Star Micronics LC-8521 guide

ON-LINE indicator 20

on-line

switching to 20

options

serial-to-parallel converter

63

P

paper fanfold 14 handling 57 letterhead 62 micro feed 23 recommended print area 14 selecting 57

setting top of form 24 thickness adjustment 58

paper eject 23 paper jams 62 paper out detector 31

Pitch Lock Mode entering 22

platen knob installing 5

port

checking 80 print mode 33 print pitch 33

printer buffer clearing 26

printing

in Windows 45

problems

causes and solutions 73 dark printing 75 erratic operation 78

excessive noise 76 hot printer case 76 incorrect characters 77, 78 left margin movement 77 line spacing 74 malformed graphics 75 no printing 73 overprinting lines 74 paper feed 74

power supply 73 print quality 75

printing past paper edge 76 smudged forms 75 sudden stoppage 78 weak printing 73

wrong number of lines 75

Q

Quiet Print Mode 24, 33

R

RAM usage 31

ribbon cartridge installing 6 removing 7 taking up slack in 6

S

setup printer 1

specifications 81

system software settings Windows 79

T

tear-off function 15, 24 test print 10

top of form setting 24

Image 114

Star Micronics LC-8521 user manual

Contents

LC-8521 EC Council Directive 73/23/EEC and 93/68/EEC of 22 July About this manual Chapter Contents Using the printer with Windows 95 Using the EDS ModeUsing the Printer with Windows 3.1 Using the Printer with MS-DOS Optional Accessory Appendix a TroubleshootingPaper Handling Appendix F Glossary Appendix G Control Panel Operation Guide Page Printer Setup Choosing a place for the printer Printer Setup Unpacking the printer General guide General guide Removing the protective materials Installing the platen knob Installing the platen knobOpening the front cover Installing the ribbon cassette Removing the ribbon cassette Removing the ribbon cassette Printer Setup Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off Loading fanfold paper Loading fanfold paper Pin tractor Sheet guide Loading fanfold paper Printing on fanfold paper Unparking fanfold paper Using the tear-off functionParking fanfold paper Parking fanfold paper Connecting to your computer with a parallel cable Page Connecting to your computer with a serial cable Connecting to your computer with a serial cable Switching between on-line and off-line Control Panel OperationsControl Panel Operations Selecting a font Entering the Font Lock ModeLit Indicator Font Selecting a font Setting the character pitch Entering the Pitch Lock ModeLit Indicators Meaning Form feed fanfold paper Line feedPaper eject cut-sheet paper Micro feed Setting the top of form position Selecting the Quiet Print ModeTear-off function fanfold paper Changing the auto load position Changing the auto load position Saving a macro Clearing the printer’s buffer Entering the Multi-part Mode Initializing the printerInitializing the printer Entering the EDS Mode Using the EDS ModeAbout EDS Mode settings Using the EDS Mode Lit Indicator Selected Bank Selecting a bankSelecting a bank Printing the current switch settings Selecting a switchChanging a switch setting EDS Modes Settings EDS-1 Settings Switch 3 Line Spacing Switch 1 Graphics DirectionSwitch 2 Auto Tear-off Switch 4 Auto LF with CR Switch 6 Quiet Switches 1, 2 Print ModeSwitches 3, 4, 5 Print Pitch Print Mode Switch 6 Skew sensor for cut sheet Switches 1, 2, 3, 4 Page LengthSwitch 5 Eject direction for cut sheet Length Code SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5 SW6 Name Country Remarks IBM PC Country Remarks International Character Set Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 LQ Font Selection EDS-2 SettingsEDS-2 Settings Switch 1 Data Length Switch 4 Protocol Switch 2 Parity CheckSwitch 3 Parity Switch 5, 6 Not used Switch Setting Meaning Switch 1, 2, 3 Baud RateSwitch 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Paper Control Baud Rate Using the Printer with Windows Setting up for printing with Microsoft WindowsUsing the Printer with Windows Setting up for printing with Microsoft Windows 3.1 Getting ready to print Printing a document Printing a document Installing TrueType fonts Selecting fonts in Windows applications Setting up the printer in Windows Have Disk button Page Preparing to print Preparing to print Using the printer with Windows Printing a document Installing TrueType fonts Installing TrueType fonts Using the Printer with MS-DOS Setting up for printing with MS-DOSUsing the Printer with MS-DOS Cut-Sheet Paper Paper HandlingSelecting paper types Fanfold Paper Adjusting for paper thickness Paper HandlingEnvelope Automatic fanfold feeding Paper TypeThickness Manual sheet feeding Adjust the paper guide to the position you want Clearing paper jams Optional Accessory Serial-to-Parallel Converter SPC-8K Connecting the Interface Converter Setting the converter’s DIP switches Setting the converter’s DIP switchesSwitc Function Parity Data Length SwitchDOS/Windows Setting Protocol Push Tractor Unit CT-15HA Push Tractor Unit CT-15HA Removing the push tractor unit from the back of the printer Installing the push tractor unit Short test Appendix a TroubleshootingTroubleshooting Long test Adjusting the dot alignment Hexadecimal dumpHexadecimal dump DOT Adjustment Setting Troubleshooting guide Troubleshooting guideProblem 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 WindowsChecking system software settings in Windows To check the Driver Setup Checking system software settings in MS-DOS To check the application printer selectionTo check the port Checking system software settings in MS-DOS Appendix B Speciﬁcations Specifications Serial Interface Appendix C Interface Pin OutsParallel Interface Pin Appendix D Character Sets Character SetsStandard Italic Character Set International Character Set IBM Character Set #2 Code Page #437 IBM-PC Character Set #1 Code Page #850 Multi-lingual IBM Special Character SetCode Page #860 Portuguese Code Page #861 Icelandic Code Page #865 Nordic Code Page #863 Canadian FrenchCode Page #866 Russian Code Page #3840 IBM-Russian Code Page #3843 Polish Code Page #3841 Gost-RussianCode Page #3844 Code Page #3845 Hungarian Code Page #3847 Brazil-ABNT Code Page #3846 TurkishCode Page #3848 Brazil-ABICOMP Code Page #852 Latin-2 Code Page #1001 Arabic Code Page #737 Greek Code Page #851 Greek Code Page #928 Greek Code Page #869 GreekCode Page #2001 Lithuanian-KBL Code Page #772 Lithuanian Code Page #3001 Estonian1 Code Page #774 LithuanianCode Page #3002 Estonian2 Code Page #3011 Latvian1 Code Page #3021 Bulgarian Code Page #3012 Latvian2Code Page #3031 Hebrew Code Page #3041 Maltese Code Page #3860 Rajvitee KU Code Page #3850 Standard KUCode Page #3861 Microwiz KU Code Page #3863 Code Page #3864 Popular TIS Code Page #3865 Newsic TIS Appendix E Printer Control Codes Font and Character Set Control CommandsDescription Mode Ascii Code Printer Control Codes Print Pitch Control Commands Top/Bottom Margin and Vertical Tab Commands Special Print Mode Commands Bit Image Graphic Commands Line Spacing Commands Form Feed and Related CommandsDownload Character Commands Horizontal Print Position Control Commands Other Commands NEC Commands Appendix F Glossary Appendix G Control Panel Operation Guide Maltese 93, 94 MS-DOS Page Page Customer service information