Printek FP5000 series, User Manual

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Printer self-test
(Rolling ASCII)
To check operational readiness, your printer contains a self-test rou-
tine which allows testing of the printer configuration, the print quality
and correct operation of your printer.
Before performing a self-test, your printer must be switched off. En-
sure that paper is inserted. Keep the key
Online pressed while
switching on the printer, until Testmode appears on the display.
Press the soft key for the ASCII 80 format (corresponds to Legal
Portrait) or for ASCII 136 (Double or Legal Landscape). The display
will indicate
Test mode Off .
Press the Online key, to start the test.
It is also possible to change to Setup mode when you are in Rolling
test mode if you want to change the configuration for the test print-
out.
To do this, press the key Setup . The printer then changes to Setup
mode and the first of the main levels is then displayed.
Program your printer in the usual way for the test printout to change
the parameters. See section
Programming via the control panel
(page 55).
Some changes in menu mode may cause the printer to reinitialize;
in this case the Rolling ASCII test is aborted.
By pressing the key Setup you exit Setup mode and the printer
once again returns to Rolling ASCII test mode test mode.
Testmode Off is displayed. Press the key Online , the test printout
starts.
The self-test can be interrupted by pressing the key Online which
will stop printing and put the printer into Offline status.
Before you begin printing, you can adjust the paper for the printout
with soft keys
and
.
Testmode
Initializing ...
Online
Setup
1 2 3 4
ASCII80 ASCII136
Online
Setup
Back Next
1 2 3 4
Adjust Paperway
Form
Char Online
Setup
1 2 3 4