Saving Parameter Settings; Default And Custom Configurations; Navigating The Menus - Printronix P8000 Series Administrator's Manual

to the printer. The control panel allows you to configure the printer's resident set of configuration menus.
An example procedure for using the control panel to change parameter settings begins on page 46.
When control codes are sent from a host attached to the printer, they override control panel settings. For
example, if you set the line spacing to 6 lpi with the control panel, and application software later changes
this to 8 lpi with a control code, the control code overrides the control panel setting.

Saving Parameter Settings

The parameter settings that you have changed can be permanently stored in the printer's memory as a
configuration. See Auto Save Configuration on page 49 and Saving Your New Configuration on page 49.
You may also save your new configurations using the PTX_SETUP command host control code. See
your IGP/PGL Programmer's Reference Manual for details.

Default and Custom Configurations

A configuration consists of a group of parameter settings, such as line spacing, forms length, etc. Your
printer provides a fixed default configuration and allows you to define several custom configurations for
use with particular print jobs. The factory default configuration can be loaded, but it cannot be altered.
Eight configurations can be modified for unique print job requirements. The "Save Config." option allows
you to save eight groups of parameter settings in memory as custom configurations numbered from 1
through 8. An explanation on how to save a set of parameter values as a custom configuration using the
"Save Config." menu option begins on page 49.

Navigating the Menus

To manipulate configurations review the following instructions about navigating through the menus.
You must be Menu mode to navigate the menus.
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Press to toggle between ONLINE and OFFLINE.
Press ENTER to enter Menu mode. Menus are
accessed only in Menu mode.
ONLINE
Scroll up, down, left, or right through the icons to
highlight the area of interest.
Press to enter the area of interest. This will take
you into that section and list three menu selections,
with the middle selection highlighted.
NOTE: For display languages in Korean,
Simplified Chinese, or Traditional
Chinese, only one menu selection is
shown at a time.