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Control Panel Overview

LCD panel
Indicator lights
Buttons

The printer's control panel gives you easy control over most common printer operations. The panel is made up of three elements: an LCD (liquid crystal display) panel, indicator lights, and buttons. The LCD panel and indicator lights tell you the current status of the printer, and you can use the buttons to select printer settings and functions. However, software settings always override control panel settings.

LCD panel

The LCD panel shows the following:

Status messages, such as Warming Up, indicate the printer's current status.

Error messages, such as Paper Out, identify maintenance procedures you must perform or error conditions you need to correct.

SelecType options, such as Emulation Menu, allow you to control printer mode, font selection, paper handling, and other printer functions.

For solutions to error messages, see Status and Error Messages.

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Indicator lights

1	On Line	On when the printer is online, indicating that the printer is ready to receive and print data. When the printer is offline, this light is off. The light flashes as the system switches between online and offline status.
2	Form Feed	On when data is received and stored in the printer's buffer but not yet printed. Flashing indicates that the printer is processing data. When no data remains in the printer buffer (the section of memory reserved for receiving data), this light is off.
3	Continue	Flashes when an error is detected or a maintenance procedure must be performed. At the same time, an error or maintenance message appears on the LCD panel.
4	OneTouch mode 1	On when the printer is in OneTouch mode 1. For details on OneTouch modes, see Using the OneTouch Modes.

OneTouch mode 2

On when the printer is in OneTouch mode 2. For details on the OneTouch modes, see Using the OneTouch Modes.

SelecType

On when the printer is in the SelecType mode.

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Buttons

1	On Line	Switches the printer between online and offline status.
2	Continue (Reset)	Enables the printer to resume printing after certain maintenance-required conditions or errors have been cleared. If the Continue light is flashing, read the status or error message on the LCD panel and correct the problem as described in Status and Error Messages. If used in combination with the Alt button, the printer is reset.
3	Form Feed	When the printer is offline and data remains in the printer's memory (Form Feed light is on), pressing this button prints out the data and clears the buffer.
4	SelecType/ (Alt)	Selects a OneTouch mode or SelecType mode. Press this button once to enter OneTouch mode 1. Press this button again to enter OneTouch mode 2. Press this button once more to enter SelecType mode. Pressing this button while in SelecType mode returns the printer to online status.
5	Menu	Selects the corresponding OneTouch mode setting listed above this button if in OneTouch mode 1 or 2, or selects the SelecType menu if in SelecType mode. Press this button when the printer is online to enter SelecType mode.
6	Item	Selects the corresponding OneTouch mode setting listed above this button if in OneTouch mode 1 or 2, or selects the function available within the current menu after entering the SelecType mode.
7	Value	Selects the corresponding OneTouch mode setting listed above this button if in OneTouch mode 1 or 2, or selects the parameter available within the current item, after entering the SelecType mode menu.
8	Enter (Status Sheet)	Selects the corresponding OneTouch mode option listed above this button if in OneTouch mode 1 or 2, or accepts the setting currently shown on the LCD panel as a new setting when in SelecType mode. Press this button two times when the printer is online to print the status sheet.
9	Alt + Menu, Item, or Value	Returns the shown parameter or setting in each group to its previous value.

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