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2.3. Using the Mode Select Menu
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2.3. Using the Mode Select Menu
This section explains how to use the MODE key on the control panel. The MODE key allows you to set or change
the printer environment such as the number of copies to make, emulation, page orientation, code set, etc. to
your specific needs.
The following items can be selected by using the MODE, + and –, and ENTER keys. Also, the diagram on the
last page in this manual gives a quick reference to the full options and the sequence of selection.
Mode Select Menu
Item Function Default Setting
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Prints a menu map with the current settings on it. —
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Selects the interface on which the control panel set-
tings are effective. This setting affects only the cur-
rently active interface.
Parallel setting has a sub item in which one of four
data transmission modes can be selected —
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,
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,
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, or
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The following settings can be made from the optional
IB-10 serial interface:
Baud rate
Data bits
Stop bits
Parity
Protocol
If an optional network board is installed, also makes
the network settings.
Parallel
Auto
9600
8
1
None
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Changes the emulation mode on the current inter-
face. The key allows access to sub item
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.
Also with KPDL emulation, print settings can be
made when there is an error or alternative emula-
tion.
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Select the current interface font. The default number
for selecting an internal font is I000 (this is the num-
ber for Courier). If there are optional fonts in the
printer other than the internal ones, you can specify
them by switching to the
ý2SWLRQ
display.
Depending on the type of optional font, the symbols
used at the start of the font number change as fol-
lows:
Soft font (Download): S
Fonts resident in a Memory Card: M
Fonts resident in a RAM disk: H
Fonts resident in an optional ROM: O
This menu also allows printing the font lists, select-
ing Courier, Letter Gothic, and selecting the size and
pitch of the font.
Internal
I000 (Courier)