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Star Micronics LC-8021 manual General guide, extension

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The following illustrations show the major components of the your printer.

Front cover

Power switch

Platen knob

Document
table
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	Control panel
	Document table

Parallel interface

connector

Serial interface connector

Power terminal

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Star Micronics LC-8021 manual General guide, extension

Contents

USER’S MANUAL LC-8021DOT MATRIX PRINTER PBA10HKLQ-850, LQ-860, LQ-1050, LQ-1060 Seiko Epson Corporation Trademark acknowledgmentsAbout this manual Chapter 1 Printer Setup Chapter 2 Control Panel OperationsContents Chapter 4 Using the Printer with MS-DOS Chapter 3 Using the EDS ModeChapter 6 Optional Accessories Appendix A TroubleshootingAppendix B Speciﬁcations Appendix C Interface Pin Outs Appendix D Character Sets Appendix E Printer Control CodesAppendix F Glossary Appendix G Control Panel Operation Guide Choosing a place for the printer Chapter 1 Printer SetupUnpacking the printer 2 Printer SetupGeneral guide General guideextension 4 Printer Setup Opening the front coverRemoving the front cover Removing the protective materials Removing the protective materials6 Printer Setup Installing the ribbon cartridgePress on the top of the cartridge until it snaps securely into place Removing the ribbon cartridge 8 Printer SetupConnecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and offLoading paper 10 Printer SetupConnecting to your computer Connecting to your computerTo connect with a parallel cable 12 Printer SetupConnecting to your computer To connect with a serial cable14 Printer Setup Chapter 2 Control Panel Operations Switching between on-line and off-lineLine feed Selecting a fontForm feed Paper ejectChanging the auto load position Changing the auto load positionClearing the printer’s buffer Entering the Multi-part ModeInitializing the printer 18 Control Panel OperationsChapter 3 Using the EDS Mode About EDS Mode settingsEntering the EDS Mode Selecting a bank 20 Using the EDS ModeChanging a switch setting Selecting a switchPrinting the current switch settings Exiting the EDS Mode22 Using the EDS Mode EDS-1 SettingsBANK A Switch 1 Emulation Switch 2 Not used Switch 3 Character TableSwitch 6 Multi-Part Mode EDS-1 SettingsBANK B Switch 1 Graphics Direction Switch 2 Not used Switch 3 Line SpacingBANK C Switches 1, 2 Print Mode 24 Using the EDS ModeSwitches 3, 4, 5 Print Pitch Switch 6 Not usedSwitch 5 Cut-sheet eject direction BANK D Switches 1, 2, 3, 4 Page LengthSwitch 6 Skew sensor for cut-sheet paper EDS-1 SettingsBANK E 26 Using the EDS Mode#772 Lithuanian EDS-1 SettingsDenmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden 28 Using the EDS ModeIf your EDS settings specify Standard emulation Bank A, Switch 1 ON with the italic character table Bank A, Switch 2 OFF, use the Bank E switches to select the international character set you want to use. This setting determines the assignment of 14 character codes in the Standard Italic character set EDS-1 SettingsBANK F Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 LQ Font Selection 30 Using the EDS ModeEDS-2 Settings EDS-2 SettingsBANK A Switch 1 Data Length Switch 2 Parity CheckSwitch 4 Protocol 32 Using the EDS ModeSwitches 5, 6 Not used BANK B Switch 1, 2, 3 Baud Rate Switches 4, 5, 6 Not usedSwitch 3 Head gap sensing for on each line BANK C Switches 1, 2 Top and bottom marginsSwitch 4 Control code FF Switches 5, 6 Waiting period for paper loadingSetting up for printing with MS-DOS Chapter 4 Using the Printer with MS-DOSSelecting paper types Chapter 5 Paper HandlingCut-Sheet Paper Passbook36 Paper Handling Feeding a passbook into the printerFeeding cut-sheet paper into the printer Feeding cut-sheet paper into the printer38 Paper Handling Print areaSerial Interface Unit IS-NP192 Chapter 6 Optional AccessoriesSerial-to-Parallel Interface Converter SPC-8K 40 Optional AccessoriesAppendix A Troubleshooting Short testLong test Adjusting the dot alignment 42 TroubleshootingHexadecimal dump Adjusting the dot alignment 44 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting guideProblem Possible CauseTroubleshooting guide ProblemPossible Cause 46 Troubleshooting ProblemPossible Cause Troubleshooting guide ProblemPossible Cause 48 Troubleshooting ProblemPossible Cause Checking system software settings in MS-DOS Checking system software settings in MS-DOSAppendix B Speciﬁcations Paper Appendix C Interface Pin Outs Parallel InterfaceSerial Interface Standard Italic Character Set International Character Set Appendix D Character SetsIBM Character Set #2 Code Page #437 IBM-PC IBM Character Set #1 54 Character SetsCode Page #860 Portuguese IBM Special Character SetCode Page #850 Multi-lingual Code Page #861 IcelandicCode Page #863 Canadian French 56 Character SetsCode Page #866 Russian Code Page #865 NordicCode Page #3844 CS2 Code Page #3841 Gost-RussianCode Page #3843 Polish Code Page #3845 HungarianCode Page #3846 Turkish 58 Character SetsCode Page #3848 Brazil-ABICOMP Code Page #3847 Brazil-ABNTCode Page #737 Greek Code Page #1001 ArabicCode Page #851 Greek Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437Code Page #869 Greek 60 Character SetsCode Page #2001 Lithuanian-KBL Code Page #928 GreekCode Page #3002 Estonian2 Code Page #774 LithuanianCode Page #3001 Estonian1 Code Page #3011 Latvian1Code Page #3012 Latvian2 62 Character SetsCode Page #3031 Hebrew Code Page #3021 BulgarianCode Page #3861 Microwiz KU Code Page #3850 Standard KUCode Page #3860 Rajvitee KU Code Page #3863 STD988 TIS64 Character Sets Code Page #3864 Popular TISCode Page #3865 Newsic TIS Appendix E Printer Control Codes Standard ModeStandard Mode 66 Printer Control CodesStandard Mode ASCII CodeFunction Standard Mode 68 Printer Control CodesTurns off double-width Turns on double-widthStandard Mode Set vertical tab in VFU channelsSelect 1⋅1, 2⋅2, 4⋅4 sized printing 70 Printer Control Codes Standard ModeSet characters downloaded in “00h-7Fh” area to “80h-FFh” area IBM Mode ASCII CodeFunction IBM Mode 72 Printer Control CodesIBM Mode Cancel overscoringMove print position to the right power outlet Electronic DIP Switch settingsQuiet mode Appendix F GlossaryDATAPOWER Appendix G Control Panel Operation GuideMULTI EJECTPage Page Page