GEK-99044
Chapter 7 Operator Care and Maintenance
7-5
TABLE 7-1
Soft Fault Displays
DISPLAY
MEANING
CORRECTIVE ACTION
Change Ribbon
The Ribbon monitor feature has
detected the specified number of
dots has been printed for the
current ribbon.
Press the
CLEAR
pushbutton to
ignore this warning and
continue printing or replace the
current ribbon. Reset the ribbon
count through the operator
menu, if Ribbon Monitor is
enabled.
Service Time
Service time was set to zero or the
timer has failed.
Press the
Clear
pushbutton to
clear the fault.
Paper Almost Out
Low paper print mode.
Press the
Clear
pushbutton to
enter Low Paper printing mode
or replace the paper supply.
VFU Missing TOF
Missing TOF in the VFU load
sequence.
Press the
Clear
pushbutton to
clear the fault. Verify data being
sent to the printer by the host
system.
VFU PI Lead
Paper Instruction lead: The menu
option for PI lead selection is set
incorrectly.
Press the
Clear
pushbutton to
clear the fault. Change the PI
Lead setting using the set up
menu options.
Invalid VFU Seq
There is an invalid character(s) in
the VFU load sequence.
Press the
Clear
pushbutton to
clear the fault. Verify data being
sent to the printer by the host
system.
VFU Tbl Too Long
The VFU table length has been
exceeded.
Press the
Clear
pushbutton to
clear the fault. Verify data being
sent to the printer by the host
system.
Paper Almost Out
A low paper condition exists.
Press the
CLEAR
pushbutton to
proceed to low paper printing.
See “Low Paper Printing” in
Chapter 3.
Paper Out
Paper supply is depleted.
Load paper and set top of form.
The paper out sensor is reset
when paper is inserted in the
lower tractors and the
CLEAR
pushbutton is pressed.
Paper Jam
No paper movement has been
sensed by the paper motion
sensor.
Check for paper jam and clear
using the following procedure:
1.
Turn the print gap wheel to
the
LOAD
position and
physically clear the paper
jam.
2.
Reload paper and readjust
right side tractors, paper
tension and gap.
3.
Press the
CLEAR
pushbutton to clear display
Clean the paper motion sensor
located on the upper left tractor.