Solving General Printing Problems

For problems with the operation of your printer, refer to the table for suggested solutions.

Problem

Possible Cause

Solution

 

 

 

Solving General Printing Problems

Problem

Possible Cause

Solution

The printer does not

The printer may be

Check the printer properties to insure

print. (continued)

configured incorrectly.

all print settings are correct.

 

 

 

 

The printer driver may

Uninstall the printer driver, then

The printer does not print.

The printer is not

If no lights are on, check the power

receiving power.

cord connections. Check the power

 

switch and power source.

 

 

The printer is not

Select Samsung ML-1200 Series

selected as the default

as your default printer.

printer.

 

 

 

Check the printer for

• The printer cover is not closed.

the following:

• Paper is jammed.

 

• No paper is loaded.

 

• Toner cartridge is not installed.

 

• If printer system error occurs,

 

contact a service representative.

 

 

The printer may be in

Add paper to the manual input tray

manual feed mode and

and press the Demo button on the

out of paper. (The

printer’s control panel to begin

Paper light is on.)

printing.

 

 

The connection cable

Disconnect the printer cable and

between the computer

reconnect it.

and the printer is not

 

connected properly.

 

 

 

The connection cable

If possible, attach the cable to

between the computer

another computer that is working

and the printer is

properly and print a job. You can

defective.

also try using a different printer

 

cable.

 

 

The port setting is

Check the Windows printer setting to

incorrect.

insure the print job is sent to the

 

correct port (for example, LPT1). If

 

the computer has more than one

 

port, insure the printer is attached to

 

the correct one.

 

be incorrectly installed.

reinstall the printer driver. Try printing

 

 

a demo page.

 

 

 

 

The printer is

Check the lights on the control panel to

 

malfunctioning.

determine if the printer is indicating a

 

 

system error.

 

 

 

Printer selects media

The paper source

For many software applications, the

from the wrong

selection in the printer

paper source selection is found under

paper source.

properties may be

the Paper tab within the printer

 

incorrect.

properties. Select the correct paper

 

 

source.

 

 

 

Paper does not feed

Paper has not been

Remove paper from the input tray and

loaded correctly.

reload.

into the printer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is too much paper

Remove excess paper from the input

 

in the input tray.

tray.

 

 

 

 

The paper is too thick.

Use only paper that meets the

 

 

specifications required by the printer.

 

 

 

Print job is extremely

The job may be very

Reduce the complexity of the page or

complex.

try adjusting the print quality settings.

slow.

 

 

 

The maximum print

 

 

speed of the Samsung

 

 

ML-1200 Series printer is

 

 

12 pages per minute.

 

 

 

 

 

If using Windows 95, the

From the Start menu, choose Settings

 

Spooling Setting may be

and Printers. Right-click the Samsung

 

set incorrectly.

ML-1200 Series printer icon, choose

 

 

Properties, click the Details tab, and

 

 

then choose the Spool Settings

 

 

button. Select the desired spool

 

 

setting.

7.2

 

PROBLEM SOLVING

 

PROBLEM SOLVING

 

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ML-1200 specifications

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