HP LaserJet 5200 Printer series - Manual (Page 29)

Control-panel layout
The control-panel display gives you complete, timely information about the printer and print jobs. Menus
provide access to printer functions and detailed information.
The message and prompt areas of the display alert you to the state of the printer and tell you how to
respond.
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Menu Stop
Attention Data Ready
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Number Button or light Function
1 Control-panel display ● Shows status information, menus, help information, and error
messages.
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Help ( ) button
● Provides information about the message on the control-panel display.
3 Menu button ● Opens and closes the menus.
4 Ready light ● On: The printer is online and ready to accept data to print.
● Off: The printer cannot accept data because it is offline (paused) or has
experienced an error.
● Blinking: The printer is going offline. The printer stops processing the
current print job and expels all of the active pages from the paper path.
5 Data light ● On: The printer has data to print, but is waiting to receive all of the data.
● Off: The printer has no data to print.
● Blinking: The printer is processing or printing the data.
6 Attention light ● On: The printer has experienced a problem. Make note of the message
on the control-panel display, and then turn the printer off and on. See
Control-panel messages on page 103 for help in resolving problems.
● Off: The printer is functioning without error.
● Blinking: Action is required. See the control-panel display.
7 Stop button ● Cancels the current print job in process and expels all of the active
pages from the paper path. The time that it takes to cancel the job
depends on the size of the print job. (Press the button only once.) Also
clears continuable errors that are associated with the canceled job.
NOTE: The control-panel lights cycle while the print job is cleared from both
the printer and the computer, and then the printer returns to the Ready state.
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