4.3 Cleaning the Print Head

1.Turn the printer power off.

2.Open the printer cover.

3.Wait several minutes. Wipe off any debris on the heating element of the head using a cotton swab soaked in ethyl alcohol.

Print (thermal) head

CAUTION!

The print head is hot immediately after printing. DO NOT touch it with your hand. DO NOT touch the heating element of the head with a bare hand or metal object either.

4.4 Self-printing

Insert paper into the printer. With the FEED button pressed and held, turn the printer power on, keep the FEED button held for about 1 second, and then release the FEED button. The printer starts self-printing. The printer prints model name, version, DIP switch setting, memory switch setting, and built-in fonts.

Firmware version

 

Interface

 

Serial communication

Memory

condition (Only serial

interface model)

switch

 

setting

Buffer size

 

DIP switch setting

 

(Only serial interface

 

model)

 

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