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Controls and Indicators
User Manual
Function Keys
These are used to select options and other menus. They are labelled F1, F2 , F3 and F4 and they occupy
the area to the left of the keyboard.
The options each key selects are shown on the menu displays.
Text Control Keys
The [caps] key is used to lock the keyboard into upper case and also to make use of European
characters.
The [del] key deletes the character at the current cursor position without moving the cursor. If insert
mode is on, the character previous to the cursor is deleted and the cursor (and all characters to the right)
are moved left.
The [shift] key is held down to type upper case (Capital) characters and those characters shown on the
top right of some keys.
General Control Keys
The [esc] key always returns you to the previously selected menu.
The [enter] key is your way of telling the printer that you have finished making your selection and you
want the printer to act upon it.
The [ctrl] (or Control) key is used to extend the use of standard keys. For example, by making it possible
to use European characters, and small cursor movements while editing.
General Control Keys
The [esc] key always returns you to the previously selected menu.
The [enter] key is your way of telling the printer that you have finished making your selection and you
want the printer to act upon it.
The [ctrl] (or Control) key is used to extend the use of standard keys.
Character Keys
These are arranged in the familiar QWERTY layout, the most common computer keyboard layout.
Four sections can be used as follows:
Usual Mode: to sent to the printer the bottom left of the character
Holding the [shift] key down while pressing a key will sent to the printer the top left of its character.
Holding the [ctrl] key down while pressing a key will sent to the printer the bottom right of its character.
Holding the [shift] key and the [ctrl] key down together will sent to the printer the top right of its character.
Caps Knock Mode: this mode can be used by pressing [caps] key while in Usual Mode, to sent
to the printer the top ringt of the character.
Holding the [shift] key down while pressing a key will sent to the printer the bottom left of its character.
Holding the [ctrl] key down while pressing a key will sent to the printer the top right of its character.
Holding the [shift] key and the [ctrl] key down together will sent to the printer the bottom right of its
character.
Ctrl Knock Mode: this mode can be used by pressing [ctrl] key and [caps] key together while
in Usual Mode, to sent to the printer the bottom left of the character.
Holding the [shift] key down while pressing a key will sent to the printer the top right of its character.
Holding the [ctrl] key down while pressing a key will sent to the printer bottom left of its character.
Holding the [shift] key and the [ctrl] key down together will sent to the printer the top left of its character.
Ctrl Caps Knock Mode: this mode can be used by pressing [ctrl] key and [caps] key while in
Caps Knock Mode, or pressing [caps] key while in Ctrl Knock Mode,
to sent to the printer top right of its character.
Holding the [shift] key while pressing a key will sent to the printer the bottom right of its character.
Holding the [ctrl] key down while pressing a key will sent to the printer the top left of its character.
Holding the [shift] key and the [ctrl] key down together will sent to the printer the bottom left of its
character.