DMP-240  (260-2839)              Macros                 Faxback Doc. # 4350

A macro, in general, is a set of instructions defined to activate with a 
single or with a few keystrokes. With your printer, a macro means a defined
set of print settings such as print style and format. Your printer has 4 
macros, numbered 1-4, so you can setup up your printer for a maximum of four
different applications systems simply by selecting one of the macros.

The four macros are stored in the printer's electrically erasable and 
programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) so that the contents are retained, 
even when the printer is turned off.

When you turn on the printer, the printer automatically loads one of the 
macros from the EEPROM into a temporary memory. The loaded macro resides in
a working memory area. The printer refers to the macro in the working area 
and assumes the printing characteristics defined in the macro.

Macro 1 is defined at the factory as the default macro. When the printer is
turned on, this macro is loaded to the working area. (This is why you see
MACRO 1 on the display when you turn on the printer.)

LOADING A MACRO

You can load a macro from the EEPROM to the working area. You can do this 
by selecting a macro option in the setup menu or, for temporary use, from 
the quick menu.

1.  Be sure the printer is off line. Press MENU four times so the load 
    macro menu is on the display.
2.  Press SELECT. The default macro (macro 1) appears.
3.  Press SELECT repeatedly until the desired macro appears.
4.  When the desired macro appears, press SAVE to load the macro. If you 
    select macro 4, for example, LOADED/MACRO 4 appears for 3 seconds, 
    then it is replaced with LOAD MAC/MACRO 4.
5.  Press ON LINE to return to off line.
    NOTE: The newly loaded macro becomes the default macro to be loaded 
    when the printer is turned off and then on again.

You can change the default settings in a macro by selecting the desired 
options in the setup menu through the control panel, as outlined in the 
previous section. Note, however, that the new settings are only temporary 
and will be lost when the printer is turned off. When the printer is turned 
on again, the default macro is loaded with its default settings.

If you want to keep particular macro settings, you have to define them in 
the EEPROM. See "Defining a Macro".

DEFINING A MACRO

You can rewrite the default macro settings in the EEPROM so that the new 
settings are retained, even though the printer is turned off.

Your printer has a MACRO DEFINITION AREA in the temporary memory. When you 
instruct the printer to define a macro, the printer loads the specified 
macro from the EEPROM to the macro definition area. After you change the 
settings, the printer saves the new settings to the macro definition area.
You need to instruct the printer to write the new settings into the EEPROM.

1.  Be sure that the printer is off line. Press MENU five times so that the
    define macro menu is on the display.
2.  Press SELECT until the desired macro number appears on the display (for
    example MACRO 2).
3.  Press SAVE to instruct the printer to load the selected macro to the 
    macro definition area. The first character of the selected macro is 
    underlined.
4.  Choose the desired options as described earlier. The selected options 
    are now in the macro definition area.
5.  Press SAVE twice; the display shows SAVE?/MACRO 2.
6.  Press either:
    * SAVE to write the new macro settings into the EEPROM and return to 
    the off line mode. SAVED/MACRO 2 appears for two seconds, then OFF LINE
    appears.
    * ON LINE to return to the off-line mode without writing the new macro
      settings. NOT SAVE/MACRO 2 appears for two seconds, then OFF LINE 
      appears.

Note that the defined macro does not influence the printer operation since 
the printer adopts the printing characteristics in the WORKING AREA. To 
make this defined macro effective, you have to load the macro into the 
working area.

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