Forward micro-feed

For fine alignment, you can feed the paper forward in very small increments as follows:

1. Press the I ON LINE ] button to set the printer off-line.

2.Press the [ ON LINE I button again and hold it down.

3.While holding the I ON LINE 1button down, press the I PAPERFEED] button. The paper will start advancing in a series of small steps.

When you want to stop, release both buttons.

Reverse micro-feed

You can also feed the paper in small increments in reverse, to return to a higher position on the same page.

1. Press the I ON LINE I button to set the printer off-line.

2.Press the I ON LINE I button again and hold it down.

3.While holding the 1 ON LINE I button down, press the I EJECT/PARK] button. The paper will start moving backwards in a series of small steps. When you want to stop, release both buttons.

NOTE: Open the bail lever when the printer beeps intermittently and the “Er” message shows on the LCD display near the edge of the

Changing the auto loading position

Normally, the printer automatically ’loads the paper one line from the top edge. If you want to change this value, follow this procedure:

1.Load the paper by moving bail lever toward the front of the printer.

2.Change the print position using the micro feed function.

The value on the LCD display shows the micro-feed value from the

default position.

3. After you get the desired position, press the I ON LINE 1button to save the value.

This position will remain unless you power off the printer. If you want to retain this position even after you turn off the power, store it using the Macro Definition function, which is described later.

Note that you can only change this value immediately after loading paper. If you feed paper, you cannot change the auto loading value.

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Star Micronics LC24-20 user manual Forward micro-feed, Reverse micro-feed, Changing the auto loading position