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Self-Diagnosing your Printer
The variety of diagnostic tips is provided in aim to help you efficiently
troubleshoot printer problems. Please carefully go through the following
descriptions to understand how each function provided works.
Self Test
A self-test page, generated by
Self Test
function, generally contains
useful information describing current printer configurations. Please
follow the instructions described below to perform a self-test:
1.
Power OFF printer.
2.
Hold down
Feed
button, and then power on the printer.
3.
Release
Feed
button after the printer emits one beep sound.
4.
The printer will print a test page displaying the self-test result.
5.
A flashing red Paper Out LED indicates the printing is still
processing. In this case, you may either choose to reboot your
printer or keep pressing
Feed
button to further create the hex
dump and Ethernet info print-outs until the indicator stops
blinking red.
Software Switch Reset
Software Switch Reset
is the specially-designed function aimed to
facilitate the factory reset process. Please go through the following
instructions to reset your printer to factory settings using
Software
Switch Reset
.
1.
Power OFF printer.
2.
Open the cover of the printer.
3.
Press
Feed
button three times after powering on the printer.
4.
Close the cover of the printer.
5.
The printer will emit one long beep sound and then print a test
page displaying software switch setting
6.
Afterwards, the printer will restart by itself.
7.
Ensure that all the software switches are correctly set to
factory default as follows:
Software switch number
Pin Number
SW1
Pin 1 ~ 8 = OFF
SW2
Pin 1 ~ 8 = OFF
SW3
Pin 1 ~ 8 = OFF
SW4
Pin 1 ~ 8 = OFF