Control-panel overview

The control panel provides controls for printer functions and shows messages about the printer, print jobs, and supplies status.

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Figure 2-1Control panel buttons and lights

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Button or light

Stop button

Menu button

Ready light

Data light

Attention light

Back arrow () button

Up arrow ( ) button

Select () button

Help ( ) button

Down arrow ( ) button

Supplies gauge

Display

Function

Halts the current job, presents a choice to resume or cancel the current print job, clears media from the printer, and clears any continuable errors that are associated with the halted job. If the printer is not printing a job, pressing Stop pauses the printer.

Opens and closes menus.

Indicates that the printer is online or offline. See Control-panel indicator lights.

Indicates whether or not the printer is receiving data. See Control- panel indicator lights.

Indicates that a critical error has occurred. See Control-panel indicator lights.

Navigates backward in nested menus.

Navigates menus and text, and increases the values of numerical items in the display.

Makes selections, resumes printing after continuable errors, and overrides a non-HP print cartridge.

Provides detailed information about printer messages or menus.

Navigates menus and text, and decreases the values of numerical items in the display.

Shows the print cartridge-consumption levels. See Display.

Shows status information, menus, help information, and error messages. See Display.

The printer communicates through the display and the lights on the lower part of the control panel. The display shows status information, as well as menus, help information, and error messages. The Ready, Data, and Attention lights provide at-a-glance information about the printer state.

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