Olivetti PG L26 manual

M onochrome led page printer User’s Guide PG L26 - PG L26 Special 537207EN[...]

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PG L26/PG L26 Special Us er’s Guide – Pre face > 4 P REFACE Every effort has been made to ensure th at the information in this document is complete, accurate , and up-to-date. The manufac turer assumes no responsi bility for the results of errors beyond its control. T he manufacturer also cannot guarantee that changes in software and equipme[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special Us er’s Guide – Pre face > 5 C ONTENTS Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Emergency First Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Printer features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special Us er’s Guide – Pre face > 6 Macintosh operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Installed options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Choosing a Mac driv er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Printer set[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special Us er’s Guide – Pre face > 7 Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Installation procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special Us er’s Guide – Pre face > 8 N OTES , C AUTIONS AND W ARNINGS NOTE A note appears in this manual like this. A note provides additional information to su pplem ent the main te xt which may help you to use and unders tand the product. CAUTION! A caution appea rs in this manual like this. A cautio n provides ad ditional in[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Introduction > 9 I NTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing this 26 pages per minute monochrome page printer. Your new printer is designed with a range of adv anced features to give you crisp black and white pages at high speed on a wide range of print media. For your information, a summary of the main f[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Introduction > 10 > One of the following can be added: > 8MB Flash DIMM: to allow the stor age of additional fonts or bar codes for the PG L26, PG L26 Special > 16MB Flash DIMM: to allow the stor age of additional fonts or bar codes for the PG L26, PG L26 Special > P ostScript PS level 3 DIMM:[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – About this manual > 11 A BOUT THIS MANUAL This manual is the user’s guide for your printer and forms part of the overall user support listed below: > Quick Set-up G uide: to describe how to unpack, connect and power up y our printer . > This User’s Guide: to help you to oper ate your printer and[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – About this manual > 12 P RINTING P AGES The whole manual, Individual pages, or sections may be printed. The procedure is: 1. From the toolbar , select File > Print (or press the Ctrl + P keys). 2. Choose which pages you wish to print: (a) [All pages], for the entire manual. (b) [ Current page] for the [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – About this manual > 13 A BBREVIATI ONS USED The following abbreviations are used in this manual: ABBREVIATION MEA NING Ctrl Control dpi dots per inc h DIMM Dual In-line Memory Module n network card installed LED Light Emitt ing Diode NIC Network Interface Card PCL Printer Control Language PS PostScrip t ([...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Printer components > 14 P RINTER COMPONENTS Apart from the Operator panels, which are described in the next chapter, the PG L26 and PG L26 Sp ecial printers look similar from the outside. The important comp onents are identified in the representations below. 1. Operator panel (PG L26 shown) 2. Output Stac[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Printer components > 15 10. LED arra y 11. Image drum 12. Manual Feed T ray (single sheet) (shown in closed position) 13. Pa pe r T ra y (250 sheets) 14. T oner cartridge 15. Fuser unit 16. To p c o v e r 16 15 14 13 12 11 10[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Printer components > 16 17. Power cable connection 18. Cooling fan 19. USB interface connection 20. Par allel interface connection 21. Second paper tray (optional) connection 22. Network card (optional) 23. RS232 serial interface card (optional) 24. Optional Multi Purpose T ray connection 24 23 18 19 20 2[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 17 O PERATOR PANELS This chapter describes the function of the operator panel on your printer. It is useful to describe the Status Monitor software at this point as it provides the PG L26 status information and the equivalent of the menu control panel on the PG L26 Special. (See “Prin[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 18 Power on L ED (green) This indicator comes on and stays on when the printer is switched on using the main power switch. Ready LED (green ) > Indicator on - the printer is on-line and ready to receive data. > Indicator off - the printer is off -line and cannot receive data. The [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 19 O NLINE BUTTON The primary functions of the Online button are activated by pressing the switch momentarily and releasing. The primary functions are as follows: > T urning the printe r off-line. > T