Printer Error Messages

In the next in our series of fixing common printer problems we have one of the most annoying laser printer errors - a blank horizontal or vertical line on your printouts, whilst the rest of the page prints fine. This is one of the more common errors with a laser printer, but mistakenly attributed to an empty toner cartridge. Answer the following questions: Are the blank lines happening on...

Experiencing printer troubles on a windows machine? Having trouble with printer spoolers or your printer not being found? Microsoft have provided a helpful page for windows-users to go to as a quick-fix. Involving 3 steps to find what is wrong, it is a great way to quickly find the problem and get it fixed hassle-free.   What Can I Find On This Printer Help Page? Step 1 -> A Basic...

It can happen in many guises. You may have a print job stuck as pending in your print queue.... You may have a print request stuck as "deleting" for hours...Either way, merely trying to print and your printer ignoring you is incredibly annoying. Trying to print, your printing ignoring you and the print job sitting mockingly in your Print queue is akin to a slap in the face.   How To...

If you've ever had an Epson printer, it's quite likely that at some point in time you will have attempted to print in black only to receive an error message that you cannot print until a colour cartridge is replaced. Scandalous! Ridiculous! I want to print some work, not a multi-coloured rainbow of joy. This understandably irks our customers quite considerably, so we went and got the answer...

Are you experiencing an error on your Oki printer where the status is set to paused, with an error that reads like this: Oki Toner Waste Bin Full Oki OPC almost at end-of-life Oki Warning messages on files in your print queue One of our lovely twitter friends, and printmaker/illustrator customer, Celia Hart recently bought to our attention an issue with her Oki printer, which...

Printer maintenance is sometimes a confusing activity. We often advise people to try something that they do not understand... so we have compiled some helpful pointers to assist in the day-to-day running of your printer....