Remote Control Panel (Rcp) - Xerox DocuPrint P8e Service Manual

5.3.3 Remote Control Panel (RCP)

The Remote Control Panel (RCP) has several different functions. As opposed to the driver which allows
the user to control how Windows applications drive the printer, the RCP is used to control printer defaults
for DOS applications run from inside Windows, i.e. MS-DOS Command Prompt. The RCP is also used to
set printer-specific features such as econo mode and Power Save time. These latter features are stored
in non-volatile memory in the printer. The RCP provides six different tabbed control panels:
• Total View displays the current printer settings. NOTE: This view is not available in Windows NT.
• Printer enables adjustment of general printing parameters.
• Page enables choice of page layout, paper type, orientation, number of copies.
• Font enables selection of fonts and symbol sets.
• Quality enables adjustment of print density and use of Econo (toner) Saver Mode.
• Test enables printing of a demonstration page and a configuration page. NOTE: This view is called
About/Test Printer in Windows NT.
To start the Remote Control Panel for Windows:
Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0 - Select Program from the Start menu. Select Xerox DocuPrint
P8e, then Remote Control Panel from the drop down list.
Windows 3.1x - Double click the Xerox RCP folder in Program Manager. Double click the RCP&SM
icon.
The RCP window (shown on the next page) contains three main areas. The top area is a series of tabs
enabling the choice of any of five RCP views: Total View, Printer, Page, Font, Quality and Test. To select
a view, click on the appropriate tab. Beneath the row of tabs is the content for the current tab selection.
At the bottom of the screen is an array of six buttons: Send, Default, Reset, Form Feed, Status Monitor,
and Exit. These six selections appear in all six RCP views. Their uses are as follows:
Send: Works like the "Enter" command. When a parameter is changed, "Send" is boldfaced. Selecting it
writes the change in the Printers' System Controller's non-volatile memory (NVM).
Default: Resets all printer parameters to factory default values.
Reset: Resets any changes in the RCP the user may have considered implementing but not yet sent to
the printer. Changes RCP to values older values - settings from the printer.
Form Feed: The program sends a form feed character to the printer. In most cases, the printer should
print a page with whatever was in printer memory. However, if the printer was accepting graphics
information before the RCP was started, the printer may interpret the form feed character to be data and
thus not eject a page.
Status Monitor: Displays the current printer status. NOTE: This button is not available in Windows NT.
Exit: Closes the Remote Control Panel.
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