Chapter, Locating the Printer | Star Micronics LC-20 guide

chapter 1

SETTING UP THE PRINTER

Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include —

●Locatingthe printer

●Unpackingand inspection(namesof parts)

✎Settingup and connection

✎Loadingsinglesheets

●Loadingand parkingfanfoldforms

✘Adjustingthe printinggap

LOCATING THE PRINTER

Beforeyou startunpackingand settingup yourprinter,make surethat you have a suitableplaceon whichto locateit. By “a suitableplace”,we mean:

. A firm, level surfacewhichis fairly vibration-free

●Away from excessiveheat (such as directsunlight,heaters,etc)

●Away from excessivehumidity

●Away from excessivedust

●Supplyit with“clean”electricity.Do not connectit to the samecircuitas a large,noise-producingappliancesuch as a refrigerator.

●Make sure the line voltage is the voltage specified on the printer’s identificationplate.

●To discomect the printerthe plug has to be disconnectedfrom the wall socket,whichhas to be locatedcloseto the printer,and easy to access.

●Install the printer where them is sufficientroom for the paper and any paperbeing fed in or printedout.

●If youareconnectingyourprinterwithaparallelcable,makesurethatthe cableis within2m {6-fi)of the printer. An RS-232connectionusing the optionalSPC-8Kinterfacecan be made over longerdistances.

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Star Micronics LC-20 user manual Chapter, Locating the Printer

Contents

LC-20 Trademark Acknowledgements HOW to USE this Manual Page Features of the Printer Table of Contents Page Index Locating the Printer Chapter Checkthe cartoncontents Parts name of theprinter Mounttheplaten knob Lnsta// the ribboncartridgeSetiwjg UP Removing the lop cover ‘ h~,.kribbo Connection \!j’06’$ Loading Single Sheets Automaticloading Loading a single sheet Manualloading Loading and Parking Fanfold Forms Loadingthepaper Figuru 7-11.Mount the fanfold psper over the sprockets Gufo 1-12. Mountingthe paper guide for fanfold forms Paperunparking Paperparking Adjusting the Printing GAP Page Control Panel Operations Buttons and Indicators On L/NE button PITCHbutton Paperfeed button FONTbutton POWER-UP Functions Short test mode Stay in panel pitch Long test modeStay in panel font Stay in panel pitch and font Next Lprint Hexadecimaldump Ill Form feed Switch Combination Functions Paper Parking Topof formForwardmicro-feed Clearingthe buffer Reversemicro-feedPage Location of the DIP Switches DIP Switch Settings IBM Functions of the DIP Switches Inches OFF on 12 inches OFF OFF Denmark/Norwaywhen switch2-1 is on Printer Control Commands Select draft qualitycharacters Font Control CommandsSelect draft elite characters Select NLQ characters Se!ectCouriercharacters Select NLQ fontSelect Sanserifcharacters Select Oratorcharacterswithsmall capitals Select italic characters Select Oratorcharacterswith lower caseSelect uprightcharacters Emphasizedprinting Canceldouble-strikeprinting CancelemphasjzedprjntjngDouble-strikeprinting Start underlining Start overlining Stop underliningStop overlining Superscript Selectstandardcharacterset Cancelsuperscriptor subscriptSelect IBM characterset Select characterset #1 Enableprinting of all charactercodes Enable printing of all character codes on next characterSelectinternationalcharacterset Select slash zero Character Size and Pitch CommandsSelect normalzero Pica pitch Cancelexpandedprinting CancelcondensedprintingCondensedprinting Expandedprinting Expandedprinting for one /ine r Cancelone-lineexpandedprintingSelectproportionalspacing Select fixed spacing Selectmasterprint mode IncreasecharacterspacingSelect doubleor quadruplesize Print double-heightcharacters Select charactersize Select characterheight, width,and line spacing Returnto normalheight Set line spacingto 1/8inch Vertical Position CommandsSet line spacingto 7Y72inch Set line spacingto 1/6inch ExecuteESC a Set line spacingto n/72 inchLine feed Reverseline feed Performone n/216-inchreverseline feed Performone n/216-imhline feedFeedpaper n lines Set top of page at currentposition Setpage length ton lines CancelbottommarginSet page length ton inches Set bottommargin Disablepaper-outdetector Enablepaper-outdetectorReturnto top of currentpage Set verticaltab stops everyn lines Set verticaltab stopsSet verticaltab stops in channel Select vertica/tab channel Horizontal Position Commands VerticaltabSet left margin Set right margin Set left and right marginsCarriagereturn Set automaticline feed Cancelautomaticline feedBackspace Leftjustify Rightjustify Resetall tab stopsSet horizontaltab stops Set horizontaltab stopseveryn columns Relativehorizontaltab HorizontaltabAbsolutehorizontaltab in inches Absolutehorizontaltab in columns Print normal-density8-bitgraphics Graphics CommandsPrint double-density8-bitgraphics Printdouble-density,double-speed8-bitgraphics Selectgraphics mode Print quadruple-density8-bitgraphicsConvertgraphicsdensity Print 9-pingraphics Define draft downloadcharacters Download Character Commands Definedraft downloadcharacters DefineNLQ downloadcharacters Select downloadcharacterset Copy characterset from ROM into RAM Select draft elite downloadcharacterset Select draft downloadcharactersetSelect NLQ downloadcharacterset Select ROM characterset Set MSB to Cancellast lineSet MSB to O Accept MSB as is Quietprint CancelquietprintSet printer off-line Setprinter on-line Bidirectionalprinting BellUnidirectiona/printing One-1ineunidirectionalprinting Auto feed ResetprinterEjectpaper fromASF Setprint startposition onASF Designing Your OWN Draft Characters Download Characters Definingthe attributedata Ml m3 nd m7 m9 mll Nl~ ,4 m6 Samp/eprogram Assigningthe characterdata LLlEL EX’ Defining Your OWN NLQ Characters 1s1 ml Memo MS-DOS and Your Printer Installing Application Software with Your Printer CPI Embedding Printer Commands Printer Commands Programming the Printer with DOS Commands ESC ?COPY NLC?ELITE. PAT PRN Programming with Basic 1470NEXTI 1820REAOIX 2180 2190 Page Expdncled..Double-height, Ihub 1e-s ized Page Troubleshooting Troubleshooting and Maintenance If the Power indicatordoes not illuminate,checkthe following If the print is faint,or uneven,checkthe following Page Check Possibleremedy Relativetothepage Replacing the Print Head MaintenancePage Page Page Specifications DPI Ribhntife ~fi~.~fi~ Imillion charactersdraft pica 102 Character Sets 104 105 Standard Character SET #2 International Character Sets IBM Character SET #2 ’m -G 109 IBM CH/ ,RAC’‘ER SET IBM Special Character SET 112 Index Oor L b Z 8 mi Z l t 1th D1e Command Summary ‘Irr’ Pb m,cp 119 WorldwideHeadquarters AmericanMarket