Epson L-1000 User Manual - Page 71

The Printer Stops Printing, Single Sheets Do Not Feed Properly, Troubleshooting and Maintenance

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Problems and Solutions The printer stops printing l The printer may be out of paper. Check the paper supply. l The paper may be jammed. Remove the jammed paper and reload. l The ribbon may be jammed. See the section on replacing the ribbon later in this chapter. l If the READY light is off and the ON LINE light is flickering, the printer has stopped to allow the print head to cool. Printing resumes soon; you do not have to do anything to restart it. l If the printer stops, the beeper sounds, and the ON LINE light does not flicker, turn the printer off and then turn it back on and try to print again. If the printer beeps again and does not print, take it to a qualified service person. Single sheets do not feed properly l The position of the paper release lever may be wrong. Push it back to the single-sheet position. l The paper may be too large or too small. See the printer's paper specifications in Chapter 5. l The paper guide may not be installed properly. See the section on installing the paper guide in Chapter 2. l The cut sheet feeder mode may be selected by the DIP switch. See the section on setting DIP switches in Chapter 3. 4-4 Troubleshooting and Maintenance

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Problems and Solutions
The printer stops printing
l
The printer may be out of paper. Check the paper supply.
l
The paper may be jammed. Remove the jammed paper and
reload.
l
The ribbon may be jammed. See the section on replacing the
ribbon later in this chapter.
l
If
the READY
light is off and
the ON LINE
light is flickering, the
printer
has
stopped to allow the print head to cool. Printing
resumes soon; you do not have to do anything to restart it.
l
If the printer stops, the beeper sounds, and the
ON LINE
light
does
not
flicker, turn the printer off and
then
turn it back on
and try to print again. If
the
printer beeps again and does not
print, take it to a qualified service person.
Single sheets do not feed properly
l
The position of the paper release lever may be wrong. Push it
back to the single-sheet position.
l
The paper may be too large or too small. See the printer’s paper
specifications in Chapter 5.
l
The paper guide
may
not be installed properly. See
the section
on installing the paper guide in Chapter 2.
l
The cut sheet feeder mode may be selected by the DIP switch.
See
the
section on setting DIP switches in Chapter 3.
4-4
Troubleshooting and Maintenance