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Star Micronics LS-5 TT, LS-5 EX operation manual Font Cartridge Problems, Optional Hardware

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7.3.2 Font Cartridge Problems

7.3.2 Font Cartridge Problems

The font cartridge is plugged into the printer. It should not be inserted or withdrawn while the DATA LED is continuously lit. If’someone does this, the screen will indicate “CARTRIDGE ERROR”. The printer must be reinitialized by turning off the power and then on again.

If a font cartridge is removed while the DATA LED is blinking, the screen will display “REINSERT CART”. in this case, the operator must insert the

font cartridge or press (-). If (~) is pressed, the printer will select the closest font.

MessageMeaning

CARTRIDGEERROR Fontcartridge is removed while DATA LED is on

REINSERT CART. Fontcartridge isremoved while DATA LED is blinking

Action

Turn the power off then on again to initialize the printer

insert the cartridge or press

-

7.3.3 Optional Hardware

The following messages will be displayed if necessary optional hardwares (e.g. RAM expansion board) have been removed.

MessageMeaning

INSUFFICIENTRAM full page mode is se- lected; no expansion RAM installed

INSUFFICIENTRAM full page mode and REP is selected; 1MB expan- sion RAM installed

NO EMUL. BOARD emulation of the board is selected; no emulation board installed

Action

repower-up with expansion RAM board, or press

-

repower-up with 2MB (or more)expansionRAM board, or press (-)

repower-up with the emula- tion board,or press (-)

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Star Micronics LS-5 TT, LS-5 EX operation manual Font Cartridge Problems, Optional Hardware

