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Text Entry

On this printer, you can enter characters using the Numeric buttons (A). Follow the procedure below.

figure: Text entry screen, showing keyboard
  1. Use the Numeric buttons to enter characters.

    Text entry is case-sensitive.

    Press the Asterisk button accordingly to switch between lower case, upper case and numeric characters.

  2. Enter characters using the Numeric buttons.

    Multiple characters are assigned to each key. Press a key to toggle character options for that key. For details on assigned characters, refer to "Key Assignments" below.

  3. Repeat 1 and 2 until text entry is complete.

<Key Assignments>

Button Lower case mode "abc" Upper case mode "ABC" Numeric mode "123"
1     1
2 abc ABC 2
3 def DEF 3
4 ghi GHI 4
5 jkl JKL 5
6 mno MNO 6
7 pqrs PQRS 7
8 tuv TUV 8
9 wxyz WXYZ 9
0     0
# . @ - _ SP * # ! " , ; : ^ ` = / | ' ? $ % & + ( ) [ ] { } < > \ ~
Asterisk Each time you press this button, the entry mode changes between lower case mode "abc", upper case mode "ABC" and numeric mode "123".

SP: Indicates a single space.

Additional Information

  • To enter characters assigned to the same key successively (e.g., enter "N" then "O"), press the Right button (B) to move the cursor by one character to the right first.
  • To insert a space, move the cursor to the target position using the Left or Right button (B), then press the right Function button (C).
  • To insert characters, move the cursor to the character on the right of the target position using the Left or Right button, then enter characters.
  • To delete a character, move the cursor to the target character using the Left or Right button, then press the center Function button (D).