Solving General Printing
Problems
For problems with the operation of your printer, refer to the table for suggested solutions.
Problem | Possible Cause | Solution |
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The printer | The printer is not | Check the power cord connections. |
does not | receiving power. | Check the power switch and the |
print. |
| power source. |
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| The printer is not | Select Samsung |
| selected as the | PCL 6 or Samsung |
| default printer. | Series PS as your default printer. |
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| Check the printer for | After locating the problem, clear it. |
| the following: | If a printer system error occurs, |
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| contact your service representative. |
| • The printer cover | • Close the printer cover. |
| is not closed. |
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| • Paper is jammed. | • Clear the paper jam. See |
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| page 7.4. |
| • No paper is loaded. | • Load paper. See page 2.4. |
| • The toner cartridge | • Install the toner cartridge. See |
| is not installed. | page 2.2. |
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| The printer may be | Check the display message, add |
| in manual feed mode | paper to the |
| and out of paper. | press the On Line/Continue |
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| button on the printer’s control panel. |
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| The connection cable | Disconnect the printer cable and |
| between the | reconnect it. |
| computer and the |
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| printer is not |
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| connected properly. |
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| The connection cable | If possible, attach the cable to |
| between the | another computer that is working |
| computer and the | properly and try to print a |
| printer is defective. | document. You can also try using a |
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| different printer cable. |
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| The port setting is | Check the Windows printer setting to |
| incorrect. | make sure that the print job is sent |
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| to the correct port. If the computer |
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| has more than one port, make sure |
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| that the printer is attached to the |
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| correct one. |
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| The printer may be | Check the printer properties to |
| configured | ensure that all of the print settings |
| incorrectly. | are correct. |
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Problem | Possible Cause | Solution | |
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The printer | The printer driver | Reinstall the printer driver; for | |
does not | may be incorrectly | details, see the Software Section. | |
print. | installed. | Try printing a test page. | |
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The printer is | Check the display message on the | ||
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| malfunctioning. | control panel to determine if the | |
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| printer is indicating a system error. | |
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Printer | The paper source | For many software applications, the | |
selects print | selection in the | paper source selection is found | |
materials | printer properties | under the Paper tab within the | |
from the | may be incorrect. | printer properties. Select the correct | |
wrong paper |
| paper source. For details, see the | |
source. |
| Software Section. | |
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Paper does | Paper has not been | Remove paper from the tray and | |
not feed into | loaded correctly. | reload it correctly. | |
the printer. |
| Check that the paper size guides are | |
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| set correctly. | |
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| There is too much | Remove excess paper from the tray. | |
| paper in the paper |
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| tray. |
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| The paper is too | Use only paper that meets printer | |
| thick. | specifications. | |
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Print job is | The job may be very | Reduce the complexity of the | |
extremely | complex. | page(s) or try adjusting the print | |
slow. |
| quality settings. | |
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| To adjust the print quality settings, | |
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| reduce the resolution. If you have | |
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| set the resolution to 1200 dpi | |
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| (Best), change it to 600 dpi | |
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| (Normal). For details, see the | |
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| Software Section. | |
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| Change the port setting to the USB | |
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| or network port to improve print | |
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| speed. | |
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| Your printer prints | |
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| 33 ppm and | |
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| ppm. | |
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| If using Windows 9x/ | From the Start menu, choose | |
| Me, the Spooling | Settings and Printers. | |
| Setting may be set | the Samsung | |
| incorrectly. | PCL 6 printer icon, choose | |
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| Properties, click the Details tab, | |
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| and then choose the Spool | |
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| Settings button. Select the desired | |
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| spool setting. | |
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| The computer may | Install more memory in your printer. | |
| have insufficient | See “Installing Memory DIMM” on | |
| page 9.1. | ||
| memory (RAM). |
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7.2 Solving Problems