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SelecType Menu Settings

Test Menu
Emulation Menu
Printing Menu
Tray Menu
Config Menu
Setup Menu
Parallel Menu
AUX Menu
LJ4 Menu
GL/2 Menu
ESC/P 2 Menu
FX Menu
I239X Menu

Read this section for a complete description of the settings available on the SelecType menus.

Test Menu

For the settings below, press Enter to print. No values are selectable by pressing Value.

Note:

After you print these samples, user-defined data stored in the printer, such as downloaded fonts, may be erased depending on the sample you printed.

Status Sheet, AUX Status Sheet*

Prints a sample printout describing the current printer features. Use this option to check whether your printer is working correctly.

*  Available only when an optional Ethernet Interface Card (C82362 or C82363) is installed.

LJ4 Font Sample, ESCP2 Font Sample, FX Font Sample, I239X Font Sample

Prints a sample of the fonts available for your selected printer emulation.

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Emulation Menu

Use this menu to select the printer emulation mode. You can specify different emulations for each interface; in other words, for each computer you connect the printer to. Since each emulation mode has its own specific options, make settings in the LJ4, ESCP2, FX, GL2, or I239X menus, as necessary. The options you can set are the same for every interface.

*  Available only when on optional Type-B interface card is installed.

Note:

The default setting may change depending on which option is installed. Print a status sheet to confirm the current default settings.

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Printing Menu

The settings in the Printing Menu can be set from within your software. Settings you make in your software override SelecType settings.

All items in the Printing Menu except Resolution, Wide A4, Skip Blank Page, and Auto Eject Page can be accessed directly with the OneTouch Modes. See Using the OneTouch Modes for further information.

*  These appear only when the corresponding options are installed.

Paper Source

Specifies whether paper feeds into the printer from the MP tray, the standard lower paper cassette, or an optional lower paper cassette.

If you select Auto, paper feeds from the tray containing the paper that matches the paper size setting you have made.

Page Size

Specifies the paper size.

Wide A4

Specifies whether to extend the printing area of the shorter side. When turned on, the printing area is extended.

Orientation

Specifies whether the page is printed in portrait or landscape orientation.

Copies

Selects the number of copies to be printed, up to 999.

Manual Feed

This item selects the manual feed mode. For details on the manual feed mode, see Manually loading paper.

Resolution

Switches the resolution between 300, 600 and 1200 dpi.

Skip Blank Page

Turns the Skip Blank Page mode on. When turned on, the printer skips pages that have no images or characters, allowing you to save paper.

Auto Eject Page

Sets whether or not to output paper when the time-out limit is reached according to the Time Out setting in the Setup Menu. The default is Off, or paper is not printed when the time-out limit is reached.

Duplex

Sets whether or not to duplex printing when the optional duplex unit is installed. The default is Off.

Binding

Sets the position of a binding margin when the optional duplex unit is installed.

Note:

You can change the width of a binding margin in the Config Menu.

Start Page

Sets whether to start the printing from the front or back of the first page when the duplex setting is on. This setting is available when the optional duplex unit is installed.

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Tray Menu

This menu allows you to specify the size and type of paper loaded in the various paper sources. Accessing this menu also lets you check the size of the paper currently loaded.

The paper type settings in this menu can also be made from your printer driver. The settings you make in your printer driver override SelecType settings, so use your printer driver whenever you can.

*  These appear only when an optional lower paper cassette units are installed.

MP Mode

When Normal is selected, the MP tray has the highest priority as the paper source. If you select Last, the MP tray has the lowest priority.

MP Tray Size

Allows you to set the paper size for the MP tray.

Note:

You can also make the MP Tray Size setting directly from OneTouch mode 2.

LC1 Size, LC2 Size, LC3 Size

Displays the actual paper size loaded in the standard or optional lower paper cassette.

Note:

LC1 Size, LC2 Size and LC3 Size only display the currently loaded paper size. You cannot change this parameter; it is set automatically.

MP Type

Lets you specify the paper type setting for paper loaded in the MP tray.

LC1 Type, LC2 Type, LC3 Type

Lets you select the paper type loaded in the standard and optional lower paper cassettes.

