Canon LBP-1000 User manual

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User's Guide

IMPORTANT: Read this manual carefully before using your printer.

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License Notice

Universal Font Scaling Technology, UFST, is licensed from Agfa-Gevaert Japan, Ltd.

Trademark Credits

Adobe, the Adobe logo, PostScript, PostScript 3, Carta, Tekton and the PostScript logo are trademarks of Adobe

Systems Incorporated.

Agfa is a trademark of Agfa-Gevaert AG and may be registered in some jurisdictions.

Albertus, Arial, Book Antiqua, Bookman Oldstyle, Century Gothic, GillSans, Joanna and Times New Roman are

trademarks of The Monotype Corporation Plc., and may be registered in some jurisdictions.

Apple, Apple Chancery, Chicago, Geneva, Hoefler Text, Macintosh, Monaco, New York and TrueType are

trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Macintosh computer is a product of Apple Computer, Inc.

Coronet is a registered trademark of Ludlow Type Foundry.

CG, Intellifont and UFST are trademarks of Agfa Corporation or its affiliated companies and may be registered in

some jurisdictions.

CG Omega is a product of Agfa Corporation and CG Times, based on Times New Roman under license from the

Monotype Corporation plc, is a product of Agfa Corporation.

Clarendon, Helvetica, New Century Schoolbook, Optima, Palatino, Stempel Garamond and Times are trademarks

of Linotype-Hell AG and/or its subsidiaries. Univers is a trademark of Linotype-Hell AG and/or its subsidiaries and

may be registered in some jurisdictions.

Eurostile is a trademark of Nebiolo.

ITC AvantGarde Gothic, ITC Bookman, ITC Lubalin Graph, ITC Mona Lisa, ITC Symbol, ITC Zapf Chancery and

ITC Zapf Dingbats are registered trademarks of International Typeface Corporation.

LaserJet 4, 5, 5si Printers are a products of Hewlett-Packard Company.

LBP, Canon and the Canon logo are trademarks of Canon Inc.

Marigold and Oxford are trademarks of AlphaOmega Typography, Inc.

Memory Reduction Technology is a trademark of Peerless Systems Corporation that may be registered in some

countries.

Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in

the United States and/or in other countries. Wingdings is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

PCL and HP-GL/2 are trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company.

UNIX is a registered trademark exclusively licensed from X/Open Company,Ltd. in the United States and other

countries.

As concerns typeface credit, the actual names on a FONT LIST for this printer may differ from those listed above.

Other company or product names used in this manual and not included in the list above are trademarks of those

companies and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

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Welcome!

Your printer is the latest in a long series of Canon printers and incorporates the best

features of our leading edge technology. This USER’S GUIDE contains all the

information you need for everyday operation and reference.

What This Manual Contains

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Chapter 1: Getting to Know Your Printer

A brief introduction to the printer and its parts, including a list of key features and

improvements over earlier models.

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Chapter 2: Using the Printer

All the information you need for everyday operation, such as loading the cassette and

the Multi-Purpose tray with different sizes and types of media.

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Chapter 3: The Printing Environment

Detailed explanations of all the menu messages and how to change the settings. A

quick hands-on introduction guides you through menus and shows you how to use the

printer control panel.

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Chapter 4: Optimizing Your Printing Environment

This explains many of the printer’s advanced features such as context saving,

personality switching and how to optimize the use of memory. Procedures about how

to print the test page and font list are also covered.

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Chapter 5: PostScript Printing

Shows you how to test your PostScript module installation and print with PostScript.

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Chapter 6: Maintenance

Routine maintenance procedures for handling and storing toner cartridges, replacing

a toner cartridge and cleaning the printer.

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Chapter 7: Troubleshooting

Shows how to solve problems. Read this chapter when you have trouble with poor

printouts, paper jams and messages you don’t understand.

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Reference: Appendices

Information tables about resident fonts, symbol sets and specifications are provided

at the end of this manual. Detailed information about selecting, handling and storing

paper and other media for the printer is also provided.

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Glossary

If you find a term you don’t understand, look it up in the glossary of printer terms at

the end of the guide.

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Conventions

The following conventions are used in this guide.

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Printer Control Panel

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Indicators

Referencaes to indicators on the printer control panel appear by name in bold text just

as they appear on the panel. For example:

While the printer is processing a job, the On Line indicator starts blinking. When the

printer is on-line, the On Line indicator is on.

