Printer Lights; Status Lights - SATO WS4 Series Operator's Manual

1 Introduction

1.4 Printer Lights

There are two LED lights that show the status of your printer.

1.4.1 Status Lights

Status lights help you check printer's condition. The following tables show
the blinking speed of status lights and the conditions they indicate.
Symbol
**
*
* LED2 + *LED1
* LED2 + LED1*
LED 2 LED 1
Green Green
Green ** Green
* Green * Green
* Green Green *
Green Orange
Green ** Orange
Orange Orange
** Orange ** Orange
** Orange Orange **
Red Orange
Red *Orange
Red **Orange
Red Red
Red * Red
Blinking Speed
Fast
Slow
LED2 & LED1 Blinking Interval at same
Slow
time
LED2 & LED1 Blinking Interval at different
Slow
timing
Description
The printer is ready to print.
The printer is transmitting data.
In pause.
The printer is writing data to the flash or USB memory.
The USB memory is being initialized.
Head high temperature.
The print module is opened when the printer is turned on.
Paper jam.
The media is out when the print data is sent to the printer.
Paper end.
Ribbon end or ribbon error (for thermal transfer models)
The printhead is broken.
Communication error (RS-232C).
Cutter error (with optional cutter).
Cover (Thermal Head) open error during printing.
An EEPROM for backup cannot be read or written properly.
A command has been fetched from an odd address.
10
Printer Lights
Blinking Interval
0.5 Second
2 Seconds