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chapter 10 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE

The followingsectionon troubleshootingandmaintenanceis intendedonly as a brief guide.

Remember that your printer is a highly sophisticatedelectronicdevice, whichalsocontainshighvoltageinside.Forthat twson, onlycarryoutthose operationsdescribedin this chapter.

CAUTION: Anyattempttocarryoutoperationsotherthanthosedescribed heremay nxtlt in electricshockand/ordamageto theprinter. Whencarryingoutanyrepairsor maintenance,alwaysfollow the instructionscmfully.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Your printer is a teliablepiece of ptecisionmachinery,which shouldnot causeyou anytrouble,providedit is used andtreatedsensibly.However,if youdoexperienceaminorproblem,thefewtipsbelowhelpyouavoidhaving to makean unnecessaryservicecall.Thefollowingtablegivesyouideason whereto lookin this sectionif you experiencefaults:

Region of fault

Description

POW($Xsupply

Pow= is not being suppliedto the printex

Printing

The printerdoeanot prin~or stops printing

 

The printis faintor uneven

 

Dots aremissing in charactersor graphics

 

Whileusingapplicationsoftwarqfontsorcharactemcannotbeprinted

 

The printoutis not whatis expected when runninga jxogram

Paperfeeding

Single sheets do not feed properly(withoutASF)

 

Continuouspaperdoesnot feed properlywith the tractorfeed

 

The ASF is not operatingor is not feeding paperproperly

 

Paperpark(switchingbetweenumtinuouspaperaodcutsheets)isnot

 

workingproperly

 

Text is being printedall on one line or with extrablanktines

 

Page kmgthandmarginsettings arenot whatis expected

Remember-it isbetternotto attemptoperationsorxepaimaboveyourlevel of competence.

Otherwise,you run the risk of damagingthe printer.

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Star Micronics ZA-200, ZA-250 user manual Troubleshooting and Maintenance

ZA-200, ZA-250 specifications

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