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LBP-1760e
Laser Beam Printer
USER’S GUIDE
Canon Inc.
3-30-2 Shimomaruko
Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146-8501, Japan
Copyright
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License Notice
Copyright 1992-1999 Peerless Systems Corp.
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 Bayer Corporation or its affiliated companies and may be registered in
some jurisdictions.
CG Omega is a product of Bayer Corporation and CG Times, based on Times New Roman under license from the
Monotype Corporation plc, is a product of Bayer 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, Plc.
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.
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.
Conventions
The following conventions are used in this guide.
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Indicators
References 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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Go
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.
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 ................................................................ 6
Printer control panel ............................................................ 11
Serial number...................................................................... 15
Chapter 2 Using the Printer........................................................ 17
Paper Path and Printing Process.............................................17
Paper path........................................................................... 18
Paper orientation................................................................. 19
Paper requirements............................................................. 20
Setting Up the Printer Driver....................................................22
Printing from the Standard Paper Cassette.............................26
Removing the paper cassette ............................................. 26
Changing the paper size for the paper cassette ................. 26
Loading paper in the paper cassette................................... 27
Cancelling a print job........................................................... 30
Selecting paper delivery...................................................... 31
Printing from the Multi-Purpose Tray.......................................33
Guidelines for using the Multi-Purpose tray ........................ 33
Loading the Multi-Purpose tray ........................................... 35
Printing the first sheet on letterhead ................................... 37
Using the Multi-Purpose tray as a manual feed station....... 39
Printing Envelopes with the Multi-Purpose Tray......................42
Before loading envelopes.................................................... 42
Loading envelopes .............................................................. 44
Using the control panel to print envelopes .......................... 46
Printing transparencies ....................................................... 47
Manual duplex printing ........................................................ 48
Duplex Printing.........................................................................50
Selecting a binding method................................................. 51
Setting duplex printing from the printer control panel.......... 52
Loading letterhead paper for duplex printing....................... 53
Chapter 3 The Printing Environment.........................................55
What is the Printing Environment? ..........................................55
A Quick Tour of the Printing Environment ...............................56
How the menus are organized ............................................ 56
Going off-line for menu display and item selection.............. 57
Making a selection from a menu ......................................... 57
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Resetting the Default Values ................................................... 59
Resetting the printer or menus............................................ 59
Performing a cold reset ....................................................... 60
The Standard Printing Environment Settings .......................... 61
PCL MENU.......................................................................... 62
FEEDER MENU .................................................................. 68
CONFIG MENU................................................................... 72
MEMCONFIG MENU .......................................................... 75
PARALLEL MENU............................................................... 77
ETHERNET MENU ............................................................. 79
TOKEN RING MENU .......................................................... 81
TEST MENU ....................................................................... 83
Displaying the Page Count.................................................. 84
LANGUAGE MENU ............................................................. 85
RESET MENU..................................................................... 86
Chapter 4 Optimizing Your Printing Environment .................... 87
Economizing on Use of Toner .................................................87
Adjusting the Print Density....................................................... 88
Printer Personality Switching ................................................... 89
Dedicating the printer to one personality............................. 90
Saving Downloaded Resources With Context Saving.............91
How much memory is enough?........................................... 92
Turning context saving on and off........................................ 93
Printing a Test Print .................................................................94
Test print sample ................................................................. 95
Printing the test print continuously ...................................... 97
Printing the Font Lists ..............................................................98
PCL font list sample ............................................................ 99
PCL demonstration page ..................................................101
Chapter 5 PostScript Printing .................................................. 103
Testing the PostScript Installation ......................................... 104
Checking the menus.......................................................... 104
Setting PostScript Printing Options .......................................105
Automatic personality switching ........................................ 105
Dedicating the printer to the PostScript language............. 105
Setting up the PostScript printing environment .................106
PS MENU.......................................................................... 107
Printing the demo page and font list..................................109
Notes on the PostScript Personality ......................................113
Chapter 6 Maintenance............................................................. 115
Storing and Handling Toner Cartridges ................................. 116
Storing toner cartridges.....................................................116
Handling toner cartridges..................................................117
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Replacing a Toner Cartridge..................................................118
When to replace a toner cartridge..................................... 118
Replacing a toner cartridge............................................... 119
Cleaning the Printer ...............................................................124
Daily care .......................................................................... 124
Cleaning the transfer guide area....................................... 125
Chapter 7 Troubleshooting....................................................... 127
When You Have Trouble Printing .......................................... 127
Problems and Solutions Without Messages.......................... 128
Responding to Error Messages .............................................132
Call-for-service messages................................................. 132
Messages Table ................................................................ 134
Skipping error messages temporarily................................ 140
Setting the printer to skip errors automatically .................. 140
Clearing Paper Jams .............................................................141
Restarting a print after clearing a paper jam..................... 143
z Face-up tray area.......................................................... 143
x Face-down tray area..................................................... 144
c Imaging area................................................................. 145
v Optional envelope feeder area ..................................... 147
b Multi-Purpose tray area ................................................ 149
n Paper cassette area...................................................... 150
m Optional 500-sheet paper feed unit area ...................... 152
, Optional duplex unit area.............................................. 153
Correcting Poor Print Quality .................................................158
When text is too light or dark ............................................ 158
When you see vertical stripes or fading ... ........................ 159
When you see black spots or white specks ...................... 161
Calling for service.............................................................. 162
Reference Appendix 1: Typeface Samples .............................. 163
Resident scalable font samples......................................... 163
Resident bitmap font samples........................................... 164
Resident scalable barcode font samples .......................... 164
PostScript (option) font samples ....................................... 165
Appendix 2: Symbol Sets Supported .................... 168
ISO substitution table ........................................................ 188
Appendix 3: Print Media Specifications ................189
General specifications....................................................... 189
Plain white paper............................................................... 190
Colored paper ................................................................... 191
Heavy (thick) paper ........................................................... 191
Paper you can’t use! ......................................................... 192
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Transparency film.............................................................. 193
Adhesive labels................................................................. 193
Envelopes ......................................................................... 194
Storing paper..................................................................... 196
Handling paper..................................................................197
Appendix 4: Printer Specifications ........................ 198
Operating specifications....................................................198
Interface specifications...................................................... 202
Glossary ................................................................... 204
Index ......................................................................... 218
Menu Operation Flow .............................................. 224
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Introduction
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 Intel 960HD-50 processor enables a print speed of up to 16 pages per minute
(ppm) for A4 size paper and 17 ppm for 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
A5 (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 500 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 are several optional features to greatly increase your printing
capacity: a 500-sheet paper feed unit, a duplex unit, and an envelope feeder.
