Operator Panel - SATO CG2 Series Operator's Manual

Section 3: Operation and Configuration

3.1 OPERATOR PANEL

The operator panel located on the top front, consists of two buttons and one two-color (red and green) LED
indicator.
• POWER button
Press POWER button to turn on or off the printer.
Press POWER button together with FEED/LINE button
to enter various operating modes.
• FEED/LINE button
• Press FEED/LINE button during normal print
operation to pause the printing and set the printer to
offline mode. Press again to toggle the printer
between the online and offline mode.
• When printer idles in online mode, press the FEED/
LINE button to feed a blank label.
During label feed, press the FEED/LINE button to
•
pause label feed and go offline
• The printer will go offline after opening and closing
the top cover. Press the FEED/LINE button to make
the printer go online.
• ON LINE (POWER) indicator
When the printer is in normal mode, this two-color indicator notifies the user of various status conditions:
Green - Illuminates when printer is ready to receive data or is in printing mode (Online).
Blinks when the printer is in offline mode.
Red - Illuminates or blinks when there is a system fault, for example, paper end.
Off - When the printer is turned off.
During different operation modes, the ON LINE (POWER) indicator turns on and flashes differently.
In this section, the combination of the following symbols has been used to describe the indicator lighting
sequence. Refer to the example listed below for lighting sequences.
Indicator symbol
The repeating patterns are as shown in the below examples. The sequences are indicated as from left to
right. One LED Indication flash is approximately 200ms, and two indication flashes in a row are for about
400ms
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Example 4
Example 5 Indicator: Blinking red & green light in turn
Example 6
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Status
Off
Solid red light
Solid green light
Indicator: Solid red light.
Indicator: Solid green light.
Indicator: Blinking red light.
Indicator: Blinking green light.
Indicator: off
POWER FEED/
ON LINE
LINE
(POWER)
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