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Clearingthebuffer
When DIP switch 2-1 is ON, the printer stores receiveddata in a large
memorybuffer.Thiscreatesaproblemwhenyouwanttoabandonaprinting
job andrestart:theprintermaybeholdingmuchmoredatainitsbufferthan
it has actuallyprinted,and thisunprinteddata mustbe clearedout before
restaffing.Turningpoweroff is one way to clear the buffer, but there is
anotherway:
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Halt the printingprogramon the computer.If printingstopsimmedi-
ately,thebufferis clearandtherestof thisprocedureis unnecessary.If
printingdoesnot stop,continueas follows:
Pressthe
(
ON
LINE
)
buttonto settheprinteroff-line.Printingwill
now stop,buttheremaybe data remainingin thebuffer.
Press andholdthe ( ON
LINE
)
button.
Press andholdthe (~) button.Continueholdingthesetwo buttons
down.In aboutthreesecondsyouwillhearabeeptonesignalingthatthe
bufferhas been cleared.
Releasethesebuttons,makeanynecessarycontrolpanelsettings,then
setthe printerbackon-line.
Itisessentialtohalttheprintingprogramonthecomputerbeforeyougooff-
line.Otherwise,whenyougobackon-linethecomputerwillstartsending
dataagainandtheprinterwillcontinueprinting,withmissingdatawherethe
bufferwas cleared.