User's Manual

Tally Dascom 1140
5.7 Bidirectional Alignment
When wiggling vertical grids appears in tabular reports, you should adjust the Bidirectional
Alignment. The procedures to adjust bi-directional alignment across adjacent line grids:
1. Hold down the Tear key while powering on the printer and then release the key when
the print head starts to move. After loading paper, the printer prompts the Printer
Settings.
Printer Settings
[TEAR]=Back, [LF]=Next, [LOAD/EJECT]=OK, [ONLINE]=Exit,
[ONLINE]+[LOAD/EJECT]=Save and restart the printer.
System Setup
2. Press the Next or Back keys to scroll forward or backward the sub-menus till the printer
shows:
Bi-directional Alignment
3. Press OK to go into the Bi-directional Test menu. The printer prompts:
[Bi-direction Alignment]
[TEAR]=-1, [LF]=+1, [LOAD/EJECT]=OK, [ONLINE]=Back,
[ONLINE]+[LOAD/EJECT]=Save and restart the printer
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4. Every press on “+1” or “-1” shifts the second line to the right or left, respectively, relative
to the top line by 1 fine step. After pressing “+1” twice and then “OK”, the printer
prompts:
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5. Repeat the adjustment till two grid lines align satisfactory as “|”. Press “OK” again. The
printer asks if you want to save the correction:
Save the parameter settings ([LOAD/EJECT] or [ONLINE] = OK, [LF] = Next)?
Yes
At this stage, you have the options to save or give up the correction by pressing OK or Next,
respectively. If you respond with OK, an asterisk “*” appends to “Yes” to confirm saving
change.If you intend to give up the correction by pressing Next, the printer prompts a “No”
Then a confirmative response of OK appends an asterisk “*” to the “No” prompt.
The printer then exits the Bi-directional Test and proceeds with the next setup menu.
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