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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT RIGHTS This software and any accompanying documentation provided under this agreement are commercial computer software and documentation developed exclusively at private expense. 2 Contents Contents Chapter 1: Using printer menus ........................................................................................ 4 Understanding the printer operator panel ........................................................................................................ 4 Menu index ............................................................................................................................................... 5 User Settings ................................................................................................................................................... 6 Config Menu ............................................................................................................................................. 6 Test Menu ................................................................................................................................................. 7 Administrative Settings .................................................................................................................................... 9 Utility Menu ............................................................................................................................................... 9 Network Menu .......................................................................................................................................... 9 Toner Sense Menu ................................................................................................................................. 10 Chapter 2: Understanding printer messages ................................................................. 11 Status Messages ........................................................................................................................................... 11 Warning Messages ........................................................................................................................................ 12 Service Messages ......................................................................................................................................... 12 Media size indications (yyyy) ......................................................................................................................... 14 Media type indications (zzzz) ......................................................................................................................... 14 3 1 Using printer menus Understanding the printer operator panel The printer display panel is a two line, gray scale display that shows text. The Go and Stop buttons are located below the display panel, and the Back, Naviagtion, and Select buttons are located below the Go and Stop buttons. Display panel ERROR Error light Stop Go (with indicator light) Back Select Navigation buttons The use of the buttons and the layout of the operator panel is described in the following table. Button Go (with indicator light) Function A green LED is used on the operator panel. The light indicates whether the printer power is on, the printer is busy, idle, offline, or processing a job. Pressing Go switches the status of the printer between online and offline, and it allows access to menus. Status Off Solid green Flashing green Stop Indicates Printer is offline, and the menus are available. Printer is on, but idle. Printer is warming up, processing data, or printing a job. Press the Stop button to stop the mechanical operation of the printer. After pressing Stop, the message Stopping appears. When the printer has stopped, the status line in the operator panel will show Stopped, and a list of options will appear. 4 Using printer menus Button Back Function Press the Back button to return to the last screen viewed. Note: Changes made on a screen will not be applied if you press the Back button. The Left and Right buttons are used to move within a screen, such as moving from one menu index item to another. Navigation buttons The Select button is used to initiate an action on a selection. Press Select to select a menu item, or to submit a configuration item. Display panel The display panel shows messages describing the current state of the printer and indicating possible printer problems you must resolve. The top line of the display is the header line. ERROR Tray1:Letter Ready Error light The error light appears whenever a service message occurs. For more information, see Service Messages. Tray1:Letter Set K Toner CG ERROR Menu index A number of menus are available to make it easy for you to change printer settings. The diagram shows the menu index on the operator panel, the menus, and items available under each menu. The items in each menu and the values you can select are described in more detail later in this chapter. User Settings Administrative Settings Config Menu Timeout SleepMode SleepTime Port Priority Display PaperDisp Auto Feed Calibration Test Menu TestPrint ConfigPage NetConfigPage StatusPage TestMode Utility Menu Clear Belt CG Clear Fuser Clear Print Info Setting default Tray2 Margin Network Menu Ip Addr Subnet. Mask Gateway Addr IP Setting Network Speed Toner Sense Menu Execute Sensing Clear Sense Data 5 Using printer menus User Settings Note: An asterisk (*) next to a value indicates the default setting. Config Menu Configuration options for the printer that control how the printer functions. Menu selection Timeout Purpose Specifies the amount of time in seconds before a timeout occurs. The timeout causes the printer's reception of print data to be suspended. It then causes the printer to forcibly output the partially received data so it can receive new print data. The result may be a printout with partial loss of data, an incorrect printout, or no printout. Specifies whether or not to use the printer's power saver feature. Values 5 to 999 (300*) OFF SleepMode ON* The printer enters sleep mode when the time specified in "SleepTime" has passed. The power saver feature is disabled. OFF SleepTime Specifies the amount of time (in minutes) the printer waits after a job is printed before it goes into a reduced power state. Specifies which interface port to be used. 30M*, 60M, 120M, 240M, 5M, and 15M Port AUTO* Specifies both the LAN port and the USB port. Either port is automatically used according to the setting of the Priority submenu. Specifies the LAN port. This setting option prohibits the printer from receiving print data through the USB port. Specifies the USB port. This setting option prohibits the printer from receiving print data through the LAN port. The printer alternately uses the LAN port and the parallel port for receiving print data. The printer prioritizes the LAN port for receiving print data, sometimes causing no output of print data via the USB port. The printer prioritizes the USB port for receiving print data, sometimes causing no output of print data via the LAN port. NET USB Priority Specifies priority between the LAN interface port and the USB interface port when both of them are enabled in the Port submenu. AUTO* NET USB 6 Using printer menus Menu selection Display Purpose Determines the language of the text displayed on the operator panel. Values JAPANESE ENGLISH* GERMAN FRENCH SPANISH ITALIAN PaperDisp Specifies the paper size to be displayed on the control panel when the selected tray detects small size paper. DL* A5 HLT A6 #10 Auto Feed Specifies which tray to print from when the paper tray selection in the printer driver is set to automatic. ALL* Automatic priority. The printer selects the tray that is installed with the nearest size. Specifies tray 1. Specifies tray 2. Turns calibration on. Turns calibration off. 1 2 Calibration Specifies whether or not the printer uses toner calibration. ON* OFF Test Menu Printable pages that display current settings information for the printer. Menu selection TestPrint ConfigPage NetConfigPage Purpose Prints a color test page. Prints the printer configuration page. Prints information relating to network settings and verifies the network connection. This page also provides information that helps you configure for network printing. Prints the status page for detailed parts life information. Values After selecting this item, the page will print. Once the page is printed, press to return to Ready. Note: The input tray displayed in the upper line of the operator panel is the default source for this test. If the media type selected is transparency, then tray 1 will be used (Media type is determined in the Test Mode menu). The configuration page only prints on A4- or letter-size. If neither size is available, printing will stop until the correct size is loaded. StatusPage 7 Using printer menus Menu selection TestMode Purpose Specifies the media type and print mode when printing the test page, configuration page, network configuration page, and status page. Note: If you select a setting other than TRANS, the specified media type applies to printing regardless of the actual type of media in the selected input tray. Be sure to select an applicable setting option in this submenu. Values PLAIN* TRANS Select this for printing on plain paper (75g/m² to 89g/m²). Select this for printing on OHP film (transparency). Printing with this option stops until the media in tray 1 is replaced with a transparency. Select this for printing on labels. Select this for printing on light weight paper (60g/m² to 74g/m²). Select this for printing on thick paper (90g/m² to 104g/m²). Select this for printing on thick paper (105g/m² to 163g/m²). Select this for printing on thick paper (164g/m² to 210g/m²). Select this for printing on envelopes. LABEL THIN MTHICK THICK1 THICK2 ENV1 ENV2 8 Using printer menus Administrative Settings The Admin menus consist of the Utility Menu, Network Menu, and Toner Sense Menu. To acces ...