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Pressing this button when the printer is in Normal Mode will operate in the following sequence:

1.Pressing this button displays “HOLD FOR TEST” on the bottom line of the LCD display screen. If the button is released while this message is displayed, the printer returns to the previous state.

2.If the button is held down for two seconds, the screen will display

“STATUS SHEET” on the top line. If the button is released, the printer will print a status sheet (see “3.2.1 Printing Test Sheets”).

3.Ifthebutton ispressedfortwo more seconds (except in Hex Dump mode), the screen will display “FONT LIST” on the top line. If the button is released, the printer will print a font list.

4.If the button is pressed for two more seconds (inthe TrueImage Emulation mode), the screen will display “TEST PAGE” on the top line, and the printer will print a test page.

When the printer is off-line and in the Program Mode, this button is called PREVIOUS(>). During programming, pressing this button displays the “previous” items under a category for the operator to select in the sequence.

RESET/V

This button has three functions when the printer is off-line.

. Pressing and holding this button when the printer is in the Normal Mode the screen will display “HOLD FOR RESET”. If this button is held for more than two seconds, “REINIT IA LZED” message is displayed on the screen and the printer is reinitialized to the initial settings of the emulation currently selected, This will also clear the input buffer, any page in composition, and all composed pages queued up.

When the printeris in the Program Mode, this button iscalled ENTER( V). Pressing this button “enters” the current category and selects it. This is indicated by a “@” symbol.

Turning the power on while holding down this button causes the printer to enter the display language selection mode. (See “4.9 Selecting Display Language”.)

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Star Micronics LS-5 EX, LS-5 TT operation manual Test

LS-5 TT, LS-5 EX specifications

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