HP LaserJet 8150 Series Printer - User Guide
Table Of Contents
- HP Customer Care
- Contents
- Introduction
- Printer Basics
- Printing Tasks
- Advanced Printing Tasks
- Overview
- Using Features in the Printer Driver
- Different First Page
- Blank Back Page
- Customizing Tray 1 Operation
- Printing by Type and Size of Paper
- Changing the Variable Fuser Mode
- Loading Custom-size Paper
- Job Retention
- Printing with the Optional HP Fast InfraRed Connect
- Edge-to-Edge Printing
- Duplex Registration
- Printer Maintenance
- Problem Solving
- Overview
- Clearing Paper Jams
- Clearing Jams from the Input Tray Areas
- Clearing Jams from the Optional Duplex Printing Accessory
- Clearing Jams from the Top Cover Area
- Clearing Jams from the Output Areas
- Clearing Jams from an Optional HP Output Device
- Clearing Jams from the Stapler (5-bin Mailbox with Stapler)
- Solving Repeated Paper Jams
- Understanding Printer Messages
- Correcting Output Quality Problems
- Checking the Printer’s Configuration
- HP Digital Copy
- Overview
- HP Digital Copy Installation
- HP Digital Copy Operating Instructions
- HP Digital Copy Features and Benefits
- HP Digital Copy Control Panel
- HP Digital Copy Settings
- Loading documents into the Automatic Document Feeder
- Loading documents onto the Flatbed
- Loading documents larger than the Document Board
- Reading a page from a thick book
- Foreign Interface Harness
- Paper Specifications
- Document Quality
- HP Digital Copy Maintenance
- HP Digital Copy Problem Solving
- Service and Support
- Specifications
- Control Panel Menus
- Printer Memory and Expansion
- Printer Commands
- Regulatory Information
- Index
Chapter 5 Problem Solving 300
Correcting Output Quality Problems
Computer, Network, or I/O Port Problems
Situation Solution
Printer Interface
problems.
Print a configuration page from the printer’s control panel to
verify that the interface configurations shown on the printout
match those on the host computer. (See page 314
to print a
configuration page.)
Computer software
problem.
Check that your computer is working correctly by printing
from a software application you know works or by printing a
plain text file to see if the problem is with your software
application or printer driver. (For example, C:\dir>LPTn
where n is the number of the computer port the printer is
connected to, for example LPT1.) To output the page, you
may have to send a form feed command from your computer.
Software is selecting the
wrong port.
Check your operating system’s port settings to be sure the
print job is being sent to the correct port (for example, LPT1).
Printer port problem. Check that your computer’s port is configured and working
properly. One way to check this is to connect another printer
to that port on your computer and print an application you
know works.