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Problem, Recommendation, Problem Solving and, Maintenance

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Problem Some of the characters printed do not match those in the file Paper feeding problems Regular gaps appear in pnntouts Self test pattern is garbled Beeper sounds and pnnter stops Beeper sounds six times and printer stops PRINT HEAD HOT WAIT! Recommendation Check the SelecType Country setting in Chapter 2, and see the International Character Tables in Appendix B. See Chapter 3 for specific instructions on loading paper. Check the SelecType settings to ensure that you've selected the correct paper size. If the test pattern did not print as shown in Step 8 of Chapter 1, the printer is faulty. Refer the problem to your dealer. If the pattern is printed but is patchy or faint, check that the ribbon is installed correctly. The paper sensor is not covered properly. Turn the printer off and check to see that the paper IS loaded correctly If the printer beeps six times (in two groups of three), there is a problem with the print head and ribbon carriage. Turn off the printer and refer the problem to your dealer. Check the SelecType panel lights. If [PRINT HEAD HOT WAIT! is is displayed, the print head is becoming too hot and the printer has stopped to protect it from damage. When the print head cools down. the printer beeps once more, the ON LINE and READY lights come ON again, the panel displays t ON LINEI, and printing resumes. You do not have to do anything to restart the printing. Don't worry if the print head gets hot. it is only likely to happen during long periods of graphics printing. Problem Solving and Maintenance D-3

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Problem
Recommendation
Some of the characters
printed do not match
those in the file
Check the SelecType Country setting in
Chapter 2, and see the International
Character Tables in Appendix B.
Paper feeding problems
See Chapter 3 for specific instructions
on
loading paper.
Regular gaps appear
in pnntouts
Check the SelecType settings to ensure
that you’ve selected the correct paper
size.
Self test pattern
is garbled
If the test pattern did not print as shown
in Step 8 of Chapter 1, the printer is
faulty. Refer the problem to your dealer. If
the pattern is printed but is patchy or
faint, check that the ribbon is installed
correctly.
Beeper sounds and
pnnter stops
The paper sensor is not covered properly.
Turn the printer off and check to see that
the paper
IS
loaded correctly
Beeper sounds six times
and printer stops
If the printer beeps six times (in two
groups of three), there is a problem with
the print head and ribbon carriage. Turn
off the printer and refer the problem to
your dealer.
PRINT HEAD HOT WAIT!
Check the SelecType panel lights. If
[PRINT
HEAD HOT WAIT! is is displayed,
the print head is becoming too hot and
the printer has stopped to protect it from
damage.
When the print head cools down. the
printer beeps once more, the ON LINE
and READY lights come ON again, the
panel displays t ON LINEI, and printing
resumes. You do not have to do anything
to restart the printing. Don’t worry if the
print head gets hot. it is only likely to
happen during long periods of graphics
printing.
Problem Solving and
Maintenance
D-3