User guide
Table Of Contents
- Before Beginning
- Setting Up Printer (Printer Setup)
- Using Your Printer
- Print Media Guidelines
- Loading Print Media
- Operator Panel
- Printing
- Know Your Printer
- Maintaining Your Printer
- Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting
- Basic Printer Problems
- Display Problems
- Printing Problems
- Print Quality Problems
- The output is too light
- Toner smears or print comes off/Stain on back side
- Random spots/Blurred images
- The entire output is blank
- Streaks appear on the output
- Pitched color dots
- Vertical blanks
- Mottle
- Ghosting
- Fog
- Bead-Carry-Out (BCO)
- Auger mark
- Wrinkled/Stained paper
- The top margins is incorrect
- Color registration is out of alignment
- Protrudent / Bumpy paper
- Noise
- Jam
- Other Problems
- Contacting Service
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix
- Index
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Troubleshooting 157
Jam
NOTE: In this section, some procedures use the Tool Box or the Status Monitor.
For more information about Tool Box, see "Understanding the Tool Box Menus" on
page 87.
For more information about Status Monitor, see "Printer Status Window" on
page 103.
2
1 Click Machine Check on the Diagnosis tab.
2
Select
Dispense Motor Check (Yellow)
,
Dispense Motor Check (Magenta)
,
Dispense
Motor Check (Cyan)
, or
Dispense Motor
Check (Black)
from the drop-down list box,
and click the
Start
button.
3
Click the
Play of Sound
button to check the
motor sound.
4
Repeat steps 1 and 2 to perform Dispense
Motor Check for the rest of the toner
cartridges.
NOTE: You can perform Dispense Motor Check
for CMYK in any order you desire.
NOTE: Do not check the operation of the
dispense motor repeatedly.
Does the noise generated from the printer
match with the noise from the Play of Sound
button?
Contact Dell. Go to action 3.
3
1
Reinstall the toner cartridges.
2
Perform action 2 again.
Does the noise generated from the printer
match with the noise from the Play of Sound
button?
Contact Dell. The task is
complete.
Action Yes No