Understanding the home screen

When the printer is turned on, the display shows a basic screen, referred to as the home screen. Use the home screen buttons and icons to initiate an action.

Note: Your home screen, icons, and the buttons may vary depending on your home screen customization settings, administrative setup, and active embedded solutions.
The home screen

Touch

To

1

Change Language

Change the primary language of the printer.

2

Bookmarks

Create, organize, and save a set of bookmarks (URLs) into a tree view of folders and file links.

Note: The tree view does not include bookmarks created within Forms and Favorites, and the ones in the tree are not usable in Forms and Favorites.

3

Held Jobs

Display all current held jobs.

4

USB or USB Thumbdrive

View, select, or print photos and documents from a flash drive.

Note: This icon appears only when you return to the home screen while a memory card or flash drive is connected to the printer.

5

Menus

Access printer menus.

Note: These menus are available only when the printer is in the Ready state.

6

Status message bar

  • Show the current printer status such as Ready or Busy.

  • Show printer conditions such as Fuser missing or Cartridge Low.

  • Show intervention messages and the instructions on how to clear them.

7

Status/Supplies

  • Display a warning or error message whenever the printer requires intervention to continue processing.

  • Access the messages screen for more information on the message, and how to clear it.

8

Tips

Open a context-sensitive Help information on the touch screen.


This may also appear on the home screen:

Touch

To

Search Held Jobs

Search current held jobs.


Features

Feature

Description

Attendance message alert

The message alert icon

If an attendance message affects a function, then this icon appears and the red indicator light blinks.

Warning

the Warning button

If an error condition occurs, then this icon appears.

Printer IP address

Sample: 123.123.123.123.123

The IP address of your network printer is located at the top left corner of the home screen and appears as four sets of numbers separated by periods. You can use the IP address when accessing the Embedded Web Server so you can view and remotely configure printer settings even when you are not physically near the printer.