Longtest mode
Iftheprinteristurnedon whilethePAPERFEEDbuttonispressed,theprinter
willenterthe longself-testmode.The printerwillstart printingassoon as
thePAPERFEEDbuttonisreleased,andwillprintthe versionnumberofthe
printer’sROMandthecurrentsettingsofthe DIPswitches,followedbythe
wholecharactersetprinted ineach fontandpitch available.
Thetest cyclesendlessly,soyou mustturnthe poweroff to stopit.
Sincetheself-testoccupiesthefill widthofthe carnage,itisrecommended
thattheprinter isloadedwiththe widestpaperpossibletoavoiddamageto
theprinthead and/orplaten.Inaddition,thetotalnumberof linesprintedis
considerable,morethancan beaccommodatedonasingle sheet,so fanfold
paperis recommendedforthis test.
Stayin panelpitch
ByholdingthePITCHbuttondownduringpower-up,theprintpitchcanonly
beselectedfromthecontrolpanel.Thispreventssoftwareinterference.You
willhear anacknowledgingbeepaspower comeson.
Afterthebeeptone, youcansettheprinteroff-line,selectaprint pitch,then
mtumto on-lineandstartprinting.The pitchyouselectedwill notbereset
orotherwisechangedby any commandsyoursoftwaremayissue.
Stayin panel font
Byholding theFONTbutton duringpower-up,fontscan only be selected
fromthecontrolpanel.Thispreventssoftwareinterference.Therewillbean
acknowledgingbeep,afterwhichyou can set the printeroff-line,select a
font,thenreturnto theon-linestateandstartprinting.Theselectedfontwill
notbe changedbyany commandsyoursoftwaremayissue.
Stayin panelpitch and font
Ifyouwantto protectboththepitchandfontsettingsfromsoftwarechanges,
pressboth thePITCHandFONT buttonsduringpower-up.There willbe a
littlelong acknowledgingbeep.
Pressingthesebuttonsduringpower-updoesnotpreventyou frommaking
anynumberof changeslaterfrom thecontrolpanel.
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