Star Micronics LC-7211 guide

Setting up for printing with Microsoft Windows 3.1 41

❏Click Add and the dialog box will expand to show a List of Printers.

❏In the List of Printers: box, select Install Unlisted or Updated Printer.

❏Click Install.

❏This causes the Install Driver dialog box to appear, which instructs you to insert the disk that contains the printer driver file.

❏Click Browse.

❏In the Directories: list, select WIN 31.

❏Click on the language you want to use and then click OK. We will use English in all of our examples here.

❏In the List of Printers: box of the Add Unlisted or Updated Printer dialog box, select the Star printer driver and then click OK.

This causes the Printers dialog box to appear. The STAR printer is now listed in the Installed Printers: list.

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Star Micronics LC-7211 user manual Setting up for printing with Microsoft Windows 3.1

Contents

LC-7211 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 OS/2 Warp Using the printer with Windows 95Using the Printer with MS-DOS Paper HandlingPage Choosing a place for the printer Printer Setup Unpacking the printer Printer Setup General guide General guide Removing the protective materials Installing the platen knob Opening the front cover Installing the ribbon cassetteOpening the front cover Printer Setup Removing the ribbon cassette Removing the ribbon cassette OFF O Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off Loading fanfold paper Loading fanfold paper Fanfold Cut-sheet Release lever Sheet guide Printer Setup Printing on fanfold paper Printing on fanfold paper Parking fanfold paper Using the tear-off functionUnparking fanfold paper Connecting to your computer Connecting to your computer Printer Setup Control Panel Operations Switching between on-line and off-line Line feed Paper loadingPaper eject cut-sheet paper Form feed fanfold paper Setting the print mode Setting the top of form positionMicro feed Tear-off function fanfold paper Selecting a font Selecting the Quiet Print ModeChanging the auto load position Saving a macro Saving a macro Initializing the printer Clearing the printer’s buffer About EDS Mode settings Using the EDS ModeEntering the EDS Mode Changing a switch setting Selecting a switchUsing the EDS Mode Selecting a bank Exiting the EDS Mode Printing the current switch settingsEDS Mode Settings Switch 6 Not used Switch 4 Not used Switch 5 Paper Out DetectorSwitch 1 Graphics Direction Switch 2 Auto Tear-off Switch 6 Reserved Switch 5 Zero StyleSwitches 1, 2 Print Mode Switches 3, 4, 5 Print Pitch Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Code Page/International Character Set Switches 1, 2, 3, 4 Page Length SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5 Name Country Remarks Country Remarks 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 Fanfold Paper Adjusting for paper thickness Adjusting for paper thicknessEnvelope Paper Handling Automatic fanfold feeding Manual sheet feeding Manual sheet feeding Adjust the paper guide to the position you want Clearing paper jams Clearing paper jams Connecting the Interface Converter Optional Accessory Setting the converter’s DIP switches Setting the converter’s DIP switchesFunction DOS/Windows Setting Data Length SwitchParity Protocol Short test Appendix a TroubleshootingLong test Hexadecimal dump Troubleshooting DOT Adjustment Setting Problem Possible Cause Troubleshooting guide Interface cable is Printed on Return is enabled Printer case is hot Printer’s air vents are Left margin moves to Paper is not loaded Print head Dealer for repair To check the default printer selection Checking system software settings in WindowsTo check the Driver Setup To check the application printer selection Checking system software settings in MS-DOSTo check the port Printing Speed Pitch Draft cps/dpi NLQ cps/dpi Appendix B Speciﬁcations Envelope Parallel Interface Appendix C Interface Pin OutsOptional Serial Interface 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 Appendix E Printer Control Codes Font and Character Set Control Commands 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 Customer service information