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Basic Control Panel Operations
You can use the four keys on the control panel to operate your printer.
ONLINE
Pressing
the
ONLINE
button, toggles between
ONLINE
and
OFFLINE
mode.
PARK/LOAD
In the offline mode, pressing the
PARK/LOAD
button shortly controls feeding
tractor paper or cut sheets
LF/FF
In the offline mode, press the
LF/FF
key to feed the paper line by line.
Alternatively, hold the key down for 2 seconds, the printer will eject the single
sheet paper, or advance the tractor paper to the tear-off position. And if you press
LF/FF key again the tractor paper will be reversely fed to the top-of-form position
of the next page.
COPY
In the offline mode, pressing the
COPY
key toggles among the four modes:
NORMAL
,
COPY MODE 1
,
COPY MODE 2
and
COPY MODE 3
.
To Change Speed Mode
In the offline mode, pressing the
PARK/LOAD
key for more than 2 seconds toggles between the
LETTER QUALITY
mode and
HIGH-SPEED
mode, with a beep sound for confirmation.
Top of Form Adjustment Mode
The top of form setting determines the margin between the top of paper and the first printed line
(the top margin).
In the
ONLINE
mode, press the
LF/FF
key for about 3 seconds to enter the top of form adjustment
mode. The
ONLINE
and
POWER LED
will blink alternating.
Use the
PARK/LOAD
and
LF/FF
keys to alter the top of form setting:
PARK/LOAD:
Increase the top of form by 1/60 inch. You can increase the margin to a maximum
of +60 increments (+60/60 inch) from the factory setting.
NOTE
Your application software usually sets your top margin. You shouldn’t need to change the
top of form setting very often.
NOTE
The printer can only print DRAFT font in the HIGH-SPEED mode. If you need any other
font listed in the SETUP MENU SYSTEM, please change to the LETTER QUALITY
mode.
Please note that push button selections do override menu settings.
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