Compaq LA36 Example Changing theVertical Pitch, Enter the Set-Up mode, Exit the Macro 2 function

Using Set-Up Mode

You can press the button to select the value. Then, the printer prints the previous option and its values.

3.After selecting the desired values, press the Exit/Save button to reprint the <FUNCTIONS>menu where the red cursor is positioned beneath SAVE&EXIT.

For each option, the bolded value is the current default value (the value currently saved in the printer’s permanent memory). In the previous example, the default values are PORT DEPND (Port Dependent) for protocol selection and DRAFT (Draft) for font selection.

Example: Changing theVertical Pitch

To become familiar with the Set-Up mode, try the following example. This example shows how to change the vertical pitch in Macro 2 from 6 lines per inch to 8 lines per inch.

1.Enter the Set-Up mode.

Turn the printer off and back on while pressing the Set-Up/Quitbutton until the printer beeps.

2.Select the Macro 2 function.

Wait for the printer to stop printing and press the button once to position the red cursor on the plastic guide of the print head under MACRO 2. Press the button or

the button to select the Macro 2 function and print the <PROTOCOL> option and its values.

3.Print the menu of the vertical pitch option.

Since you do not want to change other than the vertical pitch, press the button to select the current protocol. Bolded PORT DEPND is underlined and the next option <PRTCL SERL> is printed. (Bolded value indicates the current setting and underlined

value is the new setting.) Repeatedly press the button in the same way, until the <VERT PITCH> option and its values are printed.

4.Change the vertical pitch from 6 to 8 lines per inch.

Press the button once to position the red cursor beneath 8 LPI. Press the button to select 8 LPI. 8 LPI is underlined and the next option <HORZ PITCH> and its values are printed.

5.Exit the Macro 2 function.

Since you do not want to make any other changes in MACRO 2, press the Exit/Save button. The <FUNCTIONS> menu is then reprinted and the red cursor is positioned beneath SAVE&EXIT.

6.Exit the Set-Up mode, saving or not saving the new vertical pitch.

Press the button or the button to save 8 lines per inch as the new power-on defaults in Macro 2 and exit Macro 2. The printer then exits the Set-Up mode and returns ready. These settings remain in effect until the next time they are changed.

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