Chapter, Locating the Printer | Star Micronics LC-200 manual

chapter 1

SETTING UP THE PRINTER

Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include —

. Locatingthe printer

●Unpackingand inspection(partnames)

●Settingup and comecting

●Loadingsinglesheets

●Loadingand parkingfanfoldforms

✎Adjustingthe printinggap

LOCATING THE PRINTER

Beforeyou startunpackingand settingup yourprinter,make surethat you have a suitableplaceon whichto locateit. By “a suitabIeplace”,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 disconnectthe printerthe plug has to be disconnectedfrom the wall socket,whichhas to be locatedcloseto the printer,and easy to access.

✎Install the printer where there is sufficientroom for the paper and any paper being fed in or printedout.

If youareconnectingyourprinterwithaparallelcable,makesurethatthe cable is within2m (6ft) of the printer.An RS-232connectionusing the optionalSPC-8Kinterfacecan be made overlongerdistances.

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Star Micronics LC-200 user manual Chapter, Locating the Printer

Contents

LC-200 LC-200 Page HOW to USE this Manual Page Features of the Printer Table of Contents Printer Control Commands Download Characters 113 Chapter Locating the Printer Checkingthe carton contents Identifyingprinterparts Printer’s external parts Mountingtheplaten knob Install the ribboncartridgeand the roller unitSeiting UP ~~cketson the cartridge itself Pass the ribbon between the print head and print head shield Figur@1-7. Install the roller unit onto the printer Connectingtheprinter to your computer Connecting the interface cable Automaticloading Loading Single Sheets Lever Manualloading Loadingthepaper from the rear of theprinter Loading and Parking Fanfold Forms 73.Mount the fanfold paper over the tractor units Cover Loadingthepaper from the bottomof theprinter 75. Pull up the tractor unit for bottom feeding Paperparking Paper unparking Loading MULTI-PART Forms Adjusting the Printing GAP 17. Location of the adjustment lever Single Buttons and Indicators Control Panel Operations Online button Paperfeed button SET/EJECT/PARKbutton Pitch button Font button Short test mode POWER-UP Functions Long test mode Long self-test Stay in Panel Font Print area test modeStay in Panel Pitch Stay in Panel Pitch and Font Hexadecimaldump Next Lprint Return Figura 2-6.Sample hexadecimal dump with IBM-PC Form feed Switch Combination FunctionsTopof form Reversemicro-feed Forwardmicro-feedChangingthe auto loading value Clearingthe buffer/Allreset Selectingtheprint color StoreMacroDefinition Page Default Settings HOW to SET the EDS Mode OFF Functions of the EDS SettingsStandard IBM Page OFF On on on On on OFF Bidirectional TEST/ADJUSTMENT Mode Printer Control Commands Ascii Select draft quality characters Font Control CommandsSelect AU characters Select Sanserlfcharacters Select NLQ fontSelect Couriercharacters Select Script characters Select NLQ italic characters Select OratorcharactersSelect italic characters Select uprightcharacters Double-strikeprinting CancelemphasizedprintingCanceldouble-strikeprinting Start underlining Superscript Stop underliningStop werlining Subscript Select IBM characterset Cancelsuperscriptor subscriptSelectstandardcharacterset Select characterset #1 Select IBM codepage Select internationalcharactersetS.A Select slashzero Enableprinting of all charactercodesEnable printing of all character codes on next character Select normalzero Elitepitch Character Size and Pitch CommandsCondensedprinting Cancelexpandedprinting CancelcondensedprintingExpandedprinting Selectproportionalspacing Cancelone-lineexpandedprintingSelect masterprint mode Select fixed spacing Increasecharacterspacing Select doubleor quadruplesize Print double-heightcharacters Select charactersizeReturn to normalheight Select characterheight, width,and line spacing Vertical Position CommandsSet line spacingto 1/8inch Set line spacingto n/216 inch Set line spacing to 7~2 inchSet line spacing to 1/6inch Set line spacing to n/72 inch Reverseline feed ExecuteESC aLine feed Performone n/216-inchline feed Set top of page at currentposition Performone n/216-inchreverseline feedFeedpaper n lines Setpage length ton lines Set page length ton inches CancelbottommarginSet bottommargin Returnto top of currentpage Disablepaper-outdetectorEnablepaper-outdetector Set verticaltab stops Select verticaltab channel Set verticaltab stopseveryn linesSet verticaltab stops in channel Verticaltab Set left margin Horizontal Position CommandsSet right margin Carriagereturn Cancelautomaticine feedSet left and right margins Set automaticline feed Rightjustify LeftjustifyCentertext Fulljustify Set horizontaltab stopsevery n columns Reset all tab stopsSet horizontaltab stops Horizontaltab Absolutehorizontaltab in inches RelativehorizontalAbsolutehorizontaltab in columns Print double-density8-bitgraphics Graphics CommandsPrint normal-density8-bitgraphics Printdouble-density,double-speed8-bitgraphics Selectgraphicsmode Print quadruple-density8-bitgraphicsConvertgraphicsdensity Print 9-pingraphics Download Character Commands Definedraft downloadcharacters DefineNLQ downloadcharacters Define draft downloadcharacters Select downloadcharacterset Copy characterset from ROM into RAMShift downloadcharacterarea Select NLQ downloadcharacterset Select draft downloadcharactersetSelect draft elite downloadcharacterset Select NLQ italic downloadcharacterset Wect Black Color Selection CommandsSelectprint color Select magenta Select yellow Select cyanViolet Select orange Set MSB to O Cancellast lineSet MSB to Accept MSB as is Set printer off-line Cancelauiet mintQuietprint Setprinter on-line Unidirectionalprinting BellBidimctiona!printing One-lineunidirectionalprinting Ejecfpaper fromASF ResetprinterAuto feed Set print startposition onASF Memo Download Characters Designing Your OWN Draft Characters Definingthe attributedata Assigningthe characterdata Sampleprogram Lprint U.S. Exportsm Next Lprint SCALE$Lprint CHR$27 UT Assigningthe characterdata with the Standard mode Defining Your OWN NLQ Characters 128 Lprint H U.S. Exportsv Reaii MMLprint AUTOSUCHR$9 Next 1410 Assigningthe characterdata with the IBM mode Readmm Lprint CHR$MM Lprint U S . Exports Nexti Lprint Lprint GUNS’’CHR$9 Lprint AUTOS’’CHR$9Nexti Lprint Nexti AP . Exports Page Installing Application Software with Your Printer MS-DOS and Your Printer Embedding Printer Commands CPI Printer Commands Programming the Printer with DOS Commands XlV !VA Acopy Nlqelite .DAT PFfN Aprint Readme .DOc Programming with Basic ‘Escape code Iolo E$=CHR27$ 1520 2330 How theprogram works ~ = 1-1d e- d .Dwble+ieight, 10uk1e-5ized 106 Maintenance Troubleshooting Powersupply Printing If dots are missingin the printing,checkthe following Paper feeding Is thepapertoothick? Is there toomuchpaperinthe paperfeedhopperorstacker? 112 Maintenance Replacing the Print Head Hea Specifications NLQ T m 117 B d A e Chapter Standard Character SET #1 Page Standard Character SET #2 International Character Sets IBM Character SET #2 125 Code Page #850 Multi-1ingual Llm Page Re#863 Canadian Fre\ ch Code Page #865 Nordic IBM Character SET #1 IBM Special Character SET Index Page Page Command Summary 137 138 IBM Mode 140 141