Printer User Manual
Table Of Contents
- FRONT MATTER
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP 1-SETTING UP THE PRINTER
- CHAP 2-PAPER HANDLING
- CHAP 3-USING THE PRINTER
- CHAP 4-USING SOFTWARE AND GRAPHICS
- Using the LQ-2550 With Application Programs
- Computer-Printer Communication
- Enhancing Your Printing
- Graphics
- User-Defined Characters
- Designing Your Characters
- Design Grids
- Data Numbers
- Sending Information to Your Printer
- Printing User-Defined Characters
- Copying ROM Characters to RAM
- Letter Quality Characters
- Proportional Mode Characters
- Superscripts and Subscripts
- The Graphics Command
- Column Reservation Numbers
- A simple Graphics Program
- Using Hand-Calculated Data to Print Graphics
- Using Software and Graphics
- Mixing Print Styles
- CHAP 5-MAINTENANCE AND TRANSPORTATION
- CHAP 6-TROUBLESHOOTING
- Troubleshooting
- Problems and Solutions
- The Printer Does Not Print
- The Printer Stops Printing
- The Printout is Spaced Incorrectly
- The Printout is Faint or Uneven
- The Printout is Not what You Expect
- Single Sheets Do Not Feed Properly
- Continuous Paper Does Not Feed Properly
- Cut Sheet Feeder Does Not Load Paper Correctly
- The Short Tear-Off Feature Does Not Work Properly
- Color Printing Is Not What You Expect
- Data Dump Mode
- CHAP 7-USING PRINTER OPTIONS
- CHAP 8-COMMAND SUMMARY
- APPENDIX A-TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX

SelecType:
TEAROFF:
PAPER SELECT:
Selects or deselects the SelecType mode. When
this mode is selected, the
ON LINE
(4),
FORM
FEED(A), LINE FEED
(V),and
LOAD/EJECT
(
.)
buttons can be used as SelecType panel
buttons. The display lets you monitor the
SelecType settings. See the section on
SelecType in this chapter for details.
TEAR
w
OFF
Press this button to feed the perforation of
continuous paper to the tear-off edge of the
printer. After tearing off the paper, press this
button again to feed the paper backward to
the loading position. You can also make this
feature easier to use by setting the
AUTO TEAR
OFF
option with SelecType. See the short
tear-off section in this chapter for more
information.
When the printer is off line, press this button
to select the paper handling system. The
selected system is shown on the display. The
paper handling system is selected in the
following order:
Tractor, Friction, CSF Bin 1,
CSF Bin 2
Using the Printer
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