Star Micronics CBM-820 manual Control Panel Operations, Off Flashing, Button Description

4.9 Control Panel Operations

The control panel gives you some push-button control over the slip printer operation. It also includes indicator lights, which tell you the current status of the printer at a glance.

	FORWARD
POWER
RELEASE
PAPER	REVERSE
OUT

RELEASE

4.9.1Indicator lights

The following table describes the meaning of indicator lights when it is on, off, or flashing.

Indicator Light	Off	On	Flashing
POWER	Power off	Power on	Dot Alignment Adjust
			Mode
PAPER OUT	Paper inserted	No paper	Insert paper prompt
RELEASE	Slip paper engaged	Slip paper released	Mechanical error

4.9.2Buttons

The following table describes the function of the three control buttons of the control panel.

Button	Description
FORWARD	Feeds the slip paper forward, toward the back of the printer. One press
	feeds one line, holding down performs continuous feed.
REVERSE	Feeds the slip paper back, toward the front of the printer. One press
	feeds one line, holding down performs continuous feed.
RELEASE	Activates the printer's paper release (the paper is not held in place by
	the paper feed roller).
	Clears recoverable errors.

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