Setup guide

3–9Configuring the Printer
Saving Parameters
You can change a parameter, such as line spacing or form length, by pressing
keys on the control panel or by sending control codes from the host data
stream. Your programming reference manual provides information about
control codes.
Once you change a parameter, it is active as long as the printer is on. This is
true whether you use the control panel or send a control code from the host.
If you use the control panel, you can save the parameters as a customized
configuration that is stored in non-volatile random access memory
(NVRAM). A configuration consists of a group of parameters. The
configuration will not be lost if you turn off the printer.
There are no control codes that allow you to save a parameter in NVRAM.
However, control codes override control panel parameters. For example, if
you set the line spacing to 6 lines per inch (LPI) with the control panel, and
application software later changes this to 8 LPI with a data stream command,
the data stream setting overrides the control panel setting.
The 8 LPI parameter is effective as long as the printer is on. If you turn off
the printer, the 8 LPI parameter will be erased. To save the parameter, you
must use the control panel and save it as a configuration.