HP Color LaserJet 5500 Printer series - Manual (Page 125)

Control panel message types
The control panel displays four types of messages that may indicate the status of or problems
with the printer.
Status messages
Status messages reflect the current state of the printer. They inform you of normal printer
operation and require no interaction to clear them. They change as the state of the printer
changes. Whenever the printer is ready, not busy, and has no pending warning messages,
the status message Ready is displayed if the printer is online.
Warning messages
Warning messages inform you of data and print errors. These messages typically alternate
with the Ready or STATUS messages and remain displayed until the
button is pressed.
If CLEARABLE WARNINGS is set to JOB in the printer’s configuration menu, these
messsages are cleared by the next print job.
Error messages
Error messages communicate that some action must be performed, such as adding paper
or clearing a paper jam.
Some error messages are auto-continuable. If AUTO CONTINUE=ON is displayed, the
printer will continue normal operation after displaying an auto-continuable error message for
10 seconds.
Note Any button pressed during the 10-second display of an auto-continuable error message
will override the auto-continue feature and the function of the button pressed will take
precedence. For example, pressing the C ANCEL J OB button will cancel the job.
Critical error messages
Critical error messages inform you of a device failure. Some of these messages can be
cleared by turning the printer off and then on. These messages are not affected by the AUTO
CONTINUE setting. If a critical error persists, service is required.
The following table lists and describes control panel messages, in alphabetical order.
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