3.1 Understanding the Operator Panel
3-5Paper Type Indicator (TYPE)This indicator shows the paper type defined for the current paper casette. The paper type can be manually defined using the operator panel. For more information, see Section 3.10 Paper Handling on page 3-69.The following abbreviations are used:READY, DATA , and ATTENTION IndicatorsThe following indicators light during normal operation and whenever the printer needs operator’s attention. Depending on the status of lighting, each indicator has the following meaning:(none) Auto
PLAIN Plain paper
TRNSPRNCY Transparency†
† Only with MP tray feeding
PREPRINTE Pre-printed paper
LABELS Labels†
BOND Bond paper
RECYCLED Recycled paper
VELLUM Vellum†
ROUGH Rough paper
LETTERHEA Letterhead
COLOR Colored paper
PREPUNCH Pre-punched paper
ENVELOPE Envelope†
CARDSTOCK Card stock†
COATED Coated paper
THICK Thick paper
CUSTOM1 (to 8)Custom 1 (to 8)
Indicator Description
Flashing. Indicates an error that you can recover by yourself, such as
the loose front cover. For details, see Chapter 4 Troubleshooting, sec-
tion 4.3 Error Messages on page 4-6.
On. Indicates that the printer is ready and on-line. The printer prints the
data it receives.
Off. Indicates that the printer is off-line. Data can be received but will
not be printed until the printer is on-line by pressing the GO key. Also,
indicates when printing is automatically stopped due to the occurrence
of an error. For details see Chapter 4 Troubleshooting, section 4.3 Error
Messages on page 4-6.
Flashing. Indicates that a data is being received from the computer.
On. Indicates either that data received is being processed before print-
ing starts, or that data received is being written to a memory card or a
hard disk.
Flashing. Indicates that the printer requires maintenance or is warm-
ing up.
On. Indicates the occurrence of a problem or an error. For details, see
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting, section 4.3 Error Messages on page 4-6.
Table 3-2
READY
DATA
ATTENTION