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READY, ON LINE, LOAD/EJECT, The printer stops printing, Single sheets do not feed properly

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Troubleshooting The printer stops printing l The printer may be out of paper. Check the paper supply. l The paper may be jammed. See the section on the self test in Chapter 1. l The ribbon may be jammed. See the section on the self test in Chapter 1. l If the READY light is off and the ON LINE light is flickering, the LQ has stopped to allow the print head to cool. Printing resumes soon; you do not have to do anything to re-start 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 The position of the paper release lever may be wrong. Push it back to the single sheet position. You may have tried to load the paper with the LOAD/EJECT button while the printer was ON LINE. Be sure that the printer is off line when you use the LOAD/EJECT button. The paper may be too large or too small. See the paper specifications in Chapter 8. The paper guide may not be installed properly. See the section on installing the paper guide in Chapter 2. The cut sheet feeder mode may be selected by the DIP switch. See the section on setting DIP switches in Chapter 3. 6-3

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Troubleshooting
The printer stops printing
l
The printer may be out of paper. Check the paper supply.
l
The paper may be jammed. See the section on the self test in
Chapter 1.
l
The ribbon may be jammed. See the section on the self test in
Chapter 1.
l
If the
READY
light is off and the
ON LINE
light is flickering, the
LQ has stopped to allow the print head to cool. Printing
resumes soon; you do not have to do anything to re-start 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
The position of the paper
release lever may be wrong.
Push it
back to the single sheet position.
You may have tried to load the paper with the
LOAD/EJECT
button while the printer was
ON LINE.
Be sure that the printer is
off line when you use the
LOAD/EJECT
button.
The paper may be too large or too small. See the paper
specifications in Chapter 8.
The paper guide may not be installed properly. See the section
on installing the paper guide in Chapter 2.
The cut sheet feeder mode may be selected by the DIP switch.
See the section on setting DIP switches in Chapter 3.
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