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5.3.6 How to Get a Message Printout
The contents of a message must be entered first.
To set or change a message, see 8.2.3.
To get a message printed on the chart, proceed as follows:
Press the MENU-key and select the ‘MENU=SELECT_FUNCTION’ display using the
UP/DOWN-keys. Then press the ENT-key.
Select the ‘PRINT_MESSAGE’ display using the UP/DOWN-keys. Press the ENT-
key, and select which message you want to print out, since up to five messages can be
set. Press the ENT-key and the printing will start.
Note that no messages will be printed when the chart speed exceeds 1500 mm/h, in case
of the pen model, or 100 mm/h in case of the dot model, or when recording is OFF.
When the writing of this printout starts, the display will return to the previous one.
When the writing of this printout is finished, the µR1800 returns to the recording
previously in progress.
You cannot cancel this printout once started.
Messages can be triggered by the keyboard, as described above, and by remote control
(option). When several messages are triggered by remote control in a short time, they
will be stored in a buffer memory before printing on the chart. It is possible to clear this
buffer, which can be useful for example in case the printing will take too much time.
When the buffer is full, this will be indicated by an asterisk ( ) in the latest message
printout. As a result the next message is lost and will not be printed.
To clear the buffer memory, proceed as follows:
Press the MENU-key.
Select the display ‘MENU=SELECT_FUNCTION’ using the UP/DOWN-keys. Press
the ENT-key.
Select the display ‘CLEAR_MESSAGE_BUFFER’ using the UP/DOWN-keys. Press
the ENT-key.
The buffer is cleared. The display will return to the previous one used.
Figure 5.13a Message Printout Example in case of Pen Model
Figure 5.13b Message Printout Example in case of Dot Model
NOTE The µR1800 will store up to 5 messages in a buffer memory, regardless whether
recording is ON or OFF. If more messages are generated, the new ones will not be kept
in the buffer memory.
Message printout