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Guide to this manual The LC24-30 Colour is essentially a very easy printer to use. However, it is also capable of a number of complex functions. This manual is divided into two main sec- tions: Section 1 consists of Chapters 1 to 3, Section 2 consists of Chapters 4 to 7. A glossary, table of contents, appendix and index are also provided for refere[...]

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Chapter 4 - Printer reference Introduction ............................................................................. 33 Using the control panel.. ........................................................ 34 Making Electronic DIP Switch settings ................................ 37 Selecting which emulation to use .................................[...]

Making adjustments to the printer ....................................... 63 Setting the print gap ..................................................................... .63 Adjusting vertical alignment ........................................................ .65 Testing the printer.. ................................................................ [...]

Appendix Specifications ........................................................................ 145 Default Electronic DIP Switch settings.. ............................. 149 Printer beep tones ................................................................ 150 Interface pin outs .................................................................. [...]

Chapter 1 Introduction Features This printer, the LC24-30 Colour, lets you print sharp, impressive-looking text and graphics, and has a wide range of features that will make it an indispensable companion for your personal computer at home or in the office. . High speed - the printer can print text at speeds of up to 240 characters per second. . Let[...]

Easy set-up - Electronic DIP Switch mode allows you to make power-on settings from the control panel. Utility software for IBM PC and compatible comput- ers also allows you to make these settings from your computer. Easy-to-use control panel - you can control the printer’s functions, make appropriate settings and determine the printer’s current[...]

In addition to these features, the printer can print on a variety of different sizes and types of paper: single sheets (also called cut sheets), fanfold paper (continuous computer paper with holes in the edges), and multi-part forms (allowing you to print several copies at once). Sin- gle sheets can be up to 11” wide, and fanfold paper can be up [...]

Paper guides Paper delivery selector Release lever Extension cover Interlace connector The printer I The printer with the front cover removed Page 4 level[...]

Parts The main components are shown in the two diagrams opposite. The paper guides and paper support hold single- sheets, setting their position so that they are fed into the printer correctly. The release lever grips single sheets as they are fed in. The lever should be pushed towards the back of the printer to hold single sheets properly, and rel[...]

The platen guides the paper through the printer and provides -a solid surface against which the print head can make an impression on the paper. The adjustment lever lets you adjust the position of the print head for differing thicknesses of paper and for multi-part forms. Page 6[...]

Chapter 2 Unpacking and setting up Choosing a place for the printer Keep the following points in mind when deciding where to put your printer. . Choose a firm, level surface where the printer will not be exposed to vibration. . Make sure that the printer is close enough to your computer for you to connect the two with your printer cable. . Allow 6?[...]

Unpacking the printer There should be five items in the box: the printer, a color ribbon cartridge, the paper support, a 3 l/2” floppy disk and this user’s manual. If anything is missing, contact the store where you bought the printer and ask them to supply the missing part. It is a good idea to keep the original box and all the packing materia[...]

Preparing the printer Place the printer in the spot you have chosen and carry out the following steps: Opening the front cover . Hook your fingers under the two small projecting tabs on either side of the front cover, grip the cover firmly and pull upwards. The front cover should open. . Now pull the cover up and forwards so that it swings open as [...]

Installing the ribbon cartridge . Turn the tension knob on the cartridge clockwise, to take the slack out of the ribbon. Tension knob, . Gently lower the cartridge into the cartridge holder. Make sure that the spindle on the cartridge holder fits into the socket on the base of the cartridge. Page 10[...]

. Carefully position the ribbon between the print head and the print head shield as shown. Print head shield bon Print head . Push down gently but firmly on the cartridge to make sure that it is properly in place. You should be able to feel a small amount of play (about 1 / 10” - 2.5mm) in the cartridge as you press down on it. . Check that the r[...]

. Close the front cover by swinging it down and push- ing down on the raised parts at the rear so that it fits firmly into place. Fitting the paper support . Fit the two tabs on the paper support into the rear cover slots as shown. Page 12[...]

