c 7 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE
The followingsectionon troubleshootingandmaintenanceis intendedonly as a brief guide. Remember that your printer is a highly sophisticated electronicdevice,whichalso containshigh voltageinside.For that reason, only carry out thoseoperationsthat ate describedin this chapter.
CAUTION: Anyattemptto carryoutoperationsotherthanthosedescribed heremayresultin electricshockand/ordamageto theprinter. Whencarryingoutanyrepairsor maintenance,alwaysfollow the instructionscarefidly.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Yourprinter is a reliablepiece of precisionmachinery,which shouldnot causeyouanytrouble,providedthatitisusedandtreatedsensibly.However, if you do experiencea minorproblem,the few tips belowshouldhelp you avoidhavingto makean unnecessaryservicecall.Thefollowingtablegives you ideason whereto look in this sectionif you experienceproblems:
Region of fault Description
Power supply | Power is not beingsuppliedtotheprinter |
Printing Theprinterdoesnotprin~orstopsprinting
Theprintisfaintoruneven
Dotsaremissing in charactm or graphics
Whileusing application software, fonts orcharactm cannotbeprinted The printout is not what is expected when running a program
Paper feeding Single sheets do not feed properly (without ASF) Continuous pap& does not feed properly with the tractor feed The ASF is not operating or is not feeding paper properly
Paper park(switching between continuous paper and cut she&a) is not working properly
Text is being printed all on one line, or with extra blank lines
Page length and margin settings are not what is expected.
Remember- it is betternotto attemptoperationsor ~pairs aboveyourlevel of competence.Otherwise,you run the risk of damagingthe printer.
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