Common Postscript Problems; Common Linux Problems - Samsung ml-2850 Series User Manual

Condition
"Fail To Print," "A
printer timeout error
occurred,"
messages appear.
Note
• Refer to Microsoft Windows User's Guide that came with your
computer for further information on Windows error messages.

Common PostScript problems

The following situations are PostScript language specific and may occur
when several printer languages are being used.
Note
• To receive a printed or screen displayed message when
PostScript errors occur, open the Print Options window and
click the desired selection next to the PostScript errors section.
Condition Possible cause
PostScript file The PostScript
can not be driver may not
printed. be installed
correctly.
"Limit Check The print job
Error" message was too
appears. complex.
A PostScript Print job may
error page not be
prints. PostScript.
When print a The resolution
document in setting in the
Macintosh with printer driver
Acrobat Reader may not be
6.0 or higher, matched with
colors print that in Acrobat
incorrectly. Reader.
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Suggested solutions
These messages may appear during printing.
Just keep waiting until the printer finishes
printing. If the message appears in standby
mode or after printing has been completed,
check the connection and/or whether an error
has occurred.
Suggested solutions
• Print a configuration page
and verify that the PostScript
version is available for
printing.
• Install the PostScript driver;
to installing the PS printer
driver, see the Software
Section.
• If problem consists, contact a
service representative.
You might need to reduce the
complexity of the page.
Make sure that the print job is a
PostScript job. Check to see
whether the software
application expected a setup or
PostScript header file to be sent
to the printer.
Make sure that the resolution
setting in your printer driver
matches that in Acrobat
Reader.

Common Linux problems

Condition
• Check if the printer driver is installed in your
• Check if the printer is started. Open Printers
The printer doesn't
print.
• Check if your application has special print
Please avoid changing print job parameters
(via LPR GUI, for example) while a print job is
in progress. Known versions of CUPS server
I encounter error break the print job whenever print options are
"Unable to open changed and then try to restart the job from
mfp port device the beginning. Since Unified Linux Driver
file!" when printing locks mfp port while printing, the abrupt
a document. termination of the driver keeps the port locked
and therefore unavailable for subsequent print
jobs. If this situation occurred, please, try to
release the mfp port.
The CUPS (Common Unix Printing System)
When printing a
version distributed with SuSE Linux 9.2
document over the
(cups-1.1.21) has a problem with ipp
network in SuSE
(Internet Printing Protocol) printing. Use the
9.2, the printer
socket printing instead of ipp or install later
does not print.
version of CUPS (cups-1.1.22 or higher).
9.10
<Troubleshooting>
Suggested solutions
system. Open Unified Driver Configurator
and switch to the Printers tab in Printers
configuration window to look at the list of
available printers. Make sure that your
machine is displayed on the list. If not,
please, invoke Add new printer wizard to set
up your device.
configuration and select your machine on
the printers list. Look at the description in
the Selected printer pane. If its status
contains "(stopped)" string, please, press
the Start button. After that normal operation
of the printer should be restored. The
"stopped" status might be activated when
some problems in printing occurred.
option such as "-oraw". If "-oraw" is
specified in the command line parameter
then remove it to print properly. For Gimp
front-end, select "print" -> "Setup printer"
and edit command line parameter in the
command item.