HP 2600 HP Business Inkjet 2600/2600dn - (English) User's Guide - Page 98

Meaningless characters printed, Printout is slanted or skewed, The system needs to be restarted

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! The Symmetrical Margins option makes the left and right margins equal and top and bottom margins equal (Windows only) If the page appears incorrect, make sure this setting is not selected in the printer driver. Meaningless characters printed ! A cable connection is poor A common cause for nonsense characters is a poor cable connection between the printer and computer. Make sure the cable connection at both ends is good and that the cable is securely fastened. ! The system needs to be restarted Turn off the printer and computer for a few seconds, turn them both back on, and then try printing again. ! The wrong printer driver is selected Check to make sure your printer is selected as the current or default printer. For information about setting the default printer in Windows, see "Setting the default printer." For information about setting the default printer in the Mac OS, see "Changing printer settings and printing documents." ! The document file is damaged Occasionally, a document file can become damaged. If you can print other documents from the same software package, try to print using a backup copy of your document, if available. Printout is slanted or skewed If paper is twisting as it feeds or margins appear crooked, the paper guides might not be pressed snugly but gently against the paper. Both the length and width paper guides must be gently pressed against the paper. 8-16 ENWW

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ENWW
!
The Symmetrical Margins option makes the left and right
margins equal and top and bottom margins equal
(Windows only)
If the page appears incorrect, make sure this setting is not selected
in the printer driver.
Meaningless characters printed
!
A cable connection is poor
A common cause for nonsense characters is a poor cable
connection between the printer and computer.
Make sure the cable connection at both ends is good and that the
cable is securely fastened.
!
The system needs to be restarted
Turn off the printer and computer for a few seconds, turn them both
back on, and then try printing again.
!
The wrong printer driver is selected
Check to make sure your printer is selected as the current or
default printer. For information about setting the default printer in
Windows, see “Setting the default printer.” For information about
setting the default printer in the Mac OS, see “Changing printer
settings and printing documents.”
!
The document file is damaged
Occasionally, a document file can become damaged. If you can
print other documents from the same software package, try to print
using a backup copy of your document, if available.
Printout is slanted or skewed
If paper is twisting as it feeds or margins appear crooked, the paper
guides might not be pressed snugly but gently against the paper. Both
the length and width paper guides must be gently pressed against the
paper.