Table 5 Page length for continuous paper
The Control Panel
The indicator lights give you the current status of the printer. The
buttons let you control many of the printer settings.
Lights
POWER (green)
On when the power switch is on and power is supplied.
DATA (orange)
On when data is present in the printer's memory buffer.
MULTI-PART (green)
PAPER OUT (red)
PAUSE (orange)
On when you press the PAUSE button. This light stays off unless you
press the PAUSE button to prevent printing.
TEAR OFF (orange)
On when you press the TEAR OFF button to feed the paper to the tear-
off position.
BIN 1 (green)
feeding.
BIN 2 (green)
On when bin 2 of the optional cut-sheet feeder is selected for paper
feeding.
Fonts Qpen)
Show which font is selected.
Pitches (green)
Show which pitch is selected.
Buttons
PAUSE
Press this button to temporarily stop printing. Press this button again
to resume printing.
24-Pin Printers
LOAD/EJECT
Press this button to load paper, if it is not loaded, or to eject it if
paper is loaded. If the paper-release lever is set to the single-sheet
position, paper is ejected forward. If the paper-release lever is set to
the front-tractor or rear-tractor position, paper is ejected backward to
Press this button briefly to feed the paper forward one line. Hold
down this button to eject a single sheet of paper or advance
continuous paper to the top of the next page.
ALT
Holding down this button while pressing certain other buttons
results in the following alternate functions:
BUFFER CLEAR
(ALT + PAUSE) clears the printer's buffer and
MICRO FEED:
(ALT + LFIFF) feed paper backward in l/18&nch
increments
TEAR OFF (Bin Select)
This button selects the paper bin when both optional cut-sheet
feeders are installed and you are printing on single sheets. When
printing on continuous paper, press this button once to feed paper
from the loading position to the tear-off position. Press this button
again to feed the paper backward to the loading position.
FONT
Press this button to select one of the 10 built-in fonts. lf an optional
font module has been installed, it can be selected by choosing SLOT.
PITCH
Press this button to select one of the six character pitches (characters
per inch).
The control panel also gives you access to two special functions.
Hold down the LF/FF (LQ mode) or LOAD/EJECT (Draft
mode) button while turning on the printer to perform
the self test. The self test lets you check that your
printer is operating properly and gives you a printout
of the current DIP-switch settings.
Hold down both the LFIFF button and LOAD/EJECT
Data dump:
button while turning on the printer to enter data-dump
mode. The data-dump mode allows advanced users to
find the cause of communication problems between the
printer and the computer.
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