BPaper output slot

Printed pages are output from the printer here.

CLock lever for the front door

Used to open the front door when loading or replacing the ink ribbon and paper roll, or cleaning.

Caution

The front door is very heavy. Be careful when opening it.

DPaper scrap tray (17)

While printing, a margin is left between printouts. The excess portions of these margins are cut and dropped into this paper scrap tray.

ESTATUS indicator

Indicates the status of the printer.

For detailed information on how this indicator light so, and its meaning, see “Relationship Between the STATUS Indicator and the ERROR indicator” on page 5.

FERROR indicator

Indicates the error status of the printer.

For detailed information on how this indicator light so, and its meaning, see “Relationship Between the STATUS Indicator and the ERROR indicator” on page 5.

GCut button (14)

Press this button using a sharp-pointed object such as a tip of a mechanical pencil, while the STATUS indicator is lit in blue to feed roll paper by about 10 cm (4 inches) and chop off the fed excess paper.

H!Power switch

Press this switch to turn the printer on or off.

I- AC IN (power source) connector (8)

Use the proper power cord for your local power supply (not supplied). Refer to “Warning on power connection” on page 2.

JUSB connector (8)

Connects to a computer equipped with a USB interface (USB 2.0), using a USB cable (not supplied).

Relationship Between the STATUS Indicator and the ERROR indicator

You can confirm the status of the printer according to the lighting status of the STATUS and ERROR indicators located on the front panel.

Indicator status

Printer status

STATUS

ERROR

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recoverable errors such as

 

 

“door open,” “replace

 

 

paper,” and so on. The error

 

 

message and error number

Not lit

Lit

are displayed on the

 

(Red)

monitor of the computer

 

 

connected to the printer.

 

 

Solve the problem,

 

 

referring to “Recoverable

 

 

error numbers and error

 

 

messages” on page 23.

 

 

 

 

 

Errors requiring you to turn

 

 

the printer off and on. Turn

 

 

the printer off once, and

 

 

then on again. The error

Not lit

Blinks

message and error number

are displayed on the

 

(Red)

 

 

monitor of the computer

 

 

connected to the printer.

 

 

Solve the problem,

 

 

referring to “Error numbers

 

 

and error messages

 

 

requiring the printer to be

 

 

turned off and on” on page

 

 

22.

 

 

 

 

 

Means “Paper loading is

 

 

completed” when loading

 

 

or replacing the paper roll

Lit

 

and the ink ribbon.

Lit

 

(Blue)

 

 

(Red)

 

Means paper roll or the ink ribbon has been used up. Load a new paper roll and ink ribbon.

BlinksBlinks

(White) (Red)

Means image data is being transferred.

Blinks

Not lit

(White)

 

Means the printer is printing.

Lit

Not lit

(White)

 

 

 

Introduction

Location and Function of Parts and Controls

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