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Phaser 600


Front panel
Click on the following topics for details on parts of the front panel:

Front panel overview

The front panel provides information with these features:

  • Two indicator lights

  • Four buttons

  • A display of two lines of 24-characters each for messages, button (action) labels, user-adjustable parameter settings, and printer information.

Front panel indicators

The front panel includes these indicator lights:

  1. Power (green LED)

  2. Error (red LED)

    Indicator On Blinking Off
    1. Power

    The printer is on and ready for operation.

  3. The printer is processing or printing an image.

  4. The printer is in interactive mode: you have pressed the Menu button.

  5. The printer is performing a function, such as warm-up or cleaning, that requires no user interaction.

  6. The printer is not ready, or there is an error.

    2. Error

    -

  7. If the Power indicator is lighted, the printer requires immediate user interaction (for example, clear a media jam or close an open door). Check the front panel message.

  8. If the Power indicator is not lighted, the printer detects a hardware error.

  9. Normal operation: there are no print engine or controller board errors.

Front panel buttons

The front panel buttons function according to the state (mode) the printer is in.

Mode Front Panel Buttons
1 2 3 4
Ready

Normal operating mode

Provides printer information when pressed and held down. Refer to Printer information.

Cancel

Cancels a job that is printing or processing.

Pause

Accesses the Pause menu.

Menu

Accesses the front panel menu.

Interactive

Press Menu

Backs up a level of the menu without making a selection.

<---

Scrolls backward through the available selections.

--->

Scrolls forward through the available selections.

Menu

Accesses front panel sub-menus.

Exits the menu and returns the printer to Ready.

Confirm

Implements a selection.

Print

Executes a print command.

Select

Accepts the selected value.

View

Allows the user to view information.

Pause

Press Pause

Backs up a level of the menu without making a selection.

Reprint

Accesses the Reprint selections.

Feed

Advances the media.

Cut

Cuts the media.

Exits the menu and returns the printer to Ready.

Print Preview

Driver selection

Provides printer information when pressed and held down. Refer to Printer information.

Cancel

Cancels the current print preview job.

Pause

Accesses the Pause menu, to print the reduced image at a different scale.

Print

Prints the current job being previewed.

Standby

Conserving energy

-

Wake Up

Pressing any key activates the warm-up process, eventually bringing the printer to the Ready state.

Two-line display

The two lines of the display have the following functions:

Line 1

  • Displays status messages such as Ready and Printing.

  • Displays operation errors and warnings such as Ink Loader Low.

  • Displays the names of menus and parameters you can set.

Line 2

  • In interactive mode, displays button labels such as <--- for previous and ---> for next (for moving through selections in a given menu), Menu for access to a menu of selections, and Print and Select to make selections.

  • In normal operating mode, displays printer information when the button is pressed and held down.

For a roadmap to the front panel menu selections, turn to Front panel menu map.

Printer information

The first button on the front panel (1) allows you to access the following information from the printer's current settings; this information appears on the lower line of the front panel display (2).

  • Printer name: The name assigned to the printer by the system administrator.

  • Media Size: Current print job or front panel setting for media size.

  • Print Quality: Current print job or front panel setting for Print Quality
    (Standard, Enhanced).

  • Fusing: Current print job or front panel setting for media fusing
    (Hot, Cold, None).

  • Cutting: Current print job or front panel setting for media cutting
    (Per Page, Per Job, Off)

  • Configuration: Standard or Extended Features; amount of installed RAM
    (Extended, Standard; 8MB, 24MB, 40MB)

Front panel menu map

Pause menu

Reprint

The Reprint function is available in the front panel's Pause menu if an Extended Features option is installed. It allows you to reprint the last PostScript image specifying the number of copies and the scale of the image. For more detailed information, refer to Reprint.



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