Setting/Checking Modes; Self-Test Mode - Epson TM-T70II Technical Reference Manual

Setting/Checking Modes

Besides the ordinary print mode, the printer has the following modes to set or check settings of the printer.

• Self-test Mode

• Hexadecimal Dumping Mode
• NV Graphics Information Print Mode
• Receipt Enhancement Information Print Mode
• Memory Switch Setting Mode
Self-test Mode
You can confirm the following information by running the self-test mode.
• Control ROM version
• Interface type
• Receive buffer size
• Busy conditions (depending on the interface type)
• Mounted multilingual fonts
• Thai character print mode (only for South Asia font models)
• Auto line feed (with a parallel interface)
• Print density
• TM-T70II command-compatible mode (only for ANK models)
• Maintenance counter information (head running length, number of times of autocutting)
• Memory switch settings
Follow the steps below to run this mode.
1 Close the roll paper cover.
2 While pressing the Feed button, turn on the printer. (Keep pressing the Feed button
until the printer starts printing.)
The printer starts printing current status of the printer.
When the printer finishes printing the printer status, the following message is printed and the Paper LED
flashes. (The printer is now in the self-test wait mode.):
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With the LAN interface, before printing starts, it takes 6 seconds if the IP address is fixed and 13
seconds if the IP address is obtained with the automatic setting. (It may take longer depending
on the response time from the host.)
"Select Modes by pressing Feed button.
Continue SELF-TEST: Less than 1 second
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