Star Micronics LC24-20 user manual Clearing the buffer/All reset, Save Macro Definition

Clearing the buffer/All reset

The printer stores received data in a large memory buffer. This creates a problem when you want to abandon a printingjob and restart: the printermtiy beholding more data in itsbufferthan it hasactuallyprinted. and this unprinted data must be cleared out before restarting. Turning power off is one way to clear the buffer, but there is another way:

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Halt the printing program on the computer. If printing stops immediately, the buffer is clear and the rest of this procedure is unnecessary. If printing does not stop. continue as follows:

Press the I ON LINE I button to set the printer off-line. Printing will now stop. but there may be data remaining in the buffer.

Press and hold the I ON LINE 1button.

While pressingthe I ON LINE Ibuttondown, pressandholdthe 1 FONT I button. Continue holding these two buttons down, you will hear a beep tone and the ‘-bC’-message appears on the LCD display. If you hold these buttons down longer. you will hear three beep tones and the printer has been initialized to the power-on default settings.

Release these buttons, make any necessary control panel settings, then set the printer back on-line.

It is essential to stop the printing program on the computer before you go off- line. Otherwise, when you go back on-line the computer will start sending data again and the printer will continue printing. with missing data from when the buffer was cleared.

Save Macro Definition

You can save the current settings to the printer for later use with the following procedure:

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

Press the = button and hold it down.

While holding the EZ12NlZbutton down, press the ERTCHlbutton and hold them down untilthe 6’MACRO’’messageappearson the LCDdisplay. Release both buttons at the same time after this message appears on the LCD display to save the current setting.

If you release these buttons after the “MACRO” message has gone out on the display, the macro has been cleared.

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