SATO TG308, Service Manual

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Section 4: Operation and Configuration
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TG3 Series Service Manual
4.1 OPERATOR PANEL
The operator panel located on the side, consists of three LED indicators, ten momentary contact buttons and
one LCD display. There are eight adjustment potentiometers and a DIP switch located on the right bottom
side when you are facing the printer. Remove the covers in order to access for adjustment.
• LED indicators
When the printer is in normal mode, these three indicators notify the user of various status conditions:
•
ONLINE
button
Pressing this button toggles the printer between the online and offline mode. When the printer is online, it
is ready to receive data from host. This button acts as a pause during a print job by taking the printer
offline.
This button also function as returning to the previous item during various printer setting with the LCD dis-
play.
•
FEED
button
Pressing this button feeds one blank label through the printer when the cutting operation is disabled.
When the cutting operation is enabled, the printer will feed, cut and backfeed a single label.
This button also function as item selection during various printer setting with the LCD display.
•
CUTTER
button
Pressing this button to enable or disable the cutting operation.
•
EJECT
button
When cutting operation is disabled, valid tags will be fed and cut before backfeed motion.
When cutting operation is enabled, valid tags will be fed and cut before backfeed motion.
LED Indicator Color Functions
ON LINE Green Illuminates when printer is ready to receive data or is in printing
mode (
ONLINE
).
Light is off when the printer is in offline or error state.
Blinks when the printer detects buffer near full.
CUTTER Green Illuminates in cutter mode.
ERROR Red Illuminates or blinks when detecting printer error.
ONLINE
CUTTER
EJECT
FEED
FUNCTION
PAPER
ERROR