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Solving printing problems
Symptom Cause Solution
The operator panel
display is blank or
displays only diamonds.
The printer self test
failed.
Turn the printer off, wait about 10 seconds, and turn the printer
back on.
If the Performing Self Test and Ready messages do not
appear, turn the printer off and call for service.
The message Error
reading USB drive
appears when using a
USB device.
The USB device you are
using may not be
supported or has an
error. Only specific USB
flash memory devices
are supported.
For information regarding tested and approved USB flash memory
devices, see our Lexmark Web site at www.lexmark.com.
Jobs do not print. The printer is not ready
to receive data.
Make sure
Ready or Power Saver appears on the display before
sending a job to print. Press to return the printer to the Ready
state.
The specified output bin
is full.
Remove the stack of paper from the output bin, and then press
.
The specified tray is
empty.
Load paper in the tray.
You are using the wrong
printer driver or are
printing to a file.
• Verify you are using the printer driver associated with your
printer.
• If you are using a USB port, make sure you are running
Windows 98/Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or
Windows Server 2003 and using a Windows 98/Me,
Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003
compatible printer driver.
Your MarkNet N8000
series internal print
server is not set up
properly or is not
connected properly.
Verify that you have properly configured the printer for network
printing.
See the drivers CD or to our Lexmark Web site for information.
You are using the wrong
interface cable, or the
cable is not securely
connected.
Make sure you are using a recommended interface cable.
Make sure the connection is secure.
Held jobs do not print. A formatting error has
occurred.
• Print the job. (Only part of the job may print.)
• Delete the job.
• Free up additional printer memory by scrolling through the list of
held jobs and deleting others you have sent to the printer.
The printer has
insufficient memory.
The printer has received
invalid data.
Delete the job.
Job takes longer than
expected to print.
The job is too complex. Reduce the complexity of your print job by eliminating the number
and size of fonts, the number and complexity of images, and the
number of pages in the job.
Page Protect is set to
On.
Set Page Protect to Off from the Setup Menu.
For more information, see the Menus and Messages Guide.
Job prints from the
wrong tray or on the
wrong paper or specialty
media.
The operator panel menu
settings do not match the
media loaded in the tray.
Make sure the Paper Size and Paper Type specified in the printer
driver match the paper size and type in the tray.