HP WP36/50 manual 57

Chapter 3 Using the Operator Panel

Reading Data

Data stored on a RAM disk can be read. To read data on a RAM disk, proceed as follows.

1	Press the MENU key.
2	Press the		or	key repeatedly until RAM Disk
	Mode > appears.
	RAM Disk Mode >
		On
3	Press the		key.
4	Press the		or	key repeatedly until >Read Data
	appears. The data name also appears.
	>Read Data
		DataH001
5	Press the ENTER key. A blinking question mark (?)
	appears before the data name.
	>Read Data
	? DataH001
6
	Press the		or	key to display the desired data name.
7	Press the ENTER key. Processing appears and the
	reading of data from the RAM disk starts.

Writing Data

When writing onto a RAM disk, a name is assigned to the file automatically. You can use the procedure explained later in this section to print a list of data names for confirmation.

1	Press the MENU key.
2	Press the	or	key repeatedly until RAM Disk
	Mode > appears.
	RAM Disk Mode >
	On
3	Press the	key.
4	Press the	or	key repeatedly until >Write Data
	appears.

>Write Data

5	Press the ENTER key. A question mark (?) appears.
	>Write Data	?
6
	Press the ENTER key. Processing appears, then
	Waiting.
7
	In this state, send the file from the computer to the
	printer.
	The file is written onto the RAM disk given a
	destination name (also referred to as a partition
	name) which the printer automatically assigns one
	after another as follows:
	DataH001 (first data)
	DataH002 (second data)
	DataH003 (third data)...
	In the example above, if the file TEST.TXT is the
	first data to be written onto the RAM disk, the
	destination name will be DataH001.
	As the printer receives data, the message display
	changes to Processing, then when the end of the data
	is received, the message display changes to Waiting.
8	Check that the message display has changed to
	Waiting, then press the GO key. This writes the file

to the RAM disk and instructs the printer to automatically print out a RAM disk write information page as shown below.

WRITE INFORMATION

Figure 3-15
Partition Type:	Type of data written (currently
	only type 2 is supported).
Partition Name:	The destination name of data
	written to the card.

Write Partition Length:The size of the written data

	on the memory card.
Others:	Error information.

When the RAM disk write information page is printed, the message display returns to Ready.

If the writing was not completed successfully, an error code appears on the message display. For details, see Error Messages on page 4-6. If this happens, press the GO key. The message display returns to Ready.

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