5.0 Troubleshooting Print System Errors

Using the Print Manager Health Monitor, you can determine and resolve many printing problems. This section discusses how to troubleshoot print system errors. The following flowcharts show you the basic steps you can do to quickly determine errors.

Most printer problems can be identified or localized by answering the following questions. If any answer is No, follow the link to the correct troubleshooting section.

Is the Print Manager healthy?
Is the physical printer reporting errors?
Are print jobs being received by the Print Manager?
Are jobs being sent from the Print Manager to the printer?
Is the job printing correctly?

Figure 5-1 Flowchart for Troubleshooting

Issues not resolved by using this process might require technical support from the printer vendor or from Novell®, Inc.