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3.1 Understanding the Operator Panel
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Paper type indicator (TYPE)
This indicator shows the paper type defined for the current paper cassette. The paper type
can be manually defined using the operator panel. For information about configuring paper
type settings, see
3.10.9 Creating Custom Paper Types on page 3-53, 3.10.3 Setting the MP
Tray Paper Type on page 3-49, and 3.10.4 Setting the Cassette Paper Type on page 3-50.
The following abbreviations are used:
READY, DATA, and ATTENTION indicators
The following indicators light during normal operation and whenever the printer needs operator’s
attention. Depending on the status of lighting, each indicator has the following meaning:
(none) Auto
PLAIN Plain paper
TRNSPRNCY
Transparencies
†
† MP tray feeding only
PREPRINTE Pre-printed paper
LABELS
Labels
BOND
Bond paper
†
RECYCLED Recycled paper
VELLUM
Vellum
ROUGH
Rough paper
†
LETTERHEA Letterhead
COLOR Colored paper
PREPUNCH Pre-punched paper
ENVELOPE
Envelopes
†
CARDSTOCK
Card stock
†
COATED Coated paper
THICK Thick paper
HIGH QUAL High-quality paper
CUSTOM1 (to 8) Custom 1 (to 8)
Indicator Description
Flashing. Indicates an error that you can recover by yourself, such as
the loose front cover. For details, see 4.3 Error Messages on page 4-6.
On. Indicates that the printer is ready and on-line. The printer prints the
data it receives.
Off. Indicates that the printer is off-line. Data can be received but will
not be printed until the printer is on-line by pressing the GO key. Also,
indicates when printing is automatically stopped due to the occurrence
of an error. For details see 4.3 Error Messages on page 4-6.
Flashing. Indicates that a data is being received from the computer.
On. Indicates either that data received is being processed before print-
ing starts, or that data received is being written to a memory card or a
hard disk.
Flashing. Indicates that the printer requires maintenance or is warm-
ing up.
On. Indicates the occurrence of a problem or an error. For details, see
4.3 Error Messages on page 4-6.
Table 3-2
READY
DATA
ATTENTION