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Importing setup data from a configuration file
❏Click on File or press the F3 function key.
❏Select Load from the menu that drops down by double-clicking on it, or by moving the highlighting to it with the arrow keys and pressing Enter.
Load file
File | |
C:\STAR\*.cfg |
.. | <DIR> 1995-06-15 |
DEFAULT .CFG 1995-06-15 |
PREVIOUS.CFG 1995-06-22 |
❏Select the file that contains the configuration you want to use by double- clicking on its name, or by moving the highlighting to its name with the arrow keys and pressing Enter.
Returning to default settings
❏To make all settings revert to their defaults, perform the procedure under “Importing setup data from a configuration file” in the previous section and select the file named “DEFAULT.CFG”.
Exiting the User Setup Utility
To exit the User Setup Utility, pull down the File menu and select Exit.
Exit
Exit without sending current settings.
Exit after sending current settings.
❏Select the option you want by double-clicking on it, or by moving the highlighting to it with the arrow keys and pressing Enter.
“Exit after sending current settings” sends all User Setup Utility settings to the printer, which replaces any settings that may have been made using the printer’s control panel. “Exit without sending current settings” exits the User Setup Utility without sending anything to the printer.
Using the Help menu
❏To get information on how to use the User Setup Utility, click Help or press function key F1.
Contents
LC-1511 LC-1521
EC Council Directive 73/23/EEC and 93/68/EEC of 22 July
Trademark acknowledgments
Chapter
About this manual
Contents
User Setup Utility
Using the EDS Mode
Using the Printer with Windows 3.1
Using the printer with Windows 95
Paper Handling
Using the Printer with MS-DOS
Optional Accessories
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Choosing a place for the printer
Printer Setup
Unpacking the printer
Printer Setup
General guide
General guide
Removing the protective materials
Opening the front cover
Removing the protective materials
Installing the ribbon cassette
Installing the platen knob
Installing the ribbon cassette
Removing the ribbon cassette
Installing the paper guide
Installing the paper guide
Paper Type Paper Guide Angle
Standing up the paper guide
Degree angle Fanfold paper Degree angle Cut-sheet paper
Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off
Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off
Loading fanfold paper
Loading fanfold paper
Printer Setup
Loading fanfold paper
Printing on fanfold paper
Parking fanfold paper
Parking fanfold paper
Unparking fanfold paper
Connecting to your computer
Using the tear-off function
Connecting to your computer
Control Panel Operations
Switching between on-line and off-line
Lit Indicator Font
Entering the Font Lock Mode
Selecting a font
Selecting a font
Entering the Pitch Lock Mode
Setting the character pitch
Lit Indicators Meaning
Control Panel Operations
Paper eject cut-sheet paper
Line feed
Form feed fanfold paper
Micro feed
Tear-off function fanfold paper
Setting the top of form position
Selecting the Quiet Print Mode
Changing the auto load position
Changing the auto load position
Clearing the printer’s buffer
Saving a macro
Initializing the printer
Entering the Multi-part Mode
Entering the EDS Mode
Using the EDS Mode
About EDS Mode settings
Changing a switch setting
Selecting a switch
Selecting a bank
Selecting a bank
Checking the settings of switches in a bank
Printing the current switch settings
Exiting the EDS Mode
Using the EDS Mode
EDS Mode Settings
Switch 1 Graphics Direction
Switch 6 Multi-Part Mode
Switch 2 Auto Tear-off Long
Switch 3 Line Spacing
Switches 3, 4, 5 Print Pitch
Switches 1, 2 Print Mode
Switch 6 Quiet
Print Mode
Length
Switches 1, 2, 3, 4 Page Length
Switch 5 CR Centering Position
SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5
Code
Name Country Remarks
Country Remarks
Character Set
International
Bank F
Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 NLQ Font Selection
Installing the User Setup Utility
User Setup Utility
Starting the User Setup Utility
Starting the User Setup Utility
To select a window
Changing the General, Font, Paper and Adjust Settings
User Setup Utility
Adjusting the dot alignment
Adjusting the dot alignment
To select a setting box
To change a setting
Changing the printer port
Saving setup data in a configuration file
Returning to default settings
Importing setup data from a configuration file
Exiting the User Setup Utility
Using the Help menu
Setting up for printing with Microsoft Windows
Using the Printer with Windows
Setting up for printing with Microsoft Windows 3.1
Getting ready to print
Using the Printer with Windows
Printing a document
Printing a document
Installing TrueType fonts
Selecting fonts in Windows applications
Selecting fonts in Windows applications
Setting up the printer in Windows
Setting up the printer in Windows 95
Using the printer with Windows
Preparing to print
Preparing to print
Printing a document
Printing a document
Installing TrueType fonts
Setting up for printing with OS/2 Warp
Using the Printer with OS/2 Warp
Using the Printer with OS/2 Warp
Setting up for printing with MS-DOS
Using the Printer with MS-DOS
Selecting paper types
Paper Handling
Cut-Sheet Paper Manual Feed
Cut-Sheet Paper with Optional Automatic Sheet Feeder
Adjusting for paper thickness
Adjusting for paper thickness
Manual sheet feeding
Automatic fanfold feeding
Paper Handling
Thickness
Clearing paper jams
Clearing paper jams
Preparing the printer
Optional Accessories
Automatic Sheet Feeder SF-15HA
Pull Tractor Unit PT-15HA
Pull Tractor Unit PT-15HA
Serial Interface Unit IS-8H192 and IS-32H768
Specifications IS-32H768
Optional Accessories
Specifications IS-8H192
Specifications
Serial-to-Parallel Converter SPC-8K
Serial-to-Parallel Converter SPC-8K
Short test
Appendix a Troubleshooting
Testing the printer
Long test
Hexadecimal dump
Hexadecimal dump
DOT Adjustment Setting
Troubleshooting
Problem Possible Cause
Troubleshooting guide
Troubleshooting guide
Jamming paper
Printed on Return is enabled
Printer case is hot Printer’s air vents are
Left margin moves to Paper is not loaded
Enter the EDS Mode
Checking system software settings in Windows
Checking system software settings in Windows
To check the default printer selection
To check the driver setup
To check the port
Checking system software settings in MS-DOS
Appendix B Specifications
Specifications
Power Supply
Dimensions and Weight
Power Consumption LC-1521
Ribbon Type
Parallel Interface
Appendix C Interface Pin Outs
Optional Serial Interface IS-8H192 and SPC-8K
Pin Name Function
Standard Italic Character Set International Character Set
Appendix D Character Sets
IBM Character Set #2 Code Page #437 IBM-PC Character Set #1
Character Sets
Code Page #860 Portuguese
IBM Special Character Set
Code Page #850 Multi-lingual
Code Page #861 Icelandic
Code Page #866 Russian
Code Page #863 Canadian French
Code Page #865 Nordic
Code Page #3840 IBM-Russian
Code Page #3844
Code Page #3841 Gost-Russian
Code Page #3843 Polish
Code Page #3845 Hungarian
Code Page #3848 Brazil-ABICOMP
Code Page #3846 Turkish
Code Page #3847 Brazil-ABNT
Code Page #852 Latin-2
Code Page #851 Greek
Code Page #1001 Arabic
Code Page #737 Greek
Code Page #2001 Lithuanian-KBL
Code Page #869 Greek
Code Page #928 Greek
Code Page #772 Lithuanian
Code Page #3002 Estonian2
Code Page #774 Lithuanian
Code Page #3001 Estonian1
Code Page #3011 Latvian1
Code Page #3031 Hebrew
Code Page #3012 Latvian2
Code Page #3021 Bulgarian
Code Page #3041 Maltese
Appendix E Printer Control Codes
Font and Character Set Control Commands
Description Mode Ascii Code
Printer Control Codes
Print Pitch Control Commands
Top/Bottom Margin and Vertical Tab Commands
Form Feed and Related Commands
Special Print Mode Commands
Bit Image Graphic Commands
Horizontal Print Position Control Commands
Line Spacing Commands
Download Character Commands
Other Commands
Appendix F Glossary
ON-LINE
Appendix G Control Panel Operation Guide
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MS-DOS
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Customer service information