The Control Panel Button

Depending on what state the printer is in, pressing the Control Panel Button allows you to control printing tasks by either starting or resuming a printer function. Use the Control Panel Button to accomplish the following tasks:

Table 3-2 Control Panel Button usage

Function

Lights

Action

Result

 

 

 

 

Wake Up

All lights are off while

Briefly push and release the

The printer will wake up to a

 

plugged into power source

button.

ready state.

 

 

 

 

Self Test

Ready (bottom) Light is on

Briefly push and release the

Prints a self-test page.

 

and the other lights are off.

button.

 

 

 

 

 

Printer Reset

The Ready (bottom) Light

Press and hold the button

The reset will return the

 

will remain lit, if there are no

until the three Front Panel

printer to the factory default

 

printer errors.

Lights blink quickly in

settings. This clears all data

 

 

succession.

from memory, including any

 

 

 

downloaded fonts and

 

 

 

macros.

 

 

 

 

Resume (from Manual

The Data (middle) Light

Briefly push and release the

Override manual feed to

Feed)

blinks.

button.

print from paper cassette.

 

 

 

 

Continue (from

Error (top) Light blinks.

Briefly push and release the

Allows the printer to recover

memory error)

 

button.

and continue printing the

 

 

 

job.

 

 

 

 

Form Feed

The Data (middle) Light and

Briefly push and release the

The remaining data in

 

the Ready (bottom) Light

button.

printer memory will print.

 

both remain on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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