Star Manufacturing LC-4522 Selecting paper types, Paper Handling, Cut-Sheet Paper Manual Feed

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Chapter 5: Paper Handling

Your printer is designed to print on a variety of paper types. This chapter tells you everything you need to know about paper, and how to set the printer up for manual paper feed. In this chapter, you will learn about:

o Selecting the best type of paper o Adjusting for paper thickness o Manual sheet feeding

o Clearing paper jams

Selecting paper types

Use the following information when selecting paper.

Cut-Sheet Paper (Manual Feed)

Width: 7.0² to 16.54² / 178 to 420mm

Length: 5.5 ² to 14² / 140 to 356mm

Thickness: 0.00276² to 0.00472 ² / 0.07 to 0.12mm

Weight: 14 to 24 lbs / 52 to 90g/m 2 / 45 to 77 kg

Cut-Sheet Paper (with Optional Automatic Sheet Feeder)

Paper size: B5, A4, LT, B4, A3, Legal

Thickness: 0.00315² to 0.00472 ² / 0.08 to 0.12mm

Weight: 16 to 24 lbs / 60 to 90g/m 2 / 52 to 77 kg

Hopper: 50 sheets of 64g/m 2 30 sheets of 80g/m 2 Stacker: 10 sheets

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Contents LC-4522 Contents Using the EDS Mode Printer Setup Choosing a place for the printerPrinter Setup Unpacking the printerGeneral guide General guideOpening the front cover Removing the protective materialsRemoving the protective m aterials Installing the platen knob Installing the ribbon cassetteInstalling the ribbon cassette Removing the ribbon cassette Installing the paper guide Installing the paper guideStanding up the paper guide Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and offLoading fanfold paper Loading fanfold paper Printer Setup Loading fanfold paper Printing on fanfold paper Parking fanfold paper Parking fanfold paperUnparking fanfold paper Using the tear-off function Connecting to your computerPage Switching between on-line and off-line Control Panel OperationsSelecting a font Entering the Print Quality Lock ModeSelecting a Print Quality Entering the Multi-part Mode Line feed Paper eject cut-sheet paperForm feed fanfold paper Micro feedTear-off function fanfold paper Setting the top of form positionSelecting the Quiet Print Mode Changing the auto load position Changing the auto load positionSaving a macro Clearing the printer’s bufferInitializing the printer Initializing the printerUsing the EDS Mode About EDS Mode settingsEntering the EDS Mode Changing a switch setting Selecting a switchSelecting a bank Selecting a bankPrinting the current switch settings Exiting the EDS ModeEDS Mode Settings EDS Mode SettingsSwitch 6 Quiet mode Switch 7 Not UsedSwitches 1,2 Print mode Switches 3, 4, 5 Print PitchSwitches 1,2 Multi-Part Mode Switch 3 Auto Tear off LongSwitch 4 Skip over perforation Tractor mode only Switch 5 FF command selection Friction mode onlySwitch 1 Character Table Switch 2 Character SetSwitch 3 Zero Style Switches 4,5 Reserved Switch 6 Print WidthSwitches 1,2,3,4 Page Length Friction Mode Switch 5 Top MarginSwitches 6,7 Not Used Switches 1,2,3,4 Page Length Tractor ModeSwitch 1 CR Centering at top Switch 2 CR Centering at seem line Tractor mode onlySwitch 3 CR Centering Position Switch 4 Paper Out DetectorSwitch 5 Buzzer Switch 6 Print direction commandSwitches 1, 2, 3, 4 International Character Set Switch 5 Strobe timingSwitches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Code Switch 6 Saving Control Panel Status Setting up for printing with MS-DOS Setting up for printing with MS-DOSSelecting paper types Paper HandlingCut-Sheet Paper Manual Feed Cut-Sheet Paper with Optional Automatic Sheet FeederFanfold Paper LabelsAdjusting for paper thickness Adjusting for paper thicknessAutomatic fanfold feeding Manual sheet feedingClearing paper jams Clearing paper jams