The front panel – HP Designjet L25500 Printer series User Manual

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The front panel

Your printer's front panel is located at the front right of the printer. It has the following important functions:

Assists you in troubleshooting issues

Is used when performing certain physical operations, such as unloading substrate and maintaining
the printer

Displays information in brief about the status of the printer

Displays warning and error messages, when appropriate, along with audio alerts to call attention
to a warning or message

The front panel has the following components:

1.

Power

key: To turn the printer off. See

Turn the printer on and off on page 11

.

2.

Power light: Indicates the printer's power status. If the light is off, the printer is off. If it is solid green,
the printer is on. If it is flashing green, the printer is in transition between on and off.

3.

Front-panel display: Displays error, warnings and information on using your printer.

4.

Status light: Indicates the printer's operational status. If the light is off, the printer is not ready. If it
is solid green, the printer is ready and idle. If it is flashing green, the printer is busy: receiving data,
processing or printing. If it is flashing amber, your intervention is required. If it is solid amber, a
serious error has occurred.

5.

Up

key: To go up in a menu or option, or to increase a value.

6.

OK

key: To confirm an action while in a procedure or interaction. To enter in a submenu in the

menu. To select a value when given an option.

7.

Down

key: To go down in a menu or option, or to decrease a value.

8.

Back

key: To go to the previous step in a procedure or interaction. To go to the upper level, or leave

the option in the menu, or when given an option.

9.

Cancel

key: To cancel a procedure or interaction.

10. Reset

key: To restart the printer (as if it were switched off and switched on again). You will need

an implement with a narrow tip to operate this key.

11. Move substrate

key: To move the loaded substrate forwards or backwards. While the printer is

printing, it can be used to fine-tune the substrate advance on the fly.

To highlight an item in the front-panel display, press the

Up

or

Down

key until the item is highlighted.

To select an item in the front-panel display, first highlight it and then press the

OK

key.

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The printer's main components

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