ERROR MESSAGES AND COUNTERMEASURES
INDICATIONS ON THE FRONT PANEL AND COUNTERMEASURES
2If, for some reason, printing is not possible or an error occurs during printing, the indicators on the front panel will illuminate or blink. In this case, follow the procedure described below.
In case of an error during printing, unless you turn off the unit, the unit resumes printing automatically when the error is corrected.
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ALARM | PAPER/ | DATA READY COOLING | Causes and Countermeasures | Page | |||
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| The door is open. |
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| • Close the door. |
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| A paper jam occurs. | 19 |
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| The power is turned off during printing process. | |
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| • Turn on the power and carry out the paper feed & cut. | |
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| The temperature of the thermal head is too high. | 7 |
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| • Wait until the indication goes off. * Note | |
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| The ink ribbon is not loaded. |
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| The ink ribbon is used up. | |
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| The ink ribbon which is not available to this printer is | |
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| • Replace the ink ribbon with a new one. |
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| The print paper is not installed. | |
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| The print paper is used up. | |
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| • Install new print paper. |
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| The actual combination of ink ribbon and print paper is |
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| • Set the personal computer according to the actual |
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| Turn off the printer, then adjust the setting of the |
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| personal computer to the actual combinatin of ink |
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| ribbon and print paper. |
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PRECAUTIONS | |
FEATURES | |
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CONNECTIONS | |
PREPARATION | |
SHOOTING | TROUBLE- |
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When ALARM or PAPER/INK RIBBON indicator illuminates or blinks, open the door and carry out the above countermeasures.
If the indicator is not turned off by closing the door, carry out the paper feed & cut.
*Note | If an error occurs while the continuous printing through the PC is ongoing, it is resumed after the COOLING indicator |
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