▌2.5 Printing is poor
Check the state of ribbon cassette. If the ribbon cassette life ends, replace the ribbon cassette as described in Chapter 1.
NOTES
If the printer is still poor, contact your dealer or a qualified service person.
▌2.6 You want to check a software program
• Hexadecimal dump
This feature allows experienced users to see exactly what data is coming to the printer.
This can be useful in finding software problems. When you turn on the hexadecimal dump function, the printer prints all commands and other data in hexadecimal format along with a guide section to help you find specific commands.
•To use the hexadecimal dump feature, follow these steps:
1)After you make sure that the printer is off, open the rear cover of the printer.
2)Hold down the FEED button while you turn on the printer.
3)Close the rear cover.
4)Run any software program that sends data to the printer. The printer prints "Hexadecimal dump" and then all the codes are received in a two column format. The first column contains the hexadecimal codes and the second column gives the ASCII characters that correspond to the codes.
Hexadecimal Dump
To terminate hexadecimal dump
Press FEED button three times
1B 21 00 1B 26 02 40 40 . ! . . & . @ @ 1B 25 01 1B 63 34 00 1B . % . . c 4 . . 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 A B C D E F G H
<Online Hex Dump Completed>
(A period(.) is printed for each code that has no ASCII equivalent.)
5) When the printing finishes, turn off the printer.