urning the printe r on-line (ready). > Resuming printing after a print ov err[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 20 > Resuming data processing. The secondary functions of the Online button are activated after turning the printer off line, then pressing and holding th e switch for four seconds before releasing. The secondary functions are as follows: > Printing the demo and menu pages. > P[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 21 S TATUS M ONITOR After installing the printer driver software onto your computer, the Status Monitor is then installed to indicate what is happening to the printer when it is being used. (See the chapter entitled “Printer Drivers”.) This Status Monitor is also used to control and[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 22 Printer Setup Tab Selecting the Printer Setup tab provides access to the Printer Menu button, which, when selected, enables yo u to: > Select which printer to connect to via the Select Printer button. > Configure the printer settings via the Op en Configur ation button. At all [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 23 Preference s Tab Selecting this tab provides the means to choose the information displayed by the S tatus Monitor and how/when t he Status Monitor appears. The default Alert view setting ensures that the Status Monitor pops up to inform you of a condit ion that requires your attentio[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 24 M ENU FUNCTIONS The Printer Menu allows you to view and change the printer’s internal settings. You can think of this as the software equivalent of an LCD operator panel display that appears on the front of some printers. The settings are grouped into categories or “menus” such[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 25 Informatio n Menu This menu provides a quick method of listing various items stored within the printer. Print menu This menu provides adjustment of various print job related functions. INFORMATION MENU ITEM ACTION PRINT MENU MAP Apply PRINT FILE LIST Apply PRINT PCL FONT Apply PRINT [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 26 Media Menu This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media. System configuration men u This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work. MEDIA MENU ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS TRA Y1 MEDIA SIZE A4 SIZE TRA Y1 MEDIA TYPE PLAIN TRA Y1 MEDIAWEIGHT[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 27 PCL emulation This menu controls the printer’s PCL emulation. PPR Emulation This menu controls the printer’s PPR emulation. ST A TUS DISPLAY LANGUAGE ENGLISH PCL MENU ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS FONT SOURCE RESDENT FONT No. I000 FONT PITCH 10.00 FONT SIZE 12.00 Not displayed in default [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 28 FX Emulation This menu controls the printer’s FX emulation. Parallel menu This menu controls the operation of the printer’s parallel data interface. LEFT MARGIN 0.0 INCH FIT TO LET TER DISABLE TEXT HEIGHT SAME FX MENU ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS FONT PITCH 10 CPI CHARACTE R SET SET -2 S[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 29 RS232C menu This menu controls the operation of the printer’s RS232C data interface. USB menu This menu controls the operation of the printer’s USB data interface. Network men u This menu controls the operation of the printer’s 10Base-T/ 100Base-TX network interface. RS232C MEN[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 30 Memory me nu This menu determines how printer memory is used. System adjustment menu This menu provides fine adjust ment of image position on the printed page in step s of 0.25mm. ETHERT ALK ENABLE Only when NIC is installed FRAME TYPE AUTO Only when NIC is installed IP ADDRESS SET A[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 31 Maintenance menu This menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions. Usage menu This menu is for information only, and provides an indication of total usage of the printer and the expected life left in its consumable items. This is particularly useful if you do not ha[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 32 P RINTING MENU SETTINGS The menu settings can be printed as a menu map as follows. Using the Online button 1. Press the Online button to take the printer off -line. 2. Press and hold down the Online button for at least four seconds, but less than seven seconds. 3. The printer prints [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 33 PG L26 S PECIAL O PERA TOR PANEL The PG L26 Special operator panel consists of a menu driven control panel, an LCD display and a LED indicator. P ANEL ELEMENTS Ready indicator (green). ON - ready to receive data. FLASHING indicates processing data or error. 1. Liquid crystal display.