Star Micronics LC24-20 user manual 11111

CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS

The control panel buttons can be pressed mdlwdually to perform the opefatlons !nd$cated by their names.
LCD DISPLAY —	shows the ,nfornmt,on of			EJECTIPARK SUTTON	—	Pressing th,s	display When In Q.,etnmde		wlm the QUIET’
!he p,,nte, status.				button parks the fanfold farms m ejects the			message,	the Printer w,II Pr,nt ,1,ghfly slower
FON’T BUTTON —	selects the font to be			c.t sheet paper			but at a reduced no,se level
Printed T..han9ethefo.t		setthepr,nteroff -		PAPER FEED BUTFON	—	II you press th,s	ON LINE BUTTON-sets		the p,,nter on.l,ne
1,”,, then press the FONT button repeatedly				bulfon wh,le off-l,.., the paper Will feed for-			andotlllne	Thestatuschanges each time you
.nth the message. .	the d,splay (all.m,nates			ward. If you hold the button dawn, the pmt.,			press the button.
PITCH SUTTON —	.llOWS y..		to select the	VA petiorm consec.tlve hne feeds
				If you press th,s button while		.nl,ne th,s WIII
P,intl.9 Plt.h Remember thaf the prlnier
				alternately flash fhe’QUIET’ message o”the
m“Stbe off-l,., foryo” to do th,s.
■ POWER-UP		FuNCTlONs		~
The control panel buttons have special functions that operate f you hold them down while swltch[ng power on.
■ SELF.TEST						mw
If the pr,nter ,s turned on wh,ks the ON LINE
button ,s pressed, the printer w,II enter the
shofi self-test mode. wth		the PI	message
on thed,splay.

If the pr,nter ,s turned on wh,(e the PAPER FEED button $spressed, thepr,nter w,lfenter the long self-test mode, w,th the P2’ me.. sage o“the d,sPlay

■PRINT AREA TEST

By hofd,ng the EJECTIPARK butt.” down					11111
d.r,ng power-up,	the pr,nter Will emer the								Shml
pr,nt area test mode. w,th the P3			~e,,age		Font	P,tch	Pr(nt area	Long
					I%k	lock	test	test	test
on the d,sp(ay Th,s way. you can f,nd how
ma”y l,nes on your paper		are cwa,lable for		edg,ngbeep andthepr, nterw,ll show the P-		Them w,II be an a.knowledg,,lg				beep and	F-
pr,ntmg.				LOCK message 0“ the d,splay as Pow,,		LOCK	message 0“the d,splay
■ PITCH LOCK				comes..		■ HEXADECIMAL		DUMP
By hold,ng the PITCH button down d.r,ng				■ FONT LOCK		In thm mode, a(ldata rece,vedw,ll				beprlnted	,n
power-up. theprlntp(tchcan		only deselected		Byhold,ngthe FONT b.tton	d.r,ngpmver..p	a hexade., rnal dump format			rather than the
from the control	panel Th,s p,e”..l$ s. ft-			fonts can only be selected	from the control	control codes be,ng acted on as command
wme ,nterferen.e	You will hear..		acknowl-	panel. Thm prevents software ,nterferen.e		codes

■SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS ~

Several addlt[ona( funct[ons can be obtained by pres.mg the control panel buttons wtth the of f-hne state
■ FORM FEED					TOPof form
It you are .s,ng cut forms, th,s operation					Reverse micro-feed
elects the current page	If you	are .smg		I		I
fanfold forms, (t feeds to the top of the flext				I
P.9e
■ TOP OF FQRM
When you Power on the pr,nter, the top-of-
form pos,tio” ISautmnattcally Setto the cur.
rempos,t, on If!h,sis notwhereyo.		wa”tthe
topofthepage to be, yo. can change lhetop
of-form past,...
■ MICRO-FEED
For f,ne al,gmnent, y.. can fed the paper			Savemacro		Form feed
e,ther forward or reverse ,. V.V small mere.						I
ments				Bufler clearlAll reset
■ BUFFER CLEARfALL	RESET
Tum,ng power off IS orw way to clea, the			more thwe	~ SAVE	MACRO
buffer, but there ,s another way		cleared lfyo. hold these b.ttons
		seconds, you WIIIhear fhree beep tones and		You canstore thecurrentsetl,ngs tothepr,”te,
$le$s and hold the ON LINE and FONT				for later	use w,th the FONT butt..		and tho
		the printer Wllf be ,nmalz’ed to the power...
button m off-l,ne The bC” message shows				PITCH button comb,nat,ons
		default sett,ngs
on d,splq s,gnallng that the buffer has bee.					80833092		~