Printer Configuration
Format Menu
FORMAT MENU
Current Format
The MLP 3040 supports five “Formats” or sets of printing parameters that may be selected either through the control panel or by host application programs. These Formats include printing related features such as Form Length, Font, Character Pitch, Margins, etc. Each Format also includes the ability to name the Format with a name such as “Receipt”, “Routing Label”, or “Shipping Label”, etc.
Upon entering Setup as described earlier in “Setup Basics”, the Format Menu is the first menu that will appear.
The bottom line of the display shows the Format that is currently selected. If you wish to change to a different format, press the 
Increment Button until the desired Format is displayed.
Note: If you wish to use more than one Format, you must first enable additional Formats. Please refer to the “Max Format” feature in the “Options Menu” on page 29.
Once the desired Format is displayed, you may do one of the following:
press the 
Enter Button to review and/or change the features related to the displayed Format, or press the 
Advance Button to advance to the INTERFACE MENU
Pressing the 
Enter Button will advance through the following features for the selected Format in the order listed below.
Format Name
Format Name Format 1
Possible Values: Up to 16 characters of A through Z, 0 through 9, SPACE
When shipped from the factory, the name for each format will be “FORMAT 1”, “FORMAT 2”, etc. This name may be changed to any combination of capital letters
To advance through the character positions of the name, press the 
Advance Button. To change the character at the current position, press the 
Increment Button. The order of characters that may be selected is “ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ SPACE 0123456789”. The name will automatically be centered on the display after exiting Setup, so there is no need to try to center it with spaces.
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