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CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS
The control panel buttons can be pressed individually to perform the operations indicated by their names. Other functions can be achieved by holding these buttons down when you turn the printer’s power on, or by pressing the control panel buttons in combination.
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This chapter explains all the button and indicator functions.
Pause printing
Feed paper (fast and slow, forward and reverse)
Park fanfold forms
Set the top-of-form position
Select the print pitch
Select a font
Print test patterns
Prevent software from changing the panel pitch and font selections
Adjusting the print alignment for bi-directional printing
Print a hexadecimal dump
Clear the printer’s buffer
Save macro definition
BUTTON AND INDICATOR FUNCTION
The printer is equipped with five buttons on the control panel. From left to right they are -, EE7EHl, ] EJECT/PARK ], I PAPER FEED ] and
ON LINE ].
The following is a brief guide to the buttons and indicators on the control panel.
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ON LINE
The ~ ON LINE ] button sets the printer on-line and off-line. The status changes each time you press the button.
When the printer is on-line, it can receive and print data from the computer and will be indicated by the ONLINE indicator being lit. When the printer is off-line,.it stops printing and sends the computer a signal indicating that it cannot accept data.
The printer powers up in the on-line status when paper is loaded. If paper is not loaded, the printer powers up off-line with the “PE” message and the
Power indicator light will blink. When you load paper, the printer goes online.
You will want to press the I ON LINE \ button:
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Before and after any other panel operation
The other panel buttons operate only in the off-line state. Press the
1 ON LINE I buttontogooff-line. After performingthe paneloperation(s), press the I ON LINE I button again to go back on-line.
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To pause during printing
If you press the
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ON LINE I button during printing, the printer stops printing and goes off-line, allowing you to check the printout or change a control panel setting. Printing resumes when you press the I ON LINE button again to go back on-line.
PAPER FEED
If you press and release this button while off-line, the paper will feed forward one line. If you hold the button down, the printer will perform consecutive line feeds.
If you also press the
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ON LINE 1 button while you are line-feeding, the paper will feed automatically to the top of the next page. This is explained later.
If youpressthe [ PAPERFEED[ button while on-line, this will altematelyflash the “QUIET” message on the display. When in Quiet mode with the “QUIET” message, the printer will print slightly slower, but at a reduced noise level.
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EJECT/PARK
NOTE: This button has no effect if the bottom feed mode is selected.
This button results in different functions depending on the position of the release lever.
If the release lever is facing toward the rear of the printer for the cut forms
( ~ ), pressing this button ejects the PaPer.
If the release lever is facing toward the front of the printer for the fanfold forms ( ~ ), pressing this button parks the forms.
PITCH
This button allows you to select the printing pitch. Remember that the printer must be off-line for you to do this. Successive presses of this button will display (and select) the following options in order (Note that the supercondensed pitch is not available with Standard/Epson mode, and condensed proportional pitch is not available with IBM mode):
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Elite (12 CPI)
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[ Condensed pica (17 CPI)
[ Condensed elite (20 CPI)
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FONT
This button selects the font to be printed. Draft font is selected at power-up unless the default settings are changed. To change the font, set the printer offline, then press the button repeatedly until the proper font is highlighted on the LCD display. The selections cycle in the following order:
LCD Message Font
Roman
Sanserif
Courier
Prestige
Script
High-Speed Draft
Draft
Optional font [OPTION I
NOTE: If the optional Font Cartridge isnot installed, the’’OPTION”message will not illuminate.
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