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Config Menu

*  These appear only when an optional duplex unit is installed.

RITech

Allows you to adjust the RITech setting. RITech produces smoother and crisper lines, text, and graphics.

Note:

You can also make the RITech setting directly from OneTouch mode 2.

Toner Save

Turns the Toner Save mode on. When turned on, the printer saves toner by substituting a gray shade for the black inside of characters. The characters are outlined in full black on the right and lower edges.

Note:

You can also make the Toner Save setting directly from OneTouch mode 2.

Top Offset

Use this option to make fine adjustments to the vertical position of the printing on the page.

Caution:

Be sure that the printed image does not exceed the edge of the paper. Otherwise, you may damage the printer.

Left Offset

Use this option to make fine adjustments to the horizontal position of the printing on the page.

Caution:

Be sure that the printed image does not exceed the edge of the paper. Otherwise, you may damage the printer.

T Offset B.

Use this option to make adjustments to the vertical position of the printing on the back page when you do duplex printing.

L Offset B.

Use this option to make adjustments to the horizontal position of the printing on the back page when you do duplex printing.

Size Ignore

Allows you to specify whether a paper size error is ignored. Turning this item on causes the printer to print even if the image size does not match the specified paper size. This can cause smudges because of toner that is not transferred onto the paper properly. When this item is turned off, the printer stops printing if a paper size error occurs.

Auto Cont

Permits the printer to automatically continue printing after a certain period of time when one of the following errors occurs: Paper Set, Print Overrun and Mem Overflow. When this option is off, you, must press the Continue button to resume printing. In most cases, it is best to leave this option set to Off.

Page Protect

Use this list to make use of the Page Protect function. This allows you to allocate additional printer memory for printing data, as opposed to receiving it. You may need to use Page Protect if you are printing a highly complex page. If a Print Overrun error occurs, change the setting to On and reprint your data. This reduces the amount of memory reserved for receiving data so your computer may take longer to send the print job, but it will allow you to print complex jobs. Page Protect usually works best if set to Auto. You will need to increase your printer's memory if memory errors continue to occur.

Note:

Changing the Page Protect setting reconfigures the printer's memory, which causes any downloaded fonts to be erased.

Image Optimum

Reduces the amount of graphics data when the data reaches the memory limit, allowing complex documents to be printed. When this mode is on and memory is limited, the quality of graphics is reduced.

Paper Type

Allows you to use various types of paper. Thick is useful for envelopes and irregularly sized plain paper over 75g/m². Always use Normal unless print quality problems occur.

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Setup Menu

Time Out

Sets the length of time the printer waits when it is online and no new data is received. When this time is up, the printer searches for new print data on other channels.

Toner

Displays the amount of toner left in the imaging cartridge.

Toner Out

Printing automatically stops when the Toner Out message appears. You can continue to print by pressing the Continue button for every page that you want to print. However, this procedure can be circumvented by setting Toner Out to Continue.

Total Pages

Displays the total number of sheets printed to date by this printer.

SelecType Init

Erases all the SelecType settings you have changed, and resets them to the factory default settings.

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Parallel Menu

Parallel I/F

Allows you to activate or deactivate the parallel interface.

Speed

Specifies the transfer speed by selecting the delay period from the STROBE to the ACKNLG signal.

Bi-D

Enables or disables bidirectional communication.

Buffer Size

Determines the amount of memory to be used for receiving data and printing data. If set to Maximum, more memory is allocated for receiving data. If set to Minimum, more memory is allocated for printing data. The factory default setting is Normal.

Note:

After changing these settings, reset the printer to make the new settings effective. To reset the printer, Press the Alt and Reset buttons simultaneously until Reset All appears on the LCD panel. Alternatively, turn off the printer, then after 5 seconds, turn it back on.

Resetting the printer erases all print jobs. Make sure the On Line light is not blinking when you reboot the printer.

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AUX Menu

This menu allows you to set up the optional interface.

*  Available only when an optional Ethernet Interface Card (C82362 or C82363) is installed.