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Buttons

Key names appear in bold text. For example:

Press Go to take the printer off-line.

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Printer message displays are enclosed in a box:

The printer uses an easy-to-read, 2 line × 16 character LCD panel for messages.

Unless messages continue onto two lines, this manual will only show a single line

display.

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Marks

CAUTION

This symbol indicates specific procedures that must be followed to

prevent possible personal injury or damage to furnishings.

This symbol indicates important instructions about procedures to help you

prevent possible damage to the printer software or hardware; or how to avoid

unnecessary difficulties.

This symbol indicates notes and memos containing useful tips or more

detailed information.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Printer......................................1

Introduction ................................................................................1

Optional equipment............................................................... 4

Parts of the Printer................................................................ 5

Printer control panel............................................................ 10

Serial number......................................................................14

Chapter 2 Using the Printer........................................................15

Paper Path and Printing Process.............................................15

Paper path .......................................................................... 16

Paper orientation.................................................................17

Paper requirements ............................................................ 18

Printing from the Standard Paper Cassette............................. 20

Loading paper in the paper cassette .................................. 21

Using the Optional 250 Sheet Paper Feed Unit ................. 25

Configuring the paper size via the control panel ................ 26

Cancelling a print job .......................................................... 27

Selecting paper delivery ..................................................... 28

Printing from the Multi-Purpose Tray.......................................32

Guidelines for using the Multi-Purpose tray ....................... 32

Loading the Multi-Purpose tray........................................... 34

Printing the first sheet on letterhead................................... 36

Using the Multi-Purpose tray as a manual feed station...... 38

Printing Envelopes with the Multi-Purpose Tray......................41

Before loading envelopes ................................................... 41

Loading envelopes.............................................................. 43

Using the control panel to print envelopes ......................... 45

Printing transparencies ....................................................... 46

Cautions on closing the Multi-Purpose tray........................ 48

Chapter 3 The Printing Environment.........................................49

What is the Printing Environment? ..........................................49

A Quick Tour of the Printing Environment ...............................50

How the menus are organized............................................ 50

Going off-line for menu display and item selection............. 51

Making a selection from a menu......................................... 51

Resetting the Default Values ...................................................53

Resetting the printer or menus ........................................... 53

Performing a cold reset....................................................... 54

The Standard Printing Environment Settings ..........................55

PCL MENU.......................................................................... 56

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FEEDER MENU.................................................................. 62

CONFIG MENU .................................................................. 65

MEMCONFIG MENU .......................................................... 68

PARALLEL 1 MENU............................................................ 70

PARALLEL 2 MENU............................................................ 72

TEST MENU ....................................................................... 74

Displaying the Page Count ................................................. 75

LANGUAGE MENU ............................................................ 76

RESET MENU..................................................................... 77

Chapter 4 Optimizing Your Printing Environment ....................79

Economizing on Use of Toner .................................................79

Adjusting the Print Density....................................................... 80

Printer Personality Switching ...................................................81

Dedicating the printer to one personality............................ 82

Saving Downloaded Resources With Context Saving.............83

How much memory is enough? .......................................... 84

Turning context saving on and off....................................... 85

Printing a Test Print .................................................................86

Test print sample................................................................. 87

Printing the test print continuously...................................... 89

Printing the Font Lists ..............................................................90

PCL Font List sample.......................................................... 91

PCL demonstration page .................................................... 93

Chapter 5 PostScript Printing ....................................................95

Testing the PostScript Installation ...........................................96

Checking the menus ........................................................... 96

Setting PostScript Printing Options ......................................... 97

Automatic personality switching ......................................... 97

Dedicating the printer to the PostScript language.............. 97

Setting up the PostScript printing environment .................. 98

PS MENU............................................................................ 99

Printing the demo page and font list ................................. 101

Notes on the PostScript Personality ......................................105

Chapter 6 Maintenance.............................................................107

Storing and Handling Toner Cartridges .................................108

Storing toner cartridges ....................................................108

Handling toner cartridges.................................................. 109

Replacing a Toner Cartridge..................................................110

When to replace a toner cartridge .................................... 110

Replacing a toner cartridge............................................... 111

Cleaning the Printer ...............................................................117

Daily care .......................................................................... 117

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Cleaning the transfer guide area ...................................... 118

Cleaning the ventilation slots............................................ 120

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting....................................................... 121

