Chapter 2

CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS

The control panel buttons can be pressed individually to perform the opera- tions indicated by their names. Other functions can be achieved by holding these buttons down when you turn the printer’s power on, or by pressing the control panel buttons in combination.

This chapter explains all the button and indicator functions.

Pause printing

Feed paper (fast and slow, forward and reverse)

Park fanfold forms

Set the top-of-form position

9 Select the print pitch

Select a font

Print test patterns

Prevent software from changing the panel pitch and font selections

Print a hexadecimal dump

9 Clear the printer’s buffer

Change the print color

Store macro definition

BUTTONS AND INDICATORS

The printer is equipped with five buttons on the control panel. From left to

right they are,(‘) and (PITCH)(smaller buttons), and C sE~~~~Cr), (PAPER FEED), and ( ON LINE )(larger buttons).

The following is a brief guide to the buttons and indicators on the control panel.

Figure 2-T.Control panel

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Star Micronics NX-1020 user manual Control Panel Operations, Buttons and Indicators