Tally Dascom 2810, User Manual

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Options and accessories User Guide
Example of an ASCII test
printout
If you selected a proportional font (PS font) , the printed length of the lines
varies.
This test can also be used to determine and set the optimal printhead gap
(see the section
Setting the print head gap .
Exiting Rolling ASCII test mode
The self-Rolling ASCII test mode test mode can only be terminated by switching
off your printer. For this operation the printer must be Offline.
If you want to stop the test printout before switching off the printer, press
the key
Online .
Interface test (Hex-Dump)
With the interface test (Hex-Dump/H-Dump) you can test data transmission from
the computer to the printer. During this test, the data from the computer is printed
out in two columns. The text in the left column is printed in hexadecimal format
and in the right column in ASCII format.
Printout in Hex-Dump
Put the printer into advanced menu mode by pressing the key Online while
switching on the printer.
Press the key Online until Test mode is shown on the display.
The display shows Test mode for approx. 1 second and then automatically
changes to display ASCII 80 ASCII 136 .
Press the key Next (4), the display shows the next menu
level.
If you press the key H-Dump (2) you select the H-Dump
mode and Offline H-Dump is shown on the display.
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