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Chapter 9: Paper Handling

Your printer is designed to print on a variety of paper types. This chapter tells you everything you need to know about paper, and how to set the printer up for manual paper feed. In this chapter, you will learn about:

❏Selecting the best type of paper

❏Adjusting for paper thickness

❏Manual sheet feeding

❏Clearing paper jams

Selecting paper types

Use the following information when selecting paper.

Cut-Sheet Paper
Width:	5.5″ to 12″ / 140 to 305mm
Length:	5.5″ to 11″/140 to 280mm (min.)
Weight (1-ply):	14 to 42 lbs / 52 to 156g/m2 / 45 to 135 kg
Multi-part:	11 to 14 lbs / 40 to 52g/m2 / 34 to 45 kg; pressure sensitive
	paper
	Total Thickness: 0.020″ / 0.5mm
Copies:	Original + 6
Fanfold Paper
Width:	4.5″ to 12″ / 114 to 305mm
Length:	6″/152mm (min.)
Weight (1-ply):	14 to 22 lbs / 52 to 82g/m2 / 45 to 70 kg
Multi-part:	11 to 14 lbs / 40 to 52g/m2 / 34 to 45 kg; pressure sensitive
	paper
	Total Thickness: 0.020″ / 0.5mm
Copies:	Original + 6

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Star Micronics LC-7211 user manual Paper Handling, Selecting paper types, Cut-Sheet Paper, Fanfold Paper

Contents

LC-7211 EC Council Directive 73/23/EEC and 93/68/EEC of 22 July Trademark acknowledgments About this manual Chapter Contents User Setup Utility Using the EDS ModeUsing the Printer with Windows 3.1 Using the printer with Windows 95 Using the Printer with OS/2 WarpUsing the Printer with MS-DOS Paper HandlingPage Printer Setup Choosing a place for the printer Printer Setup Unpacking the printer General guide General guide Installing the platen knob Removing the protective materials Opening the front cover Installing the ribbon cassetteOpening the front cover Printer Setup Removing the ribbon cassette Removing the ribbon cassette Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off OFF O 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 Switching between on-line and off-line Control Panel Operations Paper loading Line feedPaper eject cut-sheet paper Form feed fanfold paper Setting the top of form position Setting the print modeMicro feed Tear-off function fanfold paper Selecting a font Selecting the Quiet Print ModeChanging the auto load position Saving a macro Saving a macro Clearing the printer’s buffer Initializing the printer About EDS Mode settings Using the EDS ModeEntering the EDS Mode Selecting a switch Changing a switch settingUsing the EDS Mode Selecting a bank Exiting the EDS Mode Printing the current switch settingsEDS Mode Settings Switch 4 Not used Switch 5 Paper Out Detector Switch 6 Not usedSwitch 1 Graphics Direction Switch 2 Auto Tear-off Switch 5 Zero Style Switch 6 ReservedSwitches 1, 2 Print Mode Switches 3, 4, 5 Print Pitch Switches 1, 2, 3, 4 Page Length Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Code Page/International Character Set SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5 Name Country Remarks Country Remarks International Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 NLQ Font Selection Bank F User Setup Utility Installing the 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 Saving setup data in a conﬁguration ﬁle Changing the printer port Importing setup data from a conﬁguration ﬁle Returning to default settingsExiting the User Setup Utility Using the Help menu Using the Printer with Windows Setting up for printing with Microsoft Windows Setting up for printing with Microsoft Windows 3.1 Using the Printer with Windows Getting ready to print 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 Using the Printer with OS/2 Warp Setting up for printing with OS/2 Warp Using the Printer with OS/2 Warp Using the Printer with MS-DOS Setting up for printing with MS-DOS Paper Handling Selecting paper typesCut-Sheet Paper Fanfold Paper Adjusting for paper thickness Adjusting for paper thicknessEnvelope Automatic fanfold feeding Paper Handling Manual sheet feeding Manual sheet feeding Adjust the paper guide to the position you want Clearing paper jams Clearing paper jams Optional Accessory Connecting the Interface Converter Setting the converter’s DIP switches Setting the converter’s DIP switchesFunction Data Length Switch DOS/Windows SettingParity Protocol Short test Appendix a TroubleshootingLong test Troubleshooting Hexadecimal dump DOT Adjustment Setting Troubleshooting guide Problem Possible Cause 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 Appendix B Speciﬁcations Printing Speed Pitch Draft cps/dpi NLQ cps/dpi Envelope Parallel Interface Appendix C Interface Pin OutsOptional Serial Interface Appendix D Character Sets Standard Italic Character Set International Character Set Character Sets IBM Character Set #2 Code Page #437 IBM-PC Character Set #1 IBM Special Character Set Code Page #860 PortugueseCode Page #850 Multi-lingual Code Page #861 Icelandic Code Page #863 Canadian French Code Page #866 RussianCode Page #865 Nordic Code Page #3840 IBM-Russian Code Page #3841 Gost-Russian Code Page #3844Code Page #3843 Polish Code Page #3845 Hungarian Code Page #3846 Turkish Code Page #3848 Brazil-ABICOMPCode Page #3847 Brazil-ABNT Code Page #852 Latin-2 Code Page #737 Greek Code Page #1001 ArabicCode Page #851 Greek Code Page #869 Greek Code Page #2001 Lithuanian-KBLCode Page #928 Greek Code Page #772 Lithuanian Code Page #774 Lithuanian Code Page #3002 Estonian2Code Page #3001 Estonian1 Code Page #3011 Latvian1 Code Page #3012 Latvian2 Code Page #3031 HebrewCode Page #3021 Bulgarian Code Page #3041 Maltese Font and Character Set Control Commands Appendix 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 Appendix G Control Panel Operation Guide ON-LINEPage MS-DOS Page Customer service information