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Thisvaluewillremainunlessyoupowerofftheprinter.If youwantto retain
this value even after you turn off the power, store it using the Macro
Definitionfunction,whichis describedbelow.
Notethatyoucan onlychangethisvalueimmediatelyafterloadingpaper.If
you feed paper,you cannotchangethe auto loadingvalue.
Clearing the buffer/All reset
The printer stores receiveddata in a large memorybuffer. This creates a
problemwhenyouwanttoabandonaprintingjob andrestart:theprintermay
be holding more data in its buffer than it has actually printed, and this
unprinteddatamustlx clearedoutbeforerestarting. T urningpoweroffisone
wayto clearthe buffer,but there is anotherway:
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3.
4.
5.
Halttheprintingprogramonthecomputer.Ifprintingstopsimmediately,
thebufferisclearandtherestofthisprocedureisunnecessary. I fprinting
doesnot stop,continueas follows:
Press the (
ON LINE
)
button to set the printeroff-line.Printingwill
now stop,but there may be data remainingin the buffer.
Press and holdthe( ON
LINE
)
button.
While pressing the (
ON LINE
)
button down, press and hold the
_
button.Continueholdingthesetwobuttonsdown.In oneSeCOnd
you willhear a beep tone signalingthat the bufferhas beencleared.
If you hold these buttonsmore two seconds,you will hear three beep
tones signalingthat the printer has been initializedto the power-on
defaultsettings.
Releas~ thesebuttons,makeanynecessarycontrol p anelsettings, t henset
the printerback on-line.
It isessentialto halttheprintingprogramonthecomputerbeforeyougo off-
line.Otherwise,when you go back on-linethe computerwill start sending
dataagainandtheprinterwillcontinueprinting,withmissingdatawherethe
bufferwas cleared.
NOTE:If you are using the SPC-8K,Serial-ParallelConverter,reset the
converterby pressingthered Clearbuttonon it beforeyouresetthe
printer.
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