9.5STATUSMESSAGES

.Statusmessages a~ low priority messages that either indicate normal conditionsor providewarningsthat need not be acted upon immediately. These conditionsshouldnot occur whenthe printeris On Line. If they do, however,the alarm will beep artdthe printer will go Off Line. For some conditionshowever,there is the possibilityof a conditionoccurringwhen theprinteris OnLine.If it does,thealarmwillnot soundandtheprinterwill remain On Line.

Message

Meaning

ActionlStatus

PRINTER

printeris warming up but

WARMUP

seMce call not necessary

 

ENGINE TEST

operatorhasinitiateda testof

test in progress

 

theprinting

 

ENGINE RESET

engineis beingreset

REINITIALIZE

controllersoft initialization

occurswhen WSETI is

 

 

pressed or emulationis

 

 

changed;mayalsooccur

 

 

whenprinteris on lineif

 

 

emulationis changedor

 

 

resetis sent fromhost

STATUS SHEET

statussheetprintout

occurs when [TEST]is

 

 

heldforatleast3 butless

 

 

than6 seconds

FONT LIST

font listprintout

occurs when [TEST] is

 

 

held at least 3 seconds

 

 

and pressed within one

 

 

second

CLEANING PAPER

cleaningpaperprintout

occurs when [TEST]is

 

 

heldforatleast3 seconds

 

 

and pressedtwice

MP LOAD THE PAP

waitingfor cleaningpaper

occursafter printingthe

 

 

cleaningpaper

NOW CLEANING

feedingcleaningpaper

occurswhenthecleaning

 

 

paperis beingfed

CLEANING DONE

finishedcleaning

occurs after cleaning;

 

 

remaining for one sec-

 

 

ond

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