5. Operation

 

5.1. Operating Controls

 

The numbers with the operating controls refer to the

 

diagrams in chapter 3.

LED

The ALARM LED has two functions.

„Alarm“

1. To indicate „end of paper“ or „no paper“

(4)2. To indicate the front door is open Examples:

1. The front door is closed.

If this LED is lit, the printer has run out of paper. Insert a new paper roll; see section 5.2. „Replacing the Paper Roll“. the front press-button switches (LINE FEED & MENU keys) are deactivated.

2. The front door is open.

The LED is lit. Printing may continue until the input buffer is empty, and then the data transmission goes to standby.

3.The front door is open and the printer has run out of paper.

The LED lit. The printer stops printing and the front press- button switches are deactivated.

After replacing the paper roll the front press-button switches are active. The ALARM LED remains ON until the front door is closed. The printer can start working.

LINE FEED / ENTER

(2)

This key has two functions:

LINE FEED:

During operation used for manual paper feed.

In the menu program it is used to accept and save the parameters selected via „Select“.

MENU /

SELECT

(3)

This key has two functions: MENU:

If during operation this key is pressed continuously for more than 3s, the printer switches to menu program mode in which device parameters are printed out and can be modified.

Select:

Within the menu program it is used for selecting the device parameters.

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Gossen IPP 144 - 40 GE user manual Operation, Operating Controls, „Alarm, Line Feed

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