2.3. Using the Mode Select Menu

2.3.Using the Mode Select Menu

This section explains how to use the MODE key on the control panel. The MODE key allows you to set or change the printer environment such as the number of copies to make, emulation, page orientation, code set, etc. to your specific needs.

The following items can be selected by using the MODE, + and –, and ENTER keys. Also, the diagram on the last page in this manual gives a quick reference to the full options and the sequence of selection.

Mode Select Menu

Item

Function

Default Setting

 

 

 

3ULQW

Prints a menu map with the current settings on it.

—

ý 0HQXý 0DS

 

 

 

 

 

,QWHUIDFHý ý ý ý ý ý !

Selects the interface on which the control panel set-

Parallel

 

tings are effective. This setting affects only the cur-

 

 

rently active interface.

 

 

Parallel setting has a sub item in which one of four

 

 

data transmission modes can be selected —

 

 

1LEEOHýõKLJKô, $XWR, 1RUPDO, or

Auto

 

+LJK VSHHG

 

 

Serial setting has five sub items, and sets the follow-

 

 

ing RS-232C/RS-422A parameters:

 

 

Baud rate

9600

 

Data bits

8

 

Stop bits

1

 

Parity

None

 

Protocol

DTR(pos.)&XON

 

If an optional network board is installed, also makes

 

 

the network settings.

 

 

 

 

(PXODWLRQý ý ý ý ý ý !

Changes the emulation mode on the current inter-

PCL 6

 

face. The key allows access to sub item

 

 

!&RGH VHW.

 

 

Also with KPDL emulation, print settings can be

 

 

made when there is an error or alternative emula-

 

 

tion.

 

 

 

 

)RQWý ý ý ý ý ý ý ý ý ý ý !

Select the current interface font. The default number

Internal

 

for selecting an internal font is I000 (this is the num-

I000 (Courier)

 

ber for Courier). If there are optional fonts in the

 

 

printer other than the internal ones, you can specify

 

 

them by switching to theý2SWLRQ display.

 

 

Depending on the type of optional font, the symbols

 

 

used at the start of the font number change as fol-

 

 

lows:

 

 

Soft font (Download): S

 

 

Fonts resident in a Memory Card: M

 

 

Fonts resident in a RAM disk: H

 

 

Fonts resident in an optional ROM: O

 

 

This menu also allows printing the font lists, select-

 

 

ing Courier, Letter Gothic, and selecting the size and

 

 

pitch of the font.

 

 

 

 

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