LP 400 (260-2888) List of Menu Settings Faxback Doc. # 4048 You can customize your printer's functions to meet your special needs. The menu settings have three directories: MAIN, I/F, AND EMULATION. This section gives a brief explanation of each of the menu items and their possible settings. The asterisk (*) indicates the factory setting for a menu item. ┌─────────────────────┐ │Main Directory Menu: │ └─────────────────────┘ ┌───────────┬──────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │MENU │ SETTINGS │ DESCRIPTION │ ├───────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │PAPER SET │ LTR* │ Selects the paper size in cassette feed │ │ │ LEG │ mode. When you set this item to a size other │ │ │ A4 │ than the size of paper in the multipaper │ │ │ B5 │ cassette, PAPER SIZE ERROR appears. If you │ │ │ EXE │ set DIP switch 1 to OFF (Europe), the │ │ │ COM 10 │ default is A4. │ │ │ MON │ │ │ │ DL │ │ │ │ C5 │ │ ├───────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │COPIES │ 01* │ Selects the number of copies to print. You │ │ │ | │ set up to 99 copies. │ │ │ 99 │ │ ├───────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │MANUAL FEED│ OFF* │ Selects between multipaper cassette and │ │ │ ON │ manual feed modes. When set to ON, the │ │ │ │ MANUAL indicator lights. │ ├───────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │THICK PAPER│ OFF* │ Selects between normal and thick paper │ │ │ ON │ modes. When set to ON, # appears on the │ │ │ │ right side of the display. │ ├───────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │AUTO CONT │ ON* │ Selects the conditions for clearing errors. │ │ │ OFF │ If set to ON, the printer automatically │ │ │ │ clears the error and continues after 30 │ │ │ │ seconds. │ ├───────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │TRAY │ 2nd ONL │ Selects the paper supply source when you │ │ │ 2nd │ install the 2nd-bin feeder. │ │ │ MC │ 2nd only: feeds only from the 2nd bin feeder │ │ │ BOTH │ Code from the computer is ignored. │ │ │ │ 2nd: feeds from the 2nd bin feeder, but you │ │ │ │ can switch using a computer code. │ │ │ │ MC: feeds from the multipaper cassette, but │ │ │ │ you can switch using a computer code. │ │ │ │ Both: feeds from the 2nd-bin feeder first; │ │ │ │ switches to multipaper cassette when the │ │ │ │ 2nd-bin feeder becomes empty. │ ├───────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │2nd SIZE │ LTR* │ Selects the paper size for the 2nd-bin │ │ │ A4 │ feeder when you install it. If you set DIP │ │ │ │ Switch 1 to OFF (Europe), the default is A4. │ ├───────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │EMULATION │ HP2P* │ Selects the emulation mode. This is always │ │ │ │ HP2P. │ ├───────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │STATUS PRT │ ON │ Selects whether the printer prints the │ │ │ OFF* │ status when you turn on the power. When set │ │ │ │ to ON, the status prints out. │ ├───────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │POWER ON │ ONLINE* │ Selects the printer's status (on line or off │ │ │ OFFLINE │ line) at power on. │ ├───────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │DATA BUFFER│ O1 │ Sets memory data buffer size in kilobytes. │ │ │ 02* │ │ │ │ | │ │ │ │ 99 │ │ ├───────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │OVER LOAD │ O1 │ Selects the percentage of RAM to be used as │ │ │ | │ overload buffer. (10=10%). When you set DATA │ │ │ 10* │ BUFFER to 02 and OVERLOAD to 10, the over- │ │ │ | │ load RAM buffer is 200 bytes (10% of 2K │ │ │ 40 │ bytes). │ ├───────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │TIME OUT │ OFF* │ Selects the response when data is left in │ │ │ ON │ the printer. OFF: DATA EXIST appears. │ │ │ │ ON: Time out printing (See next). │ ├───────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │TIMER │ 01 │ Sets time out printing start time in seconds │ │ │ | │ (when there is data in the buffer and the │ │ │ 30* │ printer receives no data for the time set by │ │ │ | │ this menu, the printer starts to print). │ │ │ 90 │ │ ├───────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │INDICATE │ US* │ Selects the language on the display. │ │ │ FR │ │ │ │ GE │ │ │ │ IT │ │ │ │ SP │ │ └───────────┴──────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌───────────────────────────┐ │Interface Directory Menu: │ └───────────────────────────┘ The interface directory lets you select the interface (parallel or serial). When you select a serial interface (RS-232C or RS-422A), the following sub-function settings appear. ┌───────────┬───────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FUNCTION │ SETTINGS │ DESCRIPTION │ ├───────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │BAUD RATE │ 19200 │ Selects the data transfer rate. │ │ │ 9600* │ │ │ │ 4800 │ │ │ │ 2400 │ │ │ │ 1200 │ │ │ │ 600 │ │ │ │ 300 │ │ │───────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │PROT │ RDY/BSY (H)* │ Selects the protocol. │ │ │ RDY/BSY (L) │ │ │ │ XON/XOFF │ │ ├───────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │DATA BIT │ 8* │ Selects the number of data bits. │ │ │ 7 │ │ ├───────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │PARITY │ NONE* │ Selects the parity bit. │ │ │ ODD │ │ │ │ EVEN │ │ │ │ IGNORE │ │ ├───────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │STOP BIT │ 1* │ Selects the number of stop bits. │ │ │ 2 │ │ ├───────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ROBUST-XON │ ON* │ Selects Robust-XON. When set to ON, │ │ │ OFF │ additional XON's are sent at 1 second │ │ │ │ intervals until data is received. │ └───────────┴───────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌─────────────────────┐ │HP2P Directory Menu: │ └─────────────────────┘ ┌───────────┬───────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ MENU │ SETTINGS │ DESCRIPTION │ ├───────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │FONT SOURCE│ I* │ Selects the default font source. │ │ │ │ I: Internal C: Cartridge S: Downloaded │ ├───────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │FONT NUMBER│ 000* │ Selects the default font. The range of font │ │ │ | │ numbers in the menu is determined by the │ │ │ n │ font source selected. │ ├───────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ORIENTATE │ PORT* │ Selects the orientation of a page, PORTrait │ │ │ LAND │ or LANDscape. │ ├───────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │FORM │ 005 │ Selects lines per page. The line pitch (LPI)│ │ │ | │ is determined by selecting the number of │ │ │ 060* │ lines per inch. If you set DIP Switch to OFF│ │ │ | │ (Europe), the default is 64. │ │ │ 064 │ │ │ │ | │ │ │ │ 128 │ │ ├───────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │SYMBOL │ ROMAN 8* │ Selects the symbol sets. You can select from│ │ │ ECMA-94 │ 24 symbol sets. │ │ │ PC-8 │ │ │ │ PC-8DN │ │ │ │ PC-850 │ │ │ │ ISO2 │ │ │ │ ISO4 │ │ │ │ ISO6 │ │ │ │ ISO10 │ │ │ │ ISO11 │ │ │ │ ISO14 │ │ │ │ ISO15 │ │ │ │ ISO16 │ │ │ │ ISO17 │ │ │ │ ISO21 │ │ │ │ ISO25 │ │ │ │ ISO57 │ │ │ │ ISO60 │ │ │ │ ISO61 │ │ │ │ ISO69 │ │ │ │ ISO84 │ │ │ │ ISO85 │ │ │ │ GERMAN │ │ │ │ SPANISH │ │ └───────────┴───────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌────────────────┐ │Using the Menu: │ └────────────────┘ Menu settings are stored in the printer's memory even after you turn off power and they remain unchanged until you reprogram them. Use the keys on the operation panel to program the functions. The setting you can change flashes on the display. 1. With the printer off line, press FUNCTION to enter the menu programming mode. 2. Press UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW so the directory name you wish to change flashes on the display. 3. Press SET to enter the menu select mode. The first menu item flashes. 4. Press UP or DOWN ARROW so the menu item you want to change flashes on the display. 5. Press SET to enter the change setting mode. The current setting flashes. 6. Press UP or DOWN ARROW until the setting you want flashes on the display. 7. Press SET to return to the menu select mode. The menu item flashes. If necessary, repeat Steps 4 to 7 to program other settings. 8. Press FUNCTION to exit the menu programming mode. 9. Press CONTINUE/RESET to store the new settings into memory. Note: The PAPER SET, MANUAL FEED, and THICK PAPER functions become valid without pressing CONTINUE/RESET. If you changed only these functions, you do not need to press CONTINUE/RESET. ┌─────────┐ │Example: │ └─────────┘ In the following example, the printer is set to print two copies using the RS-232C interface at 19200 bps, using font number 005 (Courier bold). ┌────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────┐ │Operation │ Display │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │1. If necessary, press ON LINE │ OFF-LINE LTR │ │ to set the printer off line. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │2. Press FUNCTION to enter the │ DIRECTORY = MAIN │ │ directory select mode. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │3. Press SET to enter the menu │ PAPER SET = LTR* │ │ select mode. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │4. Press UP ARROW to advance │ COPIES = 01* │ │ to the next menu. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │5. Press SET to enter the │ COPIES = 01* │ │ change setting mode. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │6. Press UP ARROW to advance │ COPIES = 02 │ │ to the next setting. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │7. Press SET to return to the │ COPIES = 02* │ │ menu setting mode. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │8. Press DOWN ARROW twice to │ DIRECTORY = MAIN │ │ return to the directory │ │ │ select mode. Pressing DOWN │ │ │ ARROW at the first item or UP │ │ │ ARROW at the last item lets │ │ │ you return to the directory │ │ │ select mode. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │9. Press UP ARROW to select the │ DIRECTORY = I/F │ │ next directory. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │10. Press SET to enter the menu │ I/F = PARALLEL* │ │ select mode. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │11. Press SET to enter the change │ I/F = PARALLEL* │ │ setting mode. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │12. Press UP ARROW to advance │ I/F = RS-232C │ │ to the next setting. NOTE: │ │ │ Use the DIP switches to select │ │ │ between RS-232C and RS-422A. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │13. Press SET to return to the menu │ I/F = RS-232C* │ │ select mode. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │14. Press UP ARROW to select the │ BAUD RATE = 9600* │ │ next menu. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │15. Press SET to enter the change │ BAUD RATE = 9600* │ │ setting mode. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │16. Press UP ARROW to advance to │ BAUD RATE = 19200 │ │ the next setting. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │17. Press SET to return to the │ BAUD RATE = 19200* │ │ menu select mode. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │18. Press UP ARROW six times to │ DIRECTORY = I/F │ │ return to the directory select │ │ │ mode. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │19. Press UP ARROW to advance to │ DIRECTORY = HP2P │ │ the next directory. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │20. Press SET to enter the menu │ FONT SOURCE = I* │ │ select mode. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │21. Press UP ARROW to select │ FONT NUMBER = 000* │ │ the next menu. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │22. Press SET to enter the │ FONT NUMBER = 000* │ │ change setting mode. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │23. Press UP ARROW five times │ FONT NUMBER = 005 │ │ to set the font number. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │24. Press SET to return to │ FONT NUMBER = 005* │ │ the menu select mode. │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │25. Press FUNCTION to return to │ RESET TO CHANGE │ │ the print mode. │ │ │────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ │26. Press and hold CONTINUE/ │ INITIALIZE │ │ RESET until the printer │ │ │ displays INITIALIZE to │ │ │ store the settings into │ │ │ memory. │ │ └────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────┘ (dtc/BKL-06/13/96)