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Self-test Mode, Close the roll paper cover.

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Chapter 5 Application Development Self-test Mode You can confirm the following information by running the self-test mode. • Control software version • Receive buffer size • Busy conditions • Built-in character sets • Print density • Maintenance Information (Print head running length, count of autocutting) Follow the steps below to run this mode. 1 Close the roll paper cover. 2 While pressing the Feed button, turn on the printer. (Keep pressing the Feed button until the printer starts printing.) The printer starts printing the current status of the printer. When the printer finishes printing the printer status, the following message is printed and the Paper LED flashes. (The printer is now in the self-test wait mode.) "Select Modes by pressing Feed button. Continue SELF-TEST : Less than 1 second Mode Selection : 1 second or more" 3 Press the Feed button while the printer is in the self-test wait mode. If you select SELF-TEST, the printer prints a rolling pattern using only the built-in character set. If you select the mode selection, follow the instructions printed by the printer. 5 After printing the following message, the printer is initialized and returns to the normal mode. "*** completed ***" 179

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Chapter 5
Application Development
179
5
Self-test Mode
Yo
u
ca
n
co
n
f
i
rm
t
he follow
ing
in
forma
ti
o
n
by r
unning
t
he self-
t
es
t
mode.
• Co
nt
rol sof
t
ware vers
i
o
n
• Rece
i
ve b
u
ffer s
i
ze
•B
u
sy co
n
d
iti
o
n
s
•B
ui
l
t
-
in
charac
t
er se
t
s
• Pr
int
de
n
s
it
y
• Ma
int
e
n
a
n
ce I
n
forma
ti
o
n
(Pr
int
head r
unning
le
ngt
h, co
unt
of a
ut
oc
utting
)
Follow
t
he s
t
eps below
t
o r
un
t
h
i
s mode.
1
Close the roll paper cover.
2
While pressing the Feed button, turn on the printer. (Keep pressing the
Feed button until the printer starts printing.)
The pr
int
er s
t
ar
t
s pr
inting
t
he c
u
rre
nt
s
t
a
tu
s of
t
he pr
int
er.
Whe
n
t
he pr
int
er f
ini
shes pr
inting
t
he pr
int
er s
t
a
tu
s,
t
he follow
ing
messa
g
e
i
s pr
int
ed a
n
d
t
he
Paper LED
flashes. (The pr
int
er
i
s
n
ow
in
t
he self-
t
es
t
wa
it
mode.)
“Selec
t
Modes by press
ing
Feed b
utt
o
n
.
Co
ntinu
e SELF-TEST
: Less
t
ha
n
1 seco
n
d
Mode Selec
ti
o
n
: 1 seco
n
d or more”
3
Press the Feed button while the printer is in the self-test wait mode.
If yo
u
selec
t
SELF-TEST,
t
he pr
int
er pr
int
s a roll
ing
pa
tt
er
n
u
s
ing
o
n
ly
t
he b
ui
l
t
-
in
charac
t
er se
t
.
If yo
u
selec
t
t
he mode selec
ti
o
n
, follow
t
he
in
s
t
r
u
c
ti
o
n
s pr
int
ed by
t
he pr
int
er.
Af
t
er pr
inting
t
he follow
ing
messa
g
e,
t
he pr
int
er
i
s
initi
al
i
zed a
n
d re
tu
r
n
s
t
o
t
he
n
ormal mode.
“*** comple
t
ed ***”