Compaq LA36 User Manual

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4-9

Using Set-Up Mode

the

button to select the Macro 2 function and print the

<PROTOCOL>

option and its

values.

3. Print the menu of the left margin option.

Since you do not want to change other than the left margin, press the

button to select

the current protocol. Bolded

PORT DEPND

is underlined and the next option

<PRTCL

SERL>

is printed. (Bolded value indicates the current setting and underlined value is

the new setting.) Repeatedly press the

button in the same way, until the

<LEFT

MARGN>

option and its value are printed.

4. Change the left margin from column 1 to column 20.

Press and hold the

button until the printer beeps nineteen times. When the button is

released, the new value is printed next to the current value. If the new value is not

20 COL

, repeat this operation. If it is

20 COL

, press the

button to select

20 COL

.

20

COL

is underlined and the next option

<TOP OF FRM>

and its value are printed.

5. Exit the Macro 2 function.

Since you do not want to make any other changes in

MACRO 2

, press the

Exit/Save

button. The

<FUNCTIONS>

menu is then reprinted and the red cursor is positioned

beneath

SAVE&EXIT

.

6. Exit the Set-Up mode, saving or not saving the new left margin.

Press the

button or the

button to save 20 columns as the new power-on defaults in

Macro 2 and exit Macro 2. The printer then exits the Set-Up mode and returns ready.

These settings remain in effect until the next time they are changed.
Press the

Set-Up/Quit

button if you do not intend saving these settings in Macro 2.

Options with Both Pre-determined and Undetermined Values

Some options include both types of values. Undetermined values appear at the end of the

list of pre-determined values, identified by the unit of the corresponding range.
For example, when you select the

<FORM LENGH>

option (Form Length), the following

menu is printed as follows:

< F O R M L E N G H >

3 INCHES 3.5 INCHES 4 INCHES 5.5 INCHES 6 INCHES 7 INCHES 8 INCHES 8.5

INCHES 11 INCHES

11 2/3INCH 12 INCHES 14 INCHES 15 INCHES No of LINE

1. Select the

No of LINE

value.

A new option menu with undetermined values is printed.

2. Change the value according to the previous procedure.
The chart on the next page summarizes how to select options such as protocol and font and

how to use the functions that do not have options.

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