Condition

Suggested solutions

 

 

Message appears on

• There may be a copying or printing job in

your computer

progress. When that job is complete, try your job

screen:

again.

• “Device can't be

• The Selected port is currently being used. Restart

set to the H/W

your computer and try again.

mode you want.”

• The printer cable may be improperly connected or

• “Port is being used

the power may be off.

by another

• The scanner driver is not installed or the

program.”

operating environment is not set up properly.

• “Port is disabled.”

• Ensure that the machine is properly connected

• “Scanner is busy

and the power is on, Then restart your computer.

receiving or

• The USB cable may be improperly connected or

printing data.

the power may be off.

When the current

 

job is completed,

 

try again.”

 

• “Invalid handle.”

 

• “Scanning has

 

failed.”

 

 

 

Common windows problems

Condition

Suggested solutions

 

 

“File in Use” message

Exit all software applications. Remove all software

appears during

from the StartUp Group, then restart Windows.

installation.

Reinstall the printer driver.

 

 

“Error Writing to

• Ensure that the cables are connected correctly,

LPTx” message

the machine is on.

appears.

• If bi-directional communication is not turned on

 

in the driver, it will also cause this message.

 

 

“General Protection

Close all other applications, reboot Windows and try

Fault”, “Exception

printing again.

OE”, “Spool32”, or

 

“Illegal Operation”

 

messages appear.

 

 

 

“Fail To Print”, “A

These messages may appear during printing. Just

printer timeout error

keep waiting until the machine finishes printing. If

occurred.” messages

the message appears in standby mode or after

appear.

printing has been completed, check the connection

 

and/or whether an error has occurred.

 

 

NOTE: Refer to Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP User’s Guide that came with your PC for further information on Windows error messages.

Common Linux Problems

Condition

Suggested solutions

 

 

The machine doesn’t

• Check if the printer driver is installed in your

print.

system. Open MFP configurator and switch to the

 

Printers tab in Printers configuration window to

 

look at the list of available printers. Make sure that

 

your machine is displayed on the list. If not,

 

please, invoke Add new printer wizard to set up

 

your device.

 

• Check if the printer is started. Open Printers

 

configuration and select your machine on the

 

printers list. Look at the description in the Selected

 

printer pane. If its status contains “(stopped)”

 

string, please, press the Start button. After that

 

normal operation of the printer should be restored.

 

The “stopped” status might be activated when

 

some problems in printing occurred. For instance,

 

this could be an attempt to print document when

 

MFP port is claimed by a scanning application.

 

• Check if the MFP port is not busy. Since functional

 

components of MFP (printer and scanner) share the

 

same I/O interface (MFP port), the situation of

 

simultaneous access of different “consumer”

 

application to the same MFP port is possible. To

 

avoid possible conflicts, only one of them at a time

 

is allowed to gain control over the device. The

 

other “consumer” will encounter “device busy”

 

response. You should open MFP ports configuration

 

and select the port assigned to your printer. In the

 

Selected port pane you can see if the port is

 

occupied by some other application. If this is the

 

case, you should wait for completion of the current

 

job or should press Release port button, if you are

 

sure that the present owner is not functioning

 

properly.

 

• Check if your application has special print option

 

such as “-oraw”. If “-oraw” is specified in the

 

command line parameter then remove it to print

 

properly. For Gimp front-end, select “print” ->

 

“Setup printer” and edit command line parameter

 

in the command item.

 

 

The machine does

• Check if your machine is attached to your

not appear on the

computer. Make sure that it is connected properly

scanners list.

via the USB port and is turned on.

 

• Check if the scanner driver for your machine is

 

installed in your system. Open MFP Configurator,

 

switch to Scanners configuration, then press

 

Drivers. Make sure that driver with a name

 

corresponding to your machine's name is listed in

 

the window.

 

 

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