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5 Printer Status and Interface Connection
5.1 Printer Status Indication
Status lights can help you check printer’s condition. The following tables show the blinking speed of
status lights and the conditions they indicate.
Symbol
Blinking
Speed
Blinking Interval
**
Fast
0.5 Second
*
Slow
2 Seconds
* LED2 + *LED1
Slow
LED2 & LED1 Blinking Interval at same time
* LED2 + LED1 *
Slow
LED2 & LED1 Blinking Interval at different timing
LED 2
LED 1
Description
LED indicate
Label
Green
Green
The printer is ready to print.
V
Green
** Green
The printer is transmitting data.
* Green
* Green
In pause.
V
* Green
Green *
The printer is writing data to the flash or USB memory.
The USB memory is being initialized.
Green
Orange
Head high temperature.
V
Green
** Orange
The print module is opened when the printer is turned on.
Orange
Orange
Paper jam.
V
**Orange
** Orange
The media is out when the print data is sent to the printer.
Paper end.
V
**Orange
Orange **
Ribbon end or ribbon error. (for thermal transfer models)
V
Red
Orange
The printhead is broken.
V
Red
*Orange
Communication error (RS-232C).
V
Red
**Orange
Cutter error (with optional cutter).
V
Red
Red
Cover (Thermal Head) open error during printing.
V
Red
* Red
An EEPROM for backup cannot be read or written properly.
A command has been fetched from an odd address.
Word data has been accessed from a place other than the boundary of
the word data.
Long word data has been accessed from a place other than the
boundary of the long word data.
Red
** Red
Command error.
V
* Red
Red *
Flash ROM on the CPU board error or USB memory error.
V
An erase error has occurred when formatting the USB memory.
Unable to save files due to insufficient USB memory.