Canon LBP-1760e User manual

LBP-1760e

Laser Beam Printer

USER’S GUIDE

Canon Inc.

3-30-2 Shimomaruko

Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146-8501, Japan

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License Notice

Universal Font Scaling Technology, UFST, is licensed from Agfa-Gevaert Japan, Ltd.

Trademark Credits

Adobe, the Adobe logo, PostScript, PostScript 3, Carta, Tekton and the PostScript logo are trademarks of Adobe

Systems Incorporated.

Agfa is a trademark of Agfa-Gevaert AG and may be registered in some jurisdictions.

Albertus, Arial, Book Antiqua, Bookman Oldstyle, Century Gothic, GillSans, Joanna and Times New Roman are

trademarks of The Monotype Corporation Plc., and may be registered in some jurisdictions.

Apple, Apple Chancery, Chicago, Geneva, Hoefler Text, Macintosh, Monaco, New York and TrueType are

trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Macintosh computer is a product of Apple Computer, Inc.

Coronet is a registered trademark of Ludlow Type Foundry.

CG, Intellifont and UFST are trademarks of Bayer Corporation or its affiliated companies and may be registered in

some jurisdictions.

CG Omega is a product of Bayer Corporation and CG Times, based on Times New Roman under license from the

Monotype Corporation plc, is a product of Bayer Corporation.

Clarendon, Helvetica, New Century Schoolbook, Optima, Palatino, Stempel Garamond and Times are trademarks

of Linotype-Hell AG and/or its subsidiaries. Univers is a trademark of Linotype-Hell AG and/or its subsidiaries and

may be registered in some jurisdictions.

Eurostile is a trademark of Nebiolo.

ITC AvantGarde Gothic, ITC Bookman, ITC Lubalin Graph, ITC Mona Lisa, ITC Symbol, ITC Zapf Chancery and

ITC Zapf Dingbats are registered trademarks of International Typeface Corporation.

LaserJet 4, 5, 5si Printers are a products of Hewlett-Packard Company.

LBP, Canon and the Canon logo are trademarks of Canon Inc.

Marigold and Oxford are trademarks of AlphaOmega Typography, Plc.

Memory Reduction Technology is a trademark of Peerless Systems Corporation that may be registered in some

countries.

Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in

the United States and/or in other countries. Wingdings is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

PCL and HP-GL/2 are trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company.

UNIX is a registered trademark exclusively licensed from X/Open Company,Ltd. in the United States and other

countries.

As concerns typeface credit, the actual names on a FONT LIST for this printer may differ from those listed above.

Other company or product names used in this manual and not included in the list above are trademarks of those

companies and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

Welcome!

Your printer is the latest in a long series of Canon printers and incorporates the best

features of our leading edge technology. This USER’S GUIDE contains all the

information you need for everyday operation and reference.

What This Manual Contains

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Chapter 1: Getting to Know Your Printer

A brief introduction to the printer and its parts, including a list of key features and

improvements over earlier models.

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Chapter 2: Using the Printer

All the information you need for everyday operation, such as loading the cassette and

the Multi-Purpose tray with different sizes and types of media.

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Chapter 3: The Printing Environment

Detailed explanations of all the menu messages and how to change the settings. A

quick hands-on introduction guides you through menus and shows you how to use the

printer control panel.

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Chapter 4: Optimizing Your Printing Environment

This explains many of the printer’s advanced features such as context saving,

personality switching and how to optimize the use of memory. Procedures about how

to print the test page and font list are also covered.

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Chapter 5: PostScript Printing

Shows you how to test your PostScript module installation and print with PostScript.

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Chapter 6: Maintenance

Routine maintenance procedures for handling and storing toner cartridges, replacing

a toner cartridge and cleaning the printer.

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Chapter 7: Troubleshooting

Shows how to solve problems. Read this chapter when you have trouble with poor

printouts, paper jams and messages you don’t understand.

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Reference: Appendices

Information tables about resident fonts, symbol sets and specifications are provided

at the end of this manual. Detailed information about selecting, handling and storing

paper and other media for the printer is also provided.

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Glossary

If you find a term you don’t understand, look it up in the glossary of printer terms at

the end of the guide.

Conventions

The following conventions are used in this guide.

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Indicators

References to indicators on the printer control panel appear by name in bold text just

as they appear on the panel. For example:

While the printer is processing a job, the On Line indicator starts blinking. When the

printer is on-line, the On Line indicator is on.

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Go

Key names appear in bold text. For example:

Press Go to take the printer off-line.

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Printer message displays are enclosed in a box:

The printer uses an easy-to-read, 2 line × 16 character LCD panel for messages.

Unless messages continue onto two lines, this manual will only show a single line

display.

CAUTION

This symbol indicates specific procedures that must be followed to

prevent possible personal injury or damage to furnishings.

This symbol indicates important instructions about procedures to help you

prevent possible damage to the printer software or hardware; or how to avoid

unnecessary difficulties.

This symbol indicates notes and memos containing useful tips or more

detailed information.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Printer...................................... 1

Introduction ................................................................................1

Optional equipment ............................................................... 4

Parts of the Printer ................................................................ 6

Printer control panel ............................................................ 11

Serial number...................................................................... 15

Chapter 2 Using the Printer........................................................ 17

Paper Path and Printing Process.............................................17

Paper path........................................................................... 18

Paper orientation................................................................. 19

Paper requirements............................................................. 20

Setting Up the Printer Driver....................................................22

Printing from the Standard Paper Cassette.............................26

Removing the paper cassette ............................................. 26

Changing the paper size for the paper cassette ................. 26

Loading paper in the paper cassette................................... 27

Cancelling a print job........................................................... 30

Selecting paper delivery...................................................... 31

Printing from the Multi-Purpose Tray.......................................33

Guidelines for using the Multi-Purpose tray ........................ 33

Loading the Multi-Purpose tray ........................................... 35

Printing the first sheet on letterhead ................................... 37

Using the Multi-Purpose tray as a manual feed station....... 39

Printing Envelopes with the Multi-Purpose Tray......................42

Before loading envelopes.................................................... 42

Loading envelopes .............................................................. 44

Using the control panel to print envelopes .......................... 46

Printing transparencies ....................................................... 47

Manual duplex printing ........................................................ 48

Duplex Printing.........................................................................50

Selecting a binding method................................................. 51

Setting duplex printing from the printer control panel.......... 52

Loading letterhead paper for duplex printing....................... 53

Chapter 3 The Printing Environment.........................................55

What is the Printing Environment? ..........................................55

A Quick Tour of the Printing Environment ...............................56

How the menus are organized ............................................ 56

Going off-line for menu display and item selection.............. 57

Making a selection from a menu ......................................... 57

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Resetting the Default Values ................................................... 59

Resetting the printer or menus............................................ 59

Performing a cold reset ....................................................... 60

The Standard Printing Environment Settings .......................... 61

PCL MENU.......................................................................... 62

FEEDER MENU .................................................................. 68

CONFIG MENU................................................................... 72

MEMCONFIG MENU .......................................................... 75

PARALLEL MENU............................................................... 77

ETHERNET MENU ............................................................. 79

TOKEN RING MENU .......................................................... 81

TEST MENU ....................................................................... 83

Displaying the Page Count.................................................. 84

LANGUAGE MENU ............................................................. 85

RESET MENU..................................................................... 86

Chapter 4 Optimizing Your Printing Environment .................... 87

Economizing on Use of Toner .................................................87

Adjusting the Print Density....................................................... 88

Printer Personality Switching ................................................... 89

Dedicating the printer to one personality............................. 90

Saving Downloaded Resources With Context Saving.............91

How much memory is enough?........................................... 92

Turning context saving on and off........................................ 93

Printing a Test Print .................................................................94

Test print sample ................................................................. 95

Printing the test print continuously ...................................... 97

Printing the Font Lists ..............................................................98

PCL font list sample ............................................................ 99

PCL demonstration page ..................................................101

Chapter 5 PostScript Printing .................................................. 103

Testing the PostScript Installation ......................................... 104

Checking the menus.......................................................... 104

Setting PostScript Printing Options .......................................105

Automatic personality switching ........................................ 105

Dedicating the printer to the PostScript language............. 105

Setting up the PostScript printing environment .................106

PS MENU.......................................................................... 107

Printing the demo page and font list..................................109

Notes on the PostScript Personality ......................................113

Chapter 6 Maintenance............................................................. 115

Storing and Handling Toner Cartridges ................................. 116

Storing toner cartridges.....................................................116

Handling toner cartridges..................................................117

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Replacing a Toner Cartridge..................................................118

When to replace a toner cartridge..................................... 118

Replacing a toner cartridge............................................... 119

Cleaning the Printer ...............................................................124

Daily care .......................................................................... 124

Cleaning the transfer guide area....................................... 125

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting....................................................... 127

When You Have Trouble Printing .......................................... 127

Problems and Solutions Without Messages.......................... 128

Responding to Error Messages .............................................132

Call-for-service messages................................................. 132

Messages Table ................................................................ 134

Skipping error messages temporarily................................ 140

Setting the printer to skip errors automatically .................. 140

Clearing Paper Jams .............................................................141

Restarting a print after clearing a paper jam..................... 143

z Face-up tray area.......................................................... 143

x Face-down tray area..................................................... 144

c Imaging area................................................................. 145

v Optional envelope feeder area ..................................... 147

b Multi-Purpose tray area ................................................ 149

n Paper cassette area...................................................... 150

m Optional 500-sheet paper feed unit area ...................... 152

, Optional duplex unit area.............................................. 153

Correcting Poor Print Quality .................................................158

When text is too light or dark ............................................ 158

When you see vertical stripes or fading ... ........................ 159

When you see black spots or white specks ...................... 161

Calling for service.............................................................. 162

Reference Appendix 1: Typeface Samples .............................. 163

Resident scalable font samples......................................... 163

Resident bitmap font samples........................................... 164

Resident scalable barcode font samples .......................... 164

PostScript (option) font samples ....................................... 165

Appendix 2: Symbol Sets Supported .................... 168

ISO substitution table ........................................................ 188

Appendix 3: Print Media Specifications ................189

General specifications....................................................... 189

Plain white paper............................................................... 190

Colored paper ................................................................... 191

Heavy (thick) paper ........................................................... 191

Paper you can’t use! ......................................................... 192

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Transparency film.............................................................. 193

Adhesive labels................................................................. 193

Envelopes ......................................................................... 194

Storing paper..................................................................... 196

Handling paper..................................................................197

Appendix 4: Printer Specifications ........................ 198

Operating specifications....................................................198

Interface specifications...................................................... 202

Glossary ................................................................... 204

Index ......................................................................... 218

Menu Operation Flow .............................................. 224

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Introduction

Chapter 1

Getting to Know Your Printer

Introduction

Your printer offers fast printing speed, superior print quality, sophisticated paper

handling, and ecology- and energy-sensitive features. The printer also accommodates

hardware options to meet your networking requirements.

This chapter introduces the features of the printer, the names of the printer parts and

the functions of the printer control panel buttons and indicators.

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High speed printing

The Intel 960HD-50 processor enables a print speed of up to 16 pages per minute

(ppm) for A4 size paper and 17 ppm for letter size paper.

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Superior print quality

High resolution printing at 1200 × 1200 or 600 × 600 dpi (dots per inch) is further

enhanced by Automatic Image Refinement to smooth jagged edges along with the use

of super fine toner. Combined, these will ensure superior reproduction quality of text

and graphics.

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Software compatibility and language switching

The printer supports Hewlett-Packard’s PCL6 printer language, which enables the

printer to work with a wide variety of software applications supporting PCL. The

printer can also support Adobe

®

PostScript

®

3

™

, which allows you to print PostScript

data files at 1200 or 600 dpi. With the optional Canon Adobe

®

PostScript

®

3

™

Module

A5 (an add-in ROM for Adobe PostScript 3) installed, the printer can sample the print

data as it is received and then automatically switch between the PCL and PostScript

personalities.

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Memory saving technology

Memory Reduction Technology accomplishes 1200 × 1200 dpi printing with only 4

MB of memory for A4 or Letter simplex printing. Complex page data is compressed

to optimize available resources.

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Paper handling

The standard paper cassette holds 500 sheets of paper while the Multi-Purpose tray

holds about 100 sheets of standard paper. The tray can hold a variety of media for

automatic feeding and operate as a manual feed station.

In addition, there are several optional features to greatly increase your printing

capacity: a 500-sheet paper feed unit, a duplex unit, and an envelope feeder.

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Energy saving

The on-demand fusing technology of the printer provides improved energy efficiency.

Because of this power saving feature, the printer meets the guidelines for the

International ENERGY STAR Program.

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Reducing toner consumption

To save toner, you can also select the economy mode to print rough drafts with less

toner. The printed page is much lighter, similar to the draft mode found on many dot

matrix printers.

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Interface features

The printer supports automatic interface switching between all active ports. The

printer comes with the IEEE 1284 compliant parallel interface. The IEEE 1284

compliant parallel interface supports bi-directional communications between the

printer and the computer. The printer also comes with I/O slots designed to support

the optional network modules to connect the printer to Ethernet or Token Ring

network environments. This allows you to connect multiple computers to the printer

simultaneously.

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Typefaces

The printer comes with 45 scalable typefaces in 14 typeface families (Agfa 45

MicroType fonts) and 27 additional TrueType fonts, all compatible with application

software supporting Microsoft Windows. In addition, 9 bitmapped typefaces of the

Line Printer family are also included. The printer uses the Universal Font Scaling

Technology (UFST) for outline fonts, provided under license from Agfa-Gevaert

Japan, Ltd. Also supplied with the printer are the TrueType screen fonts for 110 font

solution and Canon Font Manager for easy management of installed fonts in Microsoft

®

Windows

®

98/95 and Windows NT version 4.0. A list of typeface samples is provided in

Appendix 1.

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Printer drivers and utilities

The printer comes with printer drivers for Microsoft Windows 98/95, and Windows

NT 4.0. This allows you to control most printer settings from the Windows driver

screens.

You may need to install additional memory for duplex printing or for

printing large, complex files. See page 50.

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Optional equipment

Below is a list of the options available for installation with this printer. For more

details, contact your local supplier.

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Adobe PostScript 3

The software that enables your printer to perform Adobe PostScript 3 printing is

supplied in the Canon Adobe

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PostScript

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3

™

Module A5 (hereafter referred to as the

A5 module) as an optional ROM. This software includes a total of 136 fonts.

(Typeface samples are shown in Appendix 1.) The module comes with Adobe

PostScript 3 printer drivers for Macintosh OS computers, Microsoft Windows 98/95,

and Windows NT version 4.0.

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Network Cards

Easily installed in the printer, the network cards connect the printer to an Ethernet or

Token Ring network environment including Canon Ethernet Board EB-52.

For details on the network cards supported by the printer, contact your local

supplier.

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500 Sheet Paper Feed Unit PF-52

The Canon 500 Sheet Paper Feed Unit is designed for high volume printing and sits

underneath the standard paper cassette. The feeder holds 500 sheets (80 g/m

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or 21 lbs.

paper) and can be adjusted to accept different sizes of paper, up to Legal-size.

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Envelope Feeder EF-52

The Canon Envelope Feeder is available where there is a heavy requirement for

printing envelopes. The envelope feeder can hold up to 75 envelopes or a stack up to

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/8 inches (55mm).

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Duplex Unit DU-52

The Canon Duplex Unit allows you to print on both sides of a page and produce

documents ready for professional binding. The duplex unit fits snugly in the rear of

the printer. Once installed, you can switch easily between duplex (two-sided) printing

and simplex (single-sided) printing.

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Flash ROM Module FR5

Easily installed in the printer, this increases the amount of memory available for the

storage of fonts and macros in the printer.

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RAM DIMM Modules

Easily installed in the printer, these increase the amount of memory available to the

printer.

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Parts of the Printer

Front right view

z Face-down tray (top tray) Holds approximately 250 printed sheets

(80 g/m

2

or 21 lbs.) delivered face down and collated.

x Full paper sensor Indicates when the face-down tray is full.

c Face-up tray (opened) Holds approximately 50 printed sheets (80 g/m

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or

21 lbs.) delivered face up.

v Control panel For printer operation and status display.

b Duplex unit The optional Canon Duplex Unit DU-52 allows the printer to

automatically print on both sides of the paper.

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n Side cover Open to install the optional Canon Adobe

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PostScript

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3

™

Module

A5 or additional RAM DIMMs.

m Power switch Press to turn the printer on or off.

, Standard paper cassette The Canon 500 Sheet Universal Cassette UC-52,

which is also available as an option, holds approximately 500 sheets of A4-,

Letter- or Legal-size paper (80 g/m

2

or 21 lbs.).

. Paper feeder The optional Canon 500 Sheet Paper Feed unit PF-52 holds an

additional approximately 500 sheets of paper up to Legal in size (80 g/m

2

or 21

lbs.).

⁄0 Paper volume status bar Indicates how much paper remains in the paper

cassette.

⁄1 Multi-Purpose tray Holds a variety of print media such as plain paper,

envelopes, labels, transparencies and non-standard size paper. The capacity is

approximately 100 sheets of plain paper (80 g/m

2

or 21 lbs.) (see page 33).

⁄2 Envelope feeder The optional Canon Envelope Feeder EF-52 holds up to 75

envelopes or a stack up to 2

1

/8 inches (55 mm) deep.

⁄3 Top cover Open to install the toner cartridge, clear paper jams, and for printer

maintenance.

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Inside top cover

z Toner cartridge compartment Holds the Canon EP-52 Toner Cartridge.

x Transfer guide area (black metal strip) Located inside the printer, the

transfer guide area and registration roller area should be cleaned periodically

with a damp cloth to remove any paper dust collected on the plate or transparent

sheet.

c Transfer charging roller This delicate roller should be kept free of fingerprints

and oil to prevent print quality deterioration.

v Serial number This is located inside the printer. Refer to this number when

calling a service technician.

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Multi-Purpose tray

z Paper guides Set to the size of the print media.

x Envelope feeder slot (covered) For installing the optional Canon Envelope

Feeder EF-52.

c Envelope feeder gear and connector (covered) For installing the optional

envelope feeder.

v Extension tray (pulled out) Supports loading of a variety of print media and

sizes.

b Paper sensor Detects if paper is loaded in the Multi-Purpose tray.

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Rear right view

z Ventilation slot

x Test print button This is for use by authorized service personnel only. Use the

printer control panel buttons to perform test prints (see page 83).

c Duplex Unit DU-52 (optional) This allows the printer to print on both sides

of a sheet of paper.

v 500 Sheet Paper Feed Unit PF-52 (optional) This increases the paper

capacity of the printer by 500 sheets of paper. It uses the Canon 500 Sheet

Universal Cassette UC-52K which is also available as an option.

b Power socket Connects to a power source.

n Parallel interface port

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Printer control panel

On Line Job Alarm

Go Menu

Item

Value

Enter/Cancel

Shift

The message display

The two-line, 16-digit display tells you what is happening inside the printer and shows

you the menus and settings which can be changed. The display keeps you informed

about the printer’s operational status, lets you make menu selections, warns you about

problems and identifies errors.

Printer control panel buttons

The table on page 13 is a short summary of what the buttons on the printer control panel

do. The first time you read through the table you may want to actually press the buttons

on the printer control panel to see how they operate.

Your software application program should send all the commands required to print

your documents.

Remember that the software application commands that determine page

size, font selection, page layout, page orientation, etc., override most of the

printer settings.

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Use the printer control panel buttons when you need to:

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Take the printer off-line and put it back on-line.

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Set up the printing environment so the computer can communicate with the host

computer or solve a problem causing a printer error.

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Select test prints so you can visually check the operation of the printer and print a

list of the configuration settings.

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Reset the printer to the factory defaults.

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Print a list of printer resident fonts or permanently downloaded soft fonts.

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Make other print selection your software application does not allow.

The printer must be off-line before you can use buttons other than Go on

the printer control panel. If an invalid key is pressed, the control panel will

display the message KEY NOT VALID as a warning.

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