Solving general printing problems
For problems with the operation of your printer, refer to the table for suggested solutions.
Condition | Possible cause | Suggested solutions |
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| The printer is not | Check the power cord |
| connections. Check the power | |
| receiving power. | |
| switch and the power source. | |
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| The printer is not | Select Xerox Phaser 3435 as |
| selected as the | |
| your default printer. | |
| default printer. | |
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| The printer cover | Close the printer cover. |
| is not closed. |
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| Paper is jammed. | Clear the paper jam. See |
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| page 9.1. |
| No paper is | Load paper. See page 5.4. |
| loaded. |
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| The print | Install the print cartridge. |
| cartridge is not |
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| installed. |
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| The printer may | Check the display message, |
The printer | be in manual feed | add paper to the |
does not | mode and out of | tray, and press OK on the |
print. | paper. | printer’s control panel. |
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| The connection |
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| cable between | Disconnect the printer cable |
| the computer and | |
| the printer is not | and reconnect it. |
| connected |
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| properly. |
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| The connection | If possible, attach the cable to |
| cable between | another computer that is |
| the computer and | working properly and try to print |
| the printer is | a document. You can also try |
| defective. | using a different printer cable. |
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| Check the Windows printer |
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| setting to make sure that the |
| The port setting is | print job is sent to the correct |
| port. If the computer has more | |
| incorrect. | |
| than one port, make sure that | |
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| the printer is attached to the |
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| correct one. |
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Condition | Possible cause | Suggested solutions | |
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| The printer may | Check the printer properties to | |
| be configured | ensure that all of the print | |
| incorrectly. | settings are correct. | |
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The printer | The printer driver | Reinstall the printer driver; See | |
may be | |||
does not | the Software Section. Try | ||
incorrectly | |||
print. | printing a test page. | ||
installed. | |||
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| Check the display message on | |
| The printer is | the control panel to determine if | |
| malfunctioning. | the printer is indicating a | |
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| system error. | |
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Printer |
| For many software | |
The paper source | applications, the paper source | ||
selects print | |||
selection is found under the | |||
materials | selection in the | ||
Paper tab within the printer | |||
from the | printer properties | ||
properties. Select the correct | |||
wrong paper | may be incorrect. | ||
paper source. See the | |||
source. |
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| Software Section. | ||
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| Paper has not | Remove paper from the tray | |
| and reload it correctly. | ||
| been loaded | ||
| Check that the paper size | ||
Paper does | correctly. | ||
guides are set correctly. | |||
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not feed into |
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There is too much | Remove excess paper from the | ||
the printer. | |||
paper in the tray. | tray. | ||
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| The paper is too | Use only paper that meets | |
| thick. | printer specifications. | |
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| Reduce the complexity of the | |
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| page(s) or try adjusting the | |
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| print quality settings. | |
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| To adjust the print quality | |
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| settings, reduce the resolution. | |
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| If you have set the resolution to | |
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| 1200 dpi (Best), change it to | |
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| 600 dpi (Normal). See the | |
| The job may be | Software Section. | |
| Change the port setting to the | ||
| very complex. | ||
Print job is | USB or network port to improve | ||
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extremely |
| print speed. | |
slow. |
| Your printer prints | |
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| paper at 33 ppm and letter- | |
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| sized paper at 35 ppm and your | |
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| printer prints | |
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| 17 ipm and | |
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| 18 ipm in the duplex printing | |
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| mode. | |
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| The printer may |
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| have insufficient | Install more memory in your | |
| printer. See page 10.1. | ||
| memory (RAM). |
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9.9 <Troubleshooting>