HP Color LaserJet 3800 Printer series - Manual (Page 32)

Control-panel overview
The control panel provides controls for printer functions and shows messages about the printer, print
jobs, and supplies status.
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Figure 2-1 Control panel buttons and lights
Number Button or light Function
1 Stop button Halts the current job, presents a choice to resume or cancel the
current print job, clears media from the printer, and clears any
continuable errors that are associated with the halted job. If the printer
is not printing a job, pressing
Stop pauses the printer.
2 Menu button Opens and closes menus.
3 Ready light Indicates that the printer is online or offline. See Control-panel
indicator lights .
4 Data light Indicates whether or not the printer is receiving data. See Control-
panel indicator lights .
5 Attention light Indicates that a critical error has occurred. See Control-panel
indicator lights .
6 Back arrow ( ) button Navigates backward in nested menus.
7 Up arrow ( ) button Navigates menus and text, and increases the values of numerical
items in the display.
8 Select ( ) button Makes selections, resumes printing after continuable errors, and
overrides a non-HP print cartridge.
9
Help ( ) button
Provides detailed information about printer messages or menus.
10 Down arrow ( ) button Navigates menus and text, and decreases the values of numerical
items in the display.
11 Supplies gauge Shows the print cartridge-consumption levels. See Display .
12 Display Shows status information, menus, help information, and error
messages. See
Display .
The printer communicates through the display and the lights on the lower part of the control panel. The
display shows status information, as well as menus, help information, and error messages. The Ready,
Data, and Attention lights provide at-a-glance information about the printer state.
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