Connecting the printer to your computer The printer and computer must be connected with a cable. The computer sends the documents that you want to print to the printer via this cable. A cable is not supplied with the printer. Make sure that the printer and computer are both switched off before you connect them. You will probably use a parallel cabl[...]

Secure the connector with the clips as shown. Note: Connection using the optional serial-to-parallel converter is described in Chapter 5. Page 14[...]

3 Setting up the printer in Windows The LC24-30 Colour is ideally suited for use with com- puters running Microsoft Windows system software. It works best with the newest version of Windows - Win- dows 3.1. If you are running a version of Windows ear- lier than 3.1, we recommend you upgrade your software to version 3.1. In particular, Windows 3.1 w[...]

. Click on Install Unlisted or Updated Printer in the list, so that this option is highlighted. . Click Install. A window prompts you to put in the floppy disk supplied with the printer. . Insert the disk with the printer driver file on it and click OK. A new list of printers appears. (If you have inserted the disk into a drive other than drive A, [...]

r Setting up the printer in MS-DOS IBM PC’s and compatibles running MS-DOS will usually work with a printer connected to the parallel port with- out any special set-up. Try printing out some text as follows: . Turn on the printer and start up your computer. l Type “PRINT” followed by the name of a text file, for example, “AUTOEXEC.BAT”, a[...]

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Chapter 3 Using the printer Loading paper The paper tray can hold up to 55 sheets of paper. To load the paper, use the following steps (for a description of how to load fanfold paper refer to page 76 of Chapter 5). . Move the release lever towards the back of the printer and pull the paper tray cover forward. Page 19[...]

. The paper guides move freely from side to side. Adjust the left-hand paper guide to the position you want. . Pick up your stack of paper. Page20[...]

. Cut sheet paper can sometimes stick together, caus- ing problems when the paper is drawn through the printer. To prevent this, flick through the stack of paper with your thumb. This helps ensure that each sheet of paper is loose within the stack and will be fed through the printer separately. . Now make sure that all the sheets are properly lined[...]

. Now place the paper in the paper tray. Paper guides . Adjust the right-hand paper guide so that the paper stack fits snugly between the guides. The paper must be able to slide down freely into the printer, but should not be able to move from side to side. . Push the paper tray cover closed. Page 22[...]

. Push the paper delivery selector up and back. Printed pages will now be delivered in a stack, face down. When you turn the stack of printed pages right-side up, the sheets will be in the order in which they were printed. Papa , delivery . Pull out the extension tray and pull out the stack wire to support the printed sheets. Extension tra Stack wi[...]

Ready mode and Not-Ready mode The printer is in “ready” mode when it is ready to receive and print documents sent by the computer. When the printer is in “not-ready” mode, you can use the control panel keys to change various printer settings. In “not-ready” mode, the printer cannot print anything. When the printer is on, the READY indic[...]

You can press the (READY] key to switch the printer between the two modes. Pressing (W] once puts the printer in ready mode: pressing [READV] again puts the printer in not-ready mode. Using the control panel The control panel’s purpose is to allow you to control the printer’s various functions and to see at a glance the printer’s set-up. Micr[...]

The green READY light on the right-hand side of the panel indicates whether the printer is in ready mode or not-ready mode, as already mentioned. The other six lights are always either on or off. The three lights on the left indicate the currently selected font. If you are printing from Windows, this set- ting has no effect. However, if you are usi[...]

Printing out your documents Printing documents is dependent on your operating sys- tem (Windows or MS-DOS). In Windows Unless you select otherwise in the application, Windows applications always print to the current Windows Default Printer. You have probably already made the LC24-30 Colour the Default Printer when you installed the printer driver f[...]

Start up the application program and select a printer. Choose one of the following in the order of preference shown: Star LC24-30 Colour Epson LO-860/l 060 The shaded printers are not color printers. You will not be able to print in color, if you select one of them. If none of the printers above is listed, choose one of the following, in order of p[...]

