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36 Using the Control Panel
Changing the Printer’s Default Settings
While you can often change the printer’s settings through your software
or printer driver, you may sometimes need to change one or more of the
printer’s default settings from the printer’s control panel using the
Default Setting mode. The table below lists the settings and available
options. For detailed descriptions, see your Reference Guide.
Setting Options (default in bold)
Page length for tractor Length in inches: 3, 3.5, 4, 5.5, 6, 7, 8, 8.5, 11, 70/6,
12, 14, 17
Skip over perforation On, Off
Auto tear off On, Off
Auto line feed On, Off
Print direction Bi-D, Uni-D
Software ESC/P, IBM 2380
0 slash On, Off
High speed draft mode On, Off
I/F (interface) mode Auto, Parallel, Serial, USB
Auto I/F wait time 10 seconds, 30 seconds
Baud rate 19200, 9600, 4800, 2400, 1200, 600, 300 BPS
Parity None, Odd, Even, Ignore
Data length 8 bit, 7 bit
Parallel I/F bidirectional
mode
On, Off
Packet mode Auto, Off
Character table Italic, PC 437, PC 850, PC 860, PC 863, PC 865, PC
861, BRASCII, Abicomp, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC
858, ISO 8859-15
International character
set for italic table
Italic U.S.A., Italic France, Italic Germany, Italic U.K.,
Italic Denmark 1, Italic Sweden, Italic Italy, Italic
Spain 1
Manual feed wait time 1 second, 1.5 seconds, 2 seconds, 3 seconds
Buzzer On, Off
Auto CR (in IBM PPDS
emulation mode)
On, Off
IBM character table Table1, Table 2