Troubleshooting 8

Troubleshooting quick reference

Refer to the following tables if you encounter problems with the printer. For additional troubleshooting topics, visit the Tektronix web site at

http://www.tek.com/Color_Printers/.

Media feeding or jamming problems

Symptom

Solution

 

 

Paper jams or mispicks

Is the paper too thick or thin for the printer? Use standard

at the standard paper

 

office paper 60 to 120 g/m2 (16 to 32 lb.) or Tektronix

tray or transparency tray.

 

transparency media. Refer to “Acceptable media sizes,

 

 

types, and weight” on page 4-6 for more details on the

 

 

type of paper you can use with the printer.

 

Do not load the tray beyond the fill line. Paper tray

 

 

capacity is 200 sheets paper or 50 sheets transparency.

 

 

Transparency tray capacity is 175 sheets transparency.

 

Check that the maintenance tray is inserted correctly and

 

 

latched firmly into place.

 

You may need to clean the media-pick rollers. Refer to

 

 

“Cleaning for upper media tray jams: media-pick roller” on

 

 

page 7-34.

 

 

Paper-feed problems at

Use standard office paper only, 60 to 120 g/m2 (16 to

the Lower Paper Tray

 

32 lb.).

Assembly.

Do not load the tray beyond the fill line. Paper tray

 

 

capacity is 625 sheets of 90 g/m2 (24 lb.) paper.

Paper jamming inside

Remove and relatch the maintenance tray. Refer to

the printer.

 

“Replacing the maintenance tray” on page 7-11.

 

You may need to clean the paper-feed rollers. Refer to

 

 

“Cleaning for jams and ink smears: paper-feed rollers” on

 

 

page 7-22.

 

 

Paper jamming at

Wait until the front panel prompts you before inserting

manual feed slot.

 

media into the manual feed slot. Feed the paper or

 

 

transparency into the manual feed slot and let the printer

 

 

take the media out of your hands.

Select Manual Paper or Manual Transparency in the printer driver.

Select the appropriate size media in the printer driver.

Make sure to align the paper against the left edge of the manual feed slot.

Is the paper too thick or the wrong size for manual feed? Refer to “Acceptable media sizes, types, and weight” on page 4-6.

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