x-Lab Dot Matrix Printer XDP-321 User's Manual
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Chapter 2 Control Panel
You can use the four buttons on the control panel to operate your printer, such as line feed, load paper,
eject paper or set print speed. The LED indicators on the control panel display the currently selected
print speed.
2.1 LED Indicator
2.2 Key Functions
2.2.1 In the Tractor Paper Mode
TEAR
1. In the offline mode, if the paper is at the print position, press
TEAR
button and the printer feeds paper to
the tear off position.
2. In the offline mode, if the paper is at the tear off position, press
TEAR
button and the printer ejects paper
to the next page or to the printing home position of the current page.
LF/FF
In the offline mode, if the paper is at the print position, press the
LF/FF
button (for less than 0.5 second), the
printer will feed the paper one line based on current line spacing. Alternatively, hold the
LF/FF
button down,
the printer will load tractor paper one page continuously.
LOAD/EJECT
1. When the paper is at the ready position, press
LOAD/EJECT
button, the paper will be fed to the printing
home position automatically.
2. When the paper is at the print position, press
LOAD/EJECT
button in the offline mode, printer will eject
one page when the eject-able length is longer than one page. If the paper eject-able length is less than
one page, the paper will go back to the ready position.
3. When the paper is at the tear-off position, press
LOAD/EJECT
button, printer will eject one page
automatically.
ONLINE
1. If the printer is in the offline mode with paper, press this button to enter
ONLINE
mode, the
ONLINE
LED
is on and the printer is available to print now. Press this button in the online mode, the printer is offline,
ONLINE
LED is off and the printer is unavailable to print.
2. If the paper is at the tear off position in the offline mode, press
ONLINE
button, the printer will go back to
the printing home position of the current page or the next page.
LED
OFF
ON
BLINK
ONLINE (Green)
Offline
Online
Micro-Adjust
POWER (Red)
Turn off
Turn on
Paper out or malfunction occurs
Print Speed 1, 2
Indicate the currently set print speed
Figure 2-1 Control panel