Control Panel Lockouts
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Chapter 5 Control Panel Lockouts
When
LOCKED
is displayed on the LCD, it is usually because the printer is online and the
user is pressing one of the keys that are supposed to work offline only, for example, FONT or
CPI. If
LOCKED
is displayed and the ON LINE light is on, press the ON LINE key to turn it
off.
If a user tries to go offline and gets flashing lights and a prompt to enter a code, the printer has
been locked online. Either get the combination or resort to one of the remedies described
later in this chapter to recover. The Printed Menu can also be locked out in a similar way.
If
LOCKED
is unexpectedly displayed, a user may have locked out some of the keys. This
printer allows considerable control over which control panel keys work online and which keys
do not.
Lock the Printer Online
To lock the printer online until a combination of digits is entered, access the security menu,
option 98, on the main menu. This option does not print out but is available to the user. Using
this feature effectively locks out both the LCD menu and the Printed Menu, as well as the
quick selections like FONT and CPI.
A sequence of up to five digits may be used for a combination, but the highest number allowed
is 65535. To remove a lock, enter a combination of 00000.
Example: Desired combination = 12345. With the printer offline, proceed as follows:
Menu
Enter
LCD displays
Prog:Exit
8
LCD displays
Prog:PrMenu
Menu
Enter
Main menu is printed.
9
Press 9, 8, ENTER to print the security menu.
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