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Most of the functions of this printer are governed by software,
but you can monitor the printer’s status by looking at the lights on the
control panel and for some procedures you will use the buttons.
This indicator light is on when the power is turned on.
It blinks when the printer is in the self test printing standby state.
Always wait until this indicator light stops blinking before you start using the
printer and before you turn it off.
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When this indicator light is on(but not blinking), it means that the printer is out
of paper or almost out of paper or the printer covers are open.
When this light blinking, there is an error. If you see this light blinking, turn off
the printer for a few seconds and then turn it black on.
If the light is still blinking, call your supervisor or a service person.
The right indicator is for the right cartridge and the left indicator for the left
cartridge. If the printer is a single color printer, the left cartridge indicator will
be used. In most cases, the left cartridge is black, and the right is a color.
This indicator light (LH/RH) blinks when the cartridge is almost out of ink and
stays on when the cartridge(s) is removed.
Use this button to clean the printer head.
(See the instructions “Printing is poor” (2-4) in chapter 2 for Cleaning the
printer head.)
Use this button to feed paper or to start self test and for hexadecimal dump
mode.
(See the instructions “Self Test” (1-7) in this chapter for self test.) (See the
instructions “Hexadecimal Dump” (2-5) in chapter 2 for hexadecimal dump
mode.)