Other control panel features
Self test

By holding down the LF/FF Load or

 

Tear Off button while you turn on the

 

printer, you can start the printer’s self

 

test. The self test prints the characters in

 

the printer’s ROM (Read Only Memory).

 

See “Printing a Self Test” in Chapter 8.

Hex dump

By holding down both the LF/FF Load and

 

Tear Off buttons while you turn on the

 

printer, you can turn on the hex dump

 

mode. This feature prints the codes that

 

are sent to the printer so that advanced

 

users can find the cause of communication

 

problems between the computer and

 

printer. See “Using the Hex Dump Mode”

 

in Chapter 8 for more information.

Print settings

By holding down the Pause button while

 

you turn on the printer, you can print the

 

current DIP switch settings. See the next

 

section for more information.

Paper memory

By holding down the Paper Select button

setting

while you turn on the printer, you can

 

register the paper form information when

 

you use multi-part forms that overlap or

 

forms with labels on them. See “Using the

 

Paper Memory Feature” on page 4-22.

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