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Meaningless characters are printed Check the cable connection A common cause for meaningless 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. If cables are secure and the problem persists, press the Power button to turn off the printer and disconnect the USB or parallel cable from the printer. Turn the printer back on without the connection in place. When the Power LED remains green, reconnect the USB or parallel cable. Check the wireless connection If your wireless connection is disconnected and then reconnected, meaningless characters will print. Resend the print job. Check the document file Occasionally, a document file becomes corrupted. If you can print other documents from the same software application, try to print using a backup copy of your document, if available. Check the symbol set If you are using DOS, use the Deskjet Control Panel (DJCP) to set the appropriate symbol set for the language of your document. Placement of the text or graphics is wrong Check the page-orientation setting The page orientation selected might not be correct for the document you are printing. Make sure the media size and page orientation selected in the software program match the settings in the printer driver. For instructions about changing print settings, see Printing from notebooks and desktops (Windows). Check the paper size Make sure the paper size selected in the printer driver matches the paper size loaded in the printer. The size of the document you are printing might be larger than the media in the tray, so that content is cut off because it is outside the printable area. If the layout of the document you are trying to print will fit on a media size supported by the printer, then load the correct media size. Make sure to select the correct page orientation. Alternatively, in Windows you can open the printer driver and click HP ZoomSmart in the Setup tab. Then select Scale to fit paper in device to scale the document to fit the media size currently selected. 7-9 ENWW

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7-9
ENWW
Meaningless characters are printed
Check the cable connection
A common cause for meaningless 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.
If cables are secure and the problem persists, press the
Power button
to
turn off the printer and disconnect the USB or parallel cable from the
printer. Turn the printer back on without the connection in place. When the
Power LED remains green, reconnect the USB or parallel cable.
Check the wireless connection
If your wireless connection is disconnected and then reconnected,
meaningless characters will print. Resend the print job.
Check the document file
Occasionally, a document file becomes corrupted. If you can print other
documents from the same software application, try to print using a backup
copy of your document, if available.
Check the symbol set
If you are using DOS, use the Deskjet Control Panel (DJCP) to set the
appropriate symbol set for the language of your document.
Placement of the text or graphics is wrong
Check the page-orientation setting
The page orientation selected might not be correct for the document you
are printing. Make sure the media size and page orientation selected in the
software program match the settings in the printer driver.
For instructions about changing print settings, see
Printing from notebooks
and desktops (Windows)
.
Check the paper size
±
Make sure the paper size selected in the printer driver matches the paper
size loaded in the printer.
±
The size of the document you are printing might be larger than the media in
the tray, so that content is cut off because it is outside the printable area.
If the layout of the document you are trying to print will fit on a media size
supported by the printer, then load the correct media size. Make sure to
select the correct page orientation.
Alternatively, in Windows you can open the printer driver and click
HP ZoomSmart
in the Setup tab. Then select
Scale to fit paper in device
to scale the document to fit the media size currently selected.