Selecting Zoom mode print size

You can print at either 50% [half) or 67% (two-thirds) normal size by using the Zoom mode. This is useful for printing wide documents, such as spreadsheets, on a single sheet.

Change the zoom size as follows. Put the printer in not-ready mode. Hold down the (FONTjkey and press the [PAPER] key to cycle through the three zoom settings. The zoom light indicates the current selection as shown in the table below.

Zoom

Zoom light

50%On

67%Flashing

100%Off

Press the (-1 key to confirm your selection and put the printer back in ready mode.

The printer beeps once to indicate that 50% zoom has been selected, twice for 67%, or sounds a very short beep to indicate that Zoom mode has been cancelled; that is, 100% has been selected.

You can disable the Zoom feature by setting Electronic DIP Switch setting A4 to OFF (see page 41).

Note:

This setting has no effect if you are printing from a computer

 

running Windows

Selecting Quiet mode

To reduce the level of noise generated by the printer during operation, you can put the printer into Quiet mode. To do this, put the printer in ready mode and press the [FoNTI key. The printer will beep once and the

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Star Micronics LC24-30 user manual Selecting Zoom mode print size, Selecting Quiet mode

LC24-30 specifications

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