Status Indicator

The STATUS indicator cues you into basic printer health and operational status (including powered-up and powered-down states).

The STATUS indicator encircles the FEED
button.

Familiarize yourself with these printer indicator conditions and what they mean:

This condition...	Indicates...
Green	The printer is READY for print and data activity.
Flashing Green	Normal Operation—Printer may be COMMUNICATING or PROCESSING data.
Double Flashing Green—two short flashes followed by one long flash	The printer is PAUSED.
Flashing Red	Media Alert—The printer is: open out of media (ribbon, paper, labels, tags, etc.) unable to sense the loaded media
Flashing Amber	Over Temp—The printhead is over temperature and must cool to resume printing.
Flashing Red-Red-Off-Off-Red-Red-Off-Off-Green-Green-Off-Off	Critical Over Temp—The printhead or motor has failed. Critical Over Temp—The printhead has failed.

For information on how to interpret and troubleshoot error conditions, see Troubleshooting.