
Compaq A1500 Controls and Features
Control Locations and Functions
Take a moment to become familiar with the main components of your A1500.
Control Panel
The control panel is located on the front of the A1500.
Front view of the A1500
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| 1 | Control Panel | Accesses the functions of the A1500. | 
| 2 | Document Input | Aligns original document for faxing, | 
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 | Guides | copying, or scanning. | 
| 3 | Document Input | Supports documents for faxing, copying, | 
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 | Tray | or scanning. | 
| 4 | Paper Input Tray | Supports paper. | 
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| 5 | Paper Exit Tray | Holds printed pages. | 
| 6 | Document Exit | Holds original documents that have been | 
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 | Tray | fed through the A1500 scanner. | 
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 | Control Panel Features | 
| 1 | Setup | Provides menus to access the system setup, | 
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 | cartridge maintenance, and print report features. | 
| 2 | Menu | Displays features for each operation. | 
| 3 | Options | Changes the settings for that feature when | 
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 | pressed after the menu button. | 
| 4 | Stop/Clear | Halts an action or clears an incorrect value. When | 
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 | multiple jobs are running, use the Option button | 
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 | to select a job. Press Stop to stop it or Start to let | 
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 | the job continue. | 
| 5 | Start/Dial | Begin a selected action, such as faxing. | 
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 | Press this button first for On Hook Dialing (OHD). | 
| 6 | Form Feed | Use to continue printing after reloading the paper | 
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 | tray when it runs out of paper during a print job. | 
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 | Also removes paper if paper does not exit | 
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 | completely after printing. | 
| 7 | Pause/ | Adds a  | 
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 | Redial | the last number called. | 
| 8 | #/ | Enters the “#” symbol when dialing. If pressed | 
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 | Speed Send | when system is in the idle state, this button | 
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 | provides access to the Speed Send menu (Send | 
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 | to Fax or Email.) | 
| 9 | Keypad | Dials a number or selects a value for printing | 
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 | copies. | 
| 10 | Compaq | Prints out the Compaq Control Form or starts a | 
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 | Control Form | task using this form. | 
| 11 | Scan | Creates electronic files on your host computer | 
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 | from hardcopy documents. | 
| 12 | Copy | Copies a document. | 
| 13 | Fax | Use to fax a document. | 
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