Alps Electric MD-1300 manual Ready / insert Button Functions, 156

Appendix

ready / insert Button Functions

The ready / insert button is used for a number of functions which differ depending on the printer state.

The functions during normal printing are described below.

∙Paper feed and eject

Paper feed

Paper is fed by setting the paper feed switch to position "M" while no data is being received from the computer (i.e, ready light is on), loading one sheet of paper into the sheet feeder, and then pressing the ready/insert button.

Paper eject

If paper is already present and no data is being received (ready light is on), pressing the ready / insert button causes the paper to be ejected.

∙Canceling an alarm

After the cause of the alarm has been removed, an alarm for anything other than a hardware or mechanism error can be cleared by pressing the ready / insert button.

∙Forced printing and clearing data

When the data transfer from the computer stops for more than a certain period of time (about 30 seconds) and the ready light is blinking quickly, press the ready / insert but- ton to force the printer to print the data it has received so far.

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