Star Micronics LC-7211 user manual Installing the User Setup Utility

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Chapter 4: User Setup Utility

The User Setup Utility is included on the floppy disk that comes with the printer. It allows you to change the EDS settings of the printer from your computer.

To run the User Setup Utility, you need an IBM-compatible computer running PC-DOS or MS-DOS. The computer must be equipped with a 3.5″ floppy drive and a hard disk drive.

In this chapter you will learn about:

❏Installing the User Setup Utility

❏Starting the User Setup Utility

❏Editing setup data

❏Loading and saving setup data

❏Exiting the User Setup Utility and sending the settings to the printer

Important!

See the “readme.txt” file for important information that became available after this documentation was printed.

All the procedures in this chapter assume that you are using a mouse and that you are familiar with common mouse operations like click and double-click. If you need information on mouse operations, see your computer manual. If you want to operate the User Setup Utility using the keyboard instead of the mouse, follow the instructions that appear on your computer’s screen.

Installing the User Setup Utility

❏Insert the disk that contains the User Setup Utility into one of your computer’s disk drives. This explanation assumes you are using the A: drive, but you could use any drive. Just remember to change the “A:” drive name specifications in the following steps to the name of the drive you are using.

❏Execute the following commands to start installation of the User Setup Utility. The following commands assume you are starting from drive C:, and the floppy that contains the User Setup Utility is inserted in drive A:.

C:\>A: ↵ A:\>CD UTILITY↵ A:\UTILITY>SETUP↵