Chapter 3 Using the Operator Panel

Reading Font Data

If a memory card with the font data is already inserted into the slot when the printer is turned on, the fonts are automat- ically read into the printer. To re-read fonts into the printer from a memory card, proceed as follows.

1

 

Press the MENU key.

2

 

Press the

or

key repeatedly until Memory Card

 

> appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory Card

>

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press the

key.

 

 

4

 

Press the

or

key repeatedly until >Read Fonts

 

appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

>Read Fonts

5

 

Press the ENTER key. A question mark (?) appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

>Read Fonts ?

 

6

 

 

 

 

Press the ENTER key. Processing appears and the

 

reading of data from the memory card starts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

>Read Fonts

 

 

 

Processing

 

7

 

Press the MENU key to return to Ready.

Reading Data

Data stored on a memory card can be read. To read data on a memory card, proceed as follows.

1

 

Press the MENU key.

2

 

Press the

or

key repeatedly until Memory Card

 

> appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory Card

>

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press the

key.

 

 

4

 

Press the

or

key repeatedly until >Read Data

 

appears. The data name also appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

>Read Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

DataS001

 

 

5

 

Press the ENTER key. A blinking question mark (?)

 

appears before the data name.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

>Read Data

 

 

6

 

 

 

?DataS001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

name.Press the

or

key to display the desired data

7

 

 

 

 

 

Press the ENTER key. Processing appears and the

 

reading of data from the memory card starts.

 

 

Writing Data

Data can be written to a memory card until no space is left for storing. When writing to a memory card, a name is assigned to the file automatically. You can use the procedure explained lat- er in this section to print a list of data names for confirmation.

To write data to a memory card, proceed as follows.

First check that the memory card is properly formatted. Oth- erwise, the >Write Data message to be explained below will not be shown on the message display.

If the memory card inserted in the memory card slot is not formatted, the >Format will automatically appear on the dis- play. See Formatting on page 3-39.

1

 

Press the MENU key.

2

 

Press the

or

key repeatedly until Memory Card

 

> appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory Card

>

 

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 ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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HP WP36/50 manual Memory Card, Read Fonts ?, Read Fonts Processing, Read Data DataS001

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