Using different fonts You can vary the appearance of your printed text by using different fonts. If you are unfamiliar with fonts (or typefaces), please refer to the section Introduction to fonts on page 50 of Chapter 4. The way in which you select different fonts depends on whether your computer is running Windows or MS-DOS. If you are using Windo[...]

In MS-DOS If you are using a computer running MS-DOS, you can use the control panel to select one of the 6 typeface fam- ilies built into the printer. Roman : 1234567890 ABCDE abcde Sanserif : 1234567890 ABCDE abcde Courier : 1234567890 ABCDE abcde Prestige : 1234567890 ABCDE abcde SC/Lip-t : 1234567890 ABCDE aJxxk Draft : 1234567890 ABCDE abcde Th[...]

Similarly, if only the middle light or bottom light is on, Courier or Script is selected. If two lights are on, the font whose name is between the two lights is the selected font. For example, if the lower two lights are on, Prestige is the selected font. Micro Feed ALT 0 Macro A Zoom a FF Prestige typeface selected Similarly, if the top two lights[...]

Using other printer features There are a number of other printer features that you may want to use. These features include the ability to use different types of paper, the ability to adjust the position of the paper very accurately, and the zoom fea- ture, which allows you to print documents at a reduced size. These are all described in Chapter 4, [...]

Chapter 4 Printer reference Introduction This chapter is intended as a comprehensive guide to the printer’s functions. It covers a wide range of topics, some that have been briefly described in the first three chapters and some that are new. Among the topics covered are the following: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the printer’s control panel [...]

Using the control panel The control panel allows you to control the printer’s var- ious functions and to see the printer’s current set-up. The control panel has more significance for MS-DOS users, since Windows takes care of feature selections, such as font selection. MS-DOS users must use the printer’s control panel to manage the printer’s[...]

such as the current font. The light is on when the printer is in ready mode. It flashes when it is in not- ready mode. The three lights arranged in the left-hand column of the panel show which font is currently selected. If a single light is on, the font next to that light is the currently selected font. For example, if the top light only is on, Ro[...]

the lights are off if these features are not in effect. These features are explained later on in this chapter. The control panel is also used to make Electronic DIP Switch settings. These feature settings come into effect each time the printer is switched on. See the following section for an explanation of how to make Electronic DIP Switch settings[...]

Making Electronic DIP Switch settings Dot-matrix printers usually have rows of thin, two-posi- tion switches (DIP switches) with which you can select various power-on settings, such as emulation (Epson or IBM), default font and print quality (Letter-Quality or draft). The LC24-30 Colour does not have DIP switches. Instead you can use the control pa[...]

Micro Feed ALT l Macro FF A Zoom Electronic DIP Switch Dl (print quality) selected Press the [FONT] and [PAPER] keys until the letter and number corresponding to the desired setting are shown. The READY light shows the current switch setting: ON or OFF. Use the (READY] key to change the setting. For example, to set the print quality setting to Draf[...]

When the printer is shipped from the factory, all switch settings are set to ON, except for Bl, the graphics direc- tion, which is set to OFF (uni-directional printing). The full list of Electronic DIP switch settings is as fol- lows : EDS setting Function Al Emulation A2 AEC (Automatic Emulation Change) Mode A3 A4 A5 Bl 82 83 B4 B5 Cl RAM usage Co[...]

EDS setting El Function ON OFF I I I E2 LO font selectIon I See below I E3 E4 E5 Reserved Reserved Al - Emulation The LC24-30 Colour can “emulate” either an Epson LQ- 860 or an IBM Proprinter X24E. To “emulate” means to “perform in the same way as”. The two printers offer dif- ferent sets of printable characters. Unless you are using an[...]

A3 - RAM usage If A3 is OFF, the printer is able to store patterns repre- senting characters that you have defined with the Epson or IBM printer commands (see Chapter 7). If A3 is ON, the printer can store the data it receives from the com- puter. This speeds up the printing process. However, it cannot store user-defined character patterns. A4 - Co[...]

