Star Micronics LaserPrinter4 Setting UpAPage h

Setting UpAPageh

Asthe sampleprintshows,yourStarLaserPrinter4canfillasheet ofpaper

withtext and/orgraphicstowithin3/16-1/2in (8 -12mm)ofthemargins.

Someof the choicesaremadefor youby theprinter.Butmost ofthem are

underyourcontrol,eitherfromthefrontpanelofthe printer,orthroughyour

computerandthe applicationsoftwareyouareusing onit.

Some of the choicesmay be limited. Printer emulation and the page

orientationare examples.Your applicationsoftware maynot support an

availablecommand,or it may not permit achange in page orientation.

Whetheryou are printing business letters, charts or other graphics, or

brochuresandnewsletters,youshouldkeep thesechoicesandtheir limita-

tionsin mind.

Whatfollowsis alistof theelementsthatgo intoaprintedpage.Theymay

beselectedthroughthefrontpaneloftheStarLaserPnnter4 orthroughyour

applicationsoftware.

Contents

Main Page %%Y%%Lohterferenes . TABLEOF CONTENTS Page Page How to Use This Manual 1.1 LASERPRINTING Page 1.2 THESTARLASERPRINTER4 AN INTRODUCTION @ Page Setting Up the STAR LaserPrinter4 I Page Page 2.1.4 OptionalItems 2.1.5 Carryingthe Printer I 2.1.6 Openingand Closingthe Printer Page Page Page 2.2 Page Page Page Page Page 2.3 2.3.1 AboutPaper 2.3.2 LoadingPaperInto the Multi-purposeTray Page Page Page Page Page 2.6 CONNECTINGTHEINTERFACECABLE Page 2.7 ADJUSTINGPRINTQUALITY Page Page Initial Operation 3.1 FRONTPANEL Page 3.1.2 TheButtons F1 Q k R El Ag Page 3.1.3 LightIndicators 3.1.4 HexDump 3.2 SELFTEST 3.2.1 PrintingTest Sheets 3.2.2 StatusSheet Description Page PANEL -t Page Page STARLASERPRINTER4 CONTROLPANELHIERARCHY H 46 Tepm L.tp o b p tOb 2Epmb p tPb 3Ftcbmwtbi r Ar+! Page L AT 4.1 PRELIMINARIES 4.2 CONTROLPANEL 4.2.1 Basicoperations 4.3 CONNECTINGTHEPRINTERTO THE COMPUTER 4.3.1 Selectingthe SerialIntetiace Page 4.3.2 Activatingthe Parallellntetiace I 4.3.3 Savingthe Setting 4.3.4 Returningto FactorySettings 4.4 MANUALFEED 4.5 PAPERSIZE 4.6 PRINTINGIN LANDSCAPEORIENTATION 4.7 CHANGINGCHARACTERSET 4.8 SELECTINGDISPLAYLANGUAGE Setting UpAPage h Format: Text: Font Selection Page 6.1 HEWLEll PACKARDLASERJET11P Default Values,primaryand secondaryfonts: Available Values,primaryand secondaryfonts: 6.2 EPSONFX-850 Default Values: Available Values: Interfacing With ApplicationsPrograms 7.1 LOTUS1-2-3 RELEASE2 Page 7.2 WORDPERFECTVERSION5.0 7.3 MICROSOFTWORD4.0 7.4 MICROSOFTWINDOWS Page Page Page Maintaining the Star LaserPrinter4 8.1 REPLACINGTHEEP-L CARTRIDGE 8.2 STORAGEANDHANDLINGPRECAUTIONS FORTHE EP-L CARTRIDGE The . 8.3 CLEANINGTHEFIXINGASSEMBLY 8.4 CLEANINGTHEEXTERIOROF THE PRINTER Page 9.1 ERRORMESSAGESDISPLAYEDONTHE SCREEN I 9.2 SERVICECALLMESSAGES 9.2.$EngineService CallMessages F 9.2.2 ControllerServiceCall Messages CALLSERVICE08 read/writetesterrorin sequencestops; alarmbeeps; 9.3 OPERATORCALLMESSAGES F 9.3.1 EngineProblems print. w sette 9.3.2 Font7EmulationCartridgeProblems 9.3.3 OptionalHardware 9.3.4 ChangePaper Size Page 9.3.5 ManualPaper Feed 9.4 OPERATORINFORMATIONMESSAGES r 9.4.1 Host Communicationproblem 9.4.2 Functionor Size Incompatibility I 9.4.3 Font/Emulation 9.5 STATUSMESSAGES Page 9.6 PAPERJAMMING Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 9.7.2 Stainson TransparencyFilms Page Options 10.1 PAPERFEEDERAND I 10.2 EXPANSIONRAMBOARD Page Page Specifications 11.1 SPECIFICATIONS m Page Page 11.2 RELIABILITY I 11.3 PINFUNCTIONSON INTERFACES Function 10 16 SIGNAL Signalground. ,GND Page Glossary Page Page Page m ALARMligh~39 ASCII l-m LEJ u INPUTOVERFLOWmessage,87 INSUFFICIENTRAMmessage,83 INTERFACE El ml ml cm El m I_@ Consumer Response