Introduction To Setup; Entering The Forms Setup Menu - Printek FormsPro 4300 Operation Manual

Operation

INTRODUCTION TO SETUP

The setup mode allows you to easily set form parameters for each of the ten form
configurations, and to set interface hardware and emulation parameters. To make it easier,
the menus and their functions are accessed in the order in which they are most often used.
You can access the setup menus by pressing and holding the SETUP button until the desired
menu is displayed on the LCD. When setup has been entered, the yellow SETUP indicator
lights. At this time, the buttons that have yellow labels below them perform as indicated by
those labels. To exit the setup mode, press the SETUP button.
While the printer is in a menu, you can use the FUNCTION UP and FUNCTION DOWN
buttons to select any function. Whenever you select a function, its current value is displayed.
To change the value or setting of a function, use the VALUE UP and VALUE DOWN
buttons. The function values that are entered in all menus are on a "what you see is what you
get" basis. Whatever value you leave displayed for any function will become the default
value until you change it again. All parameter values are saved in a nonvolatile memory that
is used during initialization the next time the printer is turned on or reset. The printer
automatically performs a reset when it exits the setup menus so that values just set can be
adopted immediately. Refer to appendix on "Printer Reset Conditions" for other values that
may be affected.
The next two sections describe the Forms Menu and the Interface Menu. For more advanced
features, Refer to the appendix on "Advanced Control Panel Features".

ENTERING THE FORMS SETUP MENU

To change parameters for the currently selected form, first take the printer offline. Next,
press and hold the setup button until "Setup: FORMS" is displayed (approximately one
second) and the bell beeps one time to indicate the first setup menu has been reached. At this
time, you are able to view and/or edit the various function values for the currently selected
form.
The function values which may be modified and their respective value ranges for any of the
ten form selections are listed below. Although you can use the FUNCTION UP or
FUNCTION DOWN buttons to select functions, they are listed here in the order of function
up. The first function is "Form #:" which will display the form to be modified as you access
the other functions. This will initially display the form number that was selected when you
first entered setup (see the description of the UNLOAD/FORM SELECT button earlier in this
chapter). You may use the VALUE UP or VALUE DOWN buttons to select a different form
to modify. However, the form that was selected when you entered setup will still be selected
when you exit setup.
In the descriptions below, "F#" refers to "F0" through "F9" to indicate the number of the
form currently accessed. The factory default settings are indicated by an asterisk (*) where
applicable.
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