IBM 3000 manual Normal Operation Ready Status

Normal Operation (Ready Status)

Before the printer can begin printing, it must be in Ready status. The printer is in Ready status when all of the following conditions have been met:

vThe printer is powered on and ready.

vThe fuser is warmed up and the printhead is ready.

vThe initial microcode load (IML) sequence is complete on the system control unit.

vThe Thread/Align procedure has been successfully completed for duplex mode operation.

vThe transfer station and all gates are closed and latched.

vAll supplies are loaded.

vNo errors are present.

vHost attachments are enabled.

vAll enabled preprocessing and postprocessing devices are powered on and ready.

vThe Ready pushbutton on the Display Touch Screen main window has been selected.

When the printer is operating normally, the following happens:

v	In simplex mode, forms move:
	1.	From the preprocessor or forms input area
	2.	Through the transfer station and fuser
	3.	Into the stacker or postprocessor area.
v In duplex mode, forms continue:
	1.	Past the stacker area of Printer 1 through the Buffer/Flipper Unit
	2.	Into the Urge Unit in the forms input area of Printer 2, through the transfer
		station and fuser
	3.	Into the stacker or postprocessor area of Printer 2.
v If you are using the on-board stacker, the stacker table slowly lowers as it ®lls.
v	The word Receiving appears on the Display Touch Screen. When Receiving is
	on the screen, data is being received from the controlling computer system.
v	The Display Touch Screen windows present messages.

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