How to fix the 016-xxx Driver or Software Errors on the 3130cn/ 3130cdn Dell Laser Printers?

Dell is one of the top leading brands that have been offering a number of computer hardware and software to its users. Sometimes, the users face various 016-xxx driver errors while utilizing the 3130cn Dell Laser Printers for printing the pages. Thus, in below mentioned information we have come up with some easy solutions to fix these 016-xxx driver or software errors on the 3130cn/ 3130cdn Dell Laser Printers.

The 3130cn/ 3130cdn Dell Laser Printers are specially designed to print professional looking documents. The product delivers a high quality color laser prints at the rate of 26 pages per minute. The rate of printing the pages becomes 31 pages per minute, if the users are printing the pages in Black and White color. The 3130cn Dell Laser Printers are equipped with the 400MHz processor.

The 016-xxx errors are the different driver or software error codes, and each code refers to some error occurring on the software or drivers of the 3130cn/ 3130cdn Dell Laser printers. Some of them are:

·         016-310 refer to the Checksum error in the built-in font ROM

·         016-313 refers to the ASIC error i.e. Application Specific Integrated Circuits errors

·         016-315 refer to the on-board RAM error

·         016-317 refers to the Checksum error in the main program ROM,

·         016-323 refer to read/ write error of the NVRAM (Non-Volatile Random Access Memory)

·         016-327 refer to size/ ID check error of the NVRAM

·         016-340 refer to NIC or ESS communication error

·         016-344 refer to Network MAC address checksum error

·        016-347 refer to the fatal error of the NIC (Network Interface Card) 

           016-370 refer to communication failure error between MCU and ESS 

If you see or face any of the aforementioned 016-xxx error codes on the 3130cn/ 3130cdn Dell Laser Printer while printing the pages, then follow the solution methods mentioned below to fix them, without making many efforts:

      Restart the printer:

1.       Firstly, switch off the printer.

2.       And then, remove all the data cable or the wireless adaptors.

3.       After sometime, restart the printer or turn it on again.

4.       Note: Don’t insert any data cable after turning the printer on again.

5.       Now, try to print the settings report, if the printer completes the POST process i.e. “Power On Self-Test”, with no errors.

6.       If it prints the setting report prints successfully then the issue is not related to the software, it is related to the hardware.

.      Clear the Print Queue

The printers are based on the FIFO i.e. First In First Out method of queuing the prints. Thus, follow the below steps to clear the print queue:

1.       Click on “Start” button on the taskbar.

2.       Open the “Control panel”.

3.       Select the “Devices and Printers” option, manually or search it in the search bar displayed on the rightmost corner of the control panel window.

4.       Right click the icon of the printer, and select “See What’s Printing” option.

5.       Now, select the “Cancel All Documents” from the “Printer” menu.

6.       And then to confirm the cancellation, click “Yes”.

Now, all the documents will be cancelled to be print, after finishing the printing of the current page.

7.       Now, try to print the windows test page, after reinserting the data cables.

Note: Ensure that all jobs are cleared, if more than one PC is using the printer for printing the page.

After performing all the aforementioned solutions, if the 016-xxx Driver errors still persist on the Dell Laser printers, then contact the  Dell Printer Support  to get the proper assistance to fix the error.

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