Chapter 1 Product Overview Status and Errors The LEDs light or flash to indicate the printer status. The printer cannot print while an error is left unsolved. Online and Offline Online The printer is online and ready for normal printing unless there is a reason to go offline. Offline The printer automatically goes offline under the following conditions:
While the printer power is turning on/off While a self-test is running While roll paper is fed using the Feed button When the printer stops printing due to a paper end (when the paper out detector detected the paper out) During an operation standby state When an error has occurred (See "Status and Errors" on page 14 ) While the roll paper cover is open Automatically Recoverable Errors The printer cannot print when automatically recoverable errors occur. They can be recovered easily, as described below.
14 Error Error description Error LED status Condition for Recovery Roll paper cover open error The roll paper cover was opened during printing ON Recovers automatically when the roll paper cover is closed Head temperature error A high temperature outside the thermal head drive operating range was detected ON Recovers automatically when the thermal head cools.