Control Panel

About Your Printer's Default Settings

Understanding default settings
Changing default settings

The default settings control many printer functions. While you can often set these functions through your software or printer driver, you may sometimes need to change a default setting from the printer's control panel using the default-setting mode.

For a detailed description of the settings you can change in the default-setting mode, see Understanding default settings. For instructions on changing the settings, see Changing default settings.

Understanding default settings

This section describes the settings and options available in the default-setting mode. These settings are shown in the following table and explained in detail after the table.

To access and change a setting, see Changing default settings.

Default-setting mode

Setting

Setting / value *1

Page length for tractor

Length in inches: 3, 3.5, 11/3, 4, 5.5, 6, 7, 8, 8.5, 11, 70/6, 12, 14, 17

Skip over perforation

Off, On

Auto tear-off

Off, On

Auto line feed

Off, On

Print direction

Bi-D, Uni-D, Auto

Disregard print direction

command

Off, On

Software

ESC/P-K, IBM PPDS, OKI5530SC

0 slash

0, (the zero character with a slash)

Hanzi printing speed

Normal, HighSpeed, SuperSpeed

I/F (interface) mode

Auto, Parallel, USB

Auto I/F (interface) wait time

10 seconds, 30 seconds

Parallel I/F (interface) bidirectional mode

Off, On

Packet mode

Auto, Off

Auto CR (IBM PPDS)*2

(OKI5530SC) *3

Off, On

A.G.M. (IBM PPDS)*2

Off, On

Hanzi mode

Off, On

Hanzi font

Hanzi pitch

6.7 cpi, 5 cpi, 6 cpi, 7.5 cpi

English Font

Draft, Roman, Sans Serif, OCR-B, Roman T, Sans Serif H

High speed draft

Off, On

English character pitch

10 cpi, 12 cpi, 15 cpi, 17 cpi, 20 cpi, Proportional

Character table

Standard model: italic, PC437, PC850, PC860, PC863, PC865, PC858

International character set for italic table

Italic U.S.A., Italic France, Italic Germany, Italic U.K., Italic Denmark, Italic Sweden, Italic Italy, Italic Spain

Manual feed wait time

0.5 second, 1 second, 1.5 seconds, 2 seconds

Buzzer

Off, On

Multipart forms with cut-paper tab binding

Off, On

Low-noise mode

Off, On

*1  Settings with bold weight mean the standard factory settings.
*2  These settings are effective when IBM PPDS emulation is selected.
*3  These settings are effective when OKI 5530SC emulation is selected.

Page length for tractor

This setting allows you to set the page length (in inches) for the continuous paper loaded on the tractor.

Skip over perforation

This feature is available only when continuous paper is selected as the paper source. When you turn on this feature, the printer provides a one-inch (25.4 mm) margin between the last line printed on one page and the first line printed on the next page. Because most application program margin settings override margin settings from the control panel, you should use this setting only if you cannot set your top and bottom margins using your application.

Auto tear-off

When auto tear-off is on and you are using continuous paper, the printer automatically advances the paper perforation to the tear-off position, where you can easily tear off the printed page(s). When the printer receives data again, it automatically moves the paper back to the top-of-form position and starts printing, so you can use all of the next page. When using continuous paper, it is a good idea to set the Auto tear-off function.

Auto line feed

When auto line feed is on, the printer accompanies each carriage return (CR) code received with a line feed (LF) code.

Print direction

You can select auto print direction (Auto) bidirectional printing (Bi-D) or unidirectional printing (Uni-D). Printing is normally bidirectional for faster printing; however, unidirectional printing allows for precise vertical printing alignment, which is useful for printing graphics.

When set to Auto, the printer analyzes the data and uses unidirectional printing only for lines which require vertical printing alignment.

Disregard print direction command

Turns the Esc U command feature on or off.
If set to OFF, appropriate Esc U command processing will be performed according to the setting of the print direction (Bi-D, Uni-D, or Auto). If set to ON, the Esc U command will be ignored regardless of the setting of the print direction.

It is ESC %U and ESC %B command for OKI mode. If set to ON, the command will be ignored regardless of the setting of the print direction.

Software

When you select ESC/P-K the printer operates in the EPSON ESC/P-K mode. When you select IBMPPDS, the printer emulates an IBM printer. When you select OKI5530SC, the printer emulates an OKI printer.

0 slash

Select the zero character with a slash ( ) (this feature is on) or without a slash (0) (this feature is off). The slash allows you to easily distinguish between the uppercase letter "O" and a zero.

