Basic Usage - MUTOH VJ-1304 Quick Reference

VJ-1304 QUICK REFERENCE
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Basic usage

This chapter explains how to handle this printer.
3.1 Print flow chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.2 Power cable connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3.3 Turning the power ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
3.3.1 Turning the power ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
3.3.2 Turning the power OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
3.4 Installing ink cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
3.5 Setting media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
3.5.1 Loading roll media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
3.5.2 Setting roll media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
3.6 Connecting the printer to PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
3.6.1 System requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
3.6.2 Preparing cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
3.6.3 Connecting a network interface cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
3.7 Operating from the operation panel . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
3.7.1 Feeding media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
3.7.2 Stopping printing operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
3.7.3 Cutting media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
3.7.3.1 When the Media Cut menu is set to "Manual" . . . 3-25
3.7.3.2 When the Media Cut menu is set to "Off". . . . . . . 3-26
3.7.4 Changing and confirming settings while printing . . . . . 3-27
3.7.4.1 Procedure for changing and confirming settings
while printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
3.7.4.2 Settings that can be changed or confirmed
while printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
3.7.5 Pausing printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
3.8 Menu setups on the operation panel. . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
3.8.1 Menu setup procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
3.8.2 Panel setup menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
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