Using
Options with Undetermined Values
For some options, you can choose among a continuous range of many values. These options are identified as follows:
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When you select such an option, only the current value is printed. The numeric range of these respective options are from 1 to 256, from 0 to 255, or from 0 to 99.
To select such a value:
1.Press the button or the button (the printer beeps) as many times as you decrease from or increase to the current value. If you change the value by a wide margin, you can
keep the button pressed continuously; the printer beeps at intervals of 0.2 seconds. The number of beeps corresponds to the number of times you press the button.
2.When you stop pressing the button, the new value is printed to the right of the current value.
3.If this new value is not satisfactory, repeat step 1 until the next new value is satisfactory.
Range Management for a Wide Range of Values
The permitted range of these values may be limited as to physical range.
If you intend to change to a value which is outside of the permitted physical range, the actual current value will be the highest possible value considering other
See the Options tables to ascertain the permitted range.
Example: Changing the Left Margin
This example shows how to change the left margin in Macro 2 from column 1 to column 20.
1.Enter the Set-Up mode.
Turn the printer off and back on while pressing the
2.Select the Macro 2 function.
Wait for the printer to stop printing. Then 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.