[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 34 9. Online button. Press to switch between online and offline status. M ENU FUNCTIONS The Printer Menu allows you to view and change the printer’s internal settings. The settings are grouped into categories or “menus” such as Information Menu or Print Menu. Some of these setting[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 35 Print menu This menu provides adjustment of various print job related functions. Media Menu This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media. PRINT MENU ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS COPIES 1 MANUAL FEED OFF PAP E R F EE D TRAY 1 AUTO TRA Y SWITCH OFF ON No optional tra y ins[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 36 System configuration men u This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work. PCL emulation This menu controls the printer’s PCL emulation. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS POWER SA VE DELA Y TIME 10 MIN EMULA TION AUTO EMULA TION PARA POR [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 37 PPR Emulation This menu controls the printer’s PPR emulation. FX Emulation This menu controls the printer’s FX emulation. PPR MENU ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS CHARACTER PITCH 10 CPI FONT CONDENSE 12 CPI to 20 CPI CHARACT ER SET SE T -2 SYMBOL SET IBM-437 LETTER O STYLE DISABLE ZERO CHAR[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 38 Parallel menu This menu controls the operation of the printer’s parallel data interface. RS232C menu This menu controls the operation of the printer’s RS232C data interface. FIT TO LET TER DISABLE TEXT HEIGHT SAME PARALLEL MENU ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS PARALL EL ENABLE BI-DIRECTION E[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 39 USB menu This menu controls the operation of the printer’s USB data interface. Network men u This menu controls the operation of the printer’s 10Base-T/ 100Base-TX network interface. USB MENU ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS USB ENABLE SOFT RESET DISABLE OFF REC DISABLE Only when PSE is inst[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 40 Memory me nu This menu determines how printer memory is used. System adjustment menu This menu provides fine adjust ment of image position on the printed page in step s of 0.25mm. Maintenance menu This menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions. MEMORY MENU ITEM DE[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operator p anels > 41 Usage menu This menu is for information only, and provides an indication of total usage of the printer and the expected life left in its consumable items. This is particularly useful if you do not have a full set of replacement consumables to han d and you need to know how soon you w[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Specia l User’s Guide – Paper recommendations > 42 P APER RECOMMENDA TIONS For guidance on the media you can use with your printer, which input tray and which ejection method to use, see the section entitled “Paper and tray information” in the “Specifications” chapter. P APER AND ENVELOPE TYPES The manufacturer of this [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Specia l User’s Guide – Paper recommendations > 43 T RANSPARENCIES AND ADHESIVE LABELS The manufacturer of this printer recommends the following guidelines when selecting transpar encies and adhesive labels for use in your printer: > Always manually feed single sheets using a Manual Feed Tr a y. > Always use rear output. [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Specia l User’s Guide – Paper recommendations > 44 I NSTALLING PAPER 1. Remo ve the paper tr ay from the bottom of the printer and place plain paper in the tray , keeping the level of the paper in the tra y below the guide arrowheads shown on the paper guides (1). NOTE If you are topping up the paper in a paper tray, it is reco[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Specia l User’s Guide – Paper recommendations > 45 2. Adjust the rear paper support (2) to the size of paper you are using by gripping the lugs (3), tilting and sliding the support forwards or backwards as necessary . 3. Adjust the paper guides (1). It is important to adjust the paper guides correctly to ensure that the paper i[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Specia l User’s Guide – Paper recommendations > 46 A UTOMATIC FEED SEQUENCE With no optional feed trays installed, the Autotray function in the Print Menu is set by default to OFF and the Tray sequence function is set to DOWN. Ensure that the Autotray function is set to ON (default) when you have either or both optional feed tr[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Specia l User’s Guide – Paper recommendations > 47 H EAVYWEIGHT PAPER OR CARDSTOCK The normal paper path from a main paper tray to the top output stack involves two complete U-turns. This may sometimes cause very heavyweight paper or cardstock to jam or misfeed. Use the Manual Feed Tray to feed this type of paper and the Rear O[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Specia l User’s Guide – Paper recommendations > 48 Printing transp arencies When printing transparencies, the Manual Feed Tray must be used and the media type changed to transparencies as follows: 1. Open the Manual Feed T ray on the printer and place the transparency face up between the paper guides. 