Maintenance And Trouble Shooting; Printer Status Indication - Argox R Series Technical Manual

R-Series Technical Manual

9. MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLE SHOOTING

9.1 Printer status indication

The printer has built-in monitors for the status. The status and error indications will be displayed
on the front panel LED indicators. Generally, when a malfunction or an abnormal condition
occurs, the READY LED will keep blinking, in the meantime printing and communication
between the host and printer will stop. To understand the problem, please check the LED
indicators.
The printer electronics are susceptible to static discharge. Wear
an anti-static wrist and attach it to the printer chassis.
Situation
PAUSE
MEDIA OUT
RIBBON OUT
SERIAL IO ERROR
CUTTER FAILED
MEMORY FULL
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CAUTION
Blinking LED
MEDIA The printer is at pause status. Press PAUSE or
CANCEL button to return to normal status.
MEDIA Both LEDs blink synchronously.
READY The media is not installed or used up.
Printer fails to detect the media gap.
RIBBON Both LEDs blink asynchronously.
READY The ribbon is not installed or end-of-ribbon
occurred. Load new ribbon to the printer.
READY The format or baud rate of the RS232
communication is inconsistent between the
printer and host.
READY The cutter can not cut off the media, check the
media and cutter.
READY The printer buffer is full caused by the loaded
soft fonts, graphics or forms. Check the format
of these data. Call for service.
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