User Messages

The lights on the front panel provide the means for your day to day •communication" with the printer. They tell you the printer's current status and, if there is an error, the nature of the error. In order to understand the meaning of each combination of lights, you should check the table in this chapter to help you to understand the meaning. You will therefore find this table useful in troubleshooting.

Key to table

 

This graphic ...

means ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

starting below

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The fifteen lights on the printer's front

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

panel. The sequence of explanations in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the table is:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:

2:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Status

 

Error

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

group

 

group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3:

 

4:

 

 

5:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Print

 

Media

 

 

Media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

quality

 

type

 

 

source

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

group

 

group

 

 

group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This light is ON and STEADY.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This light is ON and FLASHING.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This light is OFF or this is the relevant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

light.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The state of this light is not relevant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lights

Explanation and Action

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No lights

 

All lights off

If no lights are on, you may have a power

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

problem, or the printer may be switched

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3-2

HP DesignJet 430, 450C and 455CA Printers

User Messages