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System Operating Procedures
Status Messages
Status messages display on the LCD display of the OCP to indicate the status or current state of the printer.
Status Message/Printer State | Definition |
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status: ON LINE – Ready | The printer is idle and ready to accept jobs. |
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status: ON LINE – Processing | The printer is currently downloading a job, |
| processing a job. |
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status: ON LINE – Pages Deferred | Pages are waiting and nothing is being |
| downloaded. If jobs were sent with the “Defer |
| Print” or “Buffer” option, the printer is waiting |
| for more data to fill the frame store. |
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status: ON LINE – Printing | The printer is currently printing and may also |
| be processing more jobs. |
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status: OFF LINE – Idle | The printer is currently offline. No jobs exist in |
| the printer. “Idle” is used instead of “Ready” |
| because the printer is actually idle (not doing |
| anything) and will not accept jobs. |
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status: OFF LINE – Processing | The printer is offline but a job is being |
| downloaded. A print cycle will not be initiated. |
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status: OFF LINE – Pages Deferred | The printer is offline but there are jobs in the |
| printer that are waiting to be printed. A print |
| cycle will not be initiated. |
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status: OFF LINE – Printing | The printer will complete the current print cycle |
| and then pause. |
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status: OFF LINE – Cancelling | Cancel was pressed when the printer was |
| printing. The sheet that was printing was |
| immediately terminated. This message is also |
| displayed when you select “Yes” to the prompt |
| to cancel all remaining jobs when you enter |
| the menu. |
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status: Initializing | The printer is powering up (after Standby has |
| been pressed or the printer has been turned |
| on). |
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status: ON LINE – Resetting | The print engine is being reset because of an |
| error or operator intervention. The printer |
| returns to the “ON LINE – Ready” state after |
| the machine reset is complete (even if the |
| printer was offline because of an error or key |
| that was pressed before the reset). |
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status: Printer Error: | A printer error (such as a paper jam) occurred. |
<Error Message> | The error message is displayed on the second |
| line of the display. For a complete list of error |
| messages, see “Printer Error Messages” on |
| page |
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October 2002 |