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Power On Default Settings, Buffer-full Printing, Hexadecimal Dump

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1.5.2 Power On Default Settings REV.-A The printer also lets you change some of its power on parameters. To change the settings shown in Table 119, Group 3 Features (Power on settings), follow the steps below. 1. Turn on the printer while pressing the PAUSE, PAPER FEED, and FONT buttons. 2. Press the button indicated in Table 1-19 for a few seconds to change parameters. Table 1-19. Group 3 Features (Power-on Settings) Button [PAUSE] [PAPER FEEDI [FONT] Feature Input buffer Draft printing speed Auto CR Setting valid (**) or invalid (*) high (**) or normal (*) valid (**) or invalid (*) standard setting Notes: 1) Auto CR moves the next print position to the left margin when LF or ESC J code is sent. 2) '*' is one beep, and '**' is two beeps. If no operation is executed within a few seconds, the printer exits the power on selection mode with five beeps (*****). The selected value is stored in non-volatile memory. * The printer automatically becomes ready to print after the selection. 1.5.3 Buffer-full Printing 1.5.4 Hexadecimal Dump Press the PAUSE button while turning on the printer to put the printer in hexadecimal dump mode. In this mode, received data is printed out in hexadecimal format, along with the corresponding ASCII characters. This function is useful to check received data from the host. If a received code is not a printableASCll character, the printer prints a period (.) in the ASCII column. Figure 1-8. Hexadecimal Dump Printout 1-23

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REV.-A
1.5.2 Power On Default Settings
The printer also lets you change some of its power on parameters. To change the settings shown in Table 1-
19, Group 3 Features (Power on settings), follow the steps below.
1. Turn on the printer while pressing the PAUSE, PAPER FEED, and FONT buttons.
2. Press the button indicated in Table 1-19 for a few seconds to change parameters.
Table 1-19. Group 3 Features (Power-on Settings)
Button
Feature
Setting
[PAUSE]
Input buffer
valid (**) or invalid (*)
[PAPER FEEDI
Draft printing speed
high (**) or normal (*)
[FONT]
Auto CR
valid (**) or invalid (*)
standard setting
Notes: 1) Auto CR moves the next print position to the left margin when LF or ESC J code is sent.
2) ‘*’ is one beep, and ‘**’ is two beeps.
If no operation is executed within a few seconds, the printer exits the power on selection mode with
five beeps (*****).
The selected value is stored in non-volatile memory.
* The printer automatically becomes ready to print after the selection.
1.5.3
1.5.4
Buffer-full Printing
Hexadecimal Dump
Press the PAUSE button while turning on the printer to put the printer in hexadecimal dump mode. In this
mode, received data is printed out in hexadecimal format, along with the corresponding ASCII characters.
This function is useful to check received data from the host. If a received code is not a printable
ASCll
character,
the printer prints a period (.) in the ASCII column.
Figure 1-8. Hexadecimal Dump Printout
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