Star Micronics LC-8021 manual

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P

paper handling 35 micro feed 16 recommended print area 38 selecting 35

paper eject 16

paper out detector 22

pass book

print area 38 printing 36 specifications 35

print mode 24 print pitch 24

printer buffer clearing 17

problems

causes and solutions 44 dark printing 46 erratic operation 48 excessive noise 46 hot printer case 46

left margin movement 47 line spacing 45 malformed graphics 45 no printing 44 overprinting lines 45 paper feed 45

power supply 44 print quality 45

printing past paper edge 47 smudged forms 46 sudden stoppage 48 weak printing 44

wrong number of lines 45

R

RAM usage 22

ribbon cartridge installing 6 removing 8 taking up slack in 7

S

setup printer 1

specifications 50

system software settings MS-DOS 48

T

test print 41

troubleshooting guide 41

U

unidirectional printing 23 unpacking 2

Z

zero style 23

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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