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It’sactuallypretty easy.Flippingthroughand settingparametersfromthe

panelis describedin detailin theStar L.userPrinter4OperationsManual.

Basically,allyoudo is press the [<]or [>]buttonsto scrollthroughthe

sequenceofpossibleparametersandvalues,whichis clearlyshownon the

paneldisplay.Youpress[v]whenyou wanttogo downand scrollthrough

alowermenu level. And you also press [v]when you want to save a

particularmenuitemas the valuefor acurrentparametersetting.

SETPOWER-UPenablesyoutosavenew settingsinapermanentmemory

calledEEPROM.The newsettings canbe stored evenwhen the poweris

turnedoff.Thefinalmenu(LOADFACTORYSET)isusedwhen youwant

to startfrom thebeginning,withthe originalfactorysettings.

2.2 CONTROLLINGTHE PRINTER

Inthis sectionyou’llmeet two separatecontrolsoverhow the Star Laser-

Printer4itself works.The INTERFACEparametercontrolscommunica-

tions between the printer and your computer.And the EMULATION

parameterdetermines,among other things, which set of commandsthe

printerwilluse. You canset theseINTERFACEandEMULATIONpara-

meterson the controlpanel.

2.2.1 TheINTERFACEparameter

TheINTERFACEparameter,the most basic of the Star LaserPrinter4’s

configurationsettings,defineshow yourcomputerconnectstothe printer.

Youcan set the INTERFACEto either Serialor Parallel.In most single-

computetenvironrnentsyou’lloptforthefasterParallelinterface;in amulti-

usernetworkyou maybe better off withSerial.

Theparticularprinterinterfacesettingsdon’tmatterasmuchasmakingsure

theymatchthoseon yourcomputer.If youuse an MS-DOScomputer,you

canset your computer’sparameterswiththe MODE command.See your

MS-DOSmanual.

MostMS-DOSand AT-compatiblecompute~supportupto threeparallel

andtwo serialports, whichcome onexpansionboardsyou plug intoyour

computer.Whenyouinstallsuch boardsyou mustset switchesto indicate

thenumberandaddressesoftheseports.Ifyou specifythewrongaddresses,

youwon’tbe able to print.