Compuprint 6314 - Manual (Page 40)

Compuprint 6314/6414 - User Manual
3.2.2 Menu Navigation
This section explains how to use the control panel to change individual settings and save them as a
customized configuration. For details on the control panel keys and how they work, see “Function
Keys And LEDs” on page 37.
Pressing Scroll and Esc together enters the printer CONFIGURATION MENU (offline mode only)
and permits value selection.
Press Enter and hold it while Power On the printer. Enters the COMMUNICATION MENU and
permits value selection.
3.2.3 Setting Printer Configuration Parameters
Configuration parameters are set from the control panel or are retrieved from the printer’s memory.
The parameters define how the printer will respond to command and interface signals from the host
computer.
The configuration menu structure consists of top-level menus and various parameter selections
under each top-level menu.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
1) Many of the selectable configurations refer to printer options or features that may or may not
be present in your printer. Selecting an option or feature that is not present will result in no
action being performed by the printer.
2) In many settings it is necessary to set some numbers. About this operation to use the following
instructions:
- Use the Enter function key to move to the number you want to modify.
- Scroll through the numerals with the Scroll function key.
- Confirm with the Enter function key up to the last cursor position.
For example: the display shows a number “0230 i” and we must change it in 1230. The
selected number or character blinks; press the Enter function key and the 0 numeral blinks;
press Scroll function key and the “1230” appears on the display; press the Enter function key
and the “2” numeral blinks; press the Enter function key and the numeral “3” blinks; press the
Enter function key and the “0” numeral blinks; press the Enter function key to confirm the
change; the previously selected menu appears on the display. During the operation don’t press
Esc function key otherwise the changes will be looses.
3) At the power on, the printer display shows ON LINE or OFF LINE at the first line and the
series of 11 characters at the second line.
Each of this characters defines a characteristic of the printer:
- The first = the print density in dots per inch.
- The second = the maxim width of the print head (inch).
- The third and the fourth = the maximum print speed in inch per second.
- The fifth = the type of printer emulation.
- The sixth and the seventh = media type
- The eighth = the active interface
- The ninth, tenth and eleventh = the printhead temperature
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