Epson GX-80 Operating Manual page 67

Method 3
Another method that may work with your software is to give the
print command with the printer turned OFF. If at this point your
screen gives you a message that your printer is off-line and tells you
to press a certain key to re-try the printing after the printer is on,
you may be able to turn on the printer and use SelecType before
you press the key to signal. that you want to re-try printing. Try
turning on the printer and using SelecType as outlined above. Once
you have selected your print function and put the printer back on-
line by pressing the ON LINE button once, give your computer
system the signal to resume printing.
Method 4
This is a variation of Method 3. Try giving the print command for
your program and then pressing the ON LINE button to take the
GX-80 off-line before printing actually starts. Then follow the proc-
edure in Method 3.
Cancelling Functions with SelecType
If you want to cancel the modes you have set with SelecType, you
can turn your printer off and back on with the power switch on the
right side of the printer. This cancels all SelecType settings, returns
your GX-80 to its defaults, resets the top of page, and empties the
contents of the buffer, including any user-defined characters that
you may have put there.
Occasionally you may wish to cancel one or more modes with Selec-
Type instead of resetting the printer with the power switch. To
cancel all modes controlled by SelecType, simply enter SelecType
mode and then press the FF button without pressing the ON LINE
button. This is useful when you make a mistake while setting codes
and want to start over again, and it does not interfere with top of
page, user-defined characters, or other items that are not controlled
by SelecType. It will set you in pica mode, and not NLQ if you have
set this to be the default. Make sure you reset to NLQ if this is what
you want.
If
you do make a mistake while using SelecType, just press the LF
button to tum off SelecType and then tum it on again and press the
FF button before you press the ON LINE button.
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In fact, you may prefer to use this method with the FF button to
cancel any previous SelecType setting each time you use SelecType
rather than switching off. If you want to be absolutely certain that
no previous settings interfere with your use of SelecType, always
press the FF button once immediately after you enter SelecType
mode. For this procedure, after you press the ON LINE and FF
buttons to tum on SelecType, press the FF button once, and then
make and set your selection or selections as outlined in Chapter 2.
You can also cancel individual modes with SelecType if you wish.
You do this with the same procedure that sets them. When a mode
is already set, selecting it again cancels it, as demonstrated in the
example below.
Suppose that you have set emphasized and NLQ modes and then
you decide that you don't want emphasized. You can either cancel
all the modes and reset NLQ, or you can use the following steps to
cancel emphasized and leave NLQ.
1) See that the ON LINE and READY lights are on. (Make sure
that you do not touch the power switch and cancel all the
modes.)
2) Press the ON LINE and FF buttons to enter SelecType.
3) Press the ON LINE button twice. (This is the code for empha-
sized.) Notice that the ON LINE light is blinking and that it is on
more than it is off. This tells you that the emphasized mode is
set.
4) Press the FF button once. Now the ON LINE light is still blink-
ing, but it is off more than it is on. This tells you that the empha-
sized mode is not set.
5) Press the LF button once to leave SelecType mode.
6) Press the ON LINE button to put the printer on-line.
Now you have cancelled emphasized without affecting any other
modes.
You may feel that this procedure is too complicated and prefer to
cancel all the SelecType settings and then reset the ones you want.
Use whichever method you prefer. If you want to cancel modes
individually, remember to watch the ON LINE light. It blinks main-
ly on when a mode is set and mainly off when it is not.
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