2. Adjust the paper guides[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Specia l User’s Guide – Paper recommendations > 49 PG L26 S PECIAL Using the control panel on your printer, you can choose: > which paper to use > the size of the paper you wish to u se > the weight of the paper (thickness) > the type of paper Paper feed selection The paper feed, pap er size, paper weight and media [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Specia l User’s Guide – Paper recommendations > 50 Paper size Set the paper size as follows. 1. Press the On Line button to return the printer to offline status. 2. Press the Menu button until PRINT MENU is display ed, then preset Select button. 3. Press either Item (+) or (-) button repeatedly until EDIT SIZE is displayed. 4. [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Specia l User’s Guide – Paper recommendations > 51 3. Press the Item (+) or (-) button until MEDIA TYPE or MEDIA WEIGHT for the required tray is displayed. 4. Press the Value (+) or (-) button until the required paper type or weight is disp layed, then press the Select button. A plus (+) appears next to the selected paper type [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Interfaces > 52 I NTERFACES Your printer is equipped with a selection of data interfaces: 1. Parallel – F or direct connection to a PC. This port requires a bi-directional (IEEE 1284 compliant) parallel cable. 2. USB – For connection to a PC running Windows 98 or above (not Win dows 95 upgraded to Win[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Printer drivers > 53 P RINTER DRIVERS This chapter describes how to install a printer driver on two types of operating system – Windows and Macintosh. The printer drivers are all contained on the printer driver CD- ROM. Please refer to the readme file on this CD for the latest information on printer dri[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Printer drivers > 54 M ACINTOSH OPERATING SYSTEMS Please refer to the readme file on CD for details on installing the appropriate Macintosh drivers. I NSTALLED OPTION S Ensure that any installed options are enabled in the printer driver. C HOOSING A M AC DRIVER The PG L26, PG L26 Special models allow you [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operation > 55 O PERATION This chapter provides a broad outline of how to operate your printer from either a Windows or a Macintosh environment. In the former, while PCL emulation is available on all printer models, PS emulation is optional on the PG L26 Special. P RINTER SETTINGS IN W INDOWS The operator[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operation > 56 PCL EMULATION The tabs available are the Setup Tab , the Job Options Tab and the Image Tab . Setup Tab. 1. Paper size should be the same as the page size of y our document (unless you wish to scale the printout to fit another size), and should also be the same as the size of paper you will [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operation > 57 4. Under Manual 2-sided Print ing, you can choose to print on one side of a sheet only or to use 2-sided printing (duplex printing). Y our printer allows you to carry out manual duplex printing, meaning you must pass the paper through the printer twice. Fo r more information, see “2- side[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operation > 58 > The High Quality setting prints at 1200 x 600dpi is the best option for printing vector objects such as graphics and text. > The Normal setting prints at 600 x 600dpi and is suitable for most printing jobs. > The Draft setting prints at 300 x 300dpi and is suitable for printing d[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operation > 59 Image tab 1. Dithering produces an intermediate greyscale by adjusting the combination of dots used in printing. Selecting a setting determines the degr ee of detail with which a graphics image will be printed. Mesh determines that a screen of dots is used for dithering while Line Art deter[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operation > 60 Layout tab 1. Page orientation can be set to portr ait (tall), landscape (wide) or landscape rotated by 180 degrees. 2. Printed page order can be set as front to back or b ack to front of the document. 3. Set the number of pages to be printed on a single sheet.[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operation > 61 4. Click the Advanced button to be able to set further document options as follows: 1. Select the required printed paper size. 2. Y ou can substitute another font for T rue T ype F ont. 3. Y ou can set other document options as required, including PostScript options and printer features.[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operation > 62 Paper/Quality tab You can set the paper source or leave it as automatic selection and by using the Advanced button you have access to the same set of options as described above for th e Layout Tab.[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operation > 63 Job Options tab 1. The output resolution of the printed page can be set as follows. > The Best Quality setting prints at 2400 x 600dpi. This setting requires the most printer memory and takes the longest to print. It is the best option for printing photographs. > The High Quality sett[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operation > 64 5. Using the Advanced button gives you access to the facility to set mirror image printing or negative image printing. 