ON LINE button

The 1 ON LINE 1 button sets the printer on-line and off-line. The status changes each time you press the button.

When the printer is on-line, it can receive and print data from the computer.

When the printer is off-line, it stops printing and sends the computer a signal

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indicating that it cannot accept data.

 

The printer powers up in the on-line status if paper is loaded. If paper is not

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loaded, the printer powers up off-line with the PAPER indicator illuminating.

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When you load paper, the printer goes on-line.

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You will want to press the 1 ON LINE 1 button:

 

Before and after any other panel operation

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The other panel buttons operate only in the off-line state. Press the

 

1 ON LINE 1buttontogooff-line.Afterperformingthepaneloperation(s),

 

press the I ON LINE 1button again to go back on-line.

 

To pause during printing

If you press the L ON LINE 1button during printing, the printer stops printing and goes off-line, allowing you to check the printout or change a control panel setting. Printing resumes when you press the I ON LINE J button again to go back on-line.

To cut fanfold forms at the end of printing

When you hold the I

ON LINE

1 button down for one second with the

 

 

push tractor mode, the printer goes off-line, then the printer also feeds the

 

 

paper forward approximately two inches forward. This allows you to cut

 

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it off just below the last line printed.

 

 

When you press the I

ON LINE

I button again to go back on-line, the

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paper feeds backward stopping where you left off.

NOTE: This function is valid only when the buffer is empty.

PAPER FEED button

If you press this button while the printer is off-line, the paper will feed forward. If you hold the button down, the printer will perform consecutive line feeds.

If you also press the I ON LINE 1button while you am line-feeding, the paper wilI feed automatically to the top of the next page. This is explained later.

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Star Micronics XR-1020, XR-1520 manual On Line button, Paper Feed button

XR-1520, XR-1020 specifications

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