Operator Panel Tasks; Taking The Printer Offline And Online; Setting Media Type; Stopping A Job - NEC Super Script 4400 Maintenance Manual

O P
PERATOR ANEL
This section describes some of the basic tasks you perform using the operator panel. More options are available in
the Operator Panel Menu Tree described on page xxx.

Taking the Printer Offline and Online

Press the Online button to switch between the online and offline states.
note:
The printer must be offline before you can change any printer settings. It must be online (indicator light
on) to print.
While the printer is offline, it continues to receive data until its input buffer is full. If you press the Online button
while the printer is printing, it finishes the current page, and then waits for you to bring it online again.

Setting Media Type

When you load a new paper type into the tray, you should set the Media type. If you do not specify the correct
media type, print quality may be poor, because the printer will move the paper at the wrong speed. To change the
Media type, on the operator panel press the Online button to take the printer offline. Then, press the Media button
to display , or . THICK STOCK??? When the correct type is displayed, press the Online button to select
Label Paper
it and bring the printer online again.

Stopping a Job

If you wish to stop a print job before it is complete
1. Press the Online button to take the printer offline.
2.
PRESS SELECT TO CANCEL JOB
3. Press the Select button to cancel the job.????

Clearing the Print Buffer

The print buffer is an electronic memory in the printer where data is kept before processing. When the Data light is
blinking, this indicates there is still data in the printer buffer. To print out any data that is in the print buffer, press
the Online button to take the printer offline; then press the Feed button to eject the page. (Not available in
PostScript emulation.)

Resetting the Printer

You can reset the printer to its previous settings. Follow these steps.
1. Press Online.
OFFLINE
2. Press Menu.
MENU - CONTROL
3. Press Next until
RESET PRINTER
4. Press Select, and when the panel displays

Resetting the NIC

You can reset the printer to its previous settings. Follow these steps.
1. Press Online.
OFFLINE
2. Press Menu.
MENU - CONTROL
3. Press Next until
RESET NIC
4. Press Select, and when the panel displays

Restoring Factory Defaults

To restore factory default settings to the printer
1. Turn off the printer.
2. While pressing the Online and Media buttons, turn on the printer. When the display changes to
, release the button.
NVRAM
Or follow these steps.
1. Press Online.
OFFLINE
2. Press Menu.
MENU - CONTROL
3. Press Next until
SETUP
4. Press Next until
RESTORE DEFAULTS
5. When the panel displays
T
ASKS
appears on the message display.
appears on the display.
appears on the display.
appears on the display.
CONFIRM
appears on the display.
appears on the display.
appears on the display.
PARAMETERS
appears on the display.
appears on the display.
appears on the display, and press the Select button.
appears on the display, and press the Select button.
, press Select again.
CONFIRM
, press Select again. [???]
, press Select again. [???]
INITIALIZE

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