6. A single on-screen button restores the default settings. S ETTING FROM W INDOWS C ONTROL P ANEL When you open the driver properties window directly from Windows, rather [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operation > 65 General tab 1. This area lists some of the main features of your printer , including optional items. 2. This button opens the same windows as described earlier for items which can be set from within application programs. Changes y ou make here, however , will become the new default settings[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operation > 66 Advanced tab 1. Y ou can specify which times of day your printer will be available. 2. Indicates current priority , from 1 (lowest) to 99 (highest). Highest priority documents will print first. 3. Specifies that documents should be spooled (stored in a special print file) before being print[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operation > 67 4. This specifies that the document should not be spooled, but printed directly . Y our application will not normally be ready for further use until the print job is complete. This requires less disk space on your computer , since there is no spool file. 5. Directs the spooler to check the [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operation > 68 shared printer to help each user find their own documents in the output stack. Device Options tab In this window you can select which optional upgrades are installed on your printer. See the chapter entitled “Installing options”. PS emulation The main tabs are the General Tab , Advanc e[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Operation > 69 Device Settings tab 1. Y ou can set the desired paper sizes in each of the available paper feed trays. 2. Y ou can make a variety of font settings depen ding on your application. 3. Y ou can set which optional upgrades are installed on your printer . See the chapter entitled “Installing o[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – 2-sided printing (Windows only) > 70 2- SIDED PRINTING (W INDOWS ONLY ) To carry out 2-sided, or Manual Duplex Printing you must pass paper through the printer twice. You can carry out 2-sided printing using the Paper Tray or the Manual Feed Tray. 2-sided Printing is supported on Windows operating systems[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – 2-sided printing (Windows only) > 71 4. Open the Paper T ra y . 5. T ake the printed paper from the Output Stacker and place it in the Paper T ray , ensuring that the printed side is facing up and the bottom of the page facing into the printer . 6. Close the Paper T ray and press the Online button. The me[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guid e – Consumables and maintenance > 72 C ONSUMABL ES AND MAINTENANCE This section deals with the replacement of the toner cartridge and image drum and general maintenance. C ONSUMABL E ORDER DETAILS *typical for continuous printing Please always use genuine consumables. T ONER CARTRIDGE LIFE How long your tone[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guid e – Consumables and maintenance > 73 W HEN TO REPLACE THE TONER CARTRIDGE PG L26 Replace the toner cartridge after Toner Low displays in the printer Status Monitor. Also, the Error LED indicator slowly blinks when toner is low. After Toner Low displays, the pr inter will print about 100 more pages then displ[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guid e – Consumables and maintenance > 74 Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the top cover. 1. Press the top cover release button and open the printer’s top cover fully . 2. Pull the coloured lever on the righ t side of the toner cartridge towards the front of[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guid e – Consumables and maintenance > 75 PG L26 S PECIAL When the drum reaches 90% of its life, a CHANGE DRUM message is displayed in the operator panel LCD. Change the image drum when the print becomes faint or begins to deteriorate. R EPLACING THE IMAGE DRUM It is recomme nded that y ou change the to ner cartr[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guid e – Consumables and maintenance > 76 5. Gently wipe the LED array su rface with the LED lens cleaner that came with the new toner cartridge or soft tissue. 6. Close the top cover and press it down to latch it closed. R ESETTING THE DRUM COUNTER After replacing the image drum, reset the drum counter to keep a[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guid e – Consumables and maintenance > 77 G ENERATING A CLEANING PAGE If the printed page shows signs of fading, streaking or erratic marks, the problem may be cleared by generating a drum cleaning page as follows. PG L26 Using the prin ter Status Mon itor 1. Start the Status Monitor for the printer . 