 

when you print a PDF file

 

 

 

 

 

as an image.

 

 

 

 

Linux

 

The machine does not

Turning off collation options

 

 

staple correctly when

on applications (including

 

 

printing more than one

CUPS pstops collation option)

 

 

copy with a collate option

may solve this problem. If you

 

 

 

 

 

want to use the collation

 

 

 

 

 

option, go to printer driver’s

 

 

 

 

 

advanced option and turn the

 

 

 

 

 

collation on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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