Panasonic KX-P8420 User Manual

The printer’s front panel enables you to set options and view the status of 
the printer and print jobs. This section provides information about:

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Status messages and error messages

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Top-level menus you can access from the front panel

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Printing printer information pages from the front panel

This section describes the functions of the front panel, illustrated below:

The 2 line, 24 character LCD window on the front panel displays status 
messages. When the printer is printing normally, status information about 
the current jobs appear in the display window.

For a detailed explanation of the activity lights and buttons on the front 
panel, see “Front panel overview” on 

When the printer is printing normally, status information about current jobs 
appears in the display window. The messages are:

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Ready

—Displays while the printer is ready to print but not processing or 

printing a job.

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Printing

—Displays while a job is printing.

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Processing

—Displays while the job is processing.

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Canceling Job—

Appears when you cancel a print job.

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Ready(Sleep)—

Appears when the printer is in an power saver mode. This 

mode can reduce the total power consumption of the printer to less than 
35 watts. Full power mode is restored when the printer receives a job or 
when you press the Menu/Exit button or print a page at the printer.

Before the printer can print after being in

 Ready(Sleep)

, it needs to warm up 

to heat up the fuser. The actual warm-up time depends on how long the 
printer has been in power saver mode. If the printer has been in 

Ready(Sleep) 

power saver mode for a long time, the warm-up period will be 

longer.

MENU
/EXIT

CONTINUE

CANCEL

ENTER

READY

ERROR