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Now, turn the power ON with the switch on the left side of the
printer. When you turn on the printer, several important things happen:
l
The print head moves back and forth and stops at the left side of the
printer; this is the home position.
l
The ribbon carriage moves up and down to set the ribbon at the
correct level for printing.
l
The printer is
initialized
and set to certain
default
settings (which are
fully described in Appendix E).
l
The green power light on the control panel comes on.
5 Operating the Control Panel
The control panel consists of three sections, shown in Figure 1-7
below.
The three buttons on the right side control advancing the paper and
communication with the computer. The four indicator lights show when
the printer is turned on and when it is ready to use.
Figure 1-7.
The control panel
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Setting Up the Printer