CHAPTER 3 CONTROL PANEL
CHAPTER 3 –3
Alarm Lamp
The Alarm lamp blinks to indicate a printer error status such as “Cover
Open” and “Memory Full.” If any other error occurs, the printer indicates
the error by blinking the Alarm lamp with another lamp or by printing an
error report.
✒Note
The Ready, Data and Drum lamps are used to indicate printer errors with
the Alarm lamp. See “ALARM INDICATIONS AT A GLANCE” in
Chapter 6 and take corrective action for the error.
Switch
If you press the switch during printing, the printer immediately stops
printing and ejects the paper. It is recommended that you wait until the page
has finished printing, then press the switch, otherwise you will lose data on
the page.
If the printer is in sleep mode, pressing the switch wakes it up into the
ready state.
If the Data lamp is on, press the switch. The printer prints any data
remaining in the printer memory: this operation is called “Form Feed.”
If an error occurs, the printer will recover from some errors automatically.
If the error does not clear automatically, press the switch to clear the error
and continue printer operation.
If the Ready lamp is on, press the switch. You can select Feeder 1 or Feeder
2.
Other Control Features
The printer has the following useful features:
Sleep Mode
When the printer does not receive data for a certain period of time (time-
out), it enters sleep mode. Sleep mode acts as though the printer was turned
off. The default time-out is 5 minutes. While the printer is in sleep mode, all
the lamps are off and it is as if it was turned off, but the printer can still
receive data from the computer. Receiving a print file or document
automatically wakes up the printer to start printing. Pressing the switch also
wakes up the printer.