Lexmark W840N User's Guide - Page 99

Solving paper feed problems, Card Stock & Label Guide, Menus and Messages Guide

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Troubleshooting Solving paper feed problems Symptom Cause Solution Paper frequently jams. You are using paper that does not meet the printer specifications. Use recommended paper and other specialty media. See the Card Stock & Label Guide available on our Lexmark Web site at www.lexmark.com for detailed specifications. See Avoiding jams on page 47 for information that can help prevent jams from occurring. You have loaded too much paper Make sure the stack of paper you load does not exceed or too many envelopes. the maximum stack height indicated in the tray or on the multipurpose feeder. Guides in the selected tray are not Move the guides in the tray to the correct position. set to the appropriate position for the size paper loaded. The paper has absorbed moisture due to high humidity. Load paper from a fresh package. Store paper in its original wrapper until you load it. See Storing print media on page 47 for more information. The Paper Jam message remains after you remove the jammed paper. You have not pressed or have Clear paper from the entire paper path, and then press not cleared the entire paper path. . See Clearing printer jams on page 75 for more information. The page that jammed Jam Recovery in the Setup menu Set Jam Recovery to Auto or On. does not reprint after you is set to Off. clear the jam. See the Menus and Messages Guide for more information. Blank pages feed into the output bin. An incorrect media type is loaded in the tray being printed from. Load the correct type media for your print job, or change the Paper Type to match the type of media loaded. See the Menus and Messages Guide for more information. Solving paper feed problems 99

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Solving paper feed problems
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Troubleshooting
Solving paper feed problems
Symptom
Cause
Solution
Paper frequently jams.
You are using paper that does not
meet the printer specifications.
Use recommended paper and other specialty media.
See the
Card Stock & Label Guide
available on our
Lexmark Web site at
www.lexmark.com
for detailed
specifications.
See
Avoiding jams on page 47
for information that can
help prevent jams from occurring.
You have loaded too much paper
or too many envelopes.
Make sure the stack of paper you load does not exceed
the maximum stack height indicated in the tray or on the
multipurpose feeder.
Guides in the selected tray are not
set to the appropriate position for
the size paper loaded.
Move the guides in the tray to the correct position.
The paper has absorbed moisture
due to high humidity.
Load paper from a fresh package.
Store paper in its original wrapper until you load it.
See
Storing print media on page 47
for more
information.
The
Paper Jam
message remains after
you remove the jammed
paper.
You have not pressed
or have
not cleared the entire paper path.
Clear paper from the entire paper path, and then press
.
See
Clearing printer jams on page 75
for more
information.
The page that jammed
does not reprint after you
clear the jam.
Jam Recovery in the Setup menu
is set to Off.
Set
Jam Recovery
to Auto or On.
See the
Menus and Messages Guide
for more
information.
Blank pages feed into
the output bin.
An incorrect media type is loaded
in the tray being printed from.
Load the correct type media for your print job, or change
the Paper Type to match the type of media loaded.
See the
Menus and Messages Guide
for more
information.