General problems, Printer-related errors, Paper-related errors – Dell 928 All In One Inkjet Printer User Manual

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S

ET

PRINTER

AS

DEFAULT

.

1 On Windows XP, click Startg Control Panelg Printers and other hardwareg Printers and Faxes.

On Windows 2000, click Startg Settingsg Printers.
On Windows Vista, click Startg Control Panelg Printers.

2 Right-click Dell Photo AIO 928, and select Set as Default.

P

RINTER

NOT

WORKING

AND

PRINT

JOBS

BLOCKED

IN

PRINT

QUEUE

.

Ensure that only one instance of the printer is installed:

1 On Windows XP, click Startg Control Panelg Printers and other hardwareg Printers and Faxes.

On Windows 2000, click Startg Settingsg Printers.
On Windows Vista, click Startg Control Panelg Printers.

2 Check if more than one Dell printer is present, in general printer instances have names in the format:

Dell Photo All-In-One Printer 928, Dell Photo All-In-One Printer 928 (Copy 1), Dell Photo All-In-One Printer 928 (Copy 2)
and so on.

3 Send a print operation to each of the printer instances present to check which is active.

4 Set one of the active printers as the default printer by right-clicking the printer name and selecting Set as Default.

5 Delete the unwanted printer instances by clicking the printer name and then clicking Fileg Delete.

To avoid creating more than one instance of the Dell printer in the Printers folder, when you disconnect and reconnect the
printer to the computer always insert the USB cable into the same USB port that you used originally when connecting the Dell
printer; also install the Dell printer only once from the printer CD.

Printer-related errors

E

NSURE

THAT

THE

PRINTER

POWER

SUPPLY

CABLE

IS

CONNECTED

CORRECTLY

TO

THE

PRINTER

AND

TO

THE

ELECTRICAL

OUTLET

.

C

HECK

THAT

THE

PRINTER

IS

NOT

IN

A

WAIT

OR

PAUSED

STATE

.

1 On Windows XP, click Startg Control Panelg Printers and other hardwareg Printers and Faxes.

On Windows 2000, click Startg Settingsg Printers.
On Windows Vista, click Startg Control Panelg Printers.

2 Double click Dell Photo AIO 928, then click printer.

3 Ensure that the Suspend printing check box is not selected. If it is, click the option to deselect and reactivate printing.

C

HECK

FOR

FLASHING

LED

S

ON

PRINTER

.

For more information, see "

Error Messages and LEDs

".

E

NSURE

THAT

THE

INK

CARTRIDGES

ARE

INSTALLED

CORRECTLY

AND

THAT

THE

TAPE

HAS

BEEN

REMOVED

FROM

THE

NOZZLES

OF

ALL

CARTRIDGES

.

C

HECK

THAT

PAPER

IS

LOADED

CORRECTLY

.

For more information, see "

Loading Paper

".

C

HECK

THAT

THE

PRINTER

IS

NOT

CONNECTED

TO

A

P

ICT

B

RIDGE

CAMERA

.

For more information, see "

Printing Photos from a PictBridge-Enabled Camera

".

General Problems

Paper-related errors

C

HECK

THAT

THE

PAPER

HAS

BEEN

LOADED

CORRECTLY

.

For more information, see "

Loading Paper

".

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