Epson TM-C100 manual Troubleshooting, Flashing LEDs, 8Using the Printer Rev. C

3.4 Troubleshooting

3.4.1 Flashing LEDs

When only 1 of the 3 LEDs on the control panel is on, the printer is running normally. When more than 1 LED is on or flashing, an error has occurred. See the table below.

LED status
POWER	PAPER	INK	Status	Measures
On	Off	Off	Normal status	The printer is not printing, and its status is
				normal. No measures are necessary.
On	On	Off	Printer cover open	Close the printer cover.
On	Flashing	Off/	Paper control	Try the following measures.
		Flashing		• A print command was sent from the
				application, but the printer is out of
				paper. If there is no paper on the paper
				feeder, place paper in the roll paper
				holder or the ASF (see page 3-1and
				page 3-2).
				• A print command was sent from the
				application, and the printer is waiting
				for paper to be hand-fed. Hand feed
				paper (see page 3-4)
				• The printer is preparing to print or is
				printing. When the operation finishes,
				the PAPER LED will go off automatically.
				Wait a while.
LED status is	LED status is	On	Out of ink, or	Cannot print because there is no ink.
maintained	maintained		the cartridge is not installed	Install a new ink cartridge (page 2-9).
when an	when an
error	error		Note: If the printer power is
occurred.	occurred.		turned on with the cartridge
			not installed and the
			cartridge cover closed, the
			LED status will be as follows:
			POWER: Flashing
			PAPER: Off
			INK: On
On	Off	Flashing	Ink near end	Although there is little ink remaining,
				normal printing is possible. Have a new
				ink cartridge ready.
Flashing	On	Off/On/	Printer operating	Internal printer operation. Wait a while
		Flashing	(Such as cleaning,	and the printer will return to normal
			initialization)	status
Flashing	Flashing	Off	Printer operating	Internal printer operation. Wait for a
			(Such as adjusting head	maximum of 1 minute and the printer
			temperature)	will return to normal status

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