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9 Controls and indicators
Now let’s go over the controls and indicators of the printer, starting with the control panel on the right. There are nine in- dicators and five keys on the control panel.
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Figure 2-2. The control panel.
POWER INDICATOR – Glows green when the power is on. PE INDICATOR – Stands for “Paper Empty”, and glows red when the printer runs out of paper and when certain printer malfunctions occur.
MODE INDICATORS – Either DRAFT or NLQ glows green to indicate the mode (set by the Mode key or the DIP switch).
MODE KEY – Changes the print mode every time it is press- ed when the On Line indicator is off.
PITCH INDICATORS — Shows the character pitch current- ly set: Proportional (PROP), Pica (136 characters/line), Elite (163 characters/line), or Pica condensed (233 characters/line).
PRINT PITCH KEY – Selects one of the four available character pitches when the On Line indicator is off.
TOF KEY – Ejects the current sheet, feeds a new sheet, and moves the print head to the left margin when the On Line in- dicator is off.
PAPER FEED KEY
ON LINE KEY and INDICATOR – Glows green when the printer is ready to receive data from your computer (on line). When the printer is off line, it sends a signal to the computer in- dicating that it cannot accept data. Pressing the On Line key switches the printer between on line and off line. When you turn the power switch on, the printer is placed on line automatically.
