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Test printing
The following modes allow you to produce test prints which show off the capabilities of your printer, and also confirm that it is in good working order.
Short test
To print the short test, first make sure there is paper in the printer:
. Turn off the printer.
. Press and hold down the [~] button. Turn the
printer on while holding down the button.
Release the [~) button. The display will show “Pi”. The printer will print the ROM version number (the ver- sion of its own
. If you have a color ribbon cartridge fitted, each line of characters will be printed in a different color (the order will be the same as in “Selecting the print color” on page 41).
Long test
Note: Thistestproducesa lotof printout.We suggestthatyouload
fanfoldpaperifyouwantto runthistest.
This test produces a list of all the current Electronic DIP switch settings (see page 56), and then prints out sam- ples of all the fonts available.
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