HP 5M manual Resetting the Printer, To activate a printer reset, Reset Action

Resetting the Printer

Reset the printer with caution. You can lose buffered page data or printer configuration data when you reset. Only use it in the following circumstances:

•You want to restore the default printer settings.

•Communication between the printer and computer is interrupted.

•You are using both the serial and parallel I/O ports, and one of the ports is having problems.

Four different resets are available through the RESETS MENU on the control panel. Each reset will affect different settings for the printer.

Reset	Action
Memory Reset	Clears memory
Factory Default	Resets menus to defaults
Active I/O Reset	Resets Active I/O Port
All I/O Reset	Resets all I/O Ports

See the “Resets Menu” in Chapter 3 for further details on each reset.

To activate a printer reset:

1Press [Menu] until RESETS MENU appears.

2Press [Item] until the desired reset is displayed.

3Press [Select] to activate the reset.

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