Chapter 3 — Configuring the Printer
28 EasyCoder PD42 Printer User’s Guide
The behavior of the green Data/Ready LED and red Error LED
in various states is shown in the table below.
Footnotes:
Ready/Data and Error LED Behavior
State Ready/Data LED Error LED
Power Off Off Off
Upgrading LEDs turned on one after the other.
Testmode See Chapter 5 for description.
Extended Testmode See Chapter 5 for description.
PUP On Off
Idle On/Flash
1
Off
Application running On Off
Printing On/Flash
1
Off
Printing (wait for LTS) Quick flashes
2
Off
Paused Flash
3
Off
Error Off On / Flash
4
1 Flashing with 50% duty cycle, 0.8 second period when receiving
data, synchronized with Ready-to-Work LED.
2 Two fast flashes, 1.6 second period.
3 Flashing with 50% duty cycle, 0.8 second period, not synchronized
with Ready-to-Work LED.
4 Error LED will be lit for these conditions: Out of Paper, Out of
Ribbon, Head Lifted, Cutter Error, and Testfeed not Done. Will
flash as (2), when thermal printhead is too hot. Will flash as (3) for
other error conditions caught by the Direct Protocol error handler.