Condition

Possible cause

Suggested solutions

 

 

 

 

 

From the Start menu, choose

 

 

Settings and Printers. Right-

 

If using Windows

click the Samsung ML-3050

 

9x/Me, the

Series PCL 6 printer icon,

 

Spooling Setting

choose Properties, click the

Print job is

may be set

Details tab, and then choose

extremely

incorrectly.

the Spool Settings button.

slow.

 

Select the desired spool

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setting.

 

 

 

The computer

 

 

may have

Install more memory in your

 

insufficient

 

printer. See page 10.1.

 

random-access

 

 

 

memory (RAM).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simplify the page layout and

 

The page layout

remove any unnecessary

 

graphics from the document.

 

is too complex.

 

Install more memory in your

 

 

 

 

printer. See page 10.1.

 

 

 

 

The page

Change the page orientation in

 

orientation setting

your application. See the

Half the page

may be incorrect.

Software Section.

is blank.

 

 

 

Ensure that the paper size in

 

 

 

 

the printer driver settings

 

The paper size

matches the paper in the tray.

 

and the paper

Or, ensure that the paper size

 

size settings do

in the printer driver settings

 

not match.

matches the paper selection in

 

 

the software application

 

 

settings you use.

 

 

 

 

 

Remove excess paper from the

 

There is too much

tray.

 

paper in the tray.

If printing on special materials,

 

 

use the multi-purpose tray.

 

 

 

 

An incorrect type

Use only paper that meets

 

printer specifications.

 

of paper is being

 

If printing on special materials,

The paper

used.

use the multi-purpose tray.

keeps

 

 

 

jamming.

 

Special print materials, such as

 

An incorrect

thick paper, should not be

 

output method is

printed using the output tray

 

being used.

(face-down). Use the rear

 

 

cover (face-up) instead.

 

 

 

 

There may be

Open the front cover and

 

debris inside the

 

remove the debris.

 

printer.

 

 

 

 

 

Condition

Possible cause

Suggested solutions

 

 

 

 

 

Disconnect and reconnect the

 

 

printer cable. Try a print job that

 

The printer cable

you have already printed

 

successfully. If possible, attach

 

is loose or

 

the cable and printer to another

 

defective.

 

computer and try a print job

 

 

 

 

that you know works. Finally,

 

 

try a new printer cable.

 

 

 

 

The wrong printer

Check the application’s printer

The printer

driver was

selection menu to ensure that

selected.

your printer is selected.

prints, but

 

 

the text is

The software

Try printing a job from another

wrong,

application is

application.

garbled, or

malfunctioning.

 

incomplete.

 

 

 

If printing from Windows (any

 

 

 

 

version), exit to a DOS prompt

 

 

and verify functionality with the

 

The operating

following command: At a C:\

 

prompt, type Dir LPT1, and

 

system is

 

press OK. (This assumes you

 

malfunctioning.

 

are connected to LPT1.)

 

 

 

 

Exit Windows and reboot the

 

 

computer. Turn the printer off

 

 

and then back on again.

 

 

 

 

The toner

Redistribute the toner

 

cartridge is

cartridge. See page 8.3.

 

defective or out of

If necessary, replace the toner

Pages print,

toner.

cartridge. See page 8.3.

 

 

The file may have

Check the file to ensure that it

but are

blank pages.

does not contain blank pages.

blank.

 

 

 

Some parts, such

Contact a service

 

as the controller

 

or the board, may

representative.

 

be defective.

 

 

 

 

The

The setting in the

Select Download as Bit Image

illustrations

in the Advanced Options

print

software

window of the graphic

incorrectly in

application is

properties. Print the document

Adobe

wrong.

again.

Illustrator.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Samsung manual Settings and Printers. Right, Click the Samsung ML-3050, Series PCL 6 printer icon, Spool Settings button