Lexmark 1200 manual Using the operator panel, Operator panel buttons

Using the operator panel

The operator panel on the top of your printer has a 2-line by 16-character liquid crystal display (LCD), five buttons, and one indicator light.

The light indicates whether the printer power is on and whether the printer is idle or busy processing a job.

Indicator light

Menu Select Return

Go Stop

State	Indicates
Off	Printer power is off.
On	Printer is on, but idle.
Flashing	Printer is busy processing a job.

Use the five operator panel buttons to open a menu, scroll through a list of values, select printer settings, and clear error messages. Detailed instructions for changing a printer setting begin on page 9.

Operator panel buttons

Button	Function
Go	Press the Go button to:
	• Exit printer menus and return the printer to the ready state
	• Clear certain messages from the display
	If you’ve changed printer settings from the operator panel menus, press Go before you send a
	job to print.
Menu > and	Press the Menu> or <Menu button to:
<Menu	• Enter the menus from the ready state
	• Scroll to the next (Menu>) or the previous (<Menu) menu, menu item, or value
	• Increase or decrease a numerical value for a menu item setting
	• Display the Job Menu or the Supplies Menu while the printer is busy
Select	Press the Select button to:
	• Select the menu shown on the second line of the display and view the available menu items
	• Select the menu item shown on the second line of the display and view the available values
	and the current user default setting for that menu item
	• Save the value displayed on the second line of the display as the new user default setting
	• Clear certain messages from the display

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