User guide The Menu39The MenuProgramming via thecontrol panelApart from being able to control your printer via the applications soft-ware you use, you can also program the printer directly. There aretwo programming options you can use:` Programming via the control panel.` Programming via the interface using Escape sequences or controlcodes.Settings made by escape sequences have priority over set-tings made in menu mode; therefore they will override these.Informations on Escape sequences can be found inAppendix E, Emulations (page 119).Programming via the interface gives you far greater freedom for de-signing your printed pages, however, it is also a more sophisticatedmethod and requires some experience with programming languag-es and printer control systems.All programming via the interface is lost after you turn off the printer,whereas the programming carried out using the control panel, issaved and stored even after you turn off the printer.Enabling access tomenu modeOn some printer models the menu can be locked by default to pro-tect it from accidental or unauthorised access.Proceed as follows to release this lock temporarily.1. Switch off the printer for approx. 5 seconds.2. Switch the printer on again keeping the Setup key pressed untilSelftest disappears from the display.For information on how to enable access permanently andabout the available settings, refer to the section Menu lock(MenLock) (page 56).Calling up the menu You can access the menu in the following way:Press the Setup key. The printer switches to Setup mode. (The Set-up mode can be selected both in the Online and Offline mode.)To access the printer menu, press the key directly underneath theword Menu (1).8Adjust PaprpathMenu Char OnlineSetup21 3 4
