5-114 RESET Menu SettingsPrinting Environment Settings5RESET Menu SettingsSOFT RESET/HARD RESET-Resets the printer when a problem has occurred or you want to cancel printing.If you perform a soft reset, the printer stops the current process and deletes thejobs in the printer memory, received print data, and the job being processed. Ifyou perform a hard reset, the printer cancels all the process and deletes the jobs.To perform a soft reset, select SOFT RESET in the RESET menu, and then press[OK].To perform a hard reset, select SOFT RESET in the RESET menu, hold down[OK] for 3 seconds or more to display HARD RESET, and then release the button.NOTE• Be sure to cancel printing from the computer before performing a soft reset.• When the soft reset or hard reset is performed, the data being printed and the databeing received by all the interfaces is deleted. Therefore, perform printing from thecomputer again as needed.• If you perform a soft reset or hard reset, the data that has been already sent to thememory are all deleted even if it is the data of other interface. If you are using theprinter on a network, be careful so that this operation does not affect the data fromother computers when resetting the printer.• If you perform a hard reset while the printer is receiving data, the data that has notyet been sent to the memory will be sent after the reset. However, the data may notbe printed properly.FORM FEED-When a job is canceled from the computer or the data is less than one page, thedata may remain in the printer memory, and the job may not be completedproperly. As long as the printer remains in this state, you cannot print the next jobbecause the printer cannot receive the next data. In this case, force the printer tooutput the print data using the procedure for this item.
