Solving general printing problems

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

Condition

Possible cause

Suggested solutions

 

 

 

The printer

The printer is not

Check the power cord

does not

receiving power.

connections. Check the power

print.

 

switch and the power source.

 

 

 

 

The printer is not

Select Samsung ML-2510

 

selected as the

Series, Samsung ML-2570

 

default printer.

Series, Samsung ML-2570

 

 

Series PCL 6 or Samsung ML-

 

 

2570 Series PS as your default

 

 

printer.

 

 

 

 

The printer cover

Close the printer cover.

 

is not closed.

 

 

 

 

 

Paper is jammed.

Clear the paper jam. See page

 

 

9.1.

 

 

 

 

No paper is

Load paper. See page 5.4.

 

loaded.

 

 

 

 

 

The toner

Install the toner cartridge.

 

cartridge is not

 

 

installed.

 

 

 

 

 

The printer may

Add paper to the manual tray,

 

be in manual feed

and press the Cancel button

 

mode and out of

on the control panel.

 

paper.

 

 

 

 

 

The connection

Disconnect the printer cable

 

cable between

and reconnect it.

 

the computer and

 

 

the printer is not

 

 

connected

 

 

properly.

 

 

 

 

 

The connection

If possible, attach the cable to

 

cable between

another computer that is

 

the computer and

working properly and try to print

 

the printer is

a document. You can also try

 

defective.

using a different printer cable.

 

 

 

 

The port setting is

Check the Windows printer

 

incorrect.

setting to make sure that the

 

 

print job is sent to the correct

 

 

port. If the computer has more

 

 

than one port, make sure that

 

 

the printer is attached to the

 

 

correct one.

 

 

 

Condition

Possible cause

Suggested solutions

 

 

 

The printer

The printer may

Check the printer properties to

does not

be configured

ensure that all of the print

print.

incorrectly.

settings are correct.

(Continued)

 

 

The printer driver

Reinstall the printer driver; See

 

 

may be

the Software Section. Try

 

incorrectly

printing a test page.

 

installed.

 

 

 

 

 

The printer is

Check the LEDs on the control

 

malfunctioning.

panel to determine if the printer

 

 

is indicating a system error.

 

 

 

Printer

The paper source

For many software

selects print

selection in the

applications, the paper source

media from

printer properties

selection is found under the

the wrong

may be incorrect.

Paper tab within the printer

paper

 

properties. Select the correct

source.

 

paper source. See the

 

 

Software Section.

 

 

 

Paper does

Paper has not

Remove paper from the tray

not feed into

been loaded

and reload it correctly.

the printer.

correctly.

Check that the adjustable

 

 

guides are set correctly.

 

 

 

 

There is too much

Remove excess paper from the

 

paper in the tray.

tray.

 

 

 

 

The paper is too

Use only paper that meets

 

thick.

printer specifications.

 

 

 

Print job is

The job may be

Reduce the complexity of the

extremely

very complex.

page(s) or try adjusting the

slow.

 

print quality settings.

 

 

To adjust the print quality

 

 

settings, reduce the resolution.

 

 

If you have set the resolution to

 

 

1200 dpi (Best), change it to

 

 

600 dpi (Normal). See the

 

 

Software Section.

 

 

Change the port setting to the

 

 

USB or network port to improve

 

 

print speed.

 

 

Your printer prints A4-sized

 

 

paper at 24 ppm and letter-

 

 

sized paper at 25 ppm.

 

 

 

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