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Understanding the printer operator panel, Operator panel buttons – IBM 1220 User Manual

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Understanding the printer operator
panel

The operator panel has five buttons, a display, and a light that flashes when the printer is processing a
job indicated by the

Busy

message.

Operator panel buttons

Button

Function

Go

Press

Go

to:

• Return to the Ready state if the printer is offline (the

Ready

message does not appear on

the display).

• Exit printer menus and return to the Ready state.
• Clear some operator panel messages.
• Resume printing after loading paper or clearing paper jams.
• Exit Power Saver.

If you have changed printer settings from the operator panel menus, press

Go

before sending

a job to print. The printer must display

Ready

for jobs to print.

Menu

Press

Menu

to:

• Take the printer offline (out of the Ready

state) and enter the menus. When the printer is

offline, press Menu to scroll through the menus and menu items.

• List the menu items in the Job Menu (during Busy state).

For menu items that have numerical values, such as Copies, press and hold

Menu

to scroll

through the list of values. Release the button when the number you want appears.

If you see a

Menus Disabled

message, you will not be able to change default settings. You

can still clear messages and select items from the Job Menu when printing. When you send a
job to print, change printer properties to select the settings you want for your job.

1

Menu

2

Select

3

Return

4

Go

5

Stop

6

Display

Ready