Understanding the operator panel lights
The following table describes the light patterns on the operator panel.
Layer 1 operator panel lights
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Light | status | What it means |
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Power | On | The printer is On. |
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Ready | On | The printer is online and ready to |
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| print. |
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| Blinking | The printer is receiving data. |
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| Off | The printer is offline. |
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Tractor 2 | On | Tractor 2 is activated. (The optional |
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| Tractor 2 Feeder must be installed.) |
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Paper Out | Off | Paper is loaded in the printer. |
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| Blinking | The printer is out of paper. |
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| On | A printer error occurred. |
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Padlock | On | The operator panel is disabled, |
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| restricting the use of panel buttons |
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| to Start/Stop, FormFeed, Tear Off |
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| and Load/Unload only. For more |
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| information, see “Locking/unlocking |
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| the operator panel” on pag e30. |
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Font | On | You (or your software application) |
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| selected one of the printer's resident |
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| fonts. |
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| Off | If all font lights are Off, then a |
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| downloaded font is selected. |
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Font Lock | On | Font Lock is active and prevents your |
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| software application from changing |
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| the font you selected on the |
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| operator panel. For more |
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| information, see “Selecting or |
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| locking a font” on page 31. |
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