5. TROUBLESHOOTING

EO18-33016A

5. TROUBLESHOOTING

„Situation: Communication

1. Printing is not performed in case of Centronics Interface communication.

Possible cause

Check point

The interface cable has a

The Centronics interface cable should

problem.

comply with IEEE1284.

The printer is in PAUSE or

When the printer is in pause or error

ERROR state.

state, the communication cannot be

 

made.

BIOS setting or driver on

On a Windows machine, LPT port can

the host computer has a

be disabled by BIOS setting. When the

problem.

LPT port is disabled, a communication

 

cannot be made.

Solution

Use an IEEE1284 compliant cable.

Clear the pause or error state, and make the printer on line state.

Enable the LPT port by BIOS setting. Check whether an LPT port is available under Windows.

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Toshiba BSA4TMGS12QMR, BSA4TMTS12QMR manual „ Situation Communication

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