Printer User's Manual

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Thisvaluewillremainunlessyoupowerofftheprinter.Ifyouwanttoretain
this value even after you turn off the power, store it using the Macro
Definitionfunction,whichis describedbelow.
Notethatyoucanonlychangethisvalueimmediatelyafterloadingpaper.If
youfeedpaper,youcannotchangetheautoloadingvalue.
Clearing the buffer/All reset
Theprinterstoresreceiveddatain a large memorybuffer.This createsa
problemwhenyouwanttoabandonaprintingjobandrestart:theprintermay
be holdingmore data in its buffer than it has actuallyprinted,and this
unprinteddatamustlx clearedoutbeforerestarting.Turningpoweroffisone
wayto clearthe buffer,butthereis anotherway:
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Halttheprintingprogramonthecomputer.Ifprintingstopsimmediately,
thebufferisclearandtherestofthisprocedureisunnecessary.Ifprinting
doesnotstop,continueas follows:
Pressthe(
ON LINE ) buttonto set the printeroff-line.Printingwill
nowstop,buttheremaybedataremainingin thebuffer.
Pressandholdthe(
ON
LINE
)
button.
While pressing the (
ON LINE
)
button down, press and hold the
_ button.Continueholdingthesetwobuttonsdown.InoneSeCOnd
youwillheara beeptonesignalingthatthebufferhasbeencleared.
If youholdthesebuttonsmoretwo seconds,you willhear threebeep
tones signalingthat the printer has been initializedto the power-on
defaultsettings.
Releas~thesebuttons,makeanynecessarycontrolpanelsettings,thenset
theprinterbackon-line.
Itisessentialtohalttheprintingprogramonthecomputerbeforeyougooff-
line.Otherwise,whenyougo backon-linethecomputerwillstartsending
dataagainandtheprinterwillcontinueprinting,withmissingdatawherethe
bufferwascleared.
NOTE:If you are using the SPC-8K,Serial-ParallelConverter,reset the
converterbypressingtheredClearbuttononitbeforeyouresetthe
printer.
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