Loading Single Sheets, Automatic loading | Star Micronics LC24-200

LOADING SINGLE SHEETS

This sectionwill take you throughthe proceduresfor loadingsinglesheets of paper.

If youareusingthe optionalautomaticsheetfeeder(SF-10DQ),referto the ASF instructionbooklet.

Automatic loading

Singlesheetscan be loadedmanuallywith the power off, or automatically with the pwer on. We will start the easy way with automaticloading.

1.Place the paper guide in positionby insertingthe tabs, located on the bottomof the assembly,into the slots on the rear cover of the printer.

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Figure 1-10.Mounting the paper guide for single sheets

2.Adjustthe paperguidesto matchthe sizeof thepaper youwillbe using. Rememberthatprintingwillstartsomedistancefromtheleft-handedge of the carriage.

3.Tumonthe powerusingtheswitchlocatedatthefrontofthe printer.The printerwillbeep,indicatingthatthereisno paperinpositionforprinting. The orange POWER indicatorwill also flash to confirmthis.

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Star Micronics LC24-200 user manual Loading Single Sheets, Automatic loading

Contents

LC24-200 LC24-200ccmuR LC24-200 O M C9 t O t HOW to USE this Manual Page Features of the Printer Table of Contents Page Index Command Summary Locating the Printer Chapter Checking the carton contents Printer’s external psrts Identifying printer parts Seiting UP Installing the ribbon cartridge and the roller unitMounting the platen knob Installing the ribbon cartridge Pass the ribbon between the print head and print head shield Figure i-7.Install the roller unit onto the printer Installing the optional cartridge Connecting the interface cable Connecting the printer to your computer Automatic loading Loading Single Sheets 17. Loading a single sheet Manual loading Loading the paper from the rear of the printer Loading and Parking Fanfold Forms Rlgws 7-74.rvmun~tne ranrola paper over me Iraclor urms Cover 16.Pull up the tractor unit for bottom feeding Loading the paper from the bottom of the printer Paper parking Paper unparking Loading MULTI-PART Forms 18. Location of the adjustment lever Adjusting the Printing GAP Paper Type Memo Control Panel Operations Buttons and Indicators Paper Feed button Online button Pitch button SET/EJECT/PARK button Font button Short self-test POWER-UP Functions Long test mode Stay in Panel Pitch and Font Print area test modeStay in Panel Pitch Stay in Panel Font Lprint CHR$I Next Hexadecimal dump 0123456789=? Return Form feed Switch Combination FunctionsTop of form Reverse micro-feed Forward micro-feedChanging the auto loading value Clearing the buffer/All reset Store Macro Definition Selecting the print colorPage HOW to SET the EDS Mode Default Settings IBM#2 Functions of the EDS SeitingsOFF Standard IBMPage 17CPIDRAFT OFF 10CPILQ 10CPIDRAFT 10CPIHSDRAFT On OFF OFF On on OFF OFF on on on On on onOFF on OFF OFF OFF on Repeatthe processfor all printmodes Bidirectional TEST/ADJUSTMENT 88$ NT ADJUSTMENTsETTING Ascii Printer Control Commands Select draft elite characters Font Control CommandsSelect draft quality characters Select draft pica characters Select LQ condensed characters Select LQ charactersSelect LQ pica characters Select LQ elite characters Select LQ font Select LQ proportional charactersSelect font Double-strike printing Cancel emphasized printingSelect italic characters Emphasized printing Overlining Cancel double-strike printingStart underlining Stop underlining Select ornament character Select scoreSuperscript Select standard character set Cancel superscript or subscriptCharacter SET Commands Subscript S.A Select character set #1Select character set #2 Select international character set Enable printing of all character codes on next character Enable printing of all character codesSelect IBM code Elite pitch Select slash zeroSelect normal zero Pica pitch Condensed printing Cancel condensed printingCancel expanded printing Semi-condensed pitch Select proportional spacing