We have a HP2420N Colour Laser printer. Since then all print jobs have a 2nd blank page with PCL XL error Warning: IllegalMediaSource. Have tried a few suggestions on the web like specifying the media, removing the printer driver and re-installing but nothing has been successful. Any help would be appreciated.

Orn Wilson

• 104 Answers
• Posted on May 22, 2008

SOURCE: NO RESPONSE, PRINTER DISPLAY BLANK

sounds like you have a bad formatter....there is a way to circumvent the formatter and print whats called an engine test. this is used just to test the mechanics of the machine and leave the brain out of the equation...

Engine Test Button Location HP laserjet printer 5000 series
The engine test verifies that the print engine is functioning correctly.
The Formatter PCA is completely bypassed during an engine test.
This test is very useful for isolating printer problems. The engine test
prints a full page of lines across the entire printable area, and is also
useful for checking and adjusting registration.


Note Engine test will print from the last input tray used.
If the last input tray is empty or if the last input source was the duplexer,
then the Engine Test will print from Tray 2 (standard 250 CST).
If Tray 2 is empty (and the last input tray is empty or the last input source
was the duplexer), then the Engine Test will not function.

Printing an Engine Test HP laserjet printers 5000 series
To print an engine test, use a non-metallic object (such as a pencil) to
press the engine test button. A single test page with horizontal lines
will be printed. To print multiple test pages, hold down the engine test
button.

If the engine test prints ok then you have a formatter issue...if you have added memory or a network card try taking them out one at a time to see if the problem goes away. Otherwise the formatter will have to be replaced.

Inkworks

SOURCE: Printing problem "PCL XL error"

Dear Sir

My printer is laserjet 1320

PCL XL error
Subsystem: KERNEL
Error: Illegal Tag
Operator: 0x1b
Position: 6




Pls. This problem solution give me.

SOURCE: pcl xl error warning: Illegal media source

Some people have issues with the PCL6 driver this causes pcl xl error like this to print. Change your driver from the PCL6 driver to the PCL5 driver. If you don't have the software you can down load it from HP at: http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html

Thanks...V

SOURCE: Printing problem "PCL XL error"

PCL XL ERROR subsystem: Kernel Error: Illegal Tag Operator :0 x 1b Position: 6

SOURCE: PCL XL error

try to go to property then setting device button PDL and try to put pcl 5e