When You Have Trouble Printing ..........................................121

Problems and Solutions Without Messages ..........................122

Responding to Error Messages .............................................126

Call-for-service messages ................................................ 126

Messages Table ................................................................128

Skipping error messages temporarily ............................... 133

Setting the printer to skip errors automatically ................. 133

Clearing Paper Jams .............................................................134

Restarting a print after clearing a paper jam .................... 136

z Imaging area ................................................................ 137

x Multi-Purpose tray area................................................142

c Paper cassette area ..................................................... 144

v Face-up tray area......................................................... 147

b Face-down tray area .................................................... 149

Correcting Poor Print Quality .................................................151

When text is too light or dark ... ........................................ 151

When you see vertical stripes or fading ... ....................... 152

When you see black spots or white specks ..................... 155

Calling for service .............................................................156

Reference Appendix 1: Typeface Samples .............................. 157

Resident scalable font samples........................................ 157

Resident bitmap font samples .......................................... 158

Resident scalable barcode font samples.......................... 158

PostScript (option) font samples....................................... 159

Appendix 2: Symbol Sets Supported .................... 162

ISO substitution table........................................................ 184

Appendix 3: Print Media Specifications ................ 185

General specifications ...................................................... 185

Plain white paper .............................................................. 186

Colored paper ................................................................... 186

Heavy (thick) paper........................................................... 186

Paper you can’t use! ......................................................... 187

Transparency film ............................................................. 188

Adhesive labels................................................................. 188

Envelopes ......................................................................... 189

Storing paper .................................................................... 191

Handling paper.................................................................. 192

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Appendix 4: Printer Specifications ........................193

Operating specifications ................................................... 193

Interface specifications ..................................................... 197

Glossary ...................................................................201

Index .........................................................................215

Menu Operation Flow .............................................. 222

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Chapter 1

Getting to Know Your Printer

Introduction

Your printer offers fast printing speed, superior print quality, sophisticated paper

handling, and ecology- and energy-sensitive features. The printer also accommodates

hardware options to meet your networking requirements.

This chapter introduces the features of the printer, the names of the printer parts and

the functions of the printer control panel buttons and indicators.

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High speed printing

The Power PC401 processor enables a print speed of up to 10 pages per minute (ppm)

for A4 or Letter size paper.

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Superior print quality

High resolution printing at 1200 × 1200 or 600 × 600 dpi (dots per inch) is further

enhanced by Automatic Image Refinement to smooth jagged edges along with the use

of super fine toner. Combined, these will ensure superior reproduction quality of text

and graphics.

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Software compatibility and language switching

The printer supports Hewlett-Packard’s PCL6 printer language, which enables the

printer to work with a wide variety of software applications supporting PCL. The

printer can also support Adobe

®

PostScript

®

3

™

, which allows you to print PostScript

data files at 1200 or 600 dpi. With the optional Canon Adobe

®

PostScript

®

3

™

Module

A-32 (an add-in ROM for Adobe PostScript 3) installed, the printer can sample the

print data as it is received and then automatically switch between the PCL and

PostScript personalities.

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Memory saving technology

Memory Reduction Technology accomplishes 1200 × 1200 dpi printing with only 4

MB of memory for A4 or Letter simplex printing. Complex page data is compressed

to optimize available resources.

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Paper handling

The standard paper cassette holds 250 sheets of paper while the Multi-Purpose tray

holds about 100 sheets of standard paper. The tray can hold a variety of media for

automatic feeding and operate as a manual feed station.

In addition, there is an optional feature to greatly increase your printing capacity: a 250

Sheet Paper Feed Unit PF-32.

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Energy saving

The on-demand fusing technology of the printer provides improved energy efficiency.

Because of this power saving feature, the printer meets the guidelines for the

International ENERGY STAR Program.

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Reducing toner consumption

To save toner, you can also select the economy mode to print rough drafts with less

toner. The printed page is much lighter, similar to the draft mode found on many dot

matrix printers.

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Interface features

The printer has two standard IEEE 1284 compatible parallel interfaces. One supports

ECP and the other supports the Compatible/Nibble protocol. With the optional adapter

attached, third-party network module can be installed.

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Typefaces

The printer comes with 45 scalable typefaces in 14 typeface families (Agfa 45

MicroType fonts) and 27 additional TrueType fonts (barcode and OCR fonts), all

compatible with application software supporting Microsoft Windows. In addition, 9

bitmapped typefaces of the Line Printer family are also included. The printer uses the

Universal Font Scaling Technology (UFST) for outline fonts, provided under license

from Agfa-Gevaert Japan, Ltd. Also supplied with the printer are the TrueType screen

fonts for 137 font solution and Canon Font Manager for easy management of installed

fonts in Microsoft

®

Windows

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95/98/2000 and Windows NT version 4.0. A list of

typeface samples is provided in Appendix 1.