**  These settings are displayed when AUX Config is set to Yes.

Note:

The settings marked with asterisks are the network settings that are displayed when an Ethernet Interface Card (C82362, C82363) is attached. Refer to the optional interface card's User's Guide for further details on network settings.

AUX I/F

Allows you to activate or deactivate the AUX interface when an optional interface card is installed.

Buffer Size

Determines the amount of memory to be used for receiving data and printing data. If set to Maximum, more memory is allocated for receiving data. If set to Minimum, more memory is allocated for printing. The factory default setting is Normal.

Note:

After changing these settings, reset the printer to make the new settings effective. To reset the printer, Press the Alt and Reset buttons simultaneously until Reset All appears on the LCD panel. Alternatively, turn off the printer, then after 5 seconds, turn it back on.

Resetting the printer erases all print jobs. Make sure the On Line light is not blinking when you reboot the printer.

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LJ4 Menu

Note:

If you always use the HP LaserJet 4 printer driver in your software, you should change settings using that software. Software settings always override the settings made in the SelecType LJ4 Menu.

Font Source

Selects the default font source.

Font Number

Selects the default font number from the default font source.

Pitch

Specifies the default font pitch if the font is scalable and of fixed-pitch. You can select from 0.44 to 99.99 cpi, in increments of 0.01 cpi.

Height

Specifies the default font height if the font is scalable and proportional. You can select from 4.00 to 999.75 points, in increments of 0.25 points.

SymSet

Selects the default symbol set. If the font you selected in FontSource and Font Number is not available in the new SymSet setting, the FontSource and the Font Number values are automatically replaced with the default value.

Form

Selects the number of lines for the selected paper size and orientation. This causes a line spacing (VMI) change also, and the new VMI value is stored in the printer. This means that later changes in Page Size or Orientation settings cause changes in the Form value, based on the stored VMI.

Source SymSet

Available only when an optional font ROM module is installed.

Dest SymSet

Available only when an optional font ROM module is installed.

CR Function

When CR is set for the CR Function, the printer does not perform a line feed (LF) command with each carriage return (CR). Setting CR+LF for the CR Function causes the printer to add a line feed to each carriage return it receives. Select CR+LF for this function if you find that lines of text are overlapping in your document.

LF Function

When LF is set for the LF Function, the printer does not perform a carriage return (CR) command with each line feed (LF) or form feed (FF). Setting CR+LF for the LF Function causes the printer to add a carriage return to each line feed or form feed it receives. Select CR+LF for this function if you find that the printer does not print characters beyond the right margin.

Tray Assign

Changes the assignment for the paper source select command. When 4 is selected, the commands are set as compatible with the HP LaserJet 4. When 4K is selected, the commands are set as compatible with the HP LaserJet 4000, 5000, and 8000. When 5S is selected, the commands are set as compatible with the HP LaserJet 5Si.

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GL/2 Menu

In the EPSON GL/2 mode, you can use your printer with plotter applications. This mode is similar to the GL/2 mode supported in the HP LaserJet 4 mode. The EPSON GL/2 mode emulates some of the HP-GL plotter commands and includes all of the commands found in HP's GL/2 mode, plus two additional commands.

*  Pen2 through Pen6 are available only when GLlike is selected.

GLMode

Selects whether the emulation is similar to GL/2 or the HP LaserJet 4 emulation of GL/2.

Scale

Specifies whether the output from the software is scaled. The scale factor is based on the output paper size of the application.

Origin

Selects whether the logical origin of the "plotter" is from the corner or the center of the paper.

Pen

Selects the logical "pen" which is used to "plot" the drawing.

End

Selects the way in which lines end.

Join

Selects the way in which lines are joined.

Pen0 through Pen6

Selects the thickness of the seven "pens" used to make the printout.

Differences between the two emulations

The table below shows the differences between Hewlett-Packard's and EPSON's emulation of the GL/2 mode.

Before printing in the EPSON GL/2 mode

You may need to change the printer settings, depending on your output needs. Always check the printer's setting to make sure they match the data you are trying to print.

If you need to configure the printer settings, first switch to the GL/2 emulation mode, then change the settings using the printer driver, or SelecType.

