Control Panel

# Using the Control Panel

> Control Panel Buttons and Lights

You can control simple printer operations — such as line feeding, form feeding, loading and ejecting paper, and selecting print speed — with the buttons on the control panel. The control panel lights show the printer's status.

## Control Panel Buttons and Lights

##### 1. Printing speed lights*

> Indicates the current print-speed setting.

| High quality (normal speed)
| High speed
| Ultra speed

> Lights up and continues under the default settings.

##### 2. Tear Off/Passbook light

> Flash when continuous paper is in the tear-off position.
> On when the printer is in the passbook mode.

##### 3. Tear Off / Passbook / Speed button

> - Printing speed is selected when Micro Adjust and printing speed are valid.

> - Advances continuous paper to the tear-off position.

> - Feeds continuous paper backward from the tear-off position to the top-of-form position.

> - Press this button when printing a Passbook.

##### 4. LF/FF button*

> - If no single sheet is loaded, no operation.

> - If single sheet is loaded, feeds paper line by line when pressed quickly, or ejects sheet when pressed continuously.

> - If continuous paper is not loaded, loads paper.

> - If continuous paper is loaded, feeds paper line by line when pressed quickly, or inserts page break when pressed continuously.

##### 5. Load/Eject button*

> - Ejects a single sheet of paper if a sheet is loaded.

> - Loads continuous paper from the standby position.

> - Feeds continuous paper backwards to the standby position.

> - When there is no single sheet of paper, there is no operation (creates a paper out error).

##### 6. Pause button

> Stops printing temporarily, and resumes printing when pressed again. When pressed for 3 seconds or more, Micro Adjust mode* and print speed are turned on. To turn off, press again.

##### 7. Paper Out light

> - On when no paper is loaded in the selected paper source or when paper is not loaded correctly.

> - Flashes when paper is not fully ejected.

##### 8. Pause light

> - On when the printer is paused.

> - Flashes when Micro Adjust and print speed are enabled.

> - Flashes when printing stops in the Head Hot state.

##### 9. Compress light

> - On when compress mode is selected.

> - Turns off when not in compress mode.

| * Micro Adjust mode : When you hold down the Pause button for three seconds, the printer enters the micro adjust mode. In this mode, you can press the LF/FF and Load/Eject buttons to adjust the top-of-form or tear-off position. See Adjusting the top-of-form position.

| ** When you hold down Load/Eject and Pause button, the printer enters the compress mode.

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