Extech Instruments S4500THS - Manual (Page 11)

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S4500THS User Guide Portable Printing Solutions
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2.2 T
EARING
P
APER
:
The printer’s paper door acts as a tear bar. Pull one edge of the paper
against the tear bar as indicated, then tear down and across against the
tear bar to tear the paper.
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Caution: The tear bar may have sharp edges.
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Using the tear bar is the only way to tear the paper.
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Pulling up and pulling sideways without using the tear bar can
cause a paper jam due to paper misalignment in the
print head mechanism
F
IGURE
4: T
EARING
P
APER
3. U
SING THE
P
RINTER
3.1 I
NITIAL POWER UP AND SELF
-
TEST
Once the Battery is charged and the paper is loaded perform a self-test:
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Press the <On/Off> switch once. This turns printer on. LED #1 illuminates in
green, blue or orange depending on the mode of communication.
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The printer will stay ON until it is manually tuned OFF.
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If the printer is set for infrared communications (IrDA) mode the printer will
stay on all the time. Pressing the <On/Off> switch again will turn the
printer off.
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Press the <On/Off> switch to turn the printer off. The LED turns off.
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To start the self-test, press and hold the <FEED> switch then press the
<On/Off> switch
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The printer starts to print the self-test message. Release the <FEED> switch.
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Press the <On/Off> or <FEED> switch to cancel the self-test print.
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The first few lines of self-test Figure 5 show the printer firmware version, the
current printer settings (for example IrDA or Serial mode) and a list of any
optional or special features installed.