ONLINE button
The I
ONLINE
I
buttonsetsthe printeron-lineandoff-line.The status
changeseachtimeyoupressthebutton.
Whentheprinterison-line,it cannxeive andprintdatafromthecomputer.
Whentheprinterisoff-line,itstopsprintingandsendsthecomputerasignal
indicatingthatit cannotacceptdata.
Theprinterpowersup intheon-linestatusifpaperisloaded.Ifpaperisnot
loaded, the printer powers up off-line with the
“PAPER OUT” message
blinking.Whenyouloadpaper,theprintergoeson-line.
Youwillwantto pressthe L
ON
LINE I button:
● Beforeandafteranyotherpaneloperation
The other panel buttons operateonly in the off-line state. PESSthe
ON
LINE
1
button to go off-line. After performing the panel
operation(s),presstheI
ON
LINE
]
buttonagainto go backon-line.
● To pauseduringprinting
If youpressthe I
ONLINE
]
buttonduringprinting,theprinterstops
printingandgoesoff-line,allowingyouto checktheprintoutorchange
a control panel setting. Printing resumes when you press the
I
ON
LINE
I
buttonagainto go backon-line.
● To cutfanfoldformsattheendofprinting
WhenyouholdtheI
ON
LINE
I
buttondownforonesecondwiththe
pushtractormode,thepnntergoesoff-lineanddisplaysthe’’SHORTTEAR-
OFF’: message,then the printeralso feedsthe paper forwardapproxi-
matelytwoinchesforward.Thisallowsyoutocutitoffjustbelowthelast
lineprinted.
Whenyoupms the I ON
LINE i buttonagainto go backon-line,the
paperfeedsbackwardstoppingwhereyouleftoff.
NOTE: This functionis validonlywhenthebufferis empty.
PAPERFEEDbutton
Ifyoupressthisbuttonwhileoff-line,thepaperwillfeedforward.Ifyouhold
thebuttondown,theprinterwillperformconsecutivelinefeeds.
If you alsopressthe [
ON
LINE
J
buttonwhileyoumeline-feeding,the
paperwillfeedautomaticallyto thetopofthenextpage.This is explained
later.
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