Operating the Storage Device

Formatting a Storage Device

A new CompactFlash card or Microdrive must be formatted before it can be used in the printer. You can format the storage device using the printer operator panel.

Formatting will destroy any existing data on a storage device.

• You can format the Microdrive using the operator panel when the first

Notetime you installed a new Microdrive. About formatting a new Microdrive.

To format a CompactFlash card or the Microdrive, use the following procedure:

1

Press the MENU key.

 

 

2

Press the

or

key repeatedly until Memory Card > or Hard

Disk >appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory Card

>

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

Press the > key.

 

 

 

4

Press the

or

key repeatedly until >Format appears.

 

 

>Format

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

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

 

 

>Format ?

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

Press the ENTER key. Processing appears and formatting of the

CompactFlash card starts.

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Kyocera FS-1900 manual Formatting a Storage Device, Format ?