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OPERATION MANUAL
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2. Setting Up the Star LS-5 Series Printer
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. How to Use This Manual
Paper Feed
8.2.2 Installing the RAM Board into the Printer
8.2.1 Installing the RAM Module on the Board
9.4.1 Printer Control Language PCL Commands
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1.1 LASER PRINTING
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1.2 PRINTER COMPONENTS
Front View
Power receptacle
Rear View
Inside View
1.3 PRINTER FEATURES
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Environmental control
Setting Up the Star E!i‘” “ LS-5 Series Printer
A large, strong table or stand
A three-pronged outlet
2.1.1 Unpacking the Printer
2.1 UNPACKING
3. Remove the packing material from around the printer
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I 2.1.3 Optional Items
2.1.2 Checking the Parts
2.1.4 Carrying the Printer
2.1.5 Opening and Closing the Printer
Opening the Cover
Using both hands, lift he cover and close it gently until it latches
Closing the Cover
Important Notice
2.2 INSTALLING THE TONER CARTRIDGE
3. Open the aluminum bag containing the toner cartridge and remove it
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NOTE Do not touch the rollers and the gears inside the printer
2.3.1 Selection of Paper
2.3 LOADING PAPER
2.3.2 Loading Paper Into the Front Paper Tray
Installing the Front Paper Tray
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2. Adjust the side guide to the desired paper size
Loading Paper
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Removing the Front Paper Tray
5. Detach the left side of the tray 6. Close the front tray cover
2. Pinch the end guide and slide it back as far as it will go
2.3.3 Loading Paper Into the Paper Cassette
1.Remove the paper cassette from the printer
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6. Align the edges of the paper
CAUTION Do not stack the paper higher than the limit mark
8. Insert the paper cassette into the printer
7. Slide the end guide to touch the paper edge
Make sure the paper edge is under the plastic tab of the end guide
9. Adjust the output tray to the desired paper size
2.4 CONNECTING THE POWER CORD
2.5 CONNECTING THE INTERFACE CABLE
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3.1 FRONT PANEL
Initial Operation
3.1.1 Powering Up
3.1.2 The Buttons
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ON LINE
PRINT
TEST
RESET/V
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3.1.3 Light Indicators
3.2.1 Printing Test Sheets
3.2 SELF TEST
3.2.2 Status Sheet Description
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3.3 PROGRAMMING FROM THE CONTROL PANEL
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4.1 PRELIMINARIES
Quick Start with the
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4.2.1 Basic Operation
4.3 CONNECTING THE PRINTER TO THE COMPUTER
4.3.1 Selecting the Serial Interface
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ONLINE b
4.3.2 Selecting the Auto Selection
4.4 RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT PROCEDURE
45.1 Feeder Selection
4.5 PAPER FEED
4.5.2 Paper Size
PROGRAM r
4.6 PRINTING IN LANDSCAPE ORIENTATION
4.7 PRINT DENSITY
4.8 SAVING THE SETTING
4.9 RETURNING TO FACTORY SETTINGS
4.10 SELECTING DISPLAY LANGUAGE
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5.1 PRINTING A FONT LIST
5.2 SELECTING FONTS
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6.1 REPLACING THE TONER CARTRIDGE
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6.2 PRECAUTIONS FOR THE TONER CARTRIDGE
6.3 CLEANING THE EXTERIOR OF THE PRINTER
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7.1 ERROR MESSAGES DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN
7.2.2 Controller Service Call Messages
7.2 SERVICE CALL MESSAGES
7.2.1 Engine Service Call Messages
CRC e
7.3 OPERATOR CALL MESSAGES
7.3.1 Engine Problems
7.3.3 Optional Hardware
7.3.2 Font Cartridge Problems
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7.3.4 Change Paper Size
CASSCHANGE ??? the paper size indicated with ???isrequired cas- sette
TRAYCHANGE ‘??’.the paper size indicated with ?’?? is required
7.3.5 Manual Paper Feed
7.4.2 Function or Size Incompatibility
7.4.1 Host Communication Problem
