ITEM

 

SETTINGS

EXPLANATION

 

 

 

 

PS Setup

Network

ASCII/RAW

Specifies PS communication protocol mode of data from

 

Protocol

 

NIC port.

 

 

 

(In RAW mode, Ctrl-T is invalid). PS models only.

 

 

 

 

 

Parallel

ASCII/RAW

Specifies PS communication protocol mode of data from

 

Protocol

 

Centronics port.

 

 

 

(In RAW mode, Ctrl-T is invalid). PS models only.

 

 

 

 

 

USB

ASCII/RAW

Specifies PS communication protocol mode of data from

 

Protocol

 

USB port.

 

 

 

(In RAW mode, Ctrl-T is invalid). PS models only.

 

 

 

 

PCL Setup

Font Source

Resident

Specifies the location of PCL default font.

 

 

 

 

 

Font

I0 ~ I90

Sets the PCL font number.

 

Number

 

The valid range of this variable changes depending on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

FONT SOURCE setting at the time. If the default font is

 

 

 

set for FONT SOURCE, the number starts at 0. If it is not,

 

 

 

the number starts at 1. The maximum value is equal to

 

 

 

the number of fonts installed in FONT SOURCE.

 

 

 

 

 

Font Pitch

99.99CPI

Width of the PCL default font in characters per inch (CPI).

 

 

~

Default font is fixed-pitch, scalable font.

 

 

 

 

 

10.00CPI

The value of pitch is displayed down to the second

 

 

decimal place.

 

 

~

 

 

Displayed only when the font selected in Font No. is a

 

 

0.44CPI

 

 

fixed-spacing, scalable font.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symbol Set

PC-8

Sets the symbol set of PCL (see machine operator panel

 

 

 

for complete list).

 

 

 

 

 

A4 Print

78 column

Sets the number of characters for A4 paper.

 

Width

80 column

Auto LF.

 

 

 

 

 

This is for 10-CPI characters when Auto CR/LF Mode is set

 

 

 

to OFF.

 

 

 

This menu is enabled only when A4 paper is selected in

 

 

 

the menu that sets the print width of A4 paper in portrait

 

 

 

orientation.

 

 

 

Usually, such A4 paper print width is set slightly narrower

 

 

 

than 8 inches (about 7.93 inches).

 

 

 

This setting cannot print 80 10-cpi characters (only prints

 

 

 

up to 78 10-cpi characters). 80 characters set at A4 Print

 

 

 

Width widen the right and left margins.

 

 

 

A PCL command selects or selects/deselects Auto CR/LF

 

 

 

mode.

 

 

 

 

 

White Page

On/Off

Sets whether to eject a page without any data to print

 

Skip

 

(blank page) upon reception of FF command (OCH) in PCL

 

 

 

Mode. OFF: Ejecting.

 

 

 

 

 

CR Function

CR/CR+LF

Sets action when CR code is received in PCL.

 

 

 

CR: Carriage Return

 

 

 

CR+LF: Carriage Return and Line Feed

 

 

 

 

 

LF Function

LF/LF+CR

Sets action when LF code is received in PCL.

 

 

 

LF: Line Feed

 

 

 

LF+CR: Line Feed and Carriage Return

 

 

 

 

 

Print Margin

Normal

Sets a non-printable area of paper.

 

 

1/5 inch

The width of the area along the right and left sides of

 

 

1/6 inch

paper (left and right sides depend on paper orientation).

 

 

 

 

 

 

NORMAL: PCL emulation compatible, approximately 1/

 

 

 

4~1/4.3INCH (depending on paper) is outside the

 

 

 

printable area.

 

 

 

 

Menu functions - C821 and C830 > 59