Selecting Macro 1 Or Macro 2 - Genicom LA36 User Manual

The button specifies one of the nine resident fonts defined by font names and pitches
Font
on the control panel. The selectable resident fonts are Draft, High-speed (HS) Draft, and
High-impact (Hi) Draft, Courier 10, Prestige 12, Compressed 17, Boldface PS, Timeless PS,
Nimbus Sans PS. Even if you select a font (excepting Soft Control), the printer will monitor
font commands from the computer, but continue to use the font specified by the control
panel until another selection is made or the printer is turned off. If you select
Control), the printer will use the font specified by commands from the computer.
The button allows you either to choose one of the three resident protocols or to
Protocol
allow the printer to automatically switch to one of the three protocols according to Set-Up
settings. The resident protocols are DEC PPL2, IBM Proprinter X24E, and Epson ESC/P2
protocols.
When you first turn the printer on, the
indicators flashing alternately; the
indicator will also be lit if no paper is loaded). In other words, all of the print features
Fault
assigned to Macro 1 are enabled; the fonts used depend on font commands from the
computer, but the Draft font is used if no font command is received (because the FONT
option is set to DRAFT in Set-Up mode for Macro 1); the printer assigns the DEC PPL2
protocol to the serial interface port and the Epson protocol to the parallel interface port.
However, you can easily switch to other settings before printing as described below:

Selecting Macro 1 or Macro 2

When you first turn the printer on, Macro 1 is selected. To change to Macro 2 or back to
Macro 1, proceed as follows:
button 1 to place the printer in the macro changeable state. The
1. Press the
Macro
indicators blink alternately.
M2
2. Within three seconds, press the
shows the macro selected. This selection is permanently retained in the printer.
Courier 10
Draft
HSDraft
Comp. 17
HiDraft
Ready
Set-up/Quit
M1 indicator is lit with the
indicator is lit, and the
Soft Ctrl
button 2. The lighted indicator (
or
M1 M2
Fault
DEC
PPX24
M1
Nimb. PS
Soft Ctrl.
M2
Top
1
Control Panel
DEC and PPX24
indicator is lit (the
Ready
EP2
M1
M2
2
Printing
(Soft
Soft Crtl
and
M1
or )
M1 M2
Exit/Save
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