Zebra HC100 - Printer Status Indicator

Troubleshooting
Printer Status Indicator
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61207L-002 B HC100 User Guide 11/15/10
Printer Status Indicator
In alert and error conditions, the printer status indicator lights may be on, blinking, or rotating.
Table 6 describes the different lights and light sequences. See Control Panel Lights on page 13
for information about how the light sequences are indicated.
Table 6 • Lights and Light Sequences for Alert and Error Conditions
Light or Light Sequence Meaning Action Required
Steady Green The printer is ready to print. None
Rotating Green The printer is downloading or
processing data.
None.
Rotating Green Fill The printer is defragmenting or
initializing flash memory.
None.
Steady Green, 2 Blinks Off The printer is paused. Press
PAUSE/FEED to resume
printing.
Flashing Green then Orange The printer is in forced download
mode.
Download firmware to the printer,
or power cycle the printer to return
to regular printing mode.
Steady Half-Orange, Half-Green The printer is writing to flash after
a firmware download.
None.
Caution • Do not power cycle the
printer during this phase. Doing
so makes the printer inoperable.
Steady Yellow A forced eject of the media
cartridge is being initiated by
pressing and holding
EJECT. The
printer will ultimately eject the
media cartridge when the button is
released, but it may be a forced
eject or a normal eject.
• To cancel the forced eject
and eject the media cartridge
normally, release
EJECT
before the printer status
indicator blinks yellow.
• To proceed with the forced
eject, continue to hold
EJECT
(about 6 seconds) until the
printer status indicator blinks
yellow.
After the forced eject, press
the upper cover release
buttons to open the printer’s
upper cover and release the
wristband. See Media
Cartridges on page 20 for
information on removing the
wristband from the cartridge.
Do NOT pull the remainder of
the wristband out of the
cartridge.