CHAPTER 3 CONTROL PANEL

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

This switch will be used as the following purpose depending on the situation.

Cancel Printing

If you press the switch during printing, the printer immediately stops printing and ejects the paper.

Wake-up

If the printer is in sleep mode, pressing the switch wakes it up into the ready state.

Form Feed

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.”

Error Recover

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.

Select Feeder

If the Ready lamp is on, press the switch. You can select Feeder 1 or

Feeder 2.

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