Star Micronics NL-10 user manual Getting to Know Your Printer, Controls and Parts of the Printer

CHAPTER 2

GETTING TO KNOW

YOUR PRINTER

Subjects we’ll cover in Chapter 2 include -

•Parts of the printer - what they’re for and how to use them;

•Paper selection and loading;

•Adjustment.

CONTROLS AND PARTS OF THE PRINTER

Parts of the printer

First, we’ll go over the parts of the printer. You saw most of these when you unpacked your printer. Now we’ll give you a brief explanation of what they do. (For details on the initial set-up of this printer, with all components in place, see Chapter 1.)

PRINTER COVER - This protects the ribbon and the print head from dust and dirt, and cuts down the sound of the printer.

PAPER GUIDE - As you’ve guessed, this flat plastic molding guides the paper during printing (it is raised for single sheets and lies flat for sprocket-feed paper). POWER CORD - This cord connects the printer to its power souce, usually a wall outlet. It’s located at the left rear of the printer.

PRINT HEAD - This is the unit that does the actual printing. Like the strike lever in a typewriter, tiny, stiff wires in the print head hit the paper through a ribbon.

TRACTOR FEED UNIT - The drive gear and sprockets of the tractor feed unit move sprocket-feed paper through the printer.

PLATEN - This is the rubber cylinder that carries paper to the print head.