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Figure 2-3. SG- lo/ 15’s controls.

POWER LAMP - Glows green when the power is on.

READY LAMP - Glows green when the printer is ready to ac- cept data. This light flickers

during transmission. Don’t worry about the flicker; it’s normal!

ON LINE LAMP - Glows green

when the communication lines to your computer are open. PAPER-OUT LAMP - Glows red when the printer is out of paper and stops printing.

LF BUTTON - Stands for “Line Feed,” and allows you to ad- vance the paper one line at a time when the on line lamp is off. If you hold the button down, you’ll get consecutive line feeds, one after another.

FF BUTTON - Stands for “Form Feed.” When you tap this button while the on line lamp is off, you advance the paper to the top of a new page or “form.”

ON LINE BUTTON-

Lets you change

the printer

status between

 

-

“off

line,”

and

“on line”. When it’s on line, the printer can receive

 

 

data

from

the

computer. When it’s off line, the printer sends a

 

 

signal to

the

computer

indicating that

it cannot

accept data.

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When you turn the power switch on, you are automatically on line.

There are other kinds of controls, not connected to the control panel board. Some of the more important ones are:

POWER SWITCH - Towards the back on the left side. This turns on the electricity to your machine.

PLATEN KNOB - Middle, right side. Lets you manually turn the platen, just like a typewriter. CAUTION: Turn this knob only with power switch off. Turning it with the power on could damage the platen drive gears.

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