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Control Panel Operation

The control panel is made up of three elements: a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, indicator lights, and buttons. The LCD panel and indicator lights tell you the current status of the printer, and you can use the control panel buttons to make printer settings, check consumable products, and print status sheets. However, settings made in your application and in the printer driver usually override settings made at the control panel.

1. LCD panel
2. Up button
3. Enter button
4. Down button
5. Back button
6. Job Cancel button
7. Start/Stop button
8. Ready light
9. Error light
10. Data light

1	LCD panel:	Displays printer status messages and control panel menu settings.
2, 3, 4, 5	Up/Enter/Down/Back buttons:	Use these buttons to access the control panel menus, where you can make printer settings and check the status of consumable products. For instructions on how to use each button, see Using the Control Panel Menus.
6	Job Cancel button:	Press once to cancel the current print job. Press down for more than two seconds to delete all jobs from the printer memory, including jobs the printer is currently receiving, saving to the Hard Disk Drive, or printing.
7	Start/Stop button:	Switches the printer between ready and offline status. When the error light is flashing, pressing this button clears the error and switches the printer to ready status.
8	Ready light:	On when the printer is ready, indicating that the printer is ready to receive and print data. When the printer is not ready, this light is off.
9	Error light:	On or flashes when an error has occurred.
10	Data light:	On when print data is stored in the print buffer (the section of printer memory reserved for receiving data) but not yet printed. Flashing when the printer is processing data. Off when no data remains in the print buffer.

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