POWER-UP FUNCTIONS

In additionto their normal functions,all the control panel buttonshave specialfunctionsthatoperateif youholdthemdownwhileswitchingpower

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Stay in panel font

Stay in panel pitch

Eigum 2-2. Power-up functions of control panel

Short test mode

Iftheprinteris turnedon whiletheONLINEbuttonispressed,theprinterwill enterthe short self-testmode.The printerwill start printingas soon as the ONLINEbuttonis released,andwillprinttheversionnumberof theprinter’s ROM, followedby six lines of the characterset.

Each line will be offset by one characterfrom the one before it. The final result will be somethinglike Figure2-3.

! #’#$%:<’ ( ) *+. -. /01234567!39:

: ,::=.‘-,E!CIBCDEFGHIJKLMNOFIJRSTUVWXYZ[ \ 1“- ‘abcdefghi

 

jk Imno

! ,,~$~~~ ( ) x+, -. /0123456789

: : .:.=:>?QABcDEFGHIJKLMNOFQRSTUVWxYZ[ 11“”’‘abcde+ghi-

jk lmnOP

C,#$%&’() X+. –. /O1234567S9:

: ~.--:.%’ABcDEFGHIJKLMNOF13RSTUVWXYZ:

t \ 1’””- ‘abcdefghi

 

Jk lmnoPcl

#$%&’ ( j a+, -. /0123456789:;

..=:~?@GBCDEFGHIJ~:LMNoP~sTuvWxYz[ 11“’”‘abCde@hi-

jk lmnOPqr

$%&’ ( ) *+, -. /012345678?:

..maABCDEFGHI

JKLMNOPQI+STUVWXYZ[\ 1’-

‘a bcdefghi

Jklmnopqrs

; ::=.,

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J#:LMNOFQRSTUVWXYZ[\ l”-

‘a bcdefghi

J k lmnOPqr-t

X&’ ( ) U+. -. /0123456789:

-.-Ia6BcDEF’6H1

: .“-.

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Figure 2-3.Short self-test

Sincethe self-testoccupiesthefullwidthof the carriage,it is recommended that the printeris loadedwiththe widestpaperpossibleto avoiddamageto the print head and/orplaten.

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