Using the operator panel
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Understanding the operator panel
The following information describes the functions of each button.
If your printer is configured as a network printer available to a number of users, it is possible that
Menus Disabled
appears on the display when you press Menu from the Ready state. Disabling the
menus prevents other users from using the operator panel to inadvertently change a printer user
default that has been set by the administrator. You can still clear messages and select items from the
Job Menu when printing a job, but you cannot change other printer settings. However, you can use
your printer driver to override printer user defaults and select settings for individual print jobs.
Button
Function
Go
Press Go to:
• Return to the Ready state if the printer is offline (the
Ready
message does not appear on
the display).
• Exit printer menus and return to the Ready state.
• Clear some operator panel messages.
• Resume printing after loading print media and clearing paper jams.
• Exit Power Saver.
If you have changed printer settings from the operator panel menus, press Go before sending
a job to print. The printer must display
Ready
for jobs to print.
Menu
Each end of the button has a function. Press Menu>:
• When
Ready
is displayed, to take the printer offline (out of the
Ready
state) and enter the
menus.
• When
Busy
is displayed, to take the printer to the Job Menu.
• When the printer is offline, to scroll through the menus.
Press <Menu to go to the previous item in the menus.
For menu items with numeric values, such as Copies, press and hold Menu to scroll through
the values. Release the button when the number you want is displayed.
Select
Press Select to:
• Open the menu shown on the second line of the operator panel. Depending on the type of
menu, this action:
– Opens the menu and displays the first item in the menu.
– Opens the menu item and displays the default setting.
• Save the displayed menu item as the new user default setting. The printer displays the
Saved
message and returns to the menu item.
• Clear certain messages from the operator panel.
• Continue printing after the
Change tray <x>
message appears. See
Change Tray <x>
for more information.
Return
Press Return to return to the previous menu level or menu item.
Stop
Press Stop at the
Ready
,
Busy
, or
Waiting
message to temporarily take the printer offline.
The message changes to
Not Ready
. No data is lost.
Press Go to return the printer to the
Ready
,
Busy
, or
Waiting
state.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Use the numbers located next to the names of the buttons to enter your personal identification
number (PIN) after you send a confidential job. For more information, see
Entering a personal
identification number (PIN)
.