Your initial instinct may be to reprint your file and hunt for an improvement if your office printer suddenly starts printing pages that resemble secret code rather than official business documents. If the same problems appear in your reprint, you have a problem that needs to be fixed through troubleshooting. Finding the cause of your oddities on paper requires a close examination of your hardware and output procedure, starting with the file you were trying to print.
File Content
Check to determine if you printed the file you meant to produce from the correct application to handle its data type when you see jumbled, random symbols on the page instead of the document content you anticipate. For instance, instead of readable output, you’ll see page after page of a jumble of letters, numbers, symbols, and punctuation if you unintentionally print a graphic file from a text-processing programme. If you finish your printing task quickly, you might not notice what you printed from where because some applications will happily open files they can’t actually understand.
Font-File Corruption
When printing, font files that are corrupt or incompatible can cause havoc. You can see jumbled characters on your screen as well as on paper if your fonts contain a file that was corrupted in a power outage, you unintentionally loaded two versions of the same typeface that both identified themselves to your operating system under the same name, or you’re trying to use a freeware font file that isn’t well formed. Your issue should be solved by switching to a fresh copy of the font software or a workable substitute.
Bad Data Connection
The data link between your printer and computer is necessary for your printed output. Your output degrades as soon as your cabling does. Garbled printouts can be a symptom of connection issues, such as a loose data cable or a damaged one. If your printer connects wirelessly, check the consistency and strength of the signal. If your printer is connected via a hub, try connecting the printer cable directly to your CPU.
Printer Driver
The hardware can understand the data you send it and the operating system can make the data available thanks to the driver software that stands between your printer and your operating system. You may experience issues ranging from onscreen error messages to typographical errors on paper if the driver becomes corrupt or if you install an update that is incompatible with or poorly designed. For a driver installer that can be downloaded, visit the website of the company that makes your printer, and then watch for an improvement in the way that it prints.
