Star Micronics RS232 manual Errors, Automatic Recovery Power Lamp Flashing On-Line Lamp On

7. ERRORS

The various types of errors can be identified by the buzzer’s sound and the lit LEDs.

Buzzer: The circled numbers refer to “7-4. Type of buzzer sound”.

7-1. Automatic Recovery (Power Lamp: Flashing; On-Line Lamp: On)

Error Description	Power Lamp Flashing Pattern	Recovery Conditions
Abnormal head	Approx. 1 Sec Approx. 1 Sec	Automatic recovery after head
temperature		temperature lowers

7-2. Recoverable Errors (Power Lamp: Flashing; On-Line

Lamp: Off)upper: Star mode lower: ESC/POS mode

Error Description			Power Lamp Flashing Pattern					Recovery Conditions
No paper			Approx. 1 Sec	Approx. 1 Sec			2	Insert paper and press on-line
								switch.
								Insert paper and close cover.
Head up	Approx. 250 ms					Approx. 250 ms	3	Lower head and press on-line
								switch.
								Lower head and close cover.
Paper near end of			Approx. 2 Sec	Approx. 2 Sec			4	Press on-line switch and printing
roll								will continue. Both lamps light
								when printing and power lamp
								flashes and on-line lamp lights
								when on line.
								Same as no paper
Cover is open			Approx. Approx.				5	Close cover and press on-line
			500 ms 500 ms					switch.
								Close cover.
Error during paper		Approx. 125 ms			Approx. 125 ms		6	If the blade is at the home position,
cutting								press the on-line switch for printing
								to continue. If the blade is not at the
								home position, it is not a recover-
								able error.
								Command

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