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USING SETUP MODE
User's Manual 5-53
ONLINE SETUP MODE
The preceding sections describe offline setup mode. This section
introduces online setup mode. The tedious task of setting up printer
features one-by-one from the control panel and printing and checking
the desired options on paper can be avoided by using online setup
mode. In online setup mode, printer features are set via the computer
rather than the printer control panel.
Put the printer in online setup mode, in either of the following two
ways:
• Turn the printer off and then turn the printer back on while
pressing the TEAR OFF button. Hold down the button until
the printer beeps.
• Issue the printer command ESC e ONLINE. This command
is valid in any emulation.
Send setup data from the computer in any of the following three
ways:
• Enter setup data directly from the computer keyboard
before starting your job. With MS-DOS, hold down the Ctrl
key and type P. Data entered from the keyboard is sent
directly to the printer. When data entry is complete, hold
down the Ctrl key again and type P. This method is useful
when just a few settings need to be changed.
• Use an editor program to prepare a setup data file and then
send the file to the printer using a command before starting
your job. With MS-DOS, use the COPY command. This
method is useful when settings are used repeatedly.
• Write a program that enables interactive entry of setup data
on the CRT screen. This method is the most useful of the
three. This printer is provided with a floppy disk which
contains this program called DLMENU. For DLMENU, see
the last section of chapter 2.
To exit from online setup mode, send EXIT as the last setup data.
For details of setup data and its format, refer to the programmer’s
manual for each emulation.