B) Operation Of Normal Mode; Checking "Ready To Print" Status; Recovering From The Error Status; Change The Ink Ribbon - Canon PR-C151 Operation Manual

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Operation of Normal Mode
When the power is turned ON, the printer is in Normal Mode.
The Power LED (Blue) turns ON and the printer status is shown on the LCD panel.
Normal Mode is the mode for printing, and the printer status is shown on the LCD panel.
For example, when the printer is waiting to print, "Ready to Print" is shown.
If there is any problem to print, error message such as "Card Empty" or "Ribbon Empty" appears.
Thus, the mode for printing is called as Normal Mode, and is differentiated from the User Mode.

Checking "Ready to Print" status

When printing, check that the Ready LED (Blue) is ON.
At such status, "Ready to Print" or "Ready
to Print/Removable Ribbon" is displayed on the LCD panel.

Recovering from the Error status

When the Error LED (Red) is lit, there is some error in the printer and it cannot operate normally.
In such case, the messages on the LCD panel must be followed.
Please refer to Paragraph 10, Countermeasure for Trouble.
After releasing the error, press Clear key to resume to "Ready to Print".
If "Cannot Recover/Please Reset" appears on the LCD, resolve the trouble and press Clear key for
about 3 second. Release the key after checking that the display has been changed to "Reset" so that
the printer is reset and returned to the status of after the power ON.

Change the Ink Ribbon

To pull out the Ribbon Cassette containing the ribbon in the middle of operation, for example, to
change the ribbon type or to check the amount of the
Remaining ribbon, press Menu/Ribbon Change key.
The message on the LCD panel changes
from "Ready to Print" to "Ready to Print/Removable Ribbon" and the Ribbon Cassette can be pulled
out.

Clearing the Output Data

To erase the output data which is still in the memory of the printer, reset the printer.
Press and hold the Clear key for about 3 sec. to change the message on the LCD panel to "Reset".
Release the button after checking the above.
The printer becomes to the status of immediately after the
power is turned ON.

EXE key print

This is the function to repeat printing the data stored in the printer memory by pressing the EXE
key.
However, to effect this function, it is necessary to set the EXE Key Print to ON position
in the user mode.
This function is invalid regardless of the setting in the user mode if the
system is designed so that the data is not stored in the printer memory to prevent double printing.

Stopping the continuous printing

While printing more than one card with a single data, press Clear key to interrupt the printing after
the current printing is completed.
]However, depending on the system design, this function may be invalid.
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