Cancel one-line expanded printingExpanded printing for one line Select character width Select fixed spacing Select master print modeIncrease character spacing Select character size Select double or quadruple size Select character height, width, and line spacing Return to normal height Set line spacing to 1/6 inch Vertical Position CommandsSet line spacing to 1/8 inch Set line spacing to 7/60 or 7/72 inch Set line spacing to nl180 inch or n/216 inch Set base unit for line spacingSet line spacing to n/60 inch or n/72 inch Line feed Select forward feed modeSelect reverse feed mode Execute ESC a Set top of page at current position Perform one n/180-inch orn/216-inch line feedPerform one n/180-inch reverse line feed Feed paper n lines Set page length to ~ inches Cancel bottom marginSet bottom margin Set vertical tab stops Disable paper-out detectorEnable paper-out detector Return to top of current Vertical tab Set vertical tab stops every n linesSet vertical tab stops in channel Select vertical tab channel Set left margin Horizontal Position CommandsSet right margin Set automatic line feed Cancel automatic line feedSet left and right margins Carriage return Full justify Left justifyCenter text Right justify Horizontal tab Reset,all tab stopsSet horizontal tab stops Set horizontal tab stops every n columns Absolute horizontal tab in columns Relative horizontal tabRelative horizontal tab in inches Absolute ,horizontal tab in inches Print double-density, double-speed 8-bit graphics Graphics CommandsPrint normal-density 8-bit graphics Print double-density 8-bit graphics Print hex-density 24-bit graphics Select graphics mode Convert graphics density Define download characters Download Character Commands Draft LQpica LQproportional OCR-A Copy character set from ROM into RAMSelect download character set Shift download character area Select LQ pica download characters Select draft pica download character setSelect draft elite download character set Select draft condensed download characters Select ROM character set Select LQ elite download charactersSelect LGcondensed download characters Select LQ proportional download characters Set MSB to Color Selection CommandsOther Printer Control Commands Select print color Set printer off-line Cancel last lineAccept MSB as is Delete last character sent Unidirectional printing Stop printingBell Bidirectional printing Eject paper from ASF Reset printerManual feed Auto feed Download Characters Defining Your OWN Characters with Standard Mode Assigning the character data Assigning a value of character space Telephone symbol with normal LQ pica Lprint Diffusionrangesof Lprint CARS& Telephones Sample program 1410FOR 1=2TO 8LPRINTSCALE$ Nexti 1420LPRINT+-+ USA Assigning the download character set Defining Your OWN Characters with IBM Mode Assigning the character dot pattern Telephone symbol with LQ pica 4Fill.up the adjacent dot, then write the compressiondata Assigning the Index Table data 1180‘ Printoutprogram 1600 END Page MS-DOS and Your Printer Installing Application Software with Your Printer CPI Embedding Printer Commands C4 Yellow APRINT/T Programming the Printer with DOS Commands ESC Acopy README.DOC PRN ATYF’E README.DOC PRN APRINTREADME.DOC 1110 Programming with Basic 1550LPRINT To CW*2 Data 107 How the program works E .u Memo Troubleshooting Troubleshooting and Maintenance Powersupply ~g? Paper feeding Page 116 Replacing the Print Head Maintenance Iecfocove Specifications Frictionand rear push tractoror Cutsheet 11.7 Fanfold continuous +5V Character Sets Can Standard Character SET #1DLE SYN IY2 Iii Standard Character SET #2 Spain International Character SetsJapan IBM Character SET #2 129 130 Page 8 I 9 I a I B 133 CodePage #865 Nordic ~ E F F F IBM Character SET #1 IBM Special Character SET 1 1 1 6 6 6 * 3 2 7 7 7 7 3 2 Proportional Spacing Table INT Character Code # # # # It?x5 8 8 8 Std. w3 # $ 3 2 Qlm %2-R2 Inti Page 147 148 O i o3 7o h S Eoh Ori 150 ~-sj Memo Command Summary Page Page IBM Mode Page ESC Page