Chapter 3 — Operation

Indicator Lamp

When the power to the printer is switched on, the indicator lamp will glow green if the printer is loaded with media and—in case of thermal transfer printing—ribbon.

If the printer is out of media and/or ribbon, the indicator lamp will glow red.

Any error condition, such as label stop sensor problems, media jams, or software errors, will be indicated by the lamp changing to orange, except for media jams in the optional cutter, which are indicated by long red flashes.

If the indicator lamp fails to work as described above, please refer to Chapter 5 “Troubleshooting”.

Color

Meaning

 

 

Green (solid)

Media loaded

 

 

 

Ribbon loaded (TTR only)

 

 

Green (flashing)

Receiving data

 

 

 

 

 

(Test Mode only)

 

 

 

 

 

Red (solid)

Out of media

 

 

 

Out of ribbon (TTR only)

 

 

 

Printer reset

Red (short flashes)

Red (long flashes)

Orange

Dark

Upgrading firmware

Media jam in cutter Overheated printhead or stepper motor

Error condition detected or Bootloader active

Power off

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Genicom PC4 manual Indicator Lamp, Green solid Media loaded, Printer reset