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Getting to Know Your Radix
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SelfiTest
The "self-test" is a trial run of your beautiful new machine.
Radix carries a built-in program that prints out sample lines of
letters, numbers, and other characters - to show you that every-
thing's in good working order. It also serves as a display of the
characters available in the Radix. And finally, it's a "warm-up"
that permits you to check your installation of ribbon and paper,
and the adjustment of the print head gap.
Best of all, you don't have to wait another minute - you can
print the self-test without hooking up the Radix to your computer!
It's as simple as 1, 2, 3 . . .
1. Plug the printer's power cord into a
120
VAC outlet.
2. Insert a sheet of paper (or sprocket paper, either one).
3. While holding down the LF button, turn the power switch on.
Were you surprised? It's speedy, isn't it?
200
characters a sec-
ond, to be exact (when printing normal pica type).
Figure l-10. Radix's self-test gives o preview of its copobilities.
Some Tips for Smoother Opemtion
Here are some ideas that might save time and trouble with
Radix.
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When setting the left-hand margin on sprocket paper, you'll find
the bail bar is marked with pica size unit measurements, so it's a
handy reference. (There are 10 pica characters to the inch, so the
markings 10,20,30 and so on also correspond exactly to inches,
1,
2, 3,
etc.)
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The sprocket paper is perforated in page size units, to facilitate
easy folding (that's the way it comes, in a stack). It is this edge
that you should align with the front cover cutter edge so that
printing will start just one inch below that point.
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