Sometimes when a old or cheap printer is being used it doesn’t work as well, like; it doesn’t have the right printer driver that doesn’t produce text, too much paper that leads to paper jams, saying “out of paper” when there is paper. If you said that there have been many problems before, most likely they still have a many problems now.
- When your computer prints out Gibberish, it usually means that the
printer driver is not connected to the data stream. you can update the latest printer driver and see if it works. Or You can clear the printer queue, sometimes it gets backed up. or Press the power button to turn off the printer to restart it.
- If your printer has too many paperjams you can Look at the tray because there could be previous paper jams, torn paper, printing labels or other objects in the printer can cause recurring jams. Or Press the power button to turn off the printer to restart it.
-When your printer says; "Out of order" even though there is paper in the printer, you should Clean the rollers inside the printer and in the duplexer (if there is one). Press the power button to turn off the printer to restart it.
In the future you should buy the right printer with the right, Image quality, size and speed, media handling, ease of use and support, also you should look at the right prices.