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Control Panel Button Descriptions
Print Engine On/Off & Print Status/Data Status. When the amber light (Standby Power) is on,
there is power to the printer but not the print engine. You will not be able to print in this state
but you can move the print engine up and down and the media table back and forth. With the
amber light lit and by pressing the On/Off green button, the print engine will be lifted
approximately 1" and the media table will move all the way to the right. The green light will
light up or blink signifying that there is power to the print engine. When the green light is
blinking, there is data being transferred from the PC to the printer or the printer is busy. See
Turning the Printer On For the First Time
. After turning on the main power, always
wait 5
seconds
before turning on the print engine.
Lift Print Engine (Up Arrow). Pressing this button when power is applied to the printer will lift
the print engine up. This should be used to raise the print engine and height sensor so when
new media is place on the media table, it will clear the sensor when the table moves forward.
Note
Damage may occur if the Print Engine and Height Sensor are not lifted high enough to allow the media
placed on the media table to pass under without interference.
Move Media Table Right. Pressing this button when there is either a solid amber light or a solid
green light on the green button will move the table in the right direction unless the button is
locked out (see
Print Home
).
Lower Print Engine or Auto Focus (Down Arrow). Pressing this button will move the print engine
down. When you have an object under the Z axis height sensor, the print engine will stop once
the height sensor has detected the object. Then when you release the button, the print engine
will automatically raise back up to a preset height position giving you the optimum in height for
the object you are printing to.
Move Media Table Left. Pressing this button when there is either a solid amber or a solid green
light on the green button will move the table to the left unless the button is locked out (see
Print Home
).
Print Home. Pressing this button will move the table to the Print Home position, which is the
position that the table must be in prior to printing or sending a print job. After the table has
been sent to the Print Home position, the media table controls are "locked out". See
Slow/Unlock
.
Manual/Auto Return. Pressing the button causes the printer to toggle between Manual and Auto
Return. When the amber light is lit on the button, the Auto Return function is enabled. With the
Auto Return enabled, after the printer has finished a print job, the printer will move the table
from under the print engine to the exit position (toward the Main Power Switch). It will stay
there for 8 seconds then it will automatically return to the Print Home position where it will be
ready to accept another print job or another portion of a print job. When in manual mode, after
a print job is completed, the table will exit the print station and stay at the exit position until the
user moves the table back by pressing the appropriate button.
