Control Panel; Default Settings - Epson Stylus Color Stylus Color IIs User Manual

Initialization
The printer can be initialized (returned to a fixed set of
conditions) in these ways:
Hardware The printer is turned on.
initialization The printer receives an INIT signal from
the parallel interface: pin 31 goes LOW.
Software Software sends the ESC @ (initialize the
initialization printer) command. The last panel
settings are kept.

Control panel

Hold down the Alt button and press
initialization the Pause button (buffer clear). The
last panel settings are kept.
All three initialization methods reset the font according to
the default settings selected using the control panel.
However, ESC @ does not initialize the printer mechanism,
clear the input data buffer, or clear the user-defined character
set. The control panel initialization does not initialize the
printer mechanism or clear the user-defined character set.

Default Settings

The table below shows the default settings that take effect
when the printer is initialized.
Item
Top-of-form position
Page length
Left and right margins
Line spacing
Character pitch
Vertical tab position
Horizontal tab positions
Font selection
Special printing effects
User-defined character set
Graphic mode assignment
In addition, hardware and control panel initialization erases
any text in the data buffer.
Ink Jet Printers
Default setting
Current paper position
Single sheets:
61 lines for letter-size paper
65 lines for A4-size paper
Cancelled
1
-inch line spacing
6
Last font selected using default setting
Cleared
Every eight characters
Last font selected using default setting
Cancelled (except condensed and
economy printing)
Hardware/control panel initialization:
cleared
Software initialization: deselected only
ESC K = ESC 0, ESC L = ESC
ESC Y = ESC 2, ESC Z = ESC
Control Panel
The printer's control panel contains lights for displaying the
printer status and buttons for controlling certain settings, as
described in this section.
Since most printer settings can be controlled from your
software, you do not often need to use the control panel. You
need to use it only to do the following:
Turn on economy or condensed mode
Clean the black or color print heads
Replace an ink cartridge or print head
Print a demonstration of the printer's fonts and colors
Enter the Default setting mode
Pause the printer temporarily or reset it
Run a self test
Enable the non-smear printing feature
Print hexadecimal data.
The control panel lights and buttons are described below.
Lights
Power
Error
Condensed
Economy
1,
3
Pause
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On when the printer is on.
On or flashes in combination with other lights
to indicate printing problems or errors.
On when condensed mode is selected. In this
mode, the printer prints selected fonts at 60%
of their width so that more characters can fit
on a page.
On when economy printing mode is selected.
In economy mode the printer uses less ink by
printing fewer dots per character. Use this
mode for rough drafts of text only.
On when printing is paused. This light flashes
when you clean the print heads or replace a
print head unit or ink cartridge. Never turn
off the printer when the Pause light is
flashing.
The Pause light also flashes when an error
occurs.
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