8  Troubleshooting
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8.2
When a Warning Message Appears
When a warning message is shown on the screen, the product continues issuing media.
The warning message, its cause and the countermeasures are as follows:
Warning
No.
Message LED/Buzzer Cause Countermeasure
01
Label near end
Lights blue.
No beep.
To clear the error: 
Open and close the 
print head.
The remaining amount of 
media is not enough.
Replace the media.
Refer to Section 3.5 
Loading Media for 
details.
02
Ribbon near end
Lights blue.
No beep.
To clear the error: 
Open and close the 
print head.
The remaining amount of 
ribbon is not enough.
Replace the ribbon.
Refer to Section 3.2 
Loading the Ribbon for 
details.
03
Receive buffer 
nearly full
Lights blue.
No beep.
Available space for 
receive buffer is low.
Do not send data from the 
host until the analysis of 
received data is 
completed.
04
Command error
Lights blue.
One short beep.
To clear the error: 
The icon will be 
cleared by receiving 
the next item or 
canceling the job.
Command error has been 
detected.
Check the print data.
05
Head error
Lights blue.
No beep.
A head check error is 
detected when 
“NORMAL” has been 
selected for the HEAD 
CHECK setting screen. 
Change the HEAD 
CHECK setting to 
“BARCODE” and continue 
the print job.
Replace the print head.
Refer to Section 7.3.1 
Replacing the Print 
Head for details.