Star Micronics 4 manual How to changeparameters

●the power-onsettingsin effect when you first turn on the printer,

●your initialsettingsfor one particularsession,

●and the currentsettingsthat the printeris usingnow.

These are in priorityorder.The currentsettingsalwaysoverridethe initial sessionsettings,whichin turnoverridethepower-onsettings,whichin turn overridethe factorysettings.

FactorysettingsareprogrammedintotheStarLaserPrinter4whenit is built at the factory.Your printerkeepsthe factorysettingsfor its parametersin ROM;theyneverchange.Youcancopythemintothecurrentsettingsor any other settingsas needed. But the only way you can return to the factory defaultsis from the controlpanel;no commandsdo this.

A few factorydefaultsettingsareas follows:

Item	Factorydefaultsetting
Emulat;o.1	HP LaserJetIIP
Feeder	Multi-purposetray
Numberof Copies 1
Orientation	Portrait
Font	10-pitch12-pointCourier(internal)
Lines/inch	6 lines per inch

The power-on settings are the normal default settings.The printer keeps themevenwhenyouturn offthepower.Whenyouturnon theprinter,these power-onsettingsget copiedintothe initialandcurrentparametersettings.

Youprobablywillnot oftenchangethe StarLaserPrinter4’sinitialsettings (sometimescalled“sessionsettings”).You’lllikelyonlychangethemwhen you want to use a differentprinter emulationthan normal. These initial settingsstay the same as the power-onsettingsuntil you changethem.

On the otherhand,yoursoftwarewillprobablychangethe currentsettings many times withinthe samedocument,with every changeof font or print style.

2.1.4 How to changeparameters

With the printeroffline,if you press the [PROGRAM]buttonthe printer goesinto“program’’mode. Youcanthenstepthroughthelaserprinter’sfour levelsof programmenu to configureyourprinter(see page46-48,opera- tionsManual).That’stheprocessofchangingcertainprintersettingssoyour computerand printercan communicateproperly.

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