B2 - Paper out If B2 is ON, the printer can detect when there is no more paper and will stop printing. If B2 is OFF, the printer can print right down to the bottom of the page. However, there is also the danger that it may print past the end of the paper, which may cause damage to the print head and platen. B3 - Ink ribbon type If B3 is ON, you can[...]

C4 and C5 - Print pitch Pitch is the number of characters in a one-inch line of text. If you want to print using 10 characters per inch text, C4 and C5 should be set to ON. The settings for other pitches are as shown in the table. Print pitch c4 c5 10 CPI ON ON 12 CPI ON OFF 15 CPI OFF ON 17 CPI OFF OFF Dl - Print quality If D 1 is ON, text is prin[...]

D3 to D 5 - IBM code page or international character set. Various special characters (for example, accented char- acters) are needed for different languages. For this rea- son, you can select variations on the standard character tables. These are known as code pages or international character sets. If the printer is in IBM emulation mode (Al is OFF[...]

El to E3 - LQ font selection If Letter Quality print mode is selected (Dl is set to ON), any of the following five fonts may be selected as the default font - the font that is current when the printer is powered on. Settings El to E3 select a font as shown in the table: Font El E2 E3 Roman ON ON ON Sanserlf OFF ON ON Courier Prestige ON OFF ON OFF [...]

Selecting which emulation to use The LC24-30 Colour can emulate both Epson and IBM dot-matrix printers. This means that the software appli- cations you use on your computer can treat the printer as if it were an Epson or an IBM printer. As a result, when you select a printer in your software application, you can select certain types of Epson or IBM[...]

To change the setting back to Epson mode, simply per- form the reverse procedure. From now on the printer will turn on in the mode you have selected. Connecting the printer to your computer There are two stages to connecting the printer and your computer. First you must physically connect them with a cable. Secondly, you must set up your software t[...]

If you are using the serial-to-parallel converter, you will need to make some switch settings on the converter and corresponding serial port settings in Windows. This is described in the section Serial- to-parcdZeZ interface con- uerter in Chapter 6. You should now be able to print from your Windows applications. Try printing a document from an app[...]

When you can print using the MS-DOS print command, try printing from an application. Start up an application program, such as your word- processor, and select a printer to print to, as described on page 27 of Chapter 3 (you may also need to consult the application’s manual). Now try printing a document from your application. If you have problems [...]

Using fonts and varying the appearance of text Introduction to fonts and typefaces A font is a collection of characters (letters, digits and punctuation symbols) of a particular design and size. The typeface of a font is the design style of the charac- ters. The typeface lends a font its distinctive appear- ance. There are hundreds of different typ[...]

character’s design. As a result, two different sentences that contain the same number of characters will occupy the same width if printed using a monospaced font, but will usually have different widths if a proportionally- spaced font is used. An example sentence in Courier. Identical number of characters. An example sentence in Bookman. Identica[...]

Scalable fonts Each character in a scalable font is defined as an outline shape. The computer converts the outline shape to a matrix of dots that forms the printed character. Hence, scalable fonts, such as the TrueType fonts on the floppy disk accompanying the printer, can be displayed on- screen and printed at any size. In Windows Installing True [...]

Selecting different fonts If you are running applications software under Windows, you will select fonts from within your applica- tion (refer to your application’s manual for details). Your applications software manual will tell you the vari- ous ways in which you can type-set your text on-screen so that it is ready to print out on the printer. Y[...]

Unless you have altered the setting, the pitch is set to 10 characters per inch. You can also select character pitch from software appli- cations programs. Consult the application’s manual for details. Preventing software font selection To prevent the font selection from being altered by a software application and to ensure that selections can be[...]

Using different types of paper You can use any of the following types of paper with your LC24-30 Colour printer: single sheets, fanfold paper and multi-part forms. Single sheets are individual, unconnected pieces of paper. They are also referred to as cut sheets. Up to fifty-five single sheets can be stacked in the paper tray and fed automatically [...]

