.Make sure the printer is loaded with fanfold paper,
and that it is turned OFF.
.Press and hold down the (PAPER FEED] button.
.While holding down the (PAPER FEED] button, turn on
the printer.
.Release the [PAPER FEED) button. The test pattern will
start printing. The display will show “P2”.When the
pattern comes to the end, it will start from the begin-
ning again.
.To stop the test pattern, turn off the printer, wait a
few seconds, and then turn it on again.
Print area test mode
This function allows you to see how long the printer
“thirrks”the paper is. This works best with cut sheet
paper.
.Make sure that there is paper in the printer and turn
the printer OFF.
●Press and hold down the [SET/EJECT] button.
.While holding down the button, turn the printer on
again.
.The display will show “P3!’,and will print
* * * Th“
1s 1s fIrst 1Ine***
at the top of the paper.
.If you are using cut sheet paper, the paper will feed to
the bottom of the paper (orwhere the printer “thinks”
is the bottom of the paper) and print (for example):
*‘* This is line 068. ***
.This number of lines is based on the figure of 6 lines
to the inch, In this case:
lengthofpaper =number oflines 68
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6‘6 —=11,333
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