Lexmark E360DN Troubleshooting Guide - Page 1

Lexmark™ E360 Troubleshooting Guide Troubleshooting Solving basic printer problems If there are basic printer problems, or the printer is unresponsive, make sure: • The power cord is plugged into the printer and a properly grounded electrical outlet. • The electrical outlet is not turned off by any switch or breaker. • The Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) has not tripped. • The printer is not plugged into any surge protectors, uninterrupted power supplies, or extension cords. • Other electronic equipment plugged into the outlet is working. • The printer is turned on. Check the printer power switch. • The printer cable is securely attached to the printer and the host computer, print server, option, or other network device. • All options are properly installed. • The printer driver settings are correct. Once you have checked each of these possibilities, turn the printer off, wait for about 10 seconds, and then turn the printer back on. This often fixes the problem. Printer control panel display is blank or displays only diamonds The printer self test failed. Turn the printer off, wait about 10 seconds, and then turn the printer back on. If Performing Self Test and Ready do not appear, turn the printer off and contact Customer Support. Solving printing problems Jobs do not print These are possible solutions. Try one or more of the following: MAKE SURE THE PRINTER IS READY TO PRINT Make sure Ready or Power Saver appears on the display before sending a job to print. CHECK TO SEE IF THE STANDARD EXIT BIN IS FULL Remove the stack of paper from the standard exit bin. CHECK TO SEE IF THE TRAY IS EMPTY Load paper in the tray. MAKE SURE THE CORRECT PRINTER SOFTWARE IS INSTALLED Verify that you installed the correct printer software for your printer model. Open the Software and Documentation CD to check which software is installed. MAKE SURE THE PRINTER IS CONNECTED TO THE NETWORK Print a network setup page and check that the status shows Connected. If the status is Not Connected, check the network cables, and then try printing the network setup page again. Contact your system support person to make sure the network is functioning correctly. MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING A RECOMMENDED USB, PARALLEL, OR ETHERNET CABLE For more information, contact the place where you purchased the printer. 1 MAKE SURE PRINTER CABLES ARE SECURELY CONNECTED Check the cable connections to the printer to make sure they are secure. For more information, see the setup documentation that came with the printer. Multiple-language PDFs do not print The documents contain unavailable fonts. 1 Open the document you want to print in Adobe Acrobat. 2 Click the printer icon. The Print dialog appears. 3 Select Print as image. 4 Click OK. Job takes longer than expected to print These are possible solutions. Try one or more of the following: REDUCE THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PRINT JOB Reduce the number and size of fonts, the number and complexity of images, and the number of pages in the job. CHANGE THE PAGE PROTECT SETTING TO OFF 1 From the printer control panel, press . 2 Press the arrow buttons until Settings appears, and then press . 3 Press the arrow buttons until General Settings appears, and then press . 4 Press the arrow buttons until Print Recovery appears, and then press . 5 Press the arrow buttons until Page Protect appears, and then press . 6 Press the arrow buttons until Off appears, and then press .