You can also print using sheets of labels. We recom- mend that single sheet labels are used in preference to fanfold label paper. Note: Do not reverse feed label sheets. Fanfold forms Single sheets 5mm Bottom FClnll Smm 119mm Printable areas for single sheet and fanfold paper Page 56[...]

Useful printing features Portrait and landscape printing You can load paper into the printer in either portrait (upright) or landscape (widthwise) orientation, provided that the width of the paper does not exceed 11”. Hence, you can load Letter-sized paper in landscape orienta- tion, but not A4 paper. Note: Although Letter-sized paper can be load[...]

Pausing printing To temporarily interrupt printing, press the (READY] key. This puts the printer in not-ready mode. This allows you to check your print-out or change a setting using the control panel. To resume printing, press the (READY) key again to put the printer back in ready mode. Parking fanfold paper If you are using fanfold paper and want [...]

e Controlling the paper position There are a number of ways in which you can adjust the position of the paper in the printer. You can feed paper through a line at a time (paper feed), eject the current page (form feed) and feed the paper forwards and back- wards in very small steps (forward and reverse micro feed). You can also adjust the top-of-fo[...]

Reverse micro feed To feed the paper through the printer in reverse in small steps, first put the printer in not-ready mode. Hold down the (READY] key and press the [FONT] key. Each time you press the [FONT] key, the paper is fed backwards by a small amount. Setting the auto load position Each time the printer feeds in a sheet of paper, it always s[...]

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 (FONTj key and press the [PAPER] key to cycle through the thr[...]

Quiet indicator will light up, indicating that the printer is in Quiet mode. Printing will be slightly slower. To turn off Quiet mode, press the (FONT] key again while the printer is in ready mode. The printer will beep again to indicate that you have quit Quiet mode. Saving current settings (the Macro feature) You can save the following settings f[...]

Making adjustments to the printer Setting the print gap Paper comes in different weights, normally quoted in gsm (grams per square meter). 60 gsm and 90 gsm are typical figures. Heavier paper is thicker. Multi-part forms are generally thicker than single sheets or ordi- nary fanfold paper. The distance between the print head and the platen can be a[...]

It is a good idea to try out different settings in order to find out which setting gives the best print quality results. The table below gives recommended settings: Paper type Weight of each sheet Total thickness Position Single 14-24 Ibs (52-90 gsm) 0.07-0.12 mm 2or3 2-PlY 1 I-14 Ibs (40-52 gsm) 0.12-0.14 mm 3 3-P/Y 1 l-l 4 lbs (40-52 gsm) 0.18-0.[...]

Adjusting vertical alignment Note: You may never have to use this function. Use it only if graph- ics print-outs appear strange (as in the illustrations below). After you have been using your printer for some time, you may find that when you print graphics, the printed dots are slightly out of line with each other. For exam- ple, what you intend to[...]

*** DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING *** LQ -3 : +[FONT] [PAPERJ~ Each time you press either of these two keys, the printer prints a new test line and a new offset value. If you are using fanfold paper, the printer will reverse feed the paper before printing the test pattern again. After printing the pattern, the printer will feed the fan- fold paper back up[...]

Testing the printer Short test A short test prints out the version number of the soft- ware contained in the printer’s ROM, followed by seven lines of text. Each line is offset by one character from the line above. If the color ribbon is in use, each line will be printed in a different color. To perform a short test, power up the printer while ho[...]

c This test prints across the entire width of the carriage. It is a good idea to make sure that the printer is loaded with the widest possible paper available to avoid the possibility of damage to the print head or the platen. This test can generate many lines of text and graphics, so it is a good idea to use continuous fanfold paper rather than si[...]

. When the printer stops printing, put the printer in not-ready mode. The printer now prints the final line of the hexadecimal dump. . To resume normal operation, turn the printer off and on again. (Unless you switch it off and on the printer will continue to print in hexadecimal). Page 69[...]

