chapter 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 those operationsdescribedin this chapter.

CAUTION: Artyattemptto carryoutoperationsotherthanthosedescribed heremay resultin electricshockand/ordamageto theprinter. Whencarryingout anyrepairsor maintenance,alwaysfollow the instmctionscarefully.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Yourprinter is a reliablepiece of precisionmachinery,which shouldnot causeyou anytrouble,providedit is used andtreatedsensibly.However,if you do experiencea minor problem, the few tips below help you avoid havingto make an umecessary servicecall. The followingtable givesyou ideas on whereto look in this sectionif you experienceproblems:

Regionoffault Description

Powersupply Powerisnotbeingsuppliedtotheprinter

Printing Theprinterdoesnotprin~orstopsprinting Theprintisfaintoruneven Dotsaremissingincharactersorgraphics Whileusingapplicationsoftware,fontsorcharacterscarrnotbeprinted Theprintoutisnotwhatisexpectedwhenrunningaprogram

Paperfeeding Singlesheetsdonotfed properly(withoutASF) Continuouspaperdoesnotfeedproperlywiththetractorfeed TheASFisnotoperatingorisnotfeedingpaperproperly

Paperpark(switchingbetwee.ncontinuouspaperandcutsheets)isnot workingproperly

Textisbeingprintedallononeline,orwithextrablanklines

Pagelengthandmarginsettingsarenotwhatisexpected.

Remember- it is betternotto attemptoperationsor repairsaboveyourlevel of competence.Otherwise,you run the risk of damagingthe printer.

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