Compaq LA36 - Manual (Page 47)

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Printing
The Font button specifies one of the nine resident fonts defined by font names and pitches
on the control panel. The selectable resident fonts are Draft, High-speed (HS) Draft, and
High-impact (Hi) Draft, Courier 10, Prestige 12, Compressed 17, Boldface PS, Timeless PS,
Nimbus Sans PS. Even if you select a font (excepting Soft Control), the printer will monitor
font commands from the computer, but continue to use the font specified by the control
panel until another selection is made or the printer is turned off. If you select Soft Crtl, (Soft
Control) the printer will use the font specified by commands from the computer.
The
Protocol button allows you either to choose one of the three resident protocols or to
allow the printer to automatically switch to one of the three protocols, according to Set-Up
settings. The resident protocols are DEC PPL2, IBM Proprinter X24E, and Epson ESC/P2
protocols.
When you first turn the printer on, the
M1 indicator is lit with the DEC and PPX24
indicators flashing alternately, the Soft Ctrl. indicator is lit, and the Ready indicator is lit (the
Fault indicator will be lit if no paper is loaded). That is, all of the print features assigned to
Macro 1 are enabled; fonts used depend on font commands from the computer but the Draft
font is used if no font command is received (because the
FONT
option is set to
DRAFT
in
Set-Up mode for Macro 1); and the printer assigns the DEC PPL2 protocol to the serial
interface port, and the Epson protocol to the parallel interface port. However, you can
easily switch to other settings before printing as described below:
Selecting Macro 1 or Macro 2
When you first turn the printer on, Macro 1 is selected. To change to Macro 2 or back to
Macro 1, proceed as follows:
1. Press the
Macro button 1 to place the printer in the macro changeable state. The M1 and
M2 indicators blink alternately.
2. Within three seconds, press the M1 or M2 button 2. The lighted indicator ( M1 or M2 )
shows the macro selected. This selection is permanently retained in the printer.
Courier 10 Draft
HSDraft
Comp. 17 Nimb. PS HiDraft
Soft Ctrl.
M1
M2
Fault
DEC
PPX24
Set-up/Quit Top
Exit/Save
Ready
EP2
M2 M1
Control Panel
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