SATO WS4 Series - Printer Lights

1 Introduction Printer Lights
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1.4 Printer Lights
There are two LED lights that show the status of your printer.
1.4.1 Status Lights
Status lights help you check printer’s condition. The following tables show
the blinking speed of status lights and the conditions they indicate.
Symbol
Blinking Speed
Blinking Interval
**
Fast 0.5 Second
*
Slow 2 Seconds
* LED2 + *LED1
Slow
LED2 & LED1 Blinking Interval at same
time
* LED2 + LED1* Slow
LED2 & LED1 Blinking Interval at different
timing
LED 2
LED 1
Description
Green Green The printer is ready to print.
Green ** Green The printer is transmitting data.
* Green * Green In pause.
* Green Green *
The printer is writing data to the flash or USB memory.
The USB memory is being initialized.
Green Orange Head high temperature.
Green ** Orange The print module is opened when the printer is turned on.
Orange Orange Paper jam.
** Orange ** Orange
The media is out when the print data is sent to the printer.
Paper end.
** Orange Orange ** Ribbon end or ribbon error (for thermal transfer models)
Red Orange The printhead is broken.
Red *Orange Communication error (RS-232C).
Red **Orange
Cutter error (with optional cutter).
Red
Red
Cover (Thermal Head) open error during printing.
Red * Red
An EEPROM for backup cannot be read or written properly.
A command has been fetched from an odd address.