Chapter 3 Using the Operator Panel
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Reading Data
Data stored on a RAM disk can be read. To read data on a RAM
disk, proceed as follows.
Press the
MENU
key.
Press the 3 or 4 key repeatedly until RAM Disk
Mode > appears.
Press the 2 key.
Press the 3 or 4 key repeatedly until >Read Data ap-
pears. The data name also appears.
Press the ENTER key. A blinking question mark (?) ap-
pears before the data name.
Press the 3 or 4 key to display the desired data name.
Press the ENTER key. Processing appears and the
reading of data from the RAM disk starts.
Writing Data
When writing onto a RAM disk, a name is assigned to the file au-
tomatically. You can use the procedure explained later in this
section to print a list of data names for confirmation.
Press the MENU key.
Press the 3 or 4 key repeatedly until RAM Disk
Mode > appears.
Press the 2 key.
Press the 3 or 4 key repeatedly until >Write Data
appears.
Press the
ENTER
key. A question mark (?) appears.
Press the ENTER key. Processing appears, then
Waiting.
In this state, send the file from the computer to the
printer.
The file is written onto the RAM disk given a
destination name (also referred to as a partition name)
which the printer automatically assigns one after
another as follows:
DataH001 (first data)
DataH002 (second data)
DataH003 (third data)...
In the example above, if the file TEST.TXT is the first
data to be written onto the RAM disk, the destination
name will be DataH001.
As the printer receives data, the message display
changes to Processing, then when the end of the
data is received, the message display changes to
Waiting.
Check that the message display has changed to
Waiting, then press the GO key. This writes the file to
the RAM disk and instructs the printer to automatically
print out a RAM disk write information page as shown
below.
Partition Type: Type of data written (currently
only type 2 is supported).
Partition Name: The destination name of data
written to the card.
Write Partition Length: The size of the written data on
the memory card.
Others: Error information.
When the RAM disk write information page is printed,
the message display returns to Ready.
If the writing was not completed successfully, an error
code appears on the message display. For details, see
Error Messages on page 4-6. If this happens, press the
GO key. The message display returns to Ready.
RAM Disk Mode >
On
>Read Data
DataH001
>Read Data
? DataH001
RAM Disk Mode >
On
>Write Data
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FS-9500DN Page Printer
WRITE INFORMATION