Hanzi printing speed

This setting allows you to set printing speed for Hanzi mode.

I/F (interface) mode

The printer provides a built-in parallel interface and a USB interface. You can choose Auto (automatic), Parallel or USB for the interface mode. When you select Auto, the printer automatically selects the interface that is receiving data, and uses that interface until the end of the print job. The Auto setting allows you to share the printer among multiple computers without changing the interface mode.

If only one computer is connected to the printer, you can select Parallel or USB, depending on which interface your computer uses.

Auto I/F (interface) wait time

When the printer is in the auto interface mode and it receives no data from the currently selected interface for the amount of time specified with this setting, it determines which interface is receiving data and switches to that interface. You can specify either 10 seconds or 30 seconds for the auto interface wait time.

Parallel I/F (interface) bidirectional mode

The Parallel Interface bidirectional transfer mode is used when this feature is on. If bidirectional transfer mode is unnecessary, turn this off.

Packet mode

Be sure to select Auto when printing from Windows applications using the printer driver included in the CD-ROM that comes with the printer. In case you encounter any communication troubles when printing from applications based on other operating systems such as DOS, turn off this mode.

Auto CR (carriage return)

This setting is available in the IBMPPDS emulation and OKI5530SC emulation mode. When auto carriage return is on, each line feed (LF) code or ESC J code is accompanied by a carriage return (CR) code so the printer moves the next printing position to the left margin. When this setting is off, you must send a CR code after the line feed code to move the printing position to the left margin.

A.G.M. (Alternate Graphic Mode)

This setting is available only in the IBMPPDS emulation mode. When A.G.M. is on, the printer can use some advanced graphics commands like those available in the ESC/P K mode.

Hanzi mode

Switches Hanzi mode on and off.

Hanzi font

The Hanzi font can be selected from among 2 types.

Hanzi pitch

You can select from among four pitch settings.

English Font

You can select the following fonts: Draft, Roman, Sans Serif, OCR-B, Roman T, and Sans Serif H.

High speed draft

When high speed draft is on, the printer prints up to 347 cps (characters per second) at 10 cpi (characters per inch), or 416 cps at 12 cpi. When it is off, the printer prints 260 cps at 10 cpi, or 312 cps at 12 cpi.

English character pitch

You can select the character pitch from 10 cpi, 12 cpi, 15 cpi, 17 cpi, 20 cpi or Proportional.

Character table

You can select from among 7 standard character tables. See Default-setting mode for more information.

International character set for italic table

You can select among several international character sets for the italic character table. Each character set contains eight characters that vary depending on the country or language, so you can customize the italic table to suit your printing needs.

Manual feed wait time

This setting allows you to set the amount of wait time between when paper is inserted into the paper guide and it is fed. If the paper feeds before you can adjust its position properly, you should increase the wait time.

Buzzer (beeper)

The printer beeps when an error occurs. See Using the Error Indicators for more information on printer errors. If you do not want the printer to beep when an error occurs, turn off this setting.

Multipart forms with cut-paper tab binding

When using multipart forms with cut-paper tab bindings that are 3 inches or wider but less than 9 inches wide, turn on this setting.When this setting is on, the print head avoids the binding area along the right and left edges of multipart forms during paper feeding. This makes paper feeding easier and prevents paper jams.

Low-noise mode

When this mode is set to On, the noise is reduced, but the printing speed is slower.


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Changing default settings

Follow these steps to enter the default-setting mode and change the printer's default settings:

Note:
If you use single sheets, you need to feed a new sheet of paper each time the printer ejects a printed sheet.

Make sure the printer is turned on and paper is loaded.

Press and hold the Menu (LF/FF & Load/Eject) button until the printer beeps.

Pressing Set (Pause) will print current settings. Underlines indicate current default values.

Select an item by pressing the (LF/FF) or (Load/Eject) button.
The printer prints the item and the current setting value of that item. The item list will be advanced one by one as the button is pressed, and the current setting value will be printed according to the item.

The value can be changed by pressing the Set (Pause) button and the value is printed.
Repeat steps 4 to 5: The other items can be changed in the same way.

When you finish making settings, press and hold the Menu (LF/FF & Load/Eject) button until the printer beeps. The printer exits the default setting mode. Any settings you have made remain in effect until you change them again.

Note:
If you turn off the printer without exiting the default setting mode, any changes you have made will be lost.


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