Removing the protective materials | Star Micronics LC-1511, LC-1521

Removing the protective materials 5

❏Remove the two white pieces of packing from inside the printer as shown in the illustration.

A piece of cardboard is inserted into the printer to protect components during shipping. Be sure to remove it before using the printer.

❏Open the front cover.

❏Remove the cardboard from the inside of the front cover as shown in the illustration.

In addition, remove the cardboard from the back of the paper guide.

❏Remove the tape.

❏Remove the cardboard from the paper guide as shown in the illustration.

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Star Micronics LC-1511, LC-1521, DOT MATRIX PRINTERS, HA15 80825072 user manual Removing the protective materials

Contents

LC-1511 LC-1521 EC Council Directive 73/23/EEC and 93/68/EEC of 22 July Trademark acknowledgments Chapter About this manual Contents User Setup Utility Using the EDS ModeUsing the Printer with Windows 3.1 Using the printer with Windows 95 Optional Accessories Using the Printer with MS-DOSPaper Handling Page Choosing a place for the printer Printer Setup Unpacking the printer Printer Setup General guide General guide Removing the protective materials Opening the front cover Removing the protective materials Installing the ribbon cassette Installing the platen knob Installing the ribbon cassette Removing the ribbon cassette Installing the paper guide Installing the paper guide Degree angle Fanfold paper Degree angle Cut-sheet paper Standing up the paper guidePaper 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 Unparking fanfold paper Parking fanfold paperParking fanfold paper Connecting to your computer Using the tear-off function Connecting to your computer Control Panel Operations Switching between on-line and off-line Lit Indicator Font Entering the Font Lock ModeSelecting a font Selecting a font Entering the Pitch Lock Mode Setting the character pitchLit Indicators Meaning Control Panel Operations Paper eject cut-sheet paper Line feedForm feed fanfold paper Micro feed Selecting the Quiet Print Mode Setting the top of form positionTear-off function fanfold paper Changing the auto load position Changing the auto load position Clearing the printer’s buffer Saving a macro Initializing the printer Entering the Multi-part Mode About EDS Mode settings Using the EDS ModeEntering the EDS Mode Changing a switch setting Selecting a switchSelecting a bank Selecting a bank Checking the settings of switches in a bank Printing the current switch settingsExiting the EDS Mode Using the EDS Mode EDS Mode Settings Switch 1 Graphics Direction Switch 6 Multi-Part ModeSwitch 2 Auto Tear-off Long Switch 3 Line Spacing Switches 3, 4, 5 Print Pitch Switches 1, 2 Print ModeSwitch 6 Quiet Print Mode Switch 5 CR Centering Position Switches 1, 2, 3, 4 Page LengthLength SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5 Code Name Country Remarks Country Remarks Character Set International Bank F Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 NLQ Font Selection Installing the User Setup Utility User Setup Utility Starting the User Setup Utility Starting the User Setup Utility User Setup Utility Changing the General, Font, Paper and Adjust SettingsTo select a window Adjusting the dot alignment Adjusting the dot alignmentTo select a setting box To change a setting Changing the printer port Saving setup data in a conﬁguration ﬁle Returning to default settings Importing setup data from a conﬁguration ﬁleExiting the User Setup Utility Using the Help menu Setting up for printing with Microsoft Windows Using the Printer with Windows Setting up for printing with Microsoft Windows 3.1 Getting ready to print Using the Printer with Windows 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 Setting up for printing with OS/2 Warp Using the Printer with OS/2 Warp Using the Printer with OS/2 Warp Setting up for printing with MS-DOS Using the Printer with MS-DOS Selecting paper types Paper HandlingCut-Sheet Paper Manual Feed Cut-Sheet Paper with Optional Automatic Sheet Feeder Adjusting for paper thickness Adjusting for paper thickness Manual sheet feeding Automatic fanfold feedingPaper Handling Thickness Clearing paper jams Clearing paper jams Automatic Sheet Feeder SF-15HA Optional AccessoriesPreparing the printer Serial Interface Unit IS-8H192 and IS-32H768 Pull Tractor Unit PT-15HAPull Tractor Unit PT-15HA Speciﬁcations IS-8H192 Optional AccessoriesSpeciﬁcations IS-32H768 Serial-to-Parallel Converter SPC-8K Serial-to-Parallel Converter SPC-8KSpeciﬁcations Testing the printer Appendix a TroubleshootingShort test Hexadecimal dump Hexadecimal dumpLong test DOT Adjustment Setting Troubleshooting Troubleshooting guide Troubleshooting guideProblem 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 Checking system software settings in Windows Checking system software settings in WindowsTo check the default printer selection To check the driver setup To check the port Checking system software settings in MS-DOS Appendix B Speciﬁcations Specifications Power Supply Dimensions and WeightPower Consumption LC-1521 Ribbon Type Parallel Interface Appendix C Interface Pin OutsOptional Serial Interface IS-8H192 and SPC-8K Pin Name Function Standard Italic Character Set International Character Set Appendix D Character Sets IBM Character Set #2 Code Page #437 IBM-PC Character Set #1 Character Sets Code Page #860 Portuguese IBM Special Character SetCode Page #850 Multi-lingual Code Page #861 Icelandic Code Page #866 Russian Code Page #863 Canadian FrenchCode Page #865 Nordic Code Page #3840 IBM-Russian Code Page #3844 Code Page #3841 Gost-RussianCode Page #3843 Polish Code Page #3845 Hungarian Code Page #3848 Brazil-ABICOMP Code Page #3846 TurkishCode Page #3847 Brazil-ABNT Code Page #852 Latin-2 Code Page #737 Greek Code Page #1001 ArabicCode Page #851 Greek Code Page #2001 Lithuanian-KBL Code Page #869 GreekCode Page #928 Greek Code Page #772 Lithuanian Code Page #3002 Estonian2 Code Page #774 LithuanianCode Page #3001 Estonian1 Code Page #3011 Latvian1 Code Page #3031 Hebrew Code Page #3012 Latvian2Code Page #3021 Bulgarian Code Page #3041 Maltese Description Mode Ascii Code Font and Character Set Control CommandsAppendix E Printer Control Codes Top/Bottom Margin and Vertical Tab Commands Print Pitch Control CommandsPrinter Control Codes Bit Image Graphic Commands Special Print Mode CommandsForm Feed and Related Commands Download Character Commands Line Spacing CommandsHorizontal Print Position Control Commands Other Commands Appendix F Glossary ON-LINE Appendix G Control Panel Operation GuidePage MS-DOS Page Page Customer service information