Apple Color StyleWriter 1500 - Manual (Page 70)

The printer acts as if it’s working, but nothing is printed on the page
If your printer takes the paper, but doesn’t actually print anything, try the
following:
m If the ink cartridge is new, make sure that you removed the orange plastic
cap and orange tape from its print head.
m Make sure the ink cartridge is correctly installed. (For instructions, see
“Replacing the Ink Cartridge” in Chapter 4).
m The printer may be out of ink. You can check by seeing whether the test
page prints. To print a test page, see “Printing the Test Page” in the section
“Print Quality is Poor” later in this chapter.
Messages appear on your computer screen
Most messages that appear on your screen are self-explanatory. For example,
they may tell you that the printer is out of paper or that the paper is jammed.
Once you correct the problem, the message goes away.
Here are some other problems that on-screen messages might report:
Serial port in use by another application
Restart your computer before trying to print again.
The waste ink container in the printer is full.
From time to time, the printer deposits some ink into a waste container. In the
rare event that the container becomes full, Apple recommends that you take
the printer to an Apple-authorized service provider.
Your document will be printed in the background when more memory is available.
The computer doesn’t have enough spare memory to print in the background.
m Click Cancel if you don’t want to print.
m Click Print Later if you want the document to print when more memory is
available. To free up memory, quit some of the programs you are running.
m Click Print Now to print the document in the foreground. You won’t be
able to use the computer until the document is printed.
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