POWER button
Press to switch the printer on and off. (☞32)
POWER lamp
Flashes for a few moments after power on and then lights and stays on
to indicate that the printer is ready for normal operation.
The POWER lamp flashes in the following situations:
• During print head cleaning after you switch the printer on. The print
head is cleaned automatically every time you switch on the printer.
When the POWER lamp stops flashing, print head cleaning is
finished and the printer is ready for operation.
• During print head cleaning or flushing started from the operation
panel with the RESUME button, from the Windows printer driver.
• When the last page of a print job does not print.
• While you are performing routine print head maintenance such as
replacing an ink cartridge, replacing a BJ Cartridge, changing BJ
Cartridges, or replacing the BJ Cartridge with the Color Image
Scanner Cartridge IS-12.
• During printing the Nozzle Check Pattern.
RESUME button
Press to cancel errors and warnings. The RESUME button also
performs these important functions:
• Error recovery. After an error occurs, press once to return the printer
to the normal operation mode.
• Paper Feed. If the POWER lamp is flashing to signal that data
remains to be printed, insert a sheet of paper in the printer and press
RESUME once to print the remaining page of data.
• Print head cleaning. Press and hold down the RESUME button for
two seconds until the printer beeps twice then release to start print
head cleaning. The POWER lamp flashes during print head cleaning.
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