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Alternate
Prints all null lines as a blank line and performs a new line. The next print
position will be the first print position of the next line.
Note: The printer performs a partial reset to put any change to this parameter
value into effect when you exit the Configuration Menu with Start or
Return
. Buffered data will be lost.
To change or check the null suppression, follow these steps:
1. Press Menu.
2.
Press Scroll
↑
or Scroll
↓
until the printer displays
CONFIGURATION MENU
Coax Configuration
3.
Press Enter.
4. Press Scroll
↑
or Scroll
↓
until the printer displays
Coax Configuration
Printer Compatibility
5. Press Enter.
6. Press Scroll
↑
or Scroll
↓
until the printer displays
Printer Compatibility
5 (Null Suppression)
7. Press Enter to display the current value.
8. Press Scroll
↑
or Scroll
↓
until the desired value for null suppression is
displayed.
9. Press Enter.
An asterisk (*) will be displayed in front of the selected value.
10. Press Start or Return to exit the Menu. See “Exiting the Configuration Menu”
on page 55.
Printer Compatibility 6 (Form Feed Command Position)
You can set the printer to execute a form feed only if it is encountered at the first
print position in a line or at the Maximum Print Po 1, or you can set the
printer to execute a form feed whenever it is encountered in the data stream. You
can set this value to:
Standard (Default)
A Form Feed command executes only if it occurs at the first print position
in a line or at MPP + 1. The printer treats form feed at other positions as
spaces.
Alternate
A Form Feed command executes whenever it is encountered in the data
stream.
Note: The printer performs a partial reset to put any change to this parameter
value into effect when you exit the Configuration Menu with Start or
Return
. Buffered data will be lost.
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