Specifications

3.2 Control Panel Operation
3.2 Control Panel Operation
The control panel operates in online, paused, and key menu modes. Both the
paused and key menu modes are offline operations.
In online mode the printer is either idle, processing a print job, or printing.
Press
On Line
to toggle between online and paused modes.
3.2.1 Online and Paused Messages
Table 3–3 explains the messages that appear on the control panel during the
online and paused operation.
Table 3–3 Online and Paused Messages
Display Definition
Ready/Paused, or
Paused
The printer is off line. From this state you can enter any of
the four key menus, or press
Enter
or
Form Feed
. See
Section 3.2.2 for key menu information.
Ready/Idle The printer is on line, scanning all ports for incoming data. After
the port scan detects data, the printer:
Locks onto the port
Analyzes the data to identify the file type
Switches to the appropriate interpreter
Receives, interprets, and prints the host data file
PS: Serial
PCL: Parallel
PS: Network
.
.
The printer is busy interpreting data and identifies the receiving
port.
SER: Waiting
LOC: Waiting
.
.
.
Identify the receiving port and indicates that the printer is online
and waiting for more data from the host system.
If data fails to arrive before the wait timeout period, the job
terminates and the printer returns to the Ready/Idle state. See
the SER: I/O Timeout entry in the glossary for more information
about wait timeout.
PCL: Serial *
PS: LOC *
.
Indicate a nonfatal type of fault. Printing continues through
non-fatal faults. An asterisk prompts you to press the
to
display the fault message.
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