User Manual
Table Of Contents
- About This Document
- Contents
- Introduction
- Getting Started
- Print Operations
- Determining Printer Configuration
- Thermal Printing
- Modes of Printing
- Print Media Types
- Replacing Supplies
- Adjusting the Print Width
- Adjusting the Print Quality
- Media Sensing
- Printing on Fan-Fold Media
- Printing with Externally Mounted Roll Media
- Fonts and Your Printer
- Stand Alone Printing
- Sending Files to the Printer
- Print Meter
- EPL Line Mode
- Printer Options
- Control Panel Operation
- Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix
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Introduction
What’s in the Box?
6/4/08 GX420d User Guide 980611-001 Rev. B
Operator Controls
Power Switch
Press up to turn ON or down to turn OFF the printer.
Feed Button
• Tap the Feed button once to force the printer to feed one blank label.
• Press the Feed button to take the printer out of a “pause” condition. The printer is put into
“pause” by either a programming command or an error condition. See What the Status
Light is Telling You on page 78 in the Troubleshooting chapter.
• Use the Feed button for printer setup and status (see Feed Button Modes on page 87 in the
Troubleshooting chapter).
Caution • The printer power should be turned off before connecting or disconnecting the
communications and power cables.
Power OFF
Power ON
Power Switch
Power Switch