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Star Micronics NX-I 00011 Orator prints this way with switch 1-3 OFF.

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Switchl-l: Is the page length of your paper 11 inchesor

Leave this switch ON if you willbe using 1l-inch forms.

OFF positionif you will be using 12-inch forms.

Switch1-2: Do you want an automatic carriage return?

12inches?

Move it to the

Leave this switch ON. The printer willautomatically perform acarriage

return bymoving to the leftmargin at each line feed. Evenif your software

sendsaseparate carriage-return code, an extra carriage return doesno harm

because two consecutivecarriage returns are the same as one. Very few

programs require this switchto be OFF.

Switch1-3: When you select the Orator type style on the control panel,

do you want lower-caseletters to print as lower case (OFF)

or as smallcapitals (ON)?

Take your pick from the samplesbelow. Note that lower-caseOrator does

not have descendersfor the letters g, j, p, q, and y.

ORATOR PRINTS THIS WAY WITH SWITCH 1-3 ON.

Orator prints this way with switch 1-3 OFF.

Switch 14: Are you goingto use the automatic sheet feeder (ASF)?

To use the automatic sheet feeder,move this switch to the OFF position.

Otherwiseleave it ON.

Switch1-5: Do you want the printer to stop printing about an inch from

the end of the paper, or to keep printing to the bottom?

Leave this switchON except when you need to print very close to the end

of the paper. When this switchis OFF the printer ignores the paper-out

detector and prints down to (and beyond)the bottom edge.

Switch1-6: Do, you want to use the printer in standard mode or IBM

mode?

Selectthe mode compatible with your computer and software. In standard

modethe printer operates like theEpson LX-800. In IBM mode it operates

likethe IBM Proprinter II. The ON position selects standard mode. The

OFF positionselects IBM mode.

Switch1-7: The action of this switch depends on the mode chosen with

switch 1-6.

Ifyou selectedstandard mode, doyou wantitalicsor graphic charactes?

Leave this switchON to print italics in the standard character set. If you

setthis switchto theOFF position, inplace ofitalicsyou will getthe graphic

characters, international characters, and mathematical symbols of IBM

character set#2. See Appendix D, character codes 128 to 254.

If you selectedIBM mode, do you want IBM character set #1 or #2?

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