ActionPrinter 3250

The Control Panel

You can control the basic printer operations--form feeding, paper loading and ejecting, and font selection-with the buttons on the control panel. The indicator lights help you monitor the status of the printer.

FONT/YES FORM FEED/NO

button button

rim

Lights

The two panel lights provide information on certain printer conditions and settings.

PAPER PARK

If you are using continuous paper, you can press the FORM FEED and FONT buttons at the same time to move the paper back to the paper- park position.

CAUTION: Never feed labels backward through the printer; they may peel off their backing sheet and damage it. Use the FORM FEED button to feed them forward.

Other control-panel features

The control panel also gives you access to three special features:

Self Test

The self test lets you check whether your printer is

 

operating properly.

Hex dump

The hex dump allows advanced users to pinpoint

 

communications problems between the printer and

 

computer.

READY

Demonstration The demonstration page is a printout of text and

The READY light is on when the printer is ready to receive data from

type enhancements that shows you the unique

the computer. It flashes briefly each time you turn on the printer.

capabilities of your printer.

The READY light also flashes under the following conditions:

 

•The printer is out of paper.

. The printer is in the tear-off mode (when the optional push tractor is installed).

when an error occurs, the READY light goes off.

FONT

The two FONT lights indicate the current font setting. These lights change when you press the FONT button. Look at the font menu on the control panel to determine which font is selected.

Buttons

Selecting Character Fonts

To choose one of the fonts available with your printer, press the FONT button.

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YES

The two buttons on the control panel perform different functions, depending on the printer mode,

FONT/YES

Press the FONT button during normal operation to cycle through the font choices on the font menu. The two FONT lights indicate the current selections.

When you are in the default-setting mode, use this button to enter a positive response to a printer question or to select a new default setting.

FORM FEED/NO

Press the FORM FEED button during normal operation to load a single sheet of paper or to advance continuous paper to the next top-of- form. You can also press FORM FEED to eject a page.

When you are in the default-setting mode, use this button to enter a negative response to a printer question or to skip to the next setting.

The two FONT lights come on (O), go off (0), and Rash (8) to indicate the current selection. The table below lists the fonts and shows how the FONT lights appear for each selection.

@on Ooff Y flashing

The Roman and Sans Serif fonts can be scaled (or sized) from 8 to 32 points in 2-point increments, using your application software or ESC/P2 commands.

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