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How To Use a Different Keyboard
Linx 5900 & 7900
• Additional character set—The European keyboard option includes a software function
that allows you to generate additional characters that are not on the keyboard. See
‘Additional character sets’ on page 9 for more information about how to access these
characters. To select the language and keyboard options that the printer uses:
At the Print Monitor page, select Menu > Setup > Installation > Locale to display the
Locale page.
Figure 1. Locale page
2.1.1 Language
To set the Language option, first make sure that the printer is not in the 'PRINTING' state.
Select the option to display the list of available languages, then press the OK key to return
to the Locale page.
2.1.2 Use Language Defaults
If this option is set to ‘Yes’ the Units, Calendar, and Keyboard options are not available. The
three options are set to default values that are correct for the language selected.
NOTE: The Units and Calendar options are described in How To Change the System Setup.
If the Use Language Defaults option is set to ‘No’, you can change the Units, Calendar, and
Keyboard options. You can select a keyboard option that is different from the Language
option for the printer. If you change the keyboard you can create a message in one
language, but display the printer pages in another language.
For example, you can set the Keyboard option to Japanese, but set the Language option to
English. When you use this combination of options, the message is displayed and printed in
Japanese, but the printer display is in English.
2.1.3 Keyboard
The installation engineer sets the Keyboard option to match the hardware keyboard that is
fitted at the factory. Normally you do not change this option, but the printer software allows
you to change the keyboard that the printer uses.
For example, you can use this option to select a character that appears on other keyboards.
If a European keyboard is fitted, but the Keyboard option is set to Japanese, the keyboard
generates a Japanese character when you press a key.
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