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Understanding the printer messages
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Understanding the printer messages
Not Ready The printer is not ready to receive or
process data. Someone pressed Stop to
take the printer offline.
Press Go to make the printer ready to
receive jobs.
Performing Self Test The printer is running the series of start-up
tests it performs after it is turned on.
Wait for the message to clear.
Power Saver The printer is ready to receive and process
data. It is reducing its electricity
consumption while idle. If the printer
remains inactive for the period of time
specified in the Power Saver menu item (30
minutes is the factory default), the Power
Saver message replaces the Ready
message on the display.
• Send a job to print.
•Press Go to quickly warm the printer to
normal operating temperature and
display the Ready message.
Printing Directory List The printer is processing or printing a
directory of all files stored in flash memory
or on a hard disk.
Wait for the message to clear.
Printing Font List The printer is processing or printing a list of
all available fonts for the specified printer
language.
Wait for the message to clear.
Printing Menu Settings The printer is processing or printing the
menu settings page.
Wait for the message to clear.
Printing Quality Test Pages The printer is formatting and printing the
Print Quality Test, which consists of 4
pages. Page 1 contains a mixture of
graphics and text, pages 2 and 3 contain
only graphics, and page 4 is a blank page.
If Duplex is turned on, then the pages will
be duplexed; otherwise, they are
simplexed.
Wait for the message to clear.
Prog Engine Code
DO NOT POWER OFF
The printer is programming new engine
code.
Wait for the message to clear and the
printer to reset.
Warning: Do not turn the printer off while
this message is displayed.
Prog System Code
DO NOT POWER OFF
The printer is programming new system
code.
Wait for the message to clear and the
printer to reset.
Warning: Do not turn the printer off while
this message is displayed.
Program Flash
DO NOT POWER OFF
The printer is storing resources, such as
fonts or macros, in flash memory.
Wait for the message to clear.
Warning: Do not turn the printer off while
this message is displayed.
Ready The printer is ready to receive and process
print jobs.
Send a job to print.
Ready Hex The printer is in Hex Trace mode and is
ready to receive and process print jobs.
• Send a job to print. All data sent to the
printer is printed in hexadecimal and
character representation. Control strings
are printed, not executed.
• Turn the printer off and then on to exit
Hex Trace mode and return to Ready
status.
Res Reduced The printer is reducing the resolution of a
page in the current job from 600 dots per
inch (dpi) to 300 dpi to prevent a
38 Memory Full error. Res Reduced
remains on the display while the job prints.
Press Menu to open the Job Menu, and
cancel the current job.
Message What this message means What you can do