Setting The Printer Online Or Offline; Advancing Paper - Lexmark Dot Matrix User Manual

Using the control panel
Turning on the printer
1
Plug the printer power cord to a properly grounded electrical outlet.
2
Press Start/Stop.
Note: The Power light turns solid green.
Entering Off mode
Press and hold Start/Stop for five seconds.
Notes:
• The Power light turns orange.
• When in Off mode, the printer does not respond to print jobs sent either through the network, USB, parallel, or
serial connection. This mode sets the printer to operate at a low power configuration.
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The printer automatically enters Off mode after two hours of inactivity. This setting can be adjusted or disabled
in the Control options menu. For more information, see "Control options" on page 53.
Waking the printer from Off mode
Press, and then release Start/Stop.
Note: The Power light turns solid green.

Setting the printer online or offline

The printer must be online to accept data.
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To set the printer online, press Start/Stop.
The Ready light comes on. If paper is not loaded, the Paper Out light blinks. When online, the printer is ready to
receive print jobs.
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To set the printer offline, press Start/Stop.
The Ready light turns off. The printer finishes printing the current line and then stops. To resume printing, press
Start/Stop until the Ready light comes on.

Advancing paper

Use these control panel buttons to advance the paper when the printer is not printing:
Note: When you are printing continuous forms, the first time you press LineFeed, it moves the paper from the Tear
Off position to the current print line before advancing the paper.
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Press LineFeed to advance the paper to the next line.
• Press FormFeed to advance the paper to the Top‑Of‑Form on the next page or to eject the cut form.
To change the Tear Off position on the current page:
• Press LineFeed to move the paper incrementally.
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Press Tear Off to move the paper to the Top‑Of‑Form.
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