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15
External Keyboard
An external keyboard or a compatible input device (e.g. barcode scanner) can be connected directly to the printer.
Using an external keyboard facilitates the entry of variable data while processing print jobs and printing from storage
devices.
Input prompts and the data received from the keyboard are shown in the display.
15.1 Connecting External Keyboard
Any HID compatible USB keyboard can be connected to the printer.
Insert connection cable of the keyboard into a USB host interface of the printer.
15.2 Keyboard Assignment
If necessary set the parameter
Setup > Region > Keyboard
matching to the used keyboard.
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Notice!
If the parameter
Keyboard
is set to
Automatic
, the keyboard assignment will be defined by the setting of the
parameter
Country
.
The following
Country
settings have special keyboard assignment :
Country
Keyboard
China
USA
South Africa
USA
Taiwan
USA
Mexico
Latin America
Egypt
Arabic
Table 30
Special assignments
Country
-
Keyboard
For the following
Keyboard
settings can be switched between two assignments by pressing the CTRL key and the
SHIFT key:
Keyboard
First assignment
Second assignment
Bulgaria
Latin
Cyrillic
Greece
Latin
Greek
Iran
Latin
Persian
Macedonia
Latin
Cyrillic
Russia
Latin
Cyrillic
Thailand
Latin
Thai
Arabic
Latin
Arabic
Table 31
Keyboard
settings with double assignment