Power indicator, On Line switch | Star Micronics lC-10 specification

The control panel switches can be pressed singly to perform the oper- ations indicated by their names. Other functions can be obtained by holding these switches down when you turn the printer’s power on. Still further functions can be executed by pressing the control panel switches in com- bination. This chapter explains all the switch and indicator functions.

Power indicator

The power indicator lights (yellow) when power is on.

When paper is not present, the power indicator flashes. A beep tone also alerts you to the need to load paper.

On Line switch

The On Line switch sets the printer on-line and off-line. The state changes each time you press the switch.

In the on-line state the printer receives data from the computer and prints the data. In the off-line state the printer stops printing and sends the computer a signal indicating that it cannot accept data.

The printer powers up in the on-line state if paper is present. If paper is not present, the printer powers up off-line with the Power indicator

flashing. When you load paper the Power indicator stops flashing, but the printer remains off-line. To start printing you must press the On Line switch go on-line.

The three main times when you will want to press the On Line switch

are:

•Before and after any other panel operation

The other panel switches operate only in the off-line state. First press

the On Line switch to go off-line, then perform the panel operation, then press the On Line switch again to go back on-line.

•To pause during printing

If you press the On Line switch during printing, the printer stops printing and goes off-line, allowing you to check the printout or change a control panel setting. Printing resumes when you press the On Line switch again to go back on-line.

•To cut fanfold forms at the end of printing

When using fanfold forms, if you hold the On Line switch down for 2 seconds, in addition to going off-line the printer feeds the paper about two inches forward, allowing you to cut it off just below the last line printed.

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Star Micronics lC-10 user manual Power indicator, On Line switch

Contents

LC-IO Helpful How to Identify and Resolve Radio-TV Interference HOW to USE this Manual Features of the Printer Table of Contents Commercial Software Download Character Generator Setting UP the Printer Page Mount the platen knob Remove the top cower Hstall the ribbon cartridge Loading Single Sheets Loading Manual loading Loading and Parking Fanfold Forms Lever Paper parking Short self Test Paper unparking Interface test Long se/f test Adjusting the Printing GAP Figure l-15. DIP switches Switch 1-3 When Page Memo Chapter On Line switch Power indicator Paper Feed switch NLQ Type Style switch This is near-letter-quality Courier Long test pattern Paper Feed switch Short test pattern On Line switch Lprint CHR$I Next Switch combination functions of control panel Switch Combination FunctionsPage Page Page Memo Installing Your Software Using the Printer with Commercial Software Printer command options Alignment Setting the DIP SwitchesUsing Your Software Initialization sequence Type style and pitch selection Embedding printer commands Printer Commands Page HARD-COPYING the Screen MS-DOS and PC-DOS Using the Printer with DOS and Basic Print README. DOC Programming the Printer with DOS Commands Edlin Nlqelite . DAT Programming the Printer with Basic Acopy NLQELITE.DAT PRN Print README. DOC For Lprint the Spacing has Changed Restore How the program works $=CHR$lB Pica pitch Page Replacing the Ribbon Cleaning the Printer Replacing the Print Head Replacing the print head If printing is faint, incomplete, or unclear If the printer doesn’t printIf fanfold paper becomes stuck If label paper becomes stuck If you have problems with horizontal tabulation If you have problems with graphicsIf you have problems with download characters Memo Switches Indicators Printing MechanismNterface and Emulation Co/our Printing Dot Matrix SizeCharacter Sets Paper Specifications Dimensions WeightType Styles and Pitches Option Electrical SpecificationsLnterface Signals RequirementsPage Memo Select draft quality characters Font Control Commands Select Draft Elite Characters Select italic characters Select Sanserii CharactersSelect Orator characters with small capitals Select Orator characters with lower case Double-strike Printing Printing Stop Overlining Cancel superscript or subscriptStop Start Character SET Commands Colour Printing Commands Select international character set Enable printing of a// character codesSelect IBM character set #7 Select IBM character set #2 Pica Pitch Character Size and Pitch Commands Cancel expanded printing Cancel one-line expanded printing Return to normal height Increase Character SpacingSelect double or quadruple size Print Double-height Characters Size Select Character Set line spacing to n/216 inch Set line spacing to II8 inchSet line spacing to 7172 inch Set line spacing to 716 inch Line feed Execute ESC Set page length to n inches Feed PaperSet top of page at current position Set page length to n lines Margin Cancel top and bottom margins Select vertical tab channel SetTab stops Set vertical tab stops every n lines Set Left margin Horizontal Position Commands Set automatic line feed Cancel automatic line feedSet left and right margins Carriage return Right Center text Absolute horizontal tab in columns Horizontai TabRelative horizontal tab Absolute horizontal tab in inches Graphics Commands Print g-pin graphics Convert Graphics Density Define draft download characters Copy Standard characters From ROM into RAM M3... m46 Define NLQ download characters Select NLQ download character set Select Download Character setSelect draft download character set Select draft elite download character set Execute macro instruction Macro Instruction CommandsOther Printer Control Commands Define Macro Instruction Immediate prinl Cancel last lineCancel immediate print Delete Last character Sent Unidirectional printing Set printer on-lineBell Bidirectional printing ASF Reset printerFeed Auto feed Draft character Appendixc Download ChF 12831 NLQ characterPage For I-33 to ~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If S then END Locate 11.1 Print Print Character SET? For BS=BO+CHR$PCC,Y Next Y Character Sets Standardcharacterset C7 w I112128144160176 IBM Character SET #2 101 Hexa Cledma IBM Character SET #l Additional Character SET CHR$ International Character Sets Index 106 Tabulation, 51, 75, 76 LC-10 POWER-UP Functions DIP Switches 12345678901234567 Command Summary in Numeric Order STI ‘cu L L L E L