ThedisplaywindowcontainsanLCD(LiquidCrystalDisplay)with
backgroundilluminationandtwolinesoftext,eachwith16characters.
Itguidestheoperatorthroughthesetupandindicatespossibleerrors
duringprinting.
TheIntermecFingerprintprogramminglanguageandtheIntermec
DirectProtocolallowcustom-mademessagestobecomposedanddis-
playedaccordingtotherequirementsoftheapplication.
Thekeyboardisofthemembrane-switchtypeandhas22keys.Thekey-
boardissupplementedbyalarge“Print”buttonontheprinter’sfront.
Somekeyshavehard-codedfunctionsinthestartupandsetupmodes.
Print button
Displayerrormessages,IRIstatus,andcommunicationchannel
information.
Scrollbetweenvarioustypesofinformationafterpressingthe
<F5/i>key.Possibleerrormessagesandinformationonactive
communicationchannelsareshowninaloop.
YellowOperationoftheprinter(operatorlevel)
GreenSetuporservice(siteorservicetechnicianlevel)
WhiteDatainputtoprinter(operatorortechnicianlevel)
InapplicationprogramscreatedusingtheIntermecFingerprintpro-
gramminglanguage,thekeyscanbeassignedtovariousfunctionsor
bedisabledindividually.Sinceonekeyisassignedasshiftkey,upto44
differentkeycombinationsarepossible.Anaudiblesignal,whichcanbe
turnedoffifsodesired,acknowledgesthatakeyhasbeenpressed.