Epson FX-870 Product Information Guide - Page 9

FX-870/1170 Changing Group 3 default settings Group 3 default settings differ from 1 and 2. You determine the setting by the number of beeps you hear instead of checking the panel lights. Also, the printer does not print a list of Group 3 default settings. To change Group 3 default settings follow the steps below. 1. Make sure the printer is turned off. 2. Hold down the PAUSE and PAPER FEED buttons while you turn on the printer. You then enter the Group 3 defaultsetting mode. 3. Press the FONT, PAUSE, or PAPER FEED button if you want to change the current setting. The printer beeps once or twice to indicate your setting. Button PAUSE PAPER FEED FONT 1 Feature 1 Input buffer Draft print speed Auto carriage return 1 Settings 1 Valid Invalid High Normal Valid Invalid 1 Beeps 1 Twice Once Twice Once Twice Once For example if you press the PAUSE button, the input buffer becomes invalid and the printer beeps once. Note: Ifyou don't press any button within afeu, seccmds after entering this mode, the printer beeps five times and automatically exits the Group 3 &$.&-setting mode, leaving the settings unchanged. Once you change a feature's setting, you cannot change it again without j?rst exiting and reentering Group 3 default-setting mode. After you make your changes, wait until the READY light comes on. This shows that the printer has automatically exited the setting mode and you can begin printing. Character Fonts Your printer has two draft fonts (normal and high-speed) and two Near Letter Quality (NLQ) fonts (Epson Roman and Epson !%ns Serif). You can select these through application software and the control panel. Use the default-setting mode (explained earlier) to choose between normal and high-speed draft. From the control panel you can select normal or condensed versions of all the fonts. Condensed characters are 60 percent as wide as normal characters. Use the FONT button and the FONT and CONDENSED lights to select the font you want. Each time you press the FONT button, the selection changes and the FONT and CONDENSED lights come on, go off, of7bli$ to indicate the current selection (I On .)I blinking ). Font FCNT CONDENSED LieM I mm I on 0 off '&' blinking Note: The settings you selectfrom the control panel remain in e@cf even after you turn offthe printer. because some application programs control character fonts and because program commands often override panel settings, use your application program's print options instead of the control panel to select character fonts if possible. Here are sample characters for each font. Normal Draft !"#b%&'O$+,-./01254367G9:;?@AEICDEFGHIJK OPQRSTUVWXYZC\3"~'abcdetghijklatnopqrstuvwxy.? Normal Draft condensed !'4Sz4'I~tt,-.1012s456789:l~~~~OECWIJxUY OPORSTUVYIYI[\I~~'~bcdrfghijtlln~r~turrrlr(:~ Epson Roman !"#$%ac'( )*+,-. /0123456759 : ; -I JK OPQRSTUVWXYZ[\l~~'abcdefphijkl~omretu~~~ Epson San Serif !"#S 0123456789r;?@ABCDEFGHIJK OPQRSTUVWXYZC\I^~' abcdetghijklnnapqrstuvwxya Epson San Serif condensed 9-Pin Printers 10/13/92 FX-870/1170-9