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Tell me about the front panel

Your printer has a front panel (or control panel) that gives information about the status of the printer, and has keys (or buttons) that let you control printing operations.

front view of printer

The front panel has:

Front panel lights

There are two front-panel lights: Power and Attention

Power

This is a green light.

It is Off when the printer has been powered off.

It flashes while the printer is printing or is being powered off.

Otherwise it is On to indicate that the printer is powered on.

See also Power key.

 

Attention

This is a red light.

It flashes to indicate an error or problem; icons in the front-panel display give more information about the problem.

Otherwise it is Off.

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Front panel keys

There are three front-panel keys: Power, Cancel and Continue

Power

This is the bottom key on the front panel.

It turns the mains power on and off.

The Power (green) light is on when the printer is switched on.

Note that the Power key is a 'soft' switch, and that the printer still has electrical power available to it, even when switched off. To isolate the printer from the mains supply, you must unplug it.

 

Cancel

This is the upper left key on the front panel.

It cancels the current operation.

 

Continue

This is the upper right key on the front panel.

It indicates to the printer that you have now loaded paper in the appropriate tray or feed, and the printer may start printing.

It can also indicate to the printer that you have corrected a problem--for example, you have removed jammed paper or replaced a failing printhead--and that the printer should continue with its activity--for example, it should resume printing.

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Front panel display area

The printer's front panel has a display area that gives information about the printer

  front panel of printer

The diagram on the left shows all the icons that may appear in the display area. Click on an icon for a description of its properties. Not all icons may appear on all printers.

The six sets of icons in the lower two-thirds of the display area refer respectively to the Yellow, Black, Magenta, Cyan, Light Magenta and Light Cyan components of the ink system.

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Busy

  front panel of printer

When flashing: Printing, cancelling job, drying, powering off.

    The icon flickers if the top or side cover is open.

    Action: close the top cover or close the side cover.

When off: Printer is powered off, idle or awaiting user action.

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Paper status

  front panel of printer

When flashing: Out of paper or paper stalled.

When off: Normal.

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Press a key

  front panel of printer

When flashing: Printer waiting.

When off: Normal.

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Paper jam

  front panel of printer

When flashing: Paper jammed, paper stalled or carriage stalled.

When off: Normal.

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Use System Maintenance

  front panel of printer

When flashing: Hardware error.

    Action: Run the System Maintenance tool for the printer:

    • For the HP Designjet 10ps or 20ps:
      Select the Help menu from the HP Designjet software, and click on Maintenance.
    • For the HP Designjet 50ps:
      Select the Administration menu from the HP Designjet PrintManager, and click on Maintenance.

    Tell me about HP Customer Care.

When off: Normal.

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Ink cartridge status

  front panel of printer

(one icon for each ink cartridge)

Each of the six icons between the two rulers refers respectively to the Yellow, Black, Magenta, Cyan, Light Magenta and Light Cyan ink cartridges.

When on: The height of each bar indicates how much ink remains.

When flashing: The cartridge is low on ink or out of ink.

When off: Printer is powered off or is starting up.

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Printhead status

  front panel of printer

(one icon for each printhead)

When on: Normal.

When flashing: Printhead failure.

When off: Printer is powered off or printhead is being replaced.

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