User Interface

The

Power

button and the

FEED

button—individually or in combination, and along with information shown by the STATUS indicator—are designed to help you perform a range of routine printer tasks which include:

turning printer power ON and OFF
calibrating the media (labels, paper, tags, etc.)
printing a configuration report
resetting printer settings to their defaults
entering 'Forced' firmware download mode
entering and exiting diagnostic (
DUMP
) mode to debug printer programming and communications

Indicates the printer's operating status and a range of printer conditions using state and color (such as when the printer runs out of media).

The state of the indicator can be:

on (lit)
off (not lit)
blinking (off and on) and alternating between colors in a variety of patterns

The color can be:

Green—ready or functioning
Amber (orange/yellow)—for busy or active process (boot-up, over-temperature cooling cycle, etc.).
Red—needs attention