Using the Control Panel
Accessing the control panel
menus
When to make control panel settings
In general, printer driver settings override settings made
using the control panel.
You should make the following settings by using the
control panel because these settings cannot be made in
the printer driver.
❏
Settings to select emulation modes and IES
(Intelligent Emulation Switching) mode
❏
Settings to specify a channel and configure the
interface
❏
Settings to specify the size of the memory buffer
used to receive data
How to access the control panel
menus
Note:
Some menus and items appear only when a
corresponding optional device is installed or an
appropriate setting has been done.
A
Press the
r
Right
button to access the control
panel menus.
B
Use the
u
Up
and
d
Down
buttons to scroll
through the menus.
C
Press the
r
Right
button to view the items in a
menu. Depending on the menu, the LCD panel
displays an item and the current setting
separated (
YYYY=ZZZZ
), or only an item (
YYYY
).
D
Use the
u
Up
and
d
Down
buttons to scroll
through the items, or press the
l
Left
button to
return to the previous level.
E
Press the
r
Right
button to carry out the
operation indicated by an item, such as printing a
configuration status sheet or resetting the
printer, or to view the settings available for an
item, such as paper sizes or emulation modes.
Use the
u
Up
and
d
Down
buttons to scroll
through available settings, then press the
r
Right
button to select a setting and return to the
previous level. Press the
l
Left
button to return
to the previous level without changing the
setting.
Note:
❏
You need to turn the printer off and then on
to activate the settings you changed in the
Network Menu
,
USB Menu
or
RAM Disk
in
the
Setup Menu
.
❏
The
OK
button can be used instead of the
r
Right
button in step 3 or 5.
F
Press the
l
Left
button once or more times to exit
the control panel menus.
AL-M8200/AL-M8100/AL-M7100 Series User's Guide
Getting to Know Your Printer
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