Understanding the control panel lights

Primary codes

Ready / Power Saver

Light sequence:

• Ready—On

What this light sequence means:

•The printer is ready to receive and process data.

•The printer is in Power Saver mode.

What you can do:

•Send a print job.

•

Press Continue

to print the menu settings pages

 

for a list of current printer settings.

•

Press and hold Cancel

to reset the printer.

Busy

Light sequence:

• Ready—Blinking

What this light sequence means:

•The printer is busy receiving and processing data or printing.

•The printer is printing a directory, font list, menu settings pages, or Print Quality Test Pages.

What you can do:

•Busy:

–Wait for the message to clear.

–

Press and release Cancel

to cancel the print

 

job.

 

–

Press and hold Cancel

to reset the printer.

•Printing a directory, a font list, menu settings pages, or Print Quality Test Pages:

–Wait for the pages to print. The Busy message is displayed as the pages print. The Ready light is on when printing stops.

–

Press and release Cancel

to cancel printing.

–

Press and hold Cancel

to reset the printer.

•Receiving/processing data from a host interface:

–Wait for the message to clear.

–

Press and release Cancel

to stop processing.

–

Press and hold Cancel

to reset the printer.

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Lexmark 250dn manual Primary codes, Ready / Power Saver, Busy