2. Select t[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guid e – Consumables and maintenance > 78 PG L26 S PECIAL 1. Open the Manual Feed T ray and insert a sheet of A4 plain paper between the paper guides. T o print from the P aper T ray , press the Online button when the LCD display prompts you to insert a sheet of paper in the Manual Feed Tr a y. 2. Press the Menu [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Troubleshooting > 79 T ROUBLESHOOTING S TATUS AND ERROR MESSAGE S Your printer has been designed to give y ou helpful status feedback not only during normal operation bu t also if a printing problem occurs so that you can take appropriate corrective action. PG L26 Both status and error messages are displa[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Troubleshooting > 80 The printer may experience a pape r jam in one of three areas. > INPUT JAM - paper has failed to lea ve the selected feed tray and enter the internal paper path of the printer . A typical message indicates a paper jam and identifies the tray to ch eck. > FEED JAM - paper has ent[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Troubleshooting > 81 3. Carefully lift out the image drum, complete with the toner cartridge. Be careful not to touch or scratch the green drum surface. 4. Remo ve an y jammed sheets from the paper path. 5. Re-install the image drum co mplete with toner cartridge, ensuring that it correctly locates into t[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Troubleshooting > 82 P RINT QUALITY PROBLEMS Before consulting a service representative regarding a print quality problem, check the table below to see if there is a solution, or something you might have overlooked. SYMPTOM PROBLEM SOLU TION Blank sheets printed. Image drum cartridge not properly installe[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Troubleshooting > 83 Fuzzy print. LED array is dirty . Clean LED array . Distorted print. Paper path, lamp assembly , or fusing unit proble m. Generate clea ning page. Contact service. F aded print. T oner cartridge is not correctly installed. To n e r l o w . Install toner cartridg e correctly . Replace [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Troubleshooting > 84 S OFTWARE PROBLEMS Your software (operating environment, applications and printer drivers) controls the printing process. Make sure you have selected the right driver for use with your printer. See your software documentation for more information. H ARDWARE PROBLEMS SYMPTOM PROBLEM SO[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Troubleshooting > 85 Printer freezes or displays error message when computer is rebooted. Booting the computer while the printer is on can cause a communications error . T urn printer off before rebooting computer . Odours. Gases are given off by forms or adhesive s passi ng through the hot fusing unit. M[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Specia l User’s Guide – In stalling options > 86 I NSTALLING OPTIONS The following options are available to extend the performance of your printer: > 10/100 BASE- TX Network Inte rface Card: to make the PG L26 and PG L26 Special network compatible > 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 MB RAM DIMM: to extend the main memory of your print[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Specia l User’s Guide – In stalling options > 87 result will be that the amount of overall memory available to the printer w ill decrease by 16MB as the PS code expands into 16MB of RAM currently installed. For example, a user who already has 128MB installed (total memory is therefore 128+16=144MB) will fit only the PS DIMM and[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Specifications > 88 S PECIFICATIONS G ENERAL A summary of the basic characteristics of your printer appears in the table below: ITEM SPECIFICATION Dimensions PG L26 (N22105B): 355mm x 395mm x 200mm (W x D x H) PG L26 Special (N22106B): 355mm x 395mm x 215mm (W x D x H) W eight 9 kg approximately Printing [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Specifications > 89 Pow e r consumption T ypical: 400W Idle: 70W Pow e r sa ve m o de : 7 -1 0 W Pape r output capacity at 80g/m² F ace up: 50 sheets F ace down: 150 sheets Monthly duty cycle 30,000 pages Consumables T oner cartridge, Image drum Power cable Approximately 1.8 m max. le ngth (not provided [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Specifications > 90 P APER AND TRAY INFORMATION Feed and ejection methods vary depending on the type, size and thickness of medium used. Use the chart below and the notes/ symbols/terms on the following pa ge for initial guidance. (Minor variations to settings may be necessary depending on user setup and [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Specifications > 91 N OTES / SYMBOLS / TERMS Notes: 1. When an optional second pape r tr ay is used, the original tray is referred to as T ray 1 and the optional tra y as T ray 2. 2. It is not possible to use custom paper sizes with the PS emulation driver . 3. T ray 2 can accommodate paper with width of [...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Index > 92 I NDEX Numerics 2-sided printing ............... .......... ... 70 A Adhesive labels .................... ........ 43 Advanced features enabling or disab ling....... .......... 67 C Cleaning page PG L26 ............... .......... .......... 77 D Drum counte r........ .......... ............. 76[...]

PG L26/PG L26 Special User’s Guide – Index > 93 P Page orientation setting in Windows .... .......... 58, 60 Paper Envelope types .............. .......... 42 Exit jam .... ............ ............. ..... 80 Feed jam .............. ............. ..... 80 feed sequenc e ............... .......... 46 Input jam.. ............ ............. ...[...]