Star Micronics XB24-10, XB24-15 Micro Feed, Buffer Clear/Reset, TESt AND MAINTENANCE SETTINGS

To return the paper to its previous position, press the ~GE3 button once again. When you release the button, the printer will return to its on-line status, and the paper will be fed backwards, with the print head aligned with the top of the next form.

Micro Feed

The Micro Feed facility is useful if you wish to align the paper exactly. It feeds the paper forwards or backwards in 1/12Oth inch increments.

To use this feature, put the printer off-line (using the GYL@~button).

Then press the (,LINE button, and either the G!!EE%button (to feed the paper forwards), or the (353EZ button (to feed the paper backwards).

Holding down these buttons continuously will continue to feed the paper for- wards or backwards in small increments.

BUFFER CLEAR/RESET

It is possible to clear the buffer of the printer or to return it to its power-on status by using the front panel buttons without having to turn the power off and on. To do this, put the printer off-line (press thee YY~ button), and then press the “, ~+3 button again. Before releasing the Z~NE~ button, hold

down the G3 button. Releasing the 54 button within two seconds of holding it down (before releasing the NC0~~=1 button) will clear the data in the buffer. Releasing the button after two seconds (again, before releasing the ” -YYE button) will reset the printer back to the settings at power-on.

TESt AND MAINTENANCE SETTINGS

The printer is equipped with a number of functions to assist testing and main- tenance. Since it is anticipated that they will not be used very often, they are not described here, but in Chapter 6.

However, briefly, they are:

•A text test print mode

•A short test print mode

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A long test print mode

A hexadecimal dump mode

A bidirectional print test

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