Samsung ML-2850D manual Condition, Possible cause, Suggested solutions, dpi Best, change it to

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.
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	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 28 ppm and letter-
		sized paper at 30 ppm.
Print job is	The computer	Simplify the page layout and
extremely	may have	remove any unnecessary
slow.	insufficient	graphics from the document.
(Continued)	random-access
	memory (RAM).

Condition	Possible cause	Suggested solutions
Half the page	The page layout	Simplify the page layout and
is blank.	is too complex.	remove any unnecessary
		graphics from the document.
	The page	Change the page orientation in
	orientation setting	your application. See the
	may be incorrect.	Software Section.
	The paper size	Ensure that the paper size in
	and the paper	the printer driver settings
	size settings do	matches the paper in the tray.
	not match.	Or, ensure that the paper size
		in the printer driver settings
		matches the paper selection in
		the software application
		settings you use.
The paper	There is too much	Remove excess paper from the
keeps	paper in the tray.	tray.
jamming.		If printing on special print
		media, use the manual tray.
	An incorrect type	Use only paper that meets
	of paper is being	printer specifications.
	used.	If printing on special print
		media, use the manual tray.
	There may be	Open the front cover and
	debris inside the	remove the debris.
	printer.
The printer	The printer cable	Disconnect and reconnect the
prints, but	is loose or	printer cable. Try a print job that
the text is	defective.	you have already printed
wrong,		successfully. If possible, attach
garbled, or		the cable and printer to another
incomplete.		computer and try a print job
		that you know works. Finally,
		try a new printer cable.
	The wrong printer	Check the application’s printer
	driver was	selection menu to ensure that
	selected.	your printer is selected.
	The software	Try printing a job from another
	application is	application.
	malfunctioning.
	If you are under	Change the font setting. See
	the DOS	page 1.6.
	environment, the
	font setting for
	your machine
	may be set
	incorrectly.

9.6 <Troubleshooting>