Samsung CLX-216x manual Understanding the Status LED, Status LED with the toner cartridge messages

Understanding the Status LED

The Status LED on the control panel shows the status of your machine. See the table below to know your machine’s status.

Status LED

Status			Description
Off		•	The machine is off-line.
		•	The machine is in Power Save mode. When
			data is received, or Black Start or Color Start
			button was pressed, it switches to on-line
			automatically.
Green	Blinking	•	When the backlight slowly blinks, the machine
			is receiving data from the computer.
		•	When the backlight fast blinks, the machine is
			printing data.
	On	The machine is on-line and can be used.
Red	Blinking	•	A minor error occurs and the machine is waiting
			an error to be cleared. Check the display
			message, and solve the problem referring to
			Understanding display messages, see page
			11.3.
		•	The toner cartridge is low. Order a new toner
			cartridge, see Ordering supplies on page 12.1.
			You can temporarily improve print quality by
			redistributing the toner. See page 10.4.
	On	•	The toner cartridge is totally exhausted.
			Remove the old toner cartridge and install a
			new one. See page 10.5.
		•	A problem has occurred such as a paper jam,
			opened cover or no paper in the tray, so that the
			machine can not continue the job. Check the
			message on the display, and refer to
			Understanding display messages on page 11.3
			to solve the problem.
		•	The toner cartridge is low, empty, or needs to
			be installed a new one. See Understanding the
			toner cartridge messages on the display

Note

Always check the message on the display to solve the problem. The instruction in Trouble shooting part will guide you to operate the machine properly. See page 11.1

Status LED with the toner cartridge messages

The status of toner cartridges is indicated by the status LED and the LCD display. If the toner cartridge is low or needs to be changed, the status LED turns red and the display shows the message. However the arrow mark (or marks) shows which color toner is of concern, or may be installed with a new cartridge.

Example

The above example shows the toner cartridges' status of the color shown by arrows. Check the message to find out what the problem is and how to solve it. See page 11.3 to browse the detailed information on error messages.

1.4 <Introduction>