
Printer Operating
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2.3 Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
The LCD indicator gives information about the status of the printer. In general it
can be distinguished between:
S ONLINE messages
S OFFLINE messages
Note: Messages which exceed the 16 character display, e.g. error messages,
are horizontally scrolled.
The green LED lights when the printer is in the ONLINE mode and the display
shows:
READY 1 ELQ
When the printer is in the OFFLINE mode status information, error messages, or
menu messages are displayed.
Example: The display contents after powering the printer on without a ribbon
cassette.
Because of the error case the printer switches into the Offline Mode.
Switch the printer on. The printer performs an internal test:
TEST
The green LED is flashing and after a short moment the following term is
displayed:
UNLOCKED
Note: In an error case the printer switches into the Offline Mode.