2 Understanding the printer operator panel

The operator panel has five buttons, a display, and a light that flashes when the printer is processing a job indicated by the Busy message.

Ready

Display

1 Menu 2 Select 3 Return4

Go5 Stop 6

Operator panel buttons

Button

Function

Go

Press Go to:

 

• Return to the Ready state if the printer is offline (the Ready message does not appear on

 

the display).

 

• Exit printer menus and return to the Ready state.

 

• Clear some operator panel messages.

 

• Resume printing after loading paper or clearing paper jams.

 

• Exit Power Saver.

 

If you have changed printer settings from the operator panel menus, press Go before sending

 

a job to print. The printer must display Ready for jobs to print.

 

 

Menu

Press Menu to:

 

• Take the printer offline (out of the Ready state) and enter the menus. When the printer is

 

offline, press Menu to scroll through the menus and menu items.

 

• List the menu items in the Job Menu (during Busy state).

 

For menu items that have numerical values, such as Copies, press and hold Menu to scroll

 

through the list of values. Release the button when the number you want appears.

 

If you see a Menus Disabled message, you will not be able to change default settings. You

 

can still clear messages and select items from the Job Menu when printing. When you send a

 

job to print, change printer properties to select the settings you want for your job.

 

 

9

Page 11
Image 11
IBM 1220 manual Understanding the printer operator panel, Operator panel buttons