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Indicators on the Ribbon Door
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Indicators on the Ribbon
Door
If a problem occurs, the indicators on the ribbon door
such as PRINT, ALARM, RIBBON and/or PAPER light
or blink to indicate the problem condition. the following
table shows the relation between lighting or blinking
condition of each indicator and possible cause and
remedies.
Indicators Possible cause and
remedies
Lighting Blinking
PRINT Printing
PRINT Data receiving
PRINT
(In this case,
it blinks
slowly.)
The thermal head is being
heated so that the printer is
ready to start.
RIBBON • The ink ribbon has been
exhausted.
tReplace the old one with
a new ink ribbon. (See
page 9.) (The ink ribbon
cannot be reused.) In this
case, if the white paper is
ejected. Discard this
paper.
• The ink ribbon has torn.
tRepair the torn ink
ribbon. (See page 11.)
PAPER • Paper has been exhausted.
tLoad the paper. (See
page 12.) Also, replace
the ink ribbon.
• The paper tray is not
installed.
tInstall the paper tray.
(See page 13.)
ALARM • The ribbon door is open.
tClose the ribbon door
surely.
• Paper has jammed inside the
printer.
tRemove any jammed
paper from the printer.
(See page 19.)
• The maximum number of
printouts has accumulated
on the paper tray.
tRemove the printouts.
Printing starts again. (See
page 14.)
ALARM The printer is recovering from
an error.
tWait for a while until the
printer is ready.
All of
indicators,
PRINT,
RIBBON,
PAPER and
ALARM
A problem requiring a service
call has occurred.
tYou cannot use the printer
any more. Turn off the
power of the printer first.
Then contact your Sony
service facility or your
nearest dealer to fix the
problem and clear the error
indicators.
Indicators Possible cause and
remedies
Lighting Blinking