7.4 OPERATOR INFORMATION MESSAGES
MessageMeaning
7.4.3 Font Cartridge
Action
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7.5 STATUS MESSAGES
7.6 PAPER JAMMING
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that paper is loaded in the paper cassette properly
Follow the procedures below to clear the paper jam
3. Release the side latches to open the front cover
7.7.1 White Streaks
7.7 STREAKY
or 8 times, to distribute the toner evenly
7.7.2 Stains on Transparency Films
8.1 FEEDER UNIT AND CASSETTE
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Cassette Type
Weight
Type
Size
Setting Up
4. Release the side latches and open the front cover. Then remove the toner cartridge from the printer
7. Make sure the four projections fit into the four holes
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and turn on the printer
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8.2 EXPANSION RAM BOARD AND RAM MODULE
8.2.1 Installing the RAM Module on the Board
To install the module, align the connectors on both the board and the module, then slide it all the way in
8.2.2 Installing the RAM Board into the Printer
6. Remount the metal plate in place and secure it with three screws
5. Insert the board into the left side, then slide it all the way in
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8.3 FONT CARTRIDGE
8.4 TRUEIMAGE BOARD
6. Remount the metal plate in place and secure it with three screws
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Reference
9.1 SPECIFICATIONS
Paper feeding
9.2 RELIABILITY
DirectionFunction
9.3 PIN FUNCTIONS ON INTERFACES
Signal Pin No. Name
Serial interface
Signal
Pin No
Direction
9.4.1 Printer Control Language PCL Commands
9.4 COMMAND SUMMARY
Job control commands
Page dej5nition commands
Font selection commands
Miscellaneous output commands
Positioning the cursor
ESC & p n X charater dutu
ESC s n W descriptor and data
Graphics commands
Creating and downloading fonts
Macro commands
Set-up commands
9.4.2 GU2 Commands
Con.guration
and status group
Line andfill
Polygon group
attributes group
Character group
Select primary font
Maths operators
9.4.3 TrueImage Operators Stack operators
Path construction upcrcuur‘----4
Logical operators
String operators
Painting operators
Array operators
Put int into string at index
Dictionary operators
Packed array operators
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Type and attribute operators
Control operators
increment to finish
if bool
Font cache operators
Font operators
File operators
Close,file’
Miscellaneous operators
Virtual memory operators
Operator
Function
Fill nzatri.n with matrixl x matrixz
Coordinate operators
Star original operators
Device set-up operators
Errors
9.5 CHARACTER SET TABLES ISO 60 Norwegian
Roman Extension
ISO 25 French
HP German
ISO 15 Italian
JIS ASCII
E.01
ECMA-94 Latin
ECMA-94 Latin
1-1o-1
ISO 11 Swedish
J-lo-l
US-ASCII
ISO 61 Norwegian
ISO 4 UK
ISO 69 French
ISO 21 German
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ISO 17 Spanish
ISO 2 IRV
A B c D E F
S0 10 Swedish
ISO 16 Portuguese
I 84 Portuguese
ISO 85 Spanish
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Roman-8
IBM-PCUS
IBM-PCUS
IBM-PCDenmark7Norway
IBM-PCDenmark7Norway
PC-850
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9.6.1 PCL5 Fonts
9.6 RESIDENT FONT SAMPLES
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CDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYY @A -’abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzl
9.6.2 TrueImage Fonts
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CDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1”-abcdefghijklm nopqrstuvwxyz
T@ABCDEFGH1~KLMNOpQRSTUWXy 2\“ ‘abcdef gh i jklmnopqrs t uv Wxyz
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ijM13CDEFGHZJKLMN0pQRSTWW XYZ\A’ubcdefgh~klmnopqrstuu IuxlJzI
“#$Y!&’*+,-. /O123456789=?K
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TimesNewRomanItalic
Glossary
Pitch - the width of a typeface measured in characters per inch
Portrait - printing on paper across its narrower dimension. such as a letter on paper that is 8.5 in. wide and 11 in. high portrait pictures are usually taller than they are wide
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Index
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Consumer Response
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