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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 supports automatic interface switching between all active ports. The
printer comes with the IEEE 1284 compliant parallel interface. The IEEE 1284
compliant parallel interface supports bi-directional communications between the
printer and the computer. The printer also comes with I/O slots designed to support
the optional network modules to connect the printer to Ethernet or Token Ring
network environments. This allows you to connect multiple computers to the printer
simultaneously.
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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, 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 110 font
solution and Canon Font Manager for easy management of installed fonts in Microsoft
®
Windows
®
98/95 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 98/95, 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 duplex printing or for
printing large, complex files. See page 50.
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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
®
PostScript
®
3
™
Module A5 (hereafter referred to as the
A5 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 98/95,
and Windows NT version 4.0.
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Network Cards
Easily installed in the printer, the network cards connect the printer to an Ethernet or
Token Ring network environment including Canon Ethernet Board EB-52.
For details on the network cards supported by the printer, contact your local
supplier.
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500 Sheet Paper Feed Unit PF-52
The Canon 500 Sheet Paper Feed Unit is designed for high volume printing and sits
underneath the standard paper cassette. The feeder holds 500 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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Envelope Feeder EF-52
The Canon Envelope Feeder is available where there is a heavy requirement for
printing envelopes. The envelope feeder can hold up to 75 envelopes or a stack up to
2
1
/8 inches (55mm).
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Duplex Unit DU-52
The Canon Duplex Unit allows you to print on both sides of a page and produce
documents ready for professional binding. The duplex unit fits snugly in the rear of
the printer. Once installed, you can switch easily between duplex (two-sided) printing
and simplex (single-sided) printing.
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Flash ROM Module FR5
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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Parts of the Printer
Front right view
z Face-down tray (top tray) Holds approximately 250 printed sheets
(80 g/m
2
or 21 lbs.) delivered face down and collated.
x Full paper sensor Indicates when the face-down tray is full.
c Face-up tray (opened) Holds approximately 50 printed sheets (80 g/m
2
or
21 lbs.) delivered face up.
v Control panel For printer operation and status display.
b Duplex unit The optional Canon Duplex Unit DU-52 allows the printer to
automatically print on both sides of the paper.
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Introduction
n Side cover Open to install the optional Canon Adobe
®
PostScript
®
3
™
Module
A5 or additional RAM DIMMs.
m Power switch Press to turn the printer on or off.
, Standard paper cassette The Canon 500 Sheet Universal Cassette UC-52,
which is also available as an option, holds approximately 500 sheets of A4-,
Letter- or Legal-size paper (80 g/m
2
or 21 lbs.).
. Paper feeder The optional Canon 500 Sheet Paper Feed unit PF-52 holds an
additional approximately 500 sheets of paper up to Legal in size (80 g/m
2
or 21
lbs.).
⁄0 Paper volume status bar Indicates how much paper remains in the paper
cassette.
⁄1 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 33).
⁄2 Envelope feeder The optional Canon Envelope Feeder EF-52 holds up to 75
envelopes or a stack up to 2
1
/8 inches (55 mm) deep.
⁄3 Top cover Open to install the toner cartridge, clear paper jams, and for printer
maintenance.
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Inside top cover
z Toner cartridge compartment Holds the Canon EP-52 Toner Cartridge.
x Transfer guide area (black 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.
v Serial number This is located inside the printer. Refer to this number when
calling a service technician.
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Multi-Purpose tray
z Paper guides Set to the size of the print media.
x Envelope feeder slot (covered) For installing the optional Canon Envelope
Feeder EF-52.
c Envelope feeder gear and connector (covered) For installing the optional
envelope feeder.
v Extension tray (pulled out) Supports loading of a variety of print media and
sizes.
b Paper sensor Detects if paper is loaded in the Multi-Purpose tray.
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Rear right view
z Ventilation slot
x Test print button This is for use by authorized service personnel only. Use the
printer control panel buttons to perform test prints (see page 83).
c Duplex Unit DU-52 (optional) This allows the printer to print on both sides
of a sheet of paper.
v 500 Sheet Paper Feed Unit PF-52 (optional) This increases the paper
capacity of the printer by 500 sheets of paper. It uses the Canon 500 Sheet
Universal Cassette UC-52K which is also available as an option.
b Power socket Connects to a power source.
n Parallel interface port
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Introduction
Printer control panel
On Line Job Alarm
Go Menu
Item
Value
Enter/Cancel
Shift
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 13 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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