Understanding the printer operator panel
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Using printer menus
The following information describes the functions of each button.
Note: Buttons act upon the information displayed on the second line of the operator
panel.
If your printer is configured as a network printer available to a number of users, it is possible that
Menus Disabled appears on the display when you press Menu from the Ready state. Disabling the
menus prevents other users from using the operator panel to inadvertently change a printer user
default that has been set by the administrator. You can still clear messages and select items from the
Button Function
Go Press
Go to:
• Return to the Ready state if the printer is offline (the
Ready message does not
appear on the display).
• Exit printer menus and return to the Ready state.
• Clear some operator panel messages.
• Resume printing after loading media and clearing jams.
• Exit Power Saver.
If you have changed printer settings from the operator panel menus, press
Go
before sending a job to print. The printer must display
Ready for jobs to print.
Menu Each end of the button has a function. Press
Menu>:
• When
Ready is displayed, to take the printer offline (out of the Ready state) and
enter the menus.
• When
Busy is displayed, to take the printer to the Job Menu.
• When the printer is offline, to scroll through the menus.
Press <Menu to go to the previous item in the menus.
For menu items with numeric values, such as Copies, press and hold Menu to scroll
through the values. Release the button when the number you want is displayed.
Select Press
Select to:
• Open the menu shown on the second line of the operator panel. Depending on
the type of menu, this action:
– Opens the menu and displays the first item in the menu.
– Opens the menu item and displays the default setting.
• Save the displayed menu item as the new user default setting. The printer
displays the
Saved message and returns to the menu item.
• Clear certain messages from the operator panel.
• Continue printing after the
Change tray <x> message appears. See Change
Tray <x> for more information.
Return Press
Return to return to the previous menu level or menu item.
Stop Press
Stop at the Ready, Busy, or Waiting message to temporarily take the
printer offline. The message changes to
Not Ready. No data is lost.
Press
Go to return the printer to the Ready, Busy, or Waiting state.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Use the numbers located next to the names of the buttons to enter your personal
identification number (PIN) after you send a confidential job. For more information,
see Entering a personal identification number (PIN).