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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Control panel buttons and lights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number

 

Button or light

 

Function

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

Stop button

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

Menu button

 

Opens and closes menus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

Ready light

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

indicator lights.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

Data light

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

panel indicator lights.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

Attention light

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

indicator lights.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

Back arrow (

) button

Navigates backward in nested menus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

Up arrow (

) button

Navigates menus and text, and increases the values of numerical

 

 

 

 

 

items in the display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

Select (

) button

Makes selections, resumes printing after continuable errors, and

 

 

 

 

 

overrides a non-HP print cartridge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

Help (

) button

Provides detailed information about printer messages or menus.

 

 

 

 

 

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Down arrow (

) button

Navigates menus and text, and decreases the values of numerical

 

 

 

 

 

items in the display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

Supplies gauge

Shows the print cartridge-consumption levels. See Display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

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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