Sincetheself-testoccupiesthefullwidthof thecarriage,itis recommended
thattheprinter isloadedwith thewidestpaperpossibleto avoiddamageto
theprinthead and/orplaten.Inaddition,thetotal numberoflinesprintedis
considerable,morethancan be accommodatedon asinglesheet,so fanfold
paperis recommendedforthis test.
Printarea test mode
Byholdingthe(sE~AL~~cT
>buttondownduringpower-up,theprinterwill
entertheprintareatest mode.Thisway,youcan fmdouthowmany lineson
yourpaper are availablefor printing. The printerwill print the first line
message,thenprint thelastline messageafterfeedingto the bottomof the
page.
Ifyou haveloadedthe fanfoldpaper,only thefirstline messageisprinted.
Stayin Panel Pitch
Byholding the(Fi7CR)buttondownduringpower-up,the print pitch can
onlybeselectedfromthecontrolpanel.Thispreventssoftwareinterference.
Youwill hearan acknowledgingbeepas powercomeson.
Afterthebeep tone,youcanset theprinteroff-line,selectaprintpitch,then
returnto on-lineand startprinting.Thepitch youselectedwillnot be reset
orotherwisechangedby any commandsyoursoftwaremay issue.
Stayin Panel Font
Byholdingthe (~> buttonduringpower-up,fontscan onlybeselected
fromthecontrolpanel.Thispreventssoftwareinterference.Therewillbean
acknowledgingbeepas powercomeson,afterwhich youcansetthe printer
off-line,selectafont,thenreturnto theon-linestateandbeginprinting.The
selectedfontwillnotbechangedbyanycommandsyoursoftwaremayissue.
Stayin Panel Pitch and Font
Ifyouwantto protectboththepitchandfontsettingsfromsoftwarechanges,
pressboth the(FiTUi)and (T6FiT)buttonsduringpower-up.Therewill be
twoacknowledgingbeeptones.
Pressingthesebuttonsduringpower-updoesnot preventyoufrommaking
anynumberof changeslater fromthe controlpanel.