4.Ready light - This light illuminates when the printer is ready to print. The light blinks slowly while printing and goes out when printing has paused or stopped.

5.Power light - Indicates whether the printer is on or off. The light illuminates when the printer is on. When the light is off, the internal functions of the printer still retain power. To completely shut off power to the printer, unplug the power cable from the socket.

For a full description of the indicator lights refer to ‘In- dicator Lights Summary’

Indicator lights summary

Light

Light status

Printer status

 

 

 

 

On

Ready for operation

 

 

 

power

Fast blinking

Printing sample page

 

 

 

 

Off

Printer not ready

 

 

 

 

On

Select mode (ready to print)

 

 

 

ready

Fast blinking

Deselect mode (not ready)

 

 

 

 

Slow blinking

Receiving or processing data

 

 

 

error

Fast blinking

Printer error detected

 

 

Off

Normal

 

 

 

 

Error Status

Light Status

Description

 

 

 

 

power

ready

error

 

 

 

 

 

 

H a r d w a r e

 

 

 

An electrical circuit error has

error

Blink

Blink

Blink

occurred.

 

 

Nonvolatile

Contents of printer memory

 

 

 

error

 

 

 

have been lost.

 

 

 

 

 

Out of paper

 

 

 

Printer is out of paper or de-

 

 

 

selected during paper feed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paper jam

 

 

 

Paper jam detected.

 

 

 

 

 

Ribbon end

 

 

 

I nk c a rt r id g e r i b bo n n e e ds

 

 

 

replacement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Error detected during ink car-

C a r t r i d g e

 

 

 

tridge change, or eight car-

change error

On

Off

Blink

tridges installed plus one on

 

carriage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mec ha nism

 

 

 

Printer mechanical error.

error

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front cover

 

 

 

Front cover left open.

open

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N e c e s s a r y

 

 

 

Ne c essa ry in k ca rt id ge no t

r i b b o n n o t

 

 

 

installed or used up. Forced

installed.

 

 

 

printing still possible.

 

 

 

 

 

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Oki DP-5000 manual Indicator lights summary, Light Light status Printer status