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Controls and indicators (More detail of panel of panel operation keys and Con- trol codes can be found in Interface Cartridge manual.)
Now let’s go over the controls and indicators of the printer, starting with the control panel on the right. There are seven indicators and five keys on the control panel.
Figure 2-2. The control panel.
POWER INDICATOR - Glows red when the power in on or blinks when the printer is out of paper or some other error occurs.
BOLD KEY and INDICATOR - Pressing this key selects boldface printing. DRAFT INDICATORS (80, 96, 136) - Glows green to indicate the number of characters per line when the priner is in the draft mode (set by the Mode key or the software control).
NLQ INDICATOR - Glows green when the printer is printing in the Near Letter Quality (NLQ) mode (set by the Mode key or the software control). MODE KEY - Changes the print mode every time it is pressed.
TOF KEY - Ejects the current sheet, feeds a new sheet, and moves the print head to the left margin.
PAPER FEED KEY - Advances the paper one line at a time when the On Line indicator is off. If you hold the key down, you’ll get consecutive line feeds, one after the other.
ON LINE KEY and INDICATOR - Glows green when the printer is ready to receive data from your computer (on line). When the printer is off line, it sends a signal to the computer indicating that it cannot accept data. Pressing the On Line key switches the printer on line and off line.
Extra functions
There are seven more functions that are not directly specified on the control panel. You can use three of them by pressing a key when you turn on the power; four others are activated by pressing two control keys at once. Here’s a summary: