Clearing The Buffer/All Reset; Selecting The Print Color - Star Micronics XB24-200 User Manual

This value will remain unless you power off the printer. If you want to retain
this value even after you turn off the power, store it using the Macro
Definition function, which is described later.
Note that you can only change this value immediately after loading paper. If
you feed paper, you cannot change the auto loading value.
Clearing the buffer/A/i reset
The printer stores received data in a large memory buffer. This creates a
problem when you want to abandon a printing job and restart: the printer may
beholdingmoredatainitsbufferthanithasactuallyprinted,andthisunprinted
data must be cleared out before restarting. Turning power off is one way to
clear the buffer, but there is another way:
1. Halt the printing program on the computer. If printing stops immediately,
the buffer is clear and the rest of this procedure is unnecessary. If printing
does not stop, continue as follows:
2. Press the 1
ON LINE
1 button to set the printer off-line. Printing will
now stop, but there may be data remaining in the buffer.
3. Press and hold the
I ON LINE
1 button.
4. While pressing the I
ON LINE
1 button down, press and hold the
u button. Continue holding these two buttons down. In one
MOOE
second you will hear a beep tone and the "BUFFER CLEAR" message on
display signaling that the buffer has been cleared.
If you hold these buttons more three seconds, you will hear three beep
tones and the "PRINTER RESET" message on the display signaling that
the printer has been initialized to the power-on default settings.
5. Release these buttons, make any necessary control panel settings, then
set the printer back on-line.
It is essential to halt the printing program on the computer before you go off-
line. Otherwise, when you go back on-line the computer will start sending
data again and the printer will continue printing, with missing data where the
buffer was cleared.
Selecting the print color
Normally, the printer prints with black even if the color ribbon is installed.
Without the aid of software, you can change the printing color as follows:
1. Press the ION button to set the printer off-line.
2. Press the I YES-F
I button and hold it down.
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