Star Micronics lC-10 Using the Printer with Commercial Software, Installing Your Software

Chapter 3 USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE

There is an abundance of commercial software available: spreadsheet programs, word-processing programs, graphics programs, and more. This printer will work with any program that supports a Star, Epson or IBM dot-matrix printer. Before using the printer with commercial software, however, there are two things you must do:

•Install the software so that it supports the printer

•Set the printer’s DIP switches to match the software

INSTALLING YOUR SOFTWARE

Most commercial software includes an installation program or routine that you can run to customize the software to fit your hardware system. Start by reading the explanation of the installation program in your software manual.

Printer menu

The installation program usually offers a menu of printers from which to choose. If you find this printer on the menu, select it.

If this printer is not listed, look for the Epson LX-800 or IBM Proprinter

II.If these are not listed, look for another Star, Epson or IBM printer. A few of the choices you may see are given below in order of preference:

Star NL-10

NP-10

NX-10/15

ND-lo/15

NR-lo/15

Epson LX-800	IBM Proprinter	II
FX-86e	Proprinter
EX-800	Graphics	Printer
LX-86
LX-80

Some menus are less explicit about model names but offer general de- scriptions such as “Star printer”, “Epson printer”, “IBM dot-matrix printer”, “dot-matrix ASCII printer”, “Centronics-type printer”, “Draft printer”, or “Standard printer”. Any of these selections should work. If you are not sure of the right selection, it does not hurt to experiment. If you choose wrong, you will get strange printing results, but don’t worry; just try a different selection. Don’t pick any printer described as a daisywheel printer or laser printer.

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