Printer 
My printer needs a
new cartridge?
How do I align the printer
cartridges?
Words on the printed page
are smeared?
Printed colors are different
from screen colors?
My printer sends out garbled
letters and symbols?
Although I'm printing, the
page comes out blank or very light?
I press print and nothing
happens?
My printer keeps saying it
is out of paper, yet the tray is full?
I have installed a new print
cartridge, but my printer still does not print?
How do I print on legal sized
paper?
My printer is making a loud
banging noise when I print?
At the end of a print job,
my printer sends out blank pages?
1.My printer
needs a new cartridge?
Cartridges are housed in the Media
Center. See Ann or Judy. After installing new cartridges, you
need to align them for perfect printing.
2.How do
I align the printer cartridges?
Go to START, SETTINGS, PRINTERS,
double click on the printer icon. Go to FILE, to PROPERTIES, then
click on the printer SERVICES tab. Click on ALIGN the print cartridge
button and follow instructions on the screen.
3.Words
on the printed page are smeared?
Your printer needs to be cleaned.
Contact Judy or Ann.
4.Printed
colors are different from screen colors?
Your color cartridge needs to be
replaced. Contact Judy or Ann.
5.My printer
sends out garbled letters and symbols?
Shut off your printer and restart
the computer.
6.Although
I'm printing, the page comes out blank or very light?
Black ink cartridge needs to be
replaced.
7.I press
print and nothing happens?
Check all printer connections, Go
to START, SETTINGS, PRINTERS, and double click on the PRINTER icon.
If the icon is light gray, save your work and restart the computer. (The
computer does not see the printer.) If that does not work, Go to
START, SETTINGS, PRINTERS, and double click on the printer icon, a printer
box should appear, Go to DOCUMENT and see if the PAUSE PRINTING has a check
mark next to it, uncheck PAUSE PRINTING by highlighting PAUSE, releasing
the mouse, and then printing should resume.
8.My printer
keeps saying it is out of paper, yet the paper tray is full?
Your printer may need to have the
roller bars that feed the paper into the printer cleaned. Contact
Judy or Ann.
9.I have
installed a new print cartridge, but my printer still does not print?
Did you remove the blue protective
strip from the bottom of the print cartridge? You could have a bad
cartridge, or you may need to have both cartridges replaced.
10.How
do I print on legal sized paper?
Go to FILE, down to PRINT, once
the print dialog box appears, click on the PROPERTIES button, then the
ADVANCED TAB and change the paper size to legal.
11.My
printer is making a loud banging noise when I print?
Your printer needs to be greased.
(We use WD40 or lubricating oil.) Contact Judy or Ann.
12.At
the end of a print job, my printer sends out blank pages?
Blank pages at the end of your document
need to be deleted by putting the cursor at the top of the blank page and
pressing delete to remove the extra pages.
