Turning on the printer
1
Plug the printer power cord to a properly grounded electrical outlet.
2
Press
Start/Stop
.
Note:
The Power light turns solid green.
Entering Off mode
Press and hold
Start/Stop
for five seconds.
Notes:
•
The Power light turns orange.
•
When in Off mode, the printer does not respond to print jobs sent either through the network, USB, parallel, or
serial connection. This mode sets the printer to operate at a low power configuration.
•
The printer automatically enters Off mode after two hours of inactivity. This setting can be adjusted or disabled
in the Control options menu. For more information, see “Control options” on page 53.
Waking the printer from Off mode
Press, and then release
Start/Stop
.
Note:
The Power light turns solid green.
Setting the printer online or offline
The printer must be online to accept data.
•
To set the printer online, press
Start/Stop
.
The Ready light comes on. If paper is not loaded, the Paper Out light blinks. When online, the printer is ready to
receive print jobs.
•
To set the printer offline, press
Start/Stop
.
The Ready light turns off. The printer finishes printing the current line and then stops. To resume printing, press
Start/Stop
until the Ready light comes on.
Advancing paper
Use these control panel buttons to advance the paper when the printer is not printing:
Note:
When you are printing continuous forms, the first time you press LineFeed, it moves the paper from the Tear
Off position to the current print line before advancing the paper.
•
Press
LineFeed
to advance the paper to the next line.
•
Press
FormFeed
to advance the paper to the Top
‑
Of
‑
Form on the next page or to eject the cut form.
To change the Tear Off position on the current page:
•
Press
LineFeed
to move the paper incrementally.
•
Press
Tear Off
to move the paper to the Top
‑
Of
‑
Form.
Using the control panel
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