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Chapter 5 Options The two optional accessories that you can purchase with your LC24-30 Colour printer are the push tractor unit (PT- 1 OQ), which allows you to print on fanfold paper (continuous stationery), and the serial-to-parallel inter- face converter (SPC-8K), which allows you to connect the printer to your computer via your computer’s 25-p[...]

Push tractor unit Installing the push tractor unit The push tractor unit allows you to print on continuous fanfold paper up to 10” wide. The push tractor unit con- sists of two end pieces joined by two silver metal rods. The metal rods have two black sliding tractor units and a black sliding support piece mounted on them. Install the push tractor[...]

. Hold the push tractor unit with your thumb and forefinger on the ridges near the top and with the slot facing towards you. Ridges _ . Hook the slots in the end pieces over the shaft just behind and above the platen roller. As seen from behind the printer Page 73[...]

. Using your forefinger and thumb squeeze the end piece levers against the rear part of the end pieces. Rotate the tractor feed unit downwards until the bottom of the levers fit snugly into the indentations in the metal plate inside the printer body. As seen from behind the printer As seen from behind the printer Page 74[...]

. Release the two levers and check that the tractor unit is properly secured. The unit is now locked in place. Make sure that the covers on both tractors are closed. . Close the rear cover by swinging it forwards and upwards. Click it firmly back into place. . Close the front cover. Page 75[...]

Loading fanfold paper Position the stack of fanfold paper behind the printer. Turn the printer off. Pull the release lever forward. If there is a single sheet that has been fed into the printer, remove it. Open the front cover by hooking your fingers under the two small projecting tabs on either side of the front cover. Grip the cover firmly and pu[...]

Lock the tractors in position by pushing the levers back down again. Open the covers on both tractors and position the paper by aligning the holes in the paper with the pins on the tractors. Ensure that the paper is properly aligned on the tractor pins. Otherwise, it may tear or jam. Close the tractor covers. If necessary, make any final adjustment[...]

. Press the [PAPER] key. The fanfold paper will be fed in to the starting position (if you want to adjust this position, use the procedure for setting the auto load position, described on page 60 of Chapter 4). Note: Keep the release lever in the forward position while printing on fanfold paper. Page 78 --[...]

Printing on fanfold paper Two useful features of the LC24-30 Colour that facilitate the use of continuous stationery are paper parking (fan- fold paper can remain installed in the printer while you temporarily switch to printing on single sheets), and the tear-off function (you can remove printed output with- out losing the current paper position).[...]

Perforation Bottom of Form 0 75 mm 0 a 0 If you need to use continuous multi-part forms, use the type which has both side edges glued together. Do not use forms with more than three parts. Make sure that the print gap is correctly set for the thickness of paper that you are using. Setting the print gap is described on page 63 of Chapter 4. Page80[...]

Parking paper If you want to use single sheets, but do not want to remove the fanfold paper, you can “park” the fanfold paper. . Tear off the paper at a perforation, so that not more than half a page protrudes above the paper delivery selector (if necessary, put the printer in not-ready mode and feed paper through by pressing the [@El?) key unt[...]

Using the tear-off function You can remove finished fanfold output without disturb- ing the current position of the paper. . Make sure that the printer is in ready mode, hold down the (READV] key and then hold down the [PAPER) key. Keep both keys held down. The printer starts to feed the paper through the printer. . Release both keys. The printer a[...]

Serial- to-parallel interface converter You can connect the printer to your computer via one of your computer’s serial ports using the serial-to-parallel converter (SPC-8K). To do this, you will also need an additional serial converter cable. To connect the printer to your computer using the serial-to-parallel converter, proceed as follows (you w[...]

. Plug the interface converter’s Centronics connector into the socket on the side of the printer. Secure it with the retaining clips. . Connect the interface connector’s 25-pin D-type connector to one end of the serial converter cable. . Plug the other end of the serial converter cable into one of your computer’s serial ports. The computer’[...]

Setting the converter’s DIP switches . Set the DIP switches on the converter so that the settings match the settings you intend to make on your computer. . The DIP switches on the serial-to-parallel converter correspond to