HP 1018 HP LaserJet 1018 - User Guide - Page 6

Priority feed slot ...26 150-sheet main input tray 26 Printing an envelope ...27 Printing multiple envelopes ...29 Printing on transparencies or labels 31 Printing on letterhead and preprinted forms 32 Printing on custom-size media and cardstock 33 Printing on both sides of the paper (manual two-sided printing 34 Printing multiple pages on a single sheet of paper (N-up printing 36 Printing booklets ...37 Printing watermarks ...39 3 Maintenance Cleaning the printer ...42 Cleaning the print cartridge area 42 Cleaning the printer media path 43 Changing the pickup roller ...45 Cleaning the pickup roller ...48 Changing the printer separation pad 49 Redistributing toner ...51 Changing the print cartridge ...53 4 Problem solving Finding the solution ...56 Step 1: Is the printer set up correctly 56 Step 2: Is the Ready light on 56 Step 3: Can you print a Printer Test page 56 Step 4: Is the print quality acceptable 57 Step 5: Is the printer communicating with the computer 57 Step 6: Does the printed page look like you expected 57 Contact HP support ...57 Status light patterns ...58 Paper handling problems ...60 Media jam ...60 Print is skewed (crooked 60 More than one sheet of media feeds through the printer at one time 60 Printer does not pull media from the media input tray 60 Printer curled the media 61 Print job is extremely slow 61 Printed page is different than what appeared on screen 62 Garbled, incorrect, or incomplete text 62 Missing graphics or text, or blank pages 62 Page format is different than on another printer 63 Graphics quality ...63 Printer software problems ...64 Improving print quality ...66 Light or faded print ...66 Toner specks ...66 Dropouts ...66 Vertical lines ...67 Gray background ...67 Toner smear ...67 Loose toner ...68 Vertical repetitive defects 68 Misformed characters ...68 iv ENWW