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Printer drivers and utilities

The printer comes with printer drivers for Microsoft Windows 95/98/2000, and

Windows NT 4.0. This allows you to control most printer settings from the Windows

driver screens.

You may need to install additional memory for printing large, complex files.

See page 84.

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Optional equipment

Below is a list of the options available for installation with this printer. For more

details, contact your local supplier.

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Adobe PostScript 3

The software that enables your printer to perform Adobe PostScript 3 printing is

supplied in the Canon Adobe

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PostScript

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3

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Module A-32 (hereafter referred to as

the A-32 module) as an optional ROM. This software includes a total of 136 fonts.

(Typeface samples are shown in Appendix 1.) The module comes with Adobe

PostScript 3 printer drivers for Macintosh OS computers, Microsoft Windows 95/98/

2000, and Windows NT version 4.0.

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250 Sheet Paper Feed Unit PF-32

The Canon 250 Sheet Paper Feed Unit is designed for high volume printing and sits

underneath the standard paper cassette. The feeder holds 250 sheets (80 g/m

2

or 21 lbs.

paper) and can be adjusted to accept different sizes of paper, up to Legal-size.

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Flash ROM Module FR-32

Easily installed in the printer, this increases the amount of memory available for the

storage of fonts and macros in the printer.

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RAM DIMM Modules

Easily installed in the printer, these increase the amount of memory available to the

printer.

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Other options

With the optional USB/Parallel Adapter Cable, your printer’s parallel port can be

connected to a computer’s USB serial port. With the optional network adapter, your

printer can handle network jobs. These options should be connected to the lower

parallel port.

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Parts of the Printer

Front right view

z Face-down tray (top tray) Holds approximately 150 printed sheets

(80 g/m

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or 21 lbs.) delivered face down and collated.

x Control panel For printer operation and status display.

c Top cover Open to install the toner cartridge, clear paper jams, and for printer

maintenance.

v Multi-Purpose tray Holds a variety of print media such as plain paper,

envelopes, labels, transparencies and non-standard size paper. The capacity is

approximately 100 sheets of plain paper (80 g/m

2

or 21 lbs.) (see page 32).

b Paper guides Adjust to the size of the paper loaded onto the Multi-Purpose

tray. The guides adjust easily by hand. A paper limit on the left guide shows you

the maximum height of a stack of paper that can be loaded onto the tray.

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n Paper volume status bar Indicates how much paper remains in the paper

cassette.

m Paper feeder The optional Canon 250 Sheet Paper Feed Unit PF-32 holds an

additional approximately 250 sheets of paper up to Legal in size (80 g/m

2

or

21 lbs.).

, Standard paper cassette The Canon 250 Sheet Universal Cassette UC-32,

which is also available as an option, holds approximately 250 sheets of A4-,

Letter-, B5-JIS-, Executive-, A5- or Legal-size paper (80 g/m

2

or

21 lbs.).

. Power switch Press to turn the printer on or off.

⁄0 Face-up tray (opened) Holds approximately 50 printed sheets (80 g/m

2

or

21 lbs.) delivered face up.

When a paper jam occurs inside the fixing assembly, pull the tray out to the

horizontal position and remove the paper.

CAUTION

• The fixing assembly and delivery areas may be hot. Wait until the

printer has completely cooled down to avoid personal injury. Do not

try to touch them while they are hot.

• If the fixing assembly is very hot, for example after printing a large

number of prints, turn off the printer before clearing a paper jam near

the fixing assembly from the face-up tray or from inside the top cover.

Wait until the fixing assembly has cooled down before clearing the

paper jam.

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Inside top cover

z Toner cartridge compartment Holds the Canon EP-32 Toner Cartridge.

x Transfer guide area (silver metal strip) Located inside the printer, the

transfer guide area and registration roller area should be cleaned periodically

with a damp cloth to remove any paper dust collected on the plate or transparent

sheet.

c Transfer charging roller This delicate roller should be kept free of fingerprints

and oil to prevent print quality deterioration.

To ensure optimum print quality, never touch the transfer charging roller or

attempt to clean it.

CAUTION

Never touch the high-voltage contact points inside the top cover; this

could damage the printer.

High-voltage contact points

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Multi-Purpose tray

z Paper guides Set to the size of the print media.

x Extension tray (fliped out) Supports loading of a variety of print media and

sizes.

c Paper sensor Detects if paper is loaded in the Multi-Purpose tray.

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Rear right view

z Ventilation slot

x Serial number This is located on the face-up tray. Refer to this number when

calling a service technician.

c Power socket Connects to a power source.

v 250 Sheet Paper Feed Unit PF-32 (optional) This increases the paper

capacity of the printer by 250 sheets of paper (80 g/m

2

or 21 lbs.).

b Parallel interface port (Compatible/Nibble Type):Parallel2 Use this

port for connecting the optional USB/Parallel Adapter Cable to the printer.

n Parallel interface port (ECP Type):Parallel1

m Side cover Open to install the optional Canon Adobe

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PostScript

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3

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Module

A-32, Flash ROM Module FR-32 or additional RAM DIMMs.

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Introduction

Printer control panel

The message display

The two-line, 16-digit display tells you what is happening inside the printer and shows

you the menus and settings which can be changed. The display keeps you informed

about the printer’s operational status, lets you make menu selections, warns you about

problems and identifies errors.

Printer control panel buttons

The table on page 12 is a short summary of what the buttons on the printer control panel

do. The first time you read through the table you may want to actually press the buttons

on the printer control panel to see how they operate.

Your software application program should send all the commands required to print

your documents.

Remember that the software application commands that determine page size,

font selection, page layout, page orientation, etc., override most of the printer

settings.

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Use the printer control panel buttons when you need to:

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Take the printer off-line and put it back on-line.

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Set up the printing environment so the computer can communicate with the host

computer or solve a problem causing a printer error.

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Select test prints so you can visually check the operation of the printer and print a

list of the configuration settings.

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Reset the printer to the factory defaults.

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Print a list of printer resident fonts or permanently downloaded soft fonts.

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Make other print selection your software application does not allow.

The printer must be off-line before you can use buttons other than Go on the

printer control panel. If an invalid key is pressed, the control panel will

display the message KEY NOT VALID as a warning.

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Printer control panel button summary

Buttons Function

q Go Takes the printer off-line and back on-line. When the On Line

indicator is on, the printer is ready to receive data and print. When

the On Line indicator is off, the printer is off-line and you can use

the other buttons on the printer control panel to view and change

settings.

Resumes printing after the printer stopped printing and displayed a

message. For most situations, after you press Go the message

clears and printing resumes (see page 128). When the

Multi-Purpose tray is being used as a manual feed station

(MANUAL=ON in the FEEDER MENU), you have to press Go every

time you feed a single sheet of paper.

To perform a form feed and print any data remaining in the printer,

press Go twice in succession.

To reset the printer settings to their default values, press and hold

this button while turning on the printer. This resets all settings

except the PAGE COUNT field on the TEST PRINT page.

w Menu When the printer is off-line, press Menu to cycle through the menu

names and return to the first menu name. To step back through

menu names in the opposite direction, press Shift and Menu.

Depending on what options you have installed, some menu names

may not appear. (See the

Menu Operation Flow

table at the end of

this guide.)

e Item With a menu name displayed, press Item to cycle through all the

items on a menu and return to the first item. To step back through

the items in the opposite direction, press Shift and Item.

Depending on what options you have installed, some items may not

appear. (See the

Menu Operation Flow

table at the end of this

guide.)

r Value With an item name displayed, press Value to step through the

item’s values. Press Shift and Value to step through the values in

reverse order. Some items have a large range of numbers from

which to choose a value. For example, for COPIES you can set a

value from 1 to 999. In this case, to quickly scroll through the

values, press and hold down Value.

t Enter Saves a value you selected for an item in the menu. An asterisk (

*

)

marks the current default setting.

y Cancel Press Shift and Enter/Cancel to cancel the current operation.

•If a cancel operation is performed while the printer is receiving

data, this will cause the input data to be flushed from the printer’s

memory. In this case, READY/FLUSHING will appear on the

display while the data is being flushed. READY appears after the

data has been flushed from memory.

•To cancel a job while the printer is off-line and PAUSED message

is displayed, press Enter while holding down Shift.

If you do not take care to stop the flow of data from the host

computer, the printer will continue to print out any data it receives

after READY has appeared.

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