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CHAPTER 3 PRINTER CONTROL
CHAPTER 3
PRINTER CONTROL
CONTROL PANEL
Lamps
This section refers to the following lamps on the printer control panel:
Fig. 3-1 Lamps on Control Panel
✒Note
When the power cord is not plugged into the AC outlet or the printer is in sleep mode, all lamps including the READY lamp are off.
READY Lamp
The green READY lamp indicates the current status of the printer. The printer will wake up automatically from sleep mode when data is received, a switch is pressed, or when the power cord is plugged in. The list below shows each printer status (● = on, ❍ = off):
Lamp | Printer status |
Off | The power cord is not plugged into the AC outlet |
❍ | or the printer is in the sleep mode. |
Blinking | The printer is receiving and processing data from |
❍↔● | the computer. (Blinking at 0.5 seconds intervals) |
Blinking | The printer is warming up. |
❍↔● | (Blinking at 1 seconds intervals) |
On | The printer is |
● |
|
ALARM Lamp
The red ALARM lamp blinks to indicate a printer error status. If an error occurs, the printer indicates the error by causing the ALARM lamp to blink. At the same time (if your computer is turned on and attached to the printer), the status monitor appears on your computer screen to show you the error message.
