Printek FormsPro 4300, 4500, 4503 Introduction to Setup, Entering the Forms Setup Menu

Operation

INTRODUCTION TO SETUP

The setup mode allows you to easily set form parameters for each of the ten form configurations, and to set interface hardware and emulation parameters. To make it easier, the menus and their functions are accessed in the order in which they are most often used. You can access the setup menus by pressing and holding the SETUP button until the desired menu is displayed on the LCD. When setup has been entered, the yellow SETUP indicator lights. At this time, the buttons that have yellow labels below them perform as indicated by those labels. To exit the setup mode, press the SETUP button.

While the printer is in a menu, you can use the FUNCTION UP and FUNCTION DOWN buttons to select any function. Whenever you select a function, its current value is displayed. To change the value or setting of a function, use the VALUE UP and VALUE DOWN buttons. The function values that are entered in all menus are on a “what you see is what you get” basis. Whatever value you leave displayed for any function will become the default value until you change it again. All parameter values are saved in a nonvolatile memory that is used during initialization the next time the printer is turned on or reset. The printer automatically performs a reset when it exits the setup menus so that values just set can be adopted immediately. Refer to appendix on “Printer Reset Conditions” for other values that may be affected.

The next two sections describe the Forms Menu and the Interface Menu. For more advanced features, Refer to the appendix on “Advanced Control Panel Features”.

ENTERING THE FORMS SETUP MENU

To change parameters for the currently selected form, first take the printer offline. Next, press and hold the setup button until “Setup: FORMS” is displayed (approximately one second) and the bell beeps one time to indicate the first setup menu has been reached. At this time, you are able to view and/or edit the various function values for the currently selected form.

The function values which may be modified and their respective value ranges for any of the ten form selections are listed below. Although you can use the FUNCTION UP or FUNCTION DOWN buttons to select functions, they are listed here in the order of function up. The first function is “Form #:” which will display the form to be modified as you access the other functions. This will initially display the form number that was selected when you first entered setup (see the description of the UNLOAD/FORM SELECT button earlier in this chapter). You may use the VALUE UP or VALUE DOWN buttons to select a different form to modify. However, the form that was selected when you entered setup will still be selected when you exit setup.

In the descriptions below, “F#” refers to “F0” through “F9” to indicate the number of the form currently accessed. The factory default settings are indicated by an asterisk (*) where applicable.

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