Note:

Settings or data saved in the printer's RAM (such as downloaded fonts) may be erased when you change the emulation mode.

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ESC/P 2 Menu

The table below lists the ESCP2 menu options.

Font

Allows you to specify the font by typeface.

The factory default font is Courier. After selecting the desired font, you can also adjust the character spacing and size of the font with the Pitch and Condensed options described below.

Pitch

You can select a character pitch of 10, 12, or 15 cpi (characters per inch), or choose proportional spacing.

Condensed

Use this option to change the character spacing. Condensed printing is useful for spreadsheets and other applications that need to fit a large amount of information on each line. However, l5-cpi characters cannot be condensed.

T.Margin

Use this option to specify the distance from the top of the sheet to the baseline of the first printable line. This is measured in 0.05-inch increments.

Text

Use this option to set the page length in lines. The unit of measure for this option is a l/6-inch line.

If you change the Orientation, Page Size, or T.Margin settings, the page length setting automatically returns to the default setting for each paper size.

CG Table

Use the character generator table option to select the graphics character table, or the italics table. The graphics table contains graphic characters for printing lines, corners, shaded areas, international characters, Greek characters, and mathematical symbols. Selecting the italics table defines the upper half of the character table as italic characters.

Country

Use this option to select one of the fifteen international symbol sets.

Auto CR

Use the automatic carriage return option to perform a carriage-return line-feed (CR-LF) operation whenever the print position exceeds the right margin. If Auto CR is Off, the printer does not print characters beyond the right margin, and it does not perform a linewrap until it receives a carriage return command. Most software programs take care of this function.

Auto LF

When you set Auto LF to Off, the printer does not send an automatic line feed (LF) command with each carriage return (CR). When you set Auto LF to On, the printer adds a line feed to each carriage return it receives. If your text lines overprint each other, set Auto LF to On.

Bit Image

With Bit Image set to Dark or Light, your printer can correctly emulate the graphics densities set with the printer commands. When you select Dark, the bit image density is high. When you select Light, the bit image density is low.

The BarCode setting converts bit images to barcodes by automatically filling in any vertical gaps between dots. This produces unbroken vertical lines that can be read by a barcode reader. This mode reduces the size of the image being printed and may cause some distortion when printing bit-image graphics. BarCode is not available in the I239X mode.

ZeroChar

Specifies whether the printer prints a slashed or unslashed zero.

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FX Menu

The table below lists the FX Menu options. The details of each options are the same as the options of ESC/P 2 Menu.

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I239X Menu

The l239X mode emulates lBM 2390/2391 Plus commands.

Font

Allows you to specify the font by typeface.

Pitch

Selects the pitch (the horizontal spacing) of the font in fixed pitch, measured in cpi (characters per inch). You can also choose proportional spacing.

Code page

Selects the character tables. Character tables contain the characters and symbols used in different languages. The printer prints text based on the selected character table.

T. Margin

Sets the distance from the top of the page to the baseline of the first printable line. The distance is measured in inches. The smaller the value, the closer the printable line is to the top.

Text

Sets the page length in lines. For this option, a line is assumed to be 1 pica (1/6 inch). If you change the Orientation, Page Size, or T. Margin settings, the page length setting automatically returns to the default setting for each paper size.

Auto CR

Specifies whether the printer performs a carriage-return/line-feed (CR-LF) operation whenever the printer position goes beyond the right margin. If this setting is off, the printer does not print any characters beyond the right margin and does not perform any line wrapping until it receives a carriage-return character. This function is handled automatically by most applications.

Auto LF

If you set this option to Off, the printer does not send an automatic line-feed (LF) command with each carriage return (CR). If this is set to On, a line-feed command is sent with each carriage return. Set to On if your text lines overlap.

Alt.Graphics

Turns the Alternate Graphics option on or off. The default setting is Off.

Bit Image

The printer is able to emulate the graphics densities set with the printer commands. If you select Dark, the bit image density is high, and if you select Light, the bit image density is low.

ZeroChar

Selects whether the printer prints a slashed or unslashed zero.

CharacterSet

Selects character table 1 or 2.

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