Introduction

INDICATOR LIGHT SUMMARY

INDICATOR LIGHT SUMMARY

Depending on the condition they are reporting, the three indicator lights, READY, MEDIA and ALARM, can be in one of three states: Off, On (steady), or Flashing.

The READY indicator is bi-colored. Its two color channels, green and yellow, function independently.

READY indicator

Green = Ready to print, or printer busy.

Yellow = Laminator not at operating temperature.

MEDIA indicator

Normally Off.

On = Any media outage.

ALARM indicator

Normally Off.

 

 

 

What the Indicator Lights Tell You

 

 

 

 

 

 

READY

MEDIA

ALARM

 

Printer Status

 

 

 

 

 

GREEN

YELLOW

ORANGE

RED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ready to print

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Printer busy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laminator heating up, but not yet at operating temperature

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laminator heaters in sleep mode (when not in use, the heaters cool at 1oF per minute)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Printhead temperature error.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No cards in magazine, color ribbon out, cleaning tape out, laminator cassette(s) out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mag encoding write failure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serious error conditions, including: MAIN COVER OPEN, Laminator too hot, card

 

 

 

 

transport stalled, card not seated properly, mag encoding verification error, head lift

 

 

 

 

failure, ribbon jam, card jam (any location), card missing (any location), no gap be-

 

 

 

 

tween laminator patches.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

= light on

= light flashing

 

 

 

 

 

 

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