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LS- EX LS- TT OPERATION MANUAL80825800 Th,Oh,,,rtuten,tlisupp0111to printers marketed in the U.S.A Safety NoticesFederal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference StatementThe uhmv statement uplierorrlj,to printers marketed in Cunudu Safety Notices for FinlandStatement of The Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference RegulationsTABLE OF CONTENTS 1. How to Use This Manual2. Setting Up the Star LS-5 Series Printer Paper Feed 82 Expansion RAM Board and RAM Module 8.2.1 Installing the RAM Module on the Board8.2.2 Installing the RAM Board into the Printer 9.4.1 Printer Control Language PCL CommandsManual How to Use This m‘” “1.1 LASER PRINTING Page 1.2 PRINTER COMPONENTS Front Viewslot Rear View Inside ViewPower receptacle 1.3 PRINTER FEATURES Page Page A three-pronged outlet Setting Up the Star E!i‘” “ LS-5 Series PrinterEnvironmental control A large, strong table or stand2.1.1 Unpacking the Printer 2.1 UNPACKING3. Remove the packing material from around the printer @./,7 w@ / t I 2.1.3 Optional Items 2.1.2 Checking the Parts2.1.4 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 CoverImportant Notice 2.2 INSTALLING THE TONER CARTRIDGE3. Open the aluminum bag containing the toner cartridge and remove it Page NOTE Do not touch the rollers and the gears inside the printer 2.3.1 Selection of Paper 2.3 LOADING PAPER2.3.2 Loading Paper Into the Front Paper Tray Installing the Front Paper TrayPage 2. Adjust the side guide to the desired paper size Loading PaperPage Removing the Front Paper Tray 5. Detach the left side of the tray 6. Close the front tray cover 2.3.3 Loading Paper Into the Paper Cassette 1.Remove the paper cassette from the printer2. Pinch the end guide and slide it back as far as it will go Page 6. Align the edges of the paper CAUTION Do not stack the paper higher than the limit mark7. Slide the end guide to touch the paper edge Make sure the paper edge is under the plastic tab of the end guide8. Insert the paper cassette into the printer 9. Adjust the output tray to the desired paper size 2.4 CONNECTING THE POWER CORD 2.5 CONNECTING THE INTERFACE CABLE Page 3.1 FRONT PANEL Initial Operation3.1.1 Powering Up PRINT ERROR SKZP3.1.2 The Buttons ON LINETEST RESET/VF sELEcT press 3.1.3 Light Indicators 3.2.1 Printing Test Sheets 3.2 SELF TEST3.2.2 Status Sheet Description Page 3.3 PROGRAMMING FROM THE CONTROL PANEL ERROR Page MEMO Quick Start with the Am DA Tutorial 4.1 PRELIMINARIESPage 4.2.1 Basic Operation 4.3 CONNECTING THE PRINTER TO THE COMPUTER 4.3.1 Selecting the Serial Interface ONLINE t ONLINE b 4.3.2 Selecting the Auto Selection4.4 RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT PROCEDURE 45.1 Feeder Selection 4.5 PAPER FEED4.5.2 Paper Size PROGRAM r 4.6 PRINTING IN LANDSCAPE ORIENTATION4.7 PRINT DENSITY 4.8 SAVING THE SETTING 4.9 RETURNING TO FACTORY SETTINGS 4.10 SELECTING DISPLAY LANGUAGE MEMO 5.1 PRINTING A FONT LIST 5.2 SELECTING FONTS o t s l o t dPage Mt S E!‘ “a L S P 6.1 REPLACING THE TONER CARTRIDGE4 O 3 O7 A 6 PPage 6.2 PRECAUTIONS FOR THE TONER CARTRIDGE 6.3 CLEANING THE EXTERIOR OF THE PRINTER T r o 7.1 ERROR MESSAGES DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN7.2 SERVICE CALL MESSAGES 7.2.1 Engine Service Call Messages7.2.2 Controller Service Call Messages CRC e 7.3 OPERATOR CALL MESSAGES 7.3.1 Engine Problems7.3.3 Optional Hardware 7.3.2 Font Cartridge ProblemsTRAYCHANGE ‘??’.the paper size indicated with ?’?? is required 7.3.4 Change Paper Sizefollow procedure above follow procedure above follow procedure above CASSCHANGE ??? the paper size indicated with ???isrequired cas- sette7.3.5 Manual Paper Feed 7.4.1 Host Communication Problem 7.4 OPERATOR INFORMATION MESSAGES7.4.2 Function or Size Incompatibility E~~,~R 7.4.3 Font CartridgeMessageMeaning Action7.5 STATUS MESSAGES 7.6 PAPER JAMMING ’~”--””””””’”~that paper is loaded in the paper cassette properly Follow the procedures below to clear the paper jam3. Release the side latches to open the front cover 7.7.1 White Streaks 7.7 STREAKYor 8 times, to distribute the toner evenly 7.7.2 Stains on Transparency Films 8.1 FEEDER UNIT AND CASSETTE Options AmSize WeightCassette Type TypeSetting 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 ’ .,./ ‘.~ and turn on the printer paper8.2 EXPANSION RAM BOARD AND RAM MODULE 8.2.1 Installing the RAM Module on the BoardTo 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 inPage 8.3 FONT CARTRIDGE 8.4 TRUEIMAGE BOARD 6. Remount the metal plate in place and secure it with three screws W/-” Reference 9.1 SPECIFICATIONSPaper feeding 9.2 RELIABILITY 9.3 PIN FUNCTIONS ON INTERFACES Signal Pin No. NameDirectionFunction Direction SignalSerial interface Pin NoPage dej5nition commands 9.4 COMMAND SUMMARY9.4.1 Printer Control Language PCL Commands Job control commandsESC & p n X charater dutu Miscellaneous output commandsFont selection commands Positioning the cursorGraphics commands Creating and downloading fontsESC s n W descriptor and data Macro commands and status group 9.4.2 GU2 CommandsSet-up commands Con.gurationCharacter group Polygon groupLine andfill attributes groupSelect primary font Maths operators 9.4.3 TrueImage Operators Stack operatorsPath construction upcrcuur‘----4 Logical operatorsPut int into string at index Painting operatorsString operators Array operatorsarra2 Packed array operatorsDictionary operators at ilzde.rif bool Control operatorsType and attribute operators increment to finishClose,file’ Font operatorsFont cache operators File operatorsFunction Virtual memory operatorsMiscellaneous operators OperatorFill nzatri.n with matrixl x matrixz Coordinate operatorsStar original operators Device set-up operatorsErrors 9.5 CHARACTER SET TABLES ISO 60 Norwegian Roman Extension ISO 25 French HP German ISO 15 Italian JIS ASCII E.01 ECMA-94 LatinECMA-94 Latin ISO 11 Swedish J-lo-l1-1o-1 US-ASCII ISO 61 Norwegian ISO 4 UK ISO 69 French ISO 21 German Page Page ISO 17 Spanish ISO 2 IRV A B c D E F S0 10 SwedishISO 16 Portuguese I 84 Portuguese ISO 85 Spanish 1.53 Roman-8 IBM-PCUS IBM-PCUS IBM-PCDenmark7Norway IBM-PCDenmark7Norway PC-850 c D E F M#$%&f*+,-./0123456789 =?C!M3CDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSI 9.6 RESIDENT FONT SAMPLES9.6.1 PCL5 Fonts “#$%& ‘*+,-./012.3456789@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPORSTUVWXYZ U”-’abcdefghijklmnopqmtuvwxyz\ B ‘abcdefgh~k/mnopqrstuwxyz 9.6.2 TrueImage FontsCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYY @A -’abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzl CDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ flACDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTU V WXYZ \ ‘ ‘obcdefghjklmnopqrsfu vwxYz CDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1”-abcdefghijklm nopqrstuvwxyzz \1 ‘- ‘abcdefghi jklmnopqrs tuv Wxyz T@ABCDEFGH1~KLMNOpQRSTUWXy 2\“ ‘abcdef gh i jklmnopqrs t uv Wxyz“#$Y!&’*+,-. /O123456789=?K @UICDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWDEFGHIJKI.MNOP~R,VY-UVWXYZIIA ijM13CDEFGHZJKLMN0pQRSTWW XYZ\A’ubcdefgh~klmnopqrstuu IuxlJzI“#$%& ‘j*+,712-., 4..$56?89-~~~?@.WC TimesNewRomanItalicDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ \ ‘-’abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz l 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 Page Index P ~l Page Consumer Response Page PRINTED IN JAPAN