Understanding control-panel features The printer has the following lights and buttons on the control panel: 6 Chapter 1 Product information ENWW 1 Left arrow button ( 2 OK button: Press the OK button for the following actions: ● Open the control-panel menus. ● Select a menu item. ● Clear some printer errors. ● Continue printing after reloading a tray. ● Acknowledge that a non-HP supply is in use. ● Return the printer to the Ready state whenever the ready light is blinking. 3 Right arrow button (>): Press this button to navigate through the menus or to increase a value that appears on the display. 4 Display: The display provides information about the printer.
Use the menus on the display to establish printer settings. See Using the control-panel menus on page 7. 5 Cancel Job button (X): Press this button to cancel a print job whenever the attention light is blinking. You can also press this button to exit the control-panel menus. 6 Ready light (green): The ready light is on when the printer is ready to print. It blinks when the printer is receiving print data. 7 Attention light (amber): The attention light blinks when a print cartridge is empty. NOTE The attention light does not blink if more than one print cartridge is empty. 8 Print-cartridge-status gauges:
These gauges show the consumption level for each print cartridge (black, yellow, cyan, and magenta). If the consumption level is unknown, a ? symbol appears. This can occur in the following circumstances: ● The print cartridge is missing or installed incorrectly. ● The print cartridge is defective. ● The print cartridge might not be an HP cartridge.