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ON L/NE button
The ON LINE
buttonsetstheprinteron-lineand off-line.The statuschanges
each time you press the button.
Whentheprinteris on-line,it can receiveandprintdatafromthe computer.
Whentheprinteris off-line,it stopsprintingandsendsthecomputera signal
indicatingthat it cannotacceptdata.
Theprinterpowersup in the on-linestatusif paperis loaded.If paperis not
loaded,the printer powersup off-linewith the
POWER
indicatorflashing.
When you load paper, the
POWER
indicatorstops flashing,but the printer
remainsoff-line.To startprintingyoumustpressthe ONLINE buttongo on-
line.
You will wantto press the ON
LINE
buttonare:
Before and after any otherpaneloperation
The other panel buttons operate only in the off-line state. Press the
ON
LINE
buttonto go off-line.After performingthe paneloperation(s),
press the ON
LINE
buttonagainto go back on-line.
To pause duringprinting
If youpresstheON
LINE
buttonduringprinting,theprinterstopsprinting
andgoesoff-line,allowingyouto checktheprintoutor changea control
panelsetting.PrintingresumeswhenyoupresstheON
LINE
buttonagain
to go back on-line.
To cut,fanfoldforms at the end of printing
Whenusingfanfoldforms,youcanholdtheON
LINE
buttondownforone
second. In additionto going off-line, the printer also feeds the paper
forward approximatelytwo inches. This allows you to cut it off just
belowthe last line printed.
Whenyou pressthe ONLINE buttonagainto go back on-line,the paper
feedsbackwardstoppingwhere you left off.
NOTE: This functionis valid only when the buffer is empty.
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