Section 3
Control Panel Operation
This section describes
how
to
use
the control
panel
to
select printer features. The Model
880
operates
in
four modes to allow manual selection
of
printer features.
• Normal mode - for normal operation.
•
•
•
Command mode - for manual setting
of
form length and vertical tabs.
Menu mode - for printing the three fol-
lowing reports and menus:
- Form Report and Menu - list fonts,
character and line pitches, margins,
form length, perforation-skip choices,
and
allow for new selections.
- Configuration Report and Menu - list
host-printer interfaces, language ver-
sions, baud rate and parity selections,
miscellaneous configuration choices,
and
allow for new selections.
- Character
Set Report
and
Menu - list
character set designations and invoca-
tions, and
allow
for
new selections.
Test mode - for troubleshooting printer
problems
(see
Section 4).
3.1
NORMAL
MODE
The six keys accessible through the window in the
right
side
of
the printhead door (Figure
3-1)
per-
form the
following functions:
•
•
Aligning the form
in
0.35 mm (1172-inch)
steps
Moving the paper
to
the first line
of
the
next form
• Moving the form
to
the next line
•
Resetting printer errors
•
Setting the printer on line and
off
line
3.2
COMMAND
MODE
To put the printer
in
the command mode, lift the
printhead door and press the
Command
key. The
Normal
indicator turns off,
and
the
Command
indicator turns on. The following functions
can
be
performed from the control panel (Figure
5-2)
while
in
command mode:
• Setting form length
• Setting the
top
of
form
•
•
Setting
and
clearing vertical tabs
Advancing the form by lines
to
position
new tabs
• Advancing the form
to
next vertical tab
•
•
•
Printing the contents
of
receive buffer
Clearing the contents
of
receive buffer
Entering the menu mode and printing the
form report
3-1
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