Product Information

Printer Parts and Control Panel Functions

Printer Parts
Buttons
Control panel

Printer Parts

1. Paper support: Supports the paper loaded in the sheet feeder.

2. Sheet feeder: Holds blank paper and automatically feeds the paper during printing.

3. Printer cover: Covers the printing mechanism. Open only when installing or replacing ink cartridges.

4. Output tray: Receives the ejected paper.

5. Output tray extension: Supports the ejected paper.

6. Edge guides: Help load the paper straight. Adjust the left edge guide to fit the width of your paper.

7. Card eject button: Press to eject the memory card in the CompactFlash Type II card slot.

8. SmartMedia memory card slot: Use to load the SmartMedia.

9. Memory Stick memory card slot: Use to load the Memory Stick.

10. CompactFlash Type II memory card slot: Use to load the CompactFlash or Microdrive.

11. SmartMedia memory card light: Refer to Lights for details.

12. Memory stick memory card light: Refer to Lights for details.

13. CompactFlash memory card light: Refer to Lights for details.

1. Roll paper holder: Attaches to the printer and holds the roll paper.

2. Computer USB connector: Used to connect the USB cable to the computer and the printer.

3. Backup drive USB connector: Used to connect external strage devices to the printer.

4. Preview Monitor cable connector: Used to connect the optional Preview Monitor.

5. Adjust lever: Set to the position if ink smears on your document when you use thick paper or envelopes.

6. Preview Monitor slot: Used to attach the optional Preview Monitor.

1. Ink cartridge clamps: Hold the ink cartridges in place. Open only when installing or replacing ink cartridges.

2. Print head: Delivers ink to the page.

3. Control panel: Controls various printer functions. See the next section for details.

4. LCD panel: Used to make settings for printing directly from the memory card.

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Buttons

Button

Function

power

Turns the printer on and off.

maintenance

Clears the following errors or displays an instruction.

No ink
No ink cartridge/abnormality
No paper (cut sheet only)
Paper jam

Performs the Ink Cartridge Replacement utility.

Displays the Advanced Settings menu while the maintenance light is off.

roll paper

Loads and ejects the roll paper.

Cuts and ejects the roll paper when the print job is finished, then rewinds the roll paper to the startposition for printing.

When held down for more than 3 seconds, rewinds the roll paper to a position where it can be removed from the sheet feeder.

Prints a nozzle check pattern when pressed while turning on the printer.

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Control panel

1. LCD panel: Shows the items and settings you change with the buttons on the control panel.

2. Up/Down arrow buttons: Move the cursor on the LCD panel. Increase and decrease numbers being entered.

3.Back button: Returns to the main menu.

4. Select button: Selects the item to be set.

5. Custom buttons: Store the current settings on the LCD panel when held down for more than 2 seconds. Load the stored settings when pressed.

6. Cancel button: Cancels print operations, or the settings on the LCD panel.

7. Print button: Starts printing with the settings selected via the buttons on the control panel.

8. Maintenance light: On or flashes when an error occurs. Check the description of the error in the LCD panel.

9. Maintenance button: Refer to Buttons for details.

10. Roll paper button: Refer to Buttons for details.

11. Power button: Refer to Buttons for details.

Note:

The buttons on the control panel only affect direct printing from a memory card.

Lights

Light	Description
maintenance	On or flashes when an error occurs. On the LCD panel, check the description of the error.
SmartMedia memory card	On when a SmartMedia memory card is inserted into the SmartMedia memory card slot and the slot is valid. Flashes when the printer is accessing the SmartMedia memory card.
Memory Stick memory card	On when a Memory stick memory card is inserted into the Memory stick memory card slot and the slot is valid. Flashes when the printer is accessing the Memory stick memory card.
CompactFlash memory card	On when a CompactFlash memory card is inserted into the CompactFlash memory card slot and the slot is valid. Flashes when the printer is accessing the CompactFlash memory card.

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