Specifications
Status Messages
217
TESTING HARDWARE 
PLEASE WAIT
Yes Normal power-up 
message. Printer is 
running its initialization 
routine.
No action required.
THE ↵ KEY IS 
LOCKED
Yes A momentary status 
message that appears 
when an attempt is 
made to change a 
menu option or perform 
a diagnostic print test. 
By default, the 
↵ (Enter) key is locked 
when the printer 
powers on.
1. Unlock the Enter 
key by pressing 
DOWN + 
↵ at the 
same time. (This 
is the factory 
default key 
combination.)
2. A different unlock 
key combination 
will be in affect if 
the Set Lock Key 
option in the 
Printer Setup 
menu was used.
THE ↵ KEY IS  
UNLOCKED
Yes A momentary status 
message that appears 
when the 
↵ (Enter) key 
is unlocked, permitting 
configuration 
parameters to be 
changed.
1. No action is 
necessary if you 
want the 
↵ key 
unlocked.
2. Press the DOWN 
+ 
↵ keyat the 
same time if you 
want to lock the 
↵ key.
To Stop Press ↵
N/A Normal message when 
a test print pattern that 
will run continuously is 
printing.
Press the ↵ (Enter) 
key to stop printing 
the test pattern.
Table 16. Status Messages
Displayed Message
Can User 
Correct?
Explanation Solution










