Understanding the operator panel

Using the operator panel

The printer operator panel has a 2-line by 16-character liquid crystal display (LCD), five buttons, and one indicator light that flashes when the printer is processing a job indicated by the Busy message.

LCD

1 Menu 2 Select 3 Return 4

Light

Go 5 Stop 6

See the menu map for a brief overview of the printer menus available from the operator panel.

Indicator light

The indicator light gives information about the status of your printer.

If the light is:

The printer is:

Off

Off

 

 

On

On, but idle

 

 

Blinking

On and busy

 

 

Buttons

Use the five operator panel buttons to open a menu, scroll through a list of values, change printer settings, and respond to printer messages.

The numbers 1 through 6 appear beside the operator panel buttons in this illustration. You use these numbers to enter your personal identification number (PIN) after you send a confidential print job from the printer driver (see Using the Print and Hold function).

Note: Buttons act upon the information displayed on the second line of the operator panel.

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IBM 1422 manual Using the operator panel, Indicator light, Buttons