Stayin panel style
Ifheld downduringpower-up,the (ST@ buttonpreventssoftwareinter-
ferencewiththe fontstyleselectedfromthecontrolpanel.There willbean
acknowledgingbeep,afterwhichyou can set the printeroff-line,select a
fontstyle,thenreturntothe on-linestateandstartprinting.Theselectedfont
stylewill notbechangedby any commandssentbysoftware.
Stayin panelpitch and style
If youwant toprotectboth thepitchand fontstyle settingsfromsoftware
changes,pressthe@iTiX!landGF7iT3buttonsduringpower-up.Therewill
be alittlelong acknowledgingbeep.
Pressingthesebuttonsduringpower-updoesnotprevent youfrommaking
anynumberof changeslater fromthecontrolpanel.
Hexadecimaldump
This featureis useftd for programmed who are debuggingprinting pro-
grams and want to see the actualcodes the printer is receiving. (Some
computemchangethecodesthe programmerintended.)
Inthismode,allreceiveddatawillbeprintedin ahexadecimaldumpformat,
ratherthan thecontrolcodesbeing actedonas commandcodes.
Thismode isaccessedwith thefollowingprocedure:
1. Holdingboththe (PAPER FEED) and (‘EJ!MCT>buttonsdown,turn
powerON. Abeeptonewill beheard.
2. Startprinting. Inplace ofthe usual printoutyou will get aformatted
dumpshowingexactlywhatdatatheprinterreceives.Eachlinepresents
sixteencharactem,their hexadecimalcodes to the left and printable
character printedon theright.
3. At the endof the hexadecimaldump, setthe printeroff-linewith the
(ON LINE )button.This isnecessaryto printthe lastline.
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