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User Manual
Using the System
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Moving around the Menus
The CURRENT MESSAGE screen is the first to be displayed after the start up procedure has been
completed, and at this stage it is necessary to press one of the function keys (F1 through F4) to select
the appropriate menu.
Selecting Menus
Menus are selected either by pressing a function key (as described above) or, in some cases, a further
menu may be selected in response to a menu option being selected. For example, you will see later
that by selecting the Change Language option of the SETUP menu, a menu entitled CHANGE
LANGUAGE will be selected. This is to prompt you to choose which language you wish the system
to use.
Menu Options
Each option of a menu is preceded by either a black or white “bullet”. A black bullet indicates the option
can be selected, a white bullet indicates the option is for display only and cannot be altered.
For example, some options can be selected during message creation but not message editing.
Similarly, the Set Time option in the SETUP menu cannot be used when the printer is printing.
Locating menu options
Menu options are located by scrolling up or down using the up/down arrow control keys. See “Controls
and Indicators”. The menu cursor is a “greater than” symbol (>), which moves up and down the options
(replacing the option bullet with itself) to show which option it is pointing to.
Selecting and changing options
When the menu cursor is pointing to the required option, the option is selected by pressing the [enter]
key. If the option is a direct command (e.g. Print Height from the SETUP menu), the command will
be executed.
Normally however, menu options show a value on the right of the display, separated by a colon. When
the [enter] key is pressed on such a menu option, the menu cursor will move right to replace the colon,
and the value will be highlighted. At this point, the new value can be typed in from the keyboard and
the [enter] key pressed to enter the new value.
The system will validate the change and reject it if it is out of range or the wrong type of data
(numeric
data in an alphabetic field, and vice versa).
In some instances, a set range of options is offered for selection, e.g. Photocell “Off”, “Enabled”,
“Remote” or “Triggered”. In these cases, the left and right arrow keys are used to select the desired
option and then the [enter] key is pressed as described above.
Going back
The [esc] key enables you to ¡°escape¡± from the current option (leaving its current value intact), in
which case the menu cursor is moved left to occupy the bullet position of the menu option once again.
Similarly, if the menu cursor is only pointing to a menu option, the [esc] key will “escape” from the
current menu, returning to the previously selected menu.
Selecting and Editing Messages
The Current Message Screen
After switching the printer on, the title screen will be displayed, followed shortly afterwards by the
CURRENT MESSAGE screen:
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CURRENT MESSAGE
F1： 2FegasseM tidE ：Check Status
F3： 4FegasseM weN ：Change Setup
VOD PRESSURE PHASE
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000
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Jet Off
2006-03-24 14:01:38
TEST PRINT
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