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Long testmode
IftheprinteristurnedonwhilethePAPERFEEDbuttonispressed,theprinter
willenterthelongself-testmode.Theprinterwillstartprintingassoonas
thePAPERFEEDbuttonisreleased,andwillprinttheversionnumberofthe
printer’sROMandthecurrentsettingsoftheDIPswitches,followedbythe
wholecharacterset printedin eachfontandpitchavailable.
Thetest cyclesendlessly,so youmustturnthe poweroff to stopit.
Sincetheself-testoccupiesthefill widthofthecarnage,itisrecommended
thattheprinterisloadedwiththewidestpaperpossibleto avoiddamageto
theprintheadand/orplaten.In addition,thetotalnumberoflinesprintedis
considerable,morethancanbe accommodatedon a singlesheet,so fanfold
paperis recommendedfor thistest.
Stay in panelpitch
ByholdingthePITCHbuttondownduringpower-up,theprintpitchcanonly
beselectedfromthecontrolpanel.Thispreventssoftwareinterference.You
willhearan acknowledgingbeepas powercomeson.
Afterthebeeptone,youcansettheprinteroff-line,selectaprintpitch,then
mtumto on-lineandstartprinting.Thepitchyouselectedwillnotbe reset
or otherwisechangedby anycommandsyoursoftwaremay issue.
Stay in panel font
By holdingthe FONTbuttonduringpower-up,fontscan only be selected
fromthecontrolpanel.Thispreventssoftwareinterference.Therewillbean
acknowledgingbeep, after whichyou can set the printeroff-line,selecta
font,thenreturnto theon-linestateandstartprinting.Theselectedfontwill
notbe changedby anycommandsyoursoftwaremay issue.
Stay in panelpitch and font
Ifyouwanttoprotectboththepitchandfontsettingsfromsoftwarechanges,
pressboththe PITCHand
FONT buttonsduringpower-up.Therewillbe a
littlelong acknowledgingbeep.
Pressingthesebuttonsduringpower-updoesnotpreventyoufrommaking
anynumberof changeslaterfromthe controlpanel.
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