Connecting the Interface Converter | Star Micronics LC-8521 specification

64

Connecting the Interface Converter

❏Unplug the printer from its AC power outlet.

❏Set the DIP switches on the SPC-8K to the settings you want to use before you connect it to your printer.

See the following section for details on how to set the DIP switches

❏Plug the interface converter’s Centronics connector into the socket on the side of the printer and secure it in place with the clips.

Interface converter

❏Plug one end of a serial cable into the serial interface connector’s 25-pin D- TYPE connector.

Serial cable

Serial interface connector

❏Plug the other end of the serial cable into your computer’s serial ports. Serial ports are usually marked COM1, COM 2, etc. If your computer has only one serial port, it will be marked COM1.

Image 72

Star Micronics LC-8521 user manual Connecting the Interface Converter

Contents

LC-8521 EC Council Directive 73/23/EEC and 93/68/EEC of 22 July About this manual Chapter Contents Using the EDS Mode Using the Printer with Windows 3.1Using 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 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 Using the tear-off function Parking fanfold paperUnparking 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 Entering the Font Lock Mode Lit Indicator FontSelecting a font Selecting a font Setting the character pitch Entering the Pitch Lock ModeLit Indicators Meaning Line feed Paper eject cut-sheet paperForm 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 Saving a macro Clearing the printer’s buffer Entering the Multi-part Mode Initializing the printerInitializing the printer Using the EDS Mode About EDS Mode settingsEntering the EDS Mode Using the EDS Mode Lit Indicator Selected Bank Selecting a bankSelecting a bank Selecting a switch Changing a switch settingPrinting the current switch settings EDS Modes Settings EDS-1 Settings Switch 1 Graphics Direction Switch 2 Auto Tear-offSwitch 3 Line Spacing Switch 4 Auto LF with CR Switches 1, 2 Print Mode Switches 3, 4, 5 Print PitchSwitch 6 Quiet Print Mode Switches 1, 2, 3, 4 Page Length Switch 5 Eject direction for cut sheetSwitch 6 Skew sensor for cut sheet Length Code SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5 SW6 Name Country Remarks IBM PC Country Remarks International Character Set EDS-2 Settings EDS-2 SettingsSwitches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 LQ Font Selection Switch 1 Data Length Switch 2 Parity Check Switch 3 ParitySwitch 4 Protocol Switch 5, 6 Not used Switch 1, 2, 3 Baud Rate Switch 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Paper ControlSwitch 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 Paper Handling Selecting paper typesCut-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 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 Data Length Switch DOS/Windows SettingParity 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 Appendix a Troubleshooting 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 Checking system software settings in MS-DOS Appendix B Speciﬁcations Specifications Appendix C Interface Pin Outs Parallel InterfaceSerial 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 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 #1001 Arabic Code Page #737 Greek Code 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 Code Page #3850 Standard KU Code Page #3861 Microwiz KUCode Page #3860 Rajvitee KU Code Page #3863 Code Page #3864 Popular TIS Code Page #3865 Newsic TIS Font and Character Set Control Commands Description Mode Ascii CodeAppendix E Printer Control Codes 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