Lexmark Optra Color 45, User Manual

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Chapter 6: Solving Printer Problems
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Sol
v
ing P
rinter P
roblems
Caring for Your Printer
Print material
misfeeds or
multiple feeds
occur. • Make sure the paper you are using meets the
specifications for your printer. See “Paper Handling
Specifications” on page 116 for more information.
• Flex paper or other print material before loading it in
the input tray or the optional tray 2.
• Make sure the print material is loaded correctly.
• Make sure the paper width and length guides on the
input tray are adjusted correctly.
• Do not overfill the paper sources.
• Do not force paper down into the manual feed slot
when you load it; otherwise, the paper may skew or
buckle.
• Remove any curled paper from the input tray or
optional tray 2.
• If there is a recommended print side for the paper,
load the paper as described in “Print Materials” on
page 108.
• Load less paper in the paper sources.
• Turn the paper over or around and try printing again
to see if feeding improves.
• Do not mix paper types.
• Do not mix reams of paper.
• Remove the top and bottom sheets of a ream before
loading the print material.
• Load a paper source only when it is empty.
You get unexpected
page breaks. Check the Print Timeout setting in the SETUP MENU .
Increase the setting. See Print Timeout on page 79 for
more information.
Job prints from the
wrong paper
source or on the
wrong paper. Check the PAPER TYPE setting in the PAPER MENU
on the printer operator panel and in the printer driver.
See
PAPER TYPE on page 64 for more information.
Static builds up on
transparencies or
transparencies jam. Use high quality transparencies specifically recom-
mended for inkjet printers.
Problem Action