44
45
10
External Keyboard
An external keyboard or a compatible input device (e.g. barcode scanner) can be connected directly to the printer.
Using an external keyboard facilitates the entry of variable data while processing print jobs and printing from storage
devices.
Input prompts and the data received from the keyboard are shown in the display.
10.1 Connecting External Keyboard
Any HID compatible USB keyboard can be connected to the printer.
Insert connection cable of the keyboard into a USB master interface of the printer.
10.2 Keyboard Assignment
If necessary set the parameter
Setup > Local Settings > Keyboard
matching to the used keyboard.
i
Notice!
If the parameter
Keyboerd
is set to
Automatic
, the keyboard assignment will be defined by the setting
of the parameter
Country
.
The following
Country
settings have special keyboard assignment :
Country
Keyboard
China
USA
South Africa
USA
Taiwan
USA
Mexico
Latin America
Egypt
Arabic
Table 21
Special assignments
Country
-
Keyboard
For the following
Keyboard
settings can be switched between two assignments by pressing the CTRL key and the
SHIFT key:
Keyboard
First assignment
Second assignment
Bulgaria
Cyrillic
Latin
Greece
Greek
Latin
Iran
Persian
Latin
Macedonia
Cyrillic
Latin
Russia
Cyrillic
Latin
Thailand
Thai
Latin
Arabic
Arabic
Latin
Table 22
Keyboard
settings with double assignment