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❏Plug the printer back into its AC power source. The printer will beep a number of times to indicate that paper is not loaded.

❏Press the control panel’s PAPER FEED button and the paper will feed to the starting position.

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Star Micronics LC-8521 user manual Loading fanfold paper

Contents

LC-8521 EC Council Directive 73/23/EEC and 93/68/EEC of 22 July Chapter About this manual Contents Using the Printer with Windows 3.1 Using the EDS ModeUsing the printer with Windows 95 Using the Printer with MS-DOS Optional Accessory Appendix a TroubleshootingPaper Handling Appendix F Glossary Appendix G Control Panel Operation Guide Page 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 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 Parking fanfold paper Using the tear-off functionUnparking 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 Lit Indicator Font Entering the Font Lock ModeSelecting a font Selecting a font Setting the character pitch Entering the Pitch Lock ModeLit Indicators Meaning Paper eject cut-sheet paper Line feedForm feed fanfold 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 Clearing the printer’s buffer Saving a macro Entering the Multi-part Mode Initializing the printerInitializing the printer About EDS Mode settings Using the EDS ModeEntering the EDS Mode Using the EDS Mode Lit Indicator Selected Bank Selecting a bankSelecting a bank Changing a switch setting Selecting a switchPrinting the current switch settings EDS Modes Settings EDS-1 Settings Switch 2 Auto Tear-off Switch 1 Graphics DirectionSwitch 3 Line Spacing Switch 4 Auto LF with CR Switches 3, 4, 5 Print Pitch Switches 1, 2 Print ModeSwitch 6 Quiet Print Mode Switch 5 Eject direction for cut sheet Switches 1, 2, 3, 4 Page LengthSwitch 6 Skew sensor for cut sheet Length SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5 SW6 Code IBM PC Name Country Remarks Country Remarks Character Set International EDS-2 Settings EDS-2 SettingsSwitches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 LQ Font Selection Switch 1 Data Length Switch 3 Parity Switch 2 Parity CheckSwitch 4 Protocol Switch 5, 6 Not used Switch 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Paper Control Switch 1, 2, 3 Baud RateSwitch Setting Meaning 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 Selecting paper types Paper HandlingCut-Sheet Paper 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 Serial-to-Parallel Converter SPC-8K Optional Accessory Connecting the Interface Converter Setting the converter’s DIP switches Setting the converter’s DIP switchesSwitc Function DOS/Windows Setting Data Length SwitchParity 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 Troubleshooting Appendix a TroubleshootingShort test 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 Checking system software settings in Windows Checking system software settings in WindowsTo check the default printer selection To check the Driver Setup Checking system software settings in MS-DOS To check the application printer selectionTo check the port Appendix B Speciﬁcations Checking system software settings in MS-DOS Specifications Parallel Interface Appendix C Interface Pin OutsSerial 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 #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 #851 Greek Code Page #1001 Arabic Code Page #737 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 Code Page #3861 Microwiz KU Code Page #3850 Standard KUCode Page #3860 Rajvitee KU Code Page #3863 Code Page #3865 Newsic TIS Code Page #3864 Popular TIS Description Mode Ascii Code Font and Character Set Control CommandsAppendix E Printer Control Codes Printer Control Codes Top/Bottom Margin and Vertical Tab Commands Print Pitch Control Commands Bit Image Graphic Commands Special Print Mode Commands Line Spacing Commands Form Feed and Related CommandsDownload Character Commands Other Commands Horizontal Print Position Control Commands NEC Commands Appendix F Glossary Appendix G Control Panel Operation Guide Maltese 93, 94 MS-DOS Page Page Customer service information