Understanding the operator panel
lights
The following table describes the light patterns on the
operator panel.
Layer 1 operator panel lights
Light
Light
status
Power
On
Ready
On
Blinking
Off
Tractor 2
On
Paper Out
Off
Blinking
On
Padlock
On
Font
On
Off
Font Lock
On
What it means
The printer is On.
The printer is online and ready to
print.
The printer is receiving data.
The printer is offline.
Tractor 2 is activated. (The optional
Tractor 2 Feeder must be installed.)
Paper is loaded in the printer.
The printer is out of paper.
A printer error occurred.
The operator panel is disabled,
restricting the use of panel buttons
to Start/Stop, FormFeed, Tear Off
and Load/Unload only. For more
information, see "Locking/unlocking
the operator panel" on pag e30.
You (or your software application)
selected one of the printer's resident
fonts.
If all font lights are Off, then a
downloaded font is selected.
Font Lock is active and prevents your
software application from changing
the font you selected on the
operator panel. For more
information, see "Selecting or
locking a font" on page 31.
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