Resolving system problems
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No jobs appear to be | Queueing or printing may | • Enter Show Status. |
printing. | be stopped. | • Enter Start Queueing or Printing. |
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| Scheduling policy may be | • Enter Show Scheduling Policy to |
| First Come First Served | determine current setting. |
| (FCFS) and the next job | • If scheduling policy is FCFS and the next |
| may be ineligible. | |
| job is ineligible, no jobs will print. Either | |
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| load the media the job is waiting for, or |
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| Set Scheduling Policy to |
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| ResourceMatch so the next eligible job |
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| Possible system problem | • Enter Print Sample Document to see if |
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| jobs can print from the controller to the |
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| printer. |
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| • If the sample document does not print, |
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| there may be a system problem. |
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| Printer controller is not | • Ping the printer controller; check the |
| communicating with the | cabling/connections. |
| network. (Does not apply | • Reconnect the network cable. Use the |
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| network diagnostics to check the network | |
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| devices. |
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| Printer controller is off or | • Check the printer controller operation. |
| needs to be restarted. | • Restart the printer controller. |
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User cannot send a job | The workstation is not | • Ping the printer controller or another |
from a workstation. | communicating with the | workstation. Look at the workstation |
| network. | network cable. |
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| • Reconnect the network cable. |
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| For TCP/IP: Printer | • View the workstation hosts file. |
| controller host name and | • Add the printer controller name and |
| address are not in the | |
| address to the hosts file. | |
| workstation hosts file. | |
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Troubleshooting Guide |