Operation Manual

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7-2 Chapter 7
Printer Errors
When a printer error occurs, the error light flashes and the error message
dialogue box appears on your computer's screen. To rectify printer errors;
1
Check the error message on your computer's screen. For a list of Error
messages see Indicator Lights Summary in Chapter 1 - Introduction.
Caution:
The error message dialogue box cannot be displayed if your
computer is not capable of bi-directional printing.
2
Fix the error to continue printing, or terminate printing.
For more information on fixing printer errors see the rest of this Chapter.
Ready/Insert button functions
The ready/insert button is used for a number of functions, depending on
the printer status.
The functions during normal printing are described below.
Paper feed
To feed a single sheet, set the paper feed switch to position “M” while no
data is being received from the computer (i.e.
ready light is on), load one
sheet of paper into the sheet feeder, and then press the
ready/insert button.
Paper eject
If paper is already in the printer and no data is being received (
ready light
is on), press the
ready/insert button to eject the paper.
Cancelling an alarm
To cancel an alarm for anything other than a hardware or mechanism error,
press the
ready/insert button after the removing the cause of the alarm.
Forced printing and clearing data
When the data transfer from the computer stops for more than about 30
seconds, and the
ready light is blinking quickly, press the ready/insert
button to force the printer to print the data it has received so far.