Using the Control Panel
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Auto tear off
When Auto tear off is on and you are using continuous paper
with the push tractor, the printer automatically advances the
paper perforation to the tear-off position, where you can easily
tear off the printed pages. When the printer receives the next
print job, it automatically moves the unused paper back to the
top-of-form position and starts printing, so you can use all of the
next page.
When Auto tear off is off, you need to move the perforation to
the tear-off position by pressing the control panel button. See
“Using the Tear Off button” on page 24 for more information.
Auto line feed
When auto line feed is on, the printer accompanies each carriage
return (CR) code received with a line feed code, and the print
position moves to the next line. If the printer adds an extra line
after every carriage return, select
Off
.
Print direction
You can select bidirectional printing (
Bi-D
) or unidirectional
printing (
Uni-D
). Printing is normally bidirectional because it is
faster. Unidirectional printing, however, allows for precise
vertical printing alignment, which is useful for printing
graphics.
Software
When you select
ESC/P
, the printer operates in the EPSON
ESC/P mode. When you select
IBM 2380 Plus
, the printer
emulates an IBM printer.
0 slash
The zero character has a slash ( ) when this feature is turned on.
It has no slash (0) when it is turned off. The slash allows you to
easily distinguish between the uppercase letter O and a zero.
