Attentions
To communicate error conditions and other information to the operator, the printer uses
a special screen, accessed by a button in the lower-right corner of the control panel, to
display messages known as “Attentions”. If there are no messages, this button is not vis-
ible. If a condition occurs that creates a message, the Attention button appears and will
blink until the messages are viewed. If all Attentions are viewed and cleared, the button
disappears. There are two categories of Attention messages, “Actions” and “Warnings.”
Actions
An “Action” is a condition on the printer that will prevent printing from taking place, and
that typically requires operator action to resolve (hence the name). Some Actions can
be reset by a button that is displayed along with the message; others require the correc-
tion of the condition before the message will disappear. For example, if an ink profiler
reaches zero, an Action will be raised stating that the printer is Out of Ink. This message
will not go away until a new ink profiler is installed on the printer.
Warnings
A “Warning” is a condition on the printer that could lead to output problems or an inability
to print at some time in the future, but will not inhibit printing at the immediate moment.
For example, if the print mode is changed but the media advance is not recalibrated, a
Warning will appear saying “Uncalibrated Print Mode”. This message may be cleared
by pressing the reset button that accompanies the message, or if the media advance is
subsequently calibrated the message will then disappear.
Expert/Novice Messages
The Printer Settings menu has an option called “Expert/Novice Messages”, which ap-
plies directly to the behavior of the printer with respect to Attentions. In Expert mode,
many Warnings are suppressed and not displayed, the assumption being that an expert
operator does not need constant reminding about when to recalibrate the printer, etc.
The Novice mode displays all Warnings as usual. In either settings, Actions are always
displayed.
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