LC-1511 LC-1521
EC Council Directive 73/23/EEC and 93/68/EEC of 22 July
Trademark acknowledgments
About this manual
Chapter
Contents
Using the Printer with Windows 3.1
Using the EDS Mode
User Setup Utility
Using the printer with Windows 95
Using the Printer with MS-DOS
Optional Accessories
Paper Handling
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Printer Setup
Choosing a place for the printer
Printer Setup
Unpacking the printer
General guide
General guide
Opening the front cover
Removing the protective materials
Removing the protective materials
Installing the platen knob
Installing the ribbon cassette
Installing the ribbon cassette
Removing the ribbon cassette
Installing the paper guide
Installing the paper guide
Standing up the paper guide
Degree angle Fanfold paper Degree angle Cut-sheet paper
Paper Type Paper Guide Angle
Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off
Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off
Loading fanfold paper
Loading fanfold paper
Printer Setup
Loading fanfold paper
Printing on fanfold paper
Parking fanfold paper
Unparking fanfold paper
Parking fanfold paper
Using the tear-off function
Connecting to your computer
Connecting to your computer
Switching between on-line and off-line
Control Panel Operations
Selecting a font
Entering the Font Lock Mode
Lit Indicator Font
Selecting a font
Lit Indicators Meaning
Setting the character pitch
Entering the Pitch Lock Mode
Control Panel Operations
Form feed fanfold paper
Line feed
Paper eject cut-sheet paper
Micro feed
Setting the top of form position
Selecting the Quiet Print Mode
Tear-off function fanfold paper
Changing the auto load position
Changing the auto load position
Saving a macro
Clearing the printer’s buffer
Entering the Multi-part Mode
Initializing the printer
Using the EDS Mode
About EDS Mode settings
Entering the EDS Mode
Selecting a bank
Selecting a switch
Changing a switch setting
Selecting a bank
Exiting the EDS Mode
Printing the current switch settings
Checking the settings of switches in a bank
Using the EDS Mode
EDS Mode Settings
Switch 2 Auto Tear-off Long
Switch 6 Multi-Part Mode
Switch 1 Graphics Direction
Switch 3 Line Spacing
Switch 6 Quiet
Switches 1, 2 Print Mode
Switches 3, 4, 5 Print Pitch
Print Mode
Switches 1, 2, 3, 4 Page Length
Switch 5 CR Centering Position
Length
Code
SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5
Name Country Remarks
Country Remarks
International
Character Set
Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 NLQ Font Selection
Bank F
User Setup Utility
Installing the User Setup Utility
Starting the User Setup Utility
Starting the User Setup Utility
Changing the General, Font, Paper and Adjust Settings
User Setup Utility
To select a window
To select a setting box
Adjusting the dot alignment
Adjusting the dot alignment
To change a setting
Saving setup data in a configuration file
Changing the printer port
Exiting the User Setup Utility
Importing setup data from a configuration file
Returning to default settings
Using the Help menu
Using the Printer with Windows
Setting up for printing with Microsoft Windows
Setting up for printing with Microsoft Windows 3.1
Using the Printer with Windows
Getting ready to print
Printing a document
Printing a document
Installing TrueType fonts
Selecting fonts in Windows applications
Selecting fonts in Windows applications
Setting up the printer in Windows
Setting up the printer in Windows 95
Using the printer with Windows
Preparing to print
Preparing to print
Printing a document
Printing a document
Installing TrueType fonts
Using the Printer with OS/2 Warp
Setting up for printing with OS/2 Warp
Using the Printer with OS/2 Warp
Using the Printer with MS-DOS
Setting up for printing with MS-DOS
Cut-Sheet Paper Manual Feed
Paper Handling
Selecting paper types
Cut-Sheet Paper with Optional Automatic Sheet Feeder
Adjusting for paper thickness
Adjusting for paper thickness
Paper Handling
Automatic fanfold feeding
Manual sheet feeding
Thickness
Clearing paper jams
Clearing paper jams
Optional Accessories
Automatic Sheet Feeder SF-15HA
Preparing the printer
Pull Tractor Unit PT-15HA
Serial Interface Unit IS-8H192 and IS-32H768
Pull Tractor Unit PT-15HA
Optional Accessories
Specifications IS-8H192
Specifications IS-32H768
Serial-to-Parallel Converter SPC-8K
Serial-to-Parallel Converter SPC-8K
Specifications
Appendix a Troubleshooting
Testing the printer
Short test
Hexadecimal dump
Hexadecimal dump
Long test
Troubleshooting
DOT Adjustment Setting
Troubleshooting guide
Troubleshooting guide
Problem Possible Cause
Jamming paper
Printed on Return is enabled
Printer case is hot Printer’s air vents are
Left margin moves to Paper is not loaded
Enter the EDS Mode
To check the default printer selection
Checking system software settings in Windows
Checking system software settings in Windows
To check the driver setup
Checking system software settings in MS-DOS
To check the port
Appendix B Specifications
Specifications
Power Consumption LC-1521
Dimensions and Weight
Power Supply
Ribbon Type
Optional Serial Interface IS-8H192 and SPC-8K
Appendix C Interface Pin Outs
Parallel Interface
Pin Name Function
Appendix D Character Sets
Standard Italic Character Set International Character Set
Character Sets
IBM Character Set #2 Code Page #437 IBM-PC Character Set #1
Code Page #850 Multi-lingual
IBM Special Character Set
Code Page #860 Portuguese
Code Page #861 Icelandic
Code Page #865 Nordic
Code Page #863 Canadian French
Code Page #866 Russian
Code Page #3840 IBM-Russian
Code Page #3843 Polish
Code Page #3841 Gost-Russian
Code Page #3844
Code Page #3845 Hungarian
Code Page #3847 Brazil-ABNT
Code Page #3846 Turkish
Code Page #3848 Brazil-ABICOMP
Code Page #852 Latin-2
Code Page #1001 Arabic
Code Page #737 Greek
Code Page #851 Greek
Code Page #928 Greek
Code Page #869 Greek
Code Page #2001 Lithuanian-KBL
Code Page #772 Lithuanian
Code Page #3001 Estonian1
Code Page #774 Lithuanian
Code Page #3002 Estonian2
Code Page #3011 Latvian1
Code Page #3021 Bulgarian
Code Page #3012 Latvian2
Code Page #3031 Hebrew
Code Page #3041 Maltese
Font and Character Set Control Commands
Description Mode Ascii Code
Appendix E Printer Control Codes
Print Pitch Control Commands
Top/Bottom Margin and Vertical Tab Commands
Printer Control Codes
Special Print Mode Commands
Bit Image Graphic Commands
Form Feed and Related Commands
Line Spacing Commands
Download Character Commands
Horizontal Print Position Control Commands
Other Commands
Appendix F Glossary
Appendix G Control Panel Operation Guide
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