SECTION 12: Control Panel Features
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2 Indicating
Operation
State
BUSY: shows the printer is in operation.
While colors are being printed on the transfer ribbon, the following messages are displayed
on the LCD. (The LCD displays the messages as shown below with PHOTO ink installed.
With COLOR ink installed, the printer prints black, cyan, magenta, and then yellow.)
B
U
S
Y
Ο
P
r i n t i n g B l a c k
↓
B
U
S
Y
Ο
P
r i n t i n g Y e l l o w
↓
B U S Y
Ο
P r i n t i n g M a g e n t a
↓
B U S Y
Ο
P r i n t i n g C y a n
↓
B U S Y
Ο
D i s c T r a n s f e r
The above message is displayed while the image printed on the transfer ribbon is being
transferred to a medium.
Busy is also displayed for operations other than printing
[Preprocessing image to be printed]
B U S Y
Ο
I m a g e C a l c u l a t e
[Preheating heatroller]
B U S Y
Ο
A d j u s t i n g T e m p
*The above message is displayed and no other operations are performed until the heatroller
reaches the specified temperature.
When the temperature gets high enough, the printer starts a transfer operation.
[Cooling thermal printhead]
B U S Y
Ο
H e a d C o o l D o w n
*As the printhead exceeds a certain temperature, the P-55 stops print-related operations
indicating the above message. The P-55 is automatically return to operation as the printhead
goes down to the right temperature.
* When a print medium is loaded, a circle ( ) is displayed in the upper right corner of the LCD.
