Understanding Printer Messages - Dell 5130 Color Laser User Manual

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Understanding Printer Messages

The printer operator panel displays messages describing the current state of the printer and indicates possible printer
problems you must resolve. This topic provides a list of all printer messages, explains what they mean, and tells you how
to clear the messages.
NOTICE: When an error code is displayed, the print data remaining on the printer and the information
accumulated in the memory of the printer are not secured.
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Ready/Error indicator*
2
buttons
3
buttons
4 Cancel button
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* Lights green when the printer is ready or sleeping and blinks when data is being received. Lights yellow when an
error occurs and blinks when an unrecoverable print error occurs.
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* When the mark is displayed at the beginning of a message, pressing the
Information button will show more detailed information.
Message
(The first and second
lines are displayed
together. The third and
forth lines blink every
second.)
NNN-NNN
Restart Printer
Contact Support
If Message Returns
NNN-NNN
Restart Printer
Reseat XXX
Contact Support
XXX Error
NNN-NNN
Insert XXX.
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What this message means
Error NNN-NNN relates to printer
problems.
XXX is not fully inserted.
Error NNN-NNN relates to printer
problems.
XXX is either missing or not fully inserted
in the printer.
Error NNN-NNN relates to printer
problems.
5 Menu button
6
(Set) button
7
Information button*
8 LCD panel
What you can do
Turn off the printer, and then on. If this does not
solve the problem, contact Dell.
See "Contacting
Confirm that the unit is securely inserted.
If the problem is not solved, contact Dell.
See "Contacting
Confirm that the unit is securely inserted.
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Dell."
Dell."