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chapter 10 TROUBLESHOOTING

AND MAINTENANCE

Thefollowingsectionontroubleshootingandmaintenanceisintendedonly
asabrief guide.
Rememberthat your printer is ahighly sophisticatedelectronicdevice,
whichalsocontainshighvoltageinside.Forthat twson,onlycarryoutthose
operationsdescribedinthischapter.
CAUTION: Anyattempttocarryoutoperationsotherthanthosedescribed
heremaynxtlt in electricshockand/ordamagetotheprinter.
Whencarryingoutanyrepairsormaintenance,alwaysfollow
theinstructionscmfully.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Yourprinter isateliable pieceof ptecisionmachinery,which shouldnot
causeyouany trouble,provideditisused andtreatedsensibly.However,if
youdoexperienceaminorproblem,thefewtipsbelowhelpyouavoidhaving
tomakean unnecessaryservicecall.Thefollowingtablegivesyouideason
whereto lookin this sectionifyou experiencefaults:
Regionof fault Description
POW($Xsupply Pow= isnot beingsuppliedto the printex
Printing Theprinterdoeanotprin~or stops printing
Theprintis faint oruneven
Dotsare missingin charactersorgraphics
Whileusingapplicationsoftwarqfontsorcharactemcannotbeprinted
Theprintoutis notwhat isexpected whenrunningajxogram
Paperfeeding Singlesheets do notfeed properly(withoutASF)
Continuouspaperdoesnotfeed properlywith thetractorfeed
TheASF is not operatingoris notfeeding paperproperly
Paperpark(switchingbetweenumtinuouspaperaodcutsheets)isnot
workingproperly
Textis being printedallon one line or withextra blanktines
Pagekmgthandmarginsettings arenot whatis expected
Remember-it isbetternottoattemptoperationsorxepaimaboveyourlevel
ofcompetence.
Otherwise,yourunthe riskof damagingtheprinter.
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