INDICATORS ON THE OPERATION PANEL

The ONLINE indicator and the start ( ) indicator indicate the state of the printer or scanner.

SCAN indicator

ONLINE indicator

Start indicator

Power save indicator

Start indicator

On:

Indicates the unit is ready for copying or scanning is being performed.

 

Blinking: The indicator blinks in the following situations:

 

 

• When a print job is interrupted.

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• When reserving a copy job.

 

• When toner is being replenished during a copy or print job.

Off:

The indicator is off in the following situations:

 

During copying or scanning.

The unit is in the auto power shut-off mode.

When a misfeed or error has occurred.

During print online.

ONLINE indicator

The ONLINE key is pressed and on line and off line are changed.

On: Indicates the unit is ready for printing or scanning is being performed. (On line)

Blinking:

Printing or data is being received from a computer.

Off:

Copying is being performed. (Off line)

Power save indicator

On: Indicates the unit is in a power save mode.

Blinking: Indicates that the unit is initializing (when the side cover is opened and closed or the power turned off and on).

SCAN indicator

On: The SCAN ( ) key has been pressed and the unit is in scanner mode.

Blinking: A scan job is being executed from the computer, or scan data is stored

 

in the unit's memory.

Off:

The unit is in the copy mode.

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Sharp AL-2020 Indicators on the Operation Panel, Start indicator, Online indicator, Power save indicator, Scan indicator

AL-2040, AL-2020 specifications

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