CHAPTER 4 CONTROL PANEL

EMULATION Button

This factory setting for the automatic emulation selection function is ON. The printer will select the emulation mode automatically when it receives data from the computer.

To set the emulation mode manually, hold down the Shift button and press the Emulation button. Then enter the setting mode to change the emulation.

To set the emulation mode, follow these steps:

1.Press the Sel button to take the printer off-line.

2.Hold down the Shift button and press the Emulation button. When you enter the setting mode, the display first shows the current emulation mode with an asterisk.

3.Press the ▲ or ▼ button until the emulation mode you want appears on the display.

Display Message

Emulation Mode

AUTO

Auto Emulation Selection

HP PCL5C

HP PCL5C

BR-Script 2

BR-Script level 2 mode

HP-GL

HP-GL Plotter Mode

EPSON FX-850

EPSON FX-850

IBM ProprinterXL

IBM Proprinter XL

4.Press the Set button to make the displayed selection effective. When you select any specific emulation mode other than “AUTO,” for a short time an asterisk appears at the end of the display. Then the printer automatically exits from the setting mode to the off-line mode.

When you select “AUTO,” the sub-item “Time Out” for the automatic emulation selection appears on the display. Go to the next step.

5.Set “Time Out” with the ▲ or ▼ button.

This time out is the duration during which the printer will not allow another automatic emulation change. You can set it from

1second to 99 seconds: the factory setting is 5 seconds.

6.Press the Set button.

The next sub-item “EPSON/IBM” appears on the display.

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