Compaq LA36 User Manual

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Using Set-Up Mode

You can press the

button to select the value. Then, the printer prints the previous

option and its values.

3. After selecting the desired values, press the

Exit/Save

button to reprint the

menu where the red cursor is positioned beneath

SAVE&EXIT

For each option, the bolded value is the current default value (the value currently saved

in the printers permanent memory). In the previous example, the default values are

PORT

DEPND

(Port Dependent) for protocol selection and

DRAFT

(Draft) for font selection.

Example: Changing the Vertical Pitch
To become familiar with the Set-Up mode, try the following example. This example shows

how to change the vertical pitch in Macro 2 from 6 lines per inch to 8 lines per inch.
1. Enter the Set-Up mode.

Turn the printer off and back on while pressing the

Set-Up/Quit

button until the printer

beeps.

2. Select the Macro 2 function.

Wait for the printer to stop printing and press the

button once to position the red

cursor on the plastic guide of the print head under

MACRO 2

. Press the

button or

the

button to select the Macro 2 function and print the

option and its

values.

3. Print the menu of the vertical pitch option.

Since you do not want to change other than the vertical pitch, press the

button to

select the current protocol. Bolded

PORT DEPND

is underlined and the next option

is printed. (Bolded value indicates the current setting and underlined

value is the new setting.) Repeatedly press the

button in the same way, until the

option and its values are printed.

4. Change the vertical pitch from 6 to 8 lines per inch.

Press the

button once to position the red cursor beneath

8 LPI

. Press the

button

to select

8 LPI

is underlined and the next option

and its values

are printed.

5. Exit the Macro 2 function.

Since you do not want to make any other changes in

MACRO 2

, press the

Exit/Save

button. The

menu is then reprinted and the red cursor is positioned

beneath

SAVE&EXIT

6. Exit the Set-Up mode, saving or not saving the new vertical pitch.

Press the

button or the

button to save 8 lines per inch as the new power-on

defaults in Macro 2 and exit Macro 2. The printer then exits the Set-Up mode and

returns ready. These settings remain in effect until the next time they are changed.