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Running the Self Test, Print Quality

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8 Running the Self Test The EX has a built-in self test that prints out the characters in its memory so that you can see that the printer is working properly The self test also prints the settings of the printer's DIP switches. This part of the printout will be useful in the next section of this manual. Before running the self test, make sure that paper is loaded in the printer and that the power is OFF To run the self test in the Near Letter Quality (NLQ) mode, hold down the FORM FEED button while you turn the printer on. When the printing starts, release the FORM FEED button. The self test first prints the version number of the printer and 11 lines of DIP switch settings. Then it prints the characters from its memory The test continues until you turn the printer off. Part of a typical self test is shown below. Condensed Zero CG Table MODE Print Quality Country Page Length Sheet Feeder Skip-Over-Perf. Auto LF Interface OFF 0 Italic ESC/P Draft U. S. A. 11" OFF OFF OFF Parallel 0X23456769: ; ?@ABCDEFGHIJ 0123456769: ; ?BABCDEFGHIJK 0123456769: ;?@ABCDEFGHIJKL 0123456769: ; ?@ABCDEFGHIJKLM 0123456769: ; ?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMN 0123456769: ;?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO 0123456789: ;?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP * o * + , - . /0123456789: ;?BABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ o * + , - . /0123456789: ;?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR Setting Up the Printer 1-11

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8
Running the Self Test
The EX has a built-in self test that prints out the characters in its
memory so that you can see that the printer is working properly
The self test also prints the settings of the printer’s DIP switches. This
part of the printout will be useful in the next section of this manual.
Before running the self test, make sure that paper is loaded in the
printer and that the power is OFF
To run the self test in the Near Letter Quality (NLQ) mode, hold down
the
FORM
FEED button while you turn the printer on. When the
printing starts, release the
FORM FEED
button.
The self test first prints the version number of the printer and 11 lines
of DIP switch settings. Then it prints the characters from its memory
The test continues until you turn the printer off. Part of a typical self test
is shown below.
Condensed
OFF
Zero
0
CG Table
Italic
MODE
ESC/P
Print Quality
Draft
Country
U. S. A.
Page Length
11”
Sheet Feeder
OFF
Skip-Over-Perf.
OFF
Auto LF
OFF
Interface
Parallel
!“#$%&‘()*+,-. /0X23456769: ; <=>?@ABCDEFGHIJ
!“#$%&‘()*+,-. /0123456769: ; <=>?BABCDEFGHIJK
“#$%&‘()*+,-. /0123456769: ;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKL
# $ % & ‘ ( ) * + , - . /0123456769: ; <=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLM
$ % & ‘ ( ) * + , - . /0123456769: ; <=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMN
%&‘(>*+,-.
/0123456769:
;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
& ‘ ( ) * + , - . ,‘0123456789:
;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP
* o * + , - . /0123456789: ;<=>?BABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
o*+,-.
/0123456789:
;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR
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