Checking the Printer Status (Status Sheet Print). . . 106
Cannot Print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Problem Solving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
The Application or Printer Driver do not
Work Properly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Cannot Connect to the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Paper Does Not Feed or Eject Correctly. . . . . . .116
Cannot Operate the Printer as Expected. . . . . . 120
Paper Gets Jammed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Preventing Paper Jams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
A Message is Displayed on the LCD Screen. . . . . . 125
It is Time to Replace Consumables. . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Precautions when Handling Consumables. . . . . 126
It is Time to Replace the Toner Cartridge and
the Waste Toner Collector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Print Quality is Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Printouts are Light, Dark, Faint, or Dirty. . . . . . 128
The Position, Size, or Margins of the Printout
Are Incorrect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Printed Characters Are Incorrect or Garbled. . . 131
Cannot Read Barcodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Cannot Print Collated Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Last Page is Printed on Opposite Side in 2-
sided Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
The Font Cannot be Printed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Printer Does Not Print Correctly While
Using PostScript Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Cannot Solve Problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Adding or Replacing the Computer or
Devices
Connecting to a Printer that has been
Connected to the Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Using a Network Printer from a Second
Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Using a Network Printer from a Smart Device. . 136
Re-setting the Network Connection. . . . . . . . . . . 136
When Replacing the Wireless Router. . . . . . . . .136
When Changing the Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Changing the Connection Method to the
Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Checking the Network Connection Status. . . . . . . 137
Checking the Network Connection Status
from the Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Printing a Network Connection Report. . . . . . . 138
Printing a Network Status Sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . 142
List of Optional Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Precautions when Installing Optional Items. . . . . . 147
Checking the Installed Optional Items. . . . . . . . . . 147
Printer Stand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Installing the Printer Stand to the Paper
Cassette Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Moving the Printer While the Printer Stand is
Attached. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Printer Stand Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Paper Cassette Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Installing the Paper Cassette Units to the Printer152
Setting the Paper Cassette Unit in the Printer
Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Problems with the Paper Cassette Unit. . . . . . . 156
Paper Cassette Unit Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . 157
Face-up Tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Installing the Face up Tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Output to the Face up Tray Using Setting
from the Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Face up Tray Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
HDD (AL-M8250DN/AL-M8150DN Only). . . . . .158
Installing the HDD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Setting the HDD in the Printer Driver. . . . . . . . 163
Making Settings for Processing Saved Data. . . . 164
Menu Options for Printing from a Computer
(When the HDD is Installed). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Settings Menu List (When the HDD is Installed)165
Ethernet Board (10/100/1000 Base-T, Ethernet)
(AL-M8250DN/AL-M8150DN Only). . . . . . . . . . 166
Function List when Using an Additional
Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Installing an Ethernet Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Settings when Using an Additional Network. . . 169
Solving Problems when Using an Additional
Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Menu Options for Network Settings (When
Using an Additional Network). . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Paper Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Available Paper and Capacities. . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Unavailable Paper Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Consumable Products Information. . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Consumable Products Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
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