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Chapter 3 Using the Operator Panel
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Reading Data
Data stored on a RAM disk can be read. To read data on a
RAM disk, proceed as follows.
Press the MENU key.
Press the or key repeatedly until RAM Disk
Mode > appears.
Press the key.
Press the or key repeatedly until >Read Data
appears. The data name also appears.
Press the ENTER key. A blinking question mark (?)
appears before the data name.
Press the
or
key to display the desired data name.
Press the ENTER key. Processing appears and the
reading of data from the RAM disk starts.
Writing Data
When writing onto a RAM disk, a name is assigned to the file
automatically. You can use the procedure explained later in
this section to print a list of data names for confirmation.
Press the MENU key.
Press the or key repeatedly until RAM Disk
Mode > appears.
Press the key.
Press the or key repeatedly until >Write Data
appears.
Press the ENTER key. A question mark (?) appears.
Press the ENTER key. Processing appears, then
Waiting.
In this state, send the file from the computer to the
printer.
The file is written onto the RAM disk given a
destination name (also referred to as a partition
name) which the printer automatically assigns one
after another as follows:
DataH001 (first data)
DataH002 (second data)
DataH003 (third data)...
In the example above, if the file TEST.TXT is the
first data to be written onto the RAM disk, the
destination name will be DataH001.
As the printer receives data, the message display
changes to
Processing
, then when the end of the data
is received, the message display changes to
Waiting
.
Check that the message display has changed to
Waiting, then press the GO key. This writes the file
to the RAM disk and instructs the printer to auto-
matically print out a RAM disk write information
page as shown below.
Figure 3-15
Partition Type: Type of data written (currently
only type 2 is supported).
Partition Name: The destination name of data
written to the card.
Write Partition Length:The size of the written data
on the memory card.
Others: Error information.
When the RAM disk write information page is
printed, the message display returns to Ready.
If the writing was not completed successfully, an
error code appears on the message display. For
details, see
Error Messages on page 4-6
. If this
happens, press the GO key. The message display
returns to Ready.
RAM Disk Mode >
On
>Read Data
DataH001
>Read Data
? DataH001
RAM Disk Mode >
On
>Write Data
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>Write Data ?
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WRITE INFORMATION