Star Micronics LC-8021 manual Hexadecimal dump, Adjusting the dot alignment

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42Troubleshooting

Note:

The test printing prints across the entire width of the carriage. Make sure that the printer is loaded with the widest paper available in order to avoid damage to the print head and platen.

Hexadecimal dump

This procedure prints in hexadecimal format all codes (character codes and control codes) that are sent to the printer by the computer. The printer does not execute any control codes (such as 0A - linefeed), it just prints them out. The hexadecimal dump is useful when you are writing programs for printer control.

❏Make sure that paper is loaded in the printer.

❏Turn off the printer.

❏While holding down MULTI-PARTand EJECT, turn the printer back on to enter the Hex Dump Mode.

❏To exit the Hex Dump Mode, turn the printer off.

Adjusting the dot alignment

You may never have to use the procedure described in this section, but after you have been using your printer for some time you may find that the dots of some graphics do not align correctly. For example, what should look like:

may come out looking like one of the following:

or like this

This is caused when mechanical parts of the printer get out of alignment. This happens only rarely and you may never experience it at all throughout the life of the printer. If you do have problems, use the following procedure to correct it.

❏Make sure that paper is loaded in the printer.

❏Turn off the printer.

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Contents LC-8021 Trademark acknowledgments About this manual ChapterContents Using the EDS Mode Using the Printer with MS-DOSOptional Accessories Appendix a TroubleshootingPage Printer Setup Choosing a place for the printerUnpacking the printer General guide Opening the front cover Removing the front coverRemoving the protective materials Installing the ribbon cartridge Page Removing the ribbon cartridge Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and offLoading paper Connecting to your computer Connecting to your computerTo connect with a parallel cable To connect with a serial cable Printer Setup Switching between on-line and off-line Control Panel OperationsSelecting a font Line feedForm feed Paper ejectChanging the auto load position Entering the Multi-part Mode Clearing the printer’s bufferInitializing the printer Using the EDS Mode About EDS Mode settingsEntering the EDS Mode Using the EDS Mode Selecting a bankSelecting a switch Changing a switch settingPrinting the current switch settings Exiting the EDS ModeEDS-1 Settings Switch 1 EmulationSwitch 2 Not used Switch 3 Character Table Switch 4 RAM UsageSwitch 6 Multi-Part Mode Switch 1 Graphics DirectionSwitch 2 Not used Switch 3 Line Spacing Switch 4 Auto LF with CRSwitches 1, 2 Print Mode Switches 3, 4, 5 Print PitchSwitches 1, 2, 3, 4 Page Length Switch 5 Cut-sheet eject directionSwitch 6 Skew sensor for cut-sheet paper Bank E Name Country Remarks Russia Preferred by Microsoft International Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 LQ Font Selection Bank FEDS-2 Settings Switch 1 Data LengthSwitch 2 Parity Check Switch 3 ParitySwitch 4 Protocol Switches 5, 6 Not usedSwitch 1, 2, 3 Baud Rate Switches 4, 5, 6 Not usedSwitches 1, 2 Top and bottom margins Switch 3 Head gap sensing for on each lineSwitch 4 Control code FF Switches 5, 6 Waiting period for paper loadingUsing the Printer with MS-DOS Setting up for printing with MS-DOSPaper Handling Selecting paper typesCut-Sheet Paper PassbookFeeding a passbook into the printer Feeding cut-sheet paper into the printer Print area Optional Accessories Serial Interface Unit IS-NP192Serial-to-Parallel Interface Converter SPC-8K Appendix a Troubleshooting Short testLong test Adjusting the dot alignment Hexadecimal dumpAdjusting the dot alignment Troubleshooting guide Problem Possible CauseTroubleshooting guide Forms are smudged Ribbon is jammed Make sure that the ribbon Right during printing Character set is selected Checking system software settings in MS-DOS Mode LPT1=COM1 or Mode LPT1=COM2Appendix B Speciﬁcations Printing Speed Pitch Draft cps/dpiEmulation Appendix C Interface Pin Outs Parallel InterfaceSerial Interface Appendix D Character Sets Standard Italic Character Set International Character SetCharacter Sets IBM Special Character Set Code Page #860 PortugueseCode Page #850 Multi-lingual Code Page #861 IcelandicCode Page #863 Canadian French Code Page #866 RussianCode Page #865 Nordic Code Page #3840 IBM-RussianCode Page #3841 Gost-Russian Code Page #3844Code Page #3843 Polish Code Page #3845 HungarianCode Page #3846 Turkish Code Page #3848 Brazil-ABICOMPCode Page #3847 Brazil-ABNT Code Page #852 Latin-2Code Page #1001 Arabic Code Page #737 Greek Code Page #851 GreekCode Page #869 Greek Code Page #2001 Lithuanian-KBLCode Page #928 Greek Code Page #772 LithuanianCode Page #774 Lithuanian Code Page #3002 Estonian2Code Page #3001 Estonian1 Code Page #3011 Latvian1Code Page #3012 Latvian2 Code Page #3031 HebrewCode Page #3021 Bulgarian Code Page #3041 MalteseCode Page #3850 Standard KU Code Page #3861 Microwiz KUCode Page #3860 Rajvitee KU Code Page #3863Code Page #3864 Popular TIS Code Page #3865 Newsic TISStandard Mode Appendix E Printer Control CodesPrinter Control Codes Select 1/8″ line spacing Denmark OCR-B Set left margin IBM Mode Select print pitch and download Set base unit of line spacing Appendix F Glossary Appendix G Control Panel Operation Guide Multi Eject On Line PartAUTOEXEC.BAT 47 MS-DOS Page