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Appendix A Self-test and Adjustment
A.1 Self-test Function
FB-600E printer supplies several print-test functions which make you run the self-test of the printer in
different states.
A.1.1 ASCII Test Mode
After install the paper (tractor paper: 136 lines, manual paper feed: A4 paper), then use the following
way to run the ASCII self-test.
z Turn on the printer, firstly, press ALT + ONLINE keys to initialize the printer, during the initialization,
press LF/FF key.
z Turn off the printer, press down LF/FF key and turn on the printer.
The printer will continuously print out ASCII characters.
A.1.2 Maintenance Printing Test (H pattern)
One page printing of H pattern is performed by turning power on, while pressing the EJECT/LOAD key.
After printing the printer will exit this test automatically. So you can send the printing command to the
printer to print.
Continuous printing of H pattern is performed by turning power on, while pressing the TEAR OFF key
and EJECT/LOAD key.
Pressing the ONLINE key can stop printing, and turn off the printer to exit H pattern mode.
A.1.3 Hex Dump Mode
Hex Dump mode can analyse if there is any malfunction in the interfaces of the printer and the
computer.
z Turn on the printer, firstly, press ALT + ONLINE keys to initialize the printer, during the
initialization, press HIGH SPEED key to enter Hex Dump printing.
z Turn off the printer, press down HIGH SPEED key and turns on the printer.
The printer will print out the data from the computer in Hex Dump mode.
SCII TEST MODE
V e r s i o n : FB-600E V X . X X X X X X X X - X X - X X
SN: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
!"#$%&’()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR
!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS
"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST
#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTU
H PRINT MODE
V e r s i o n : FB-600E V X . X X X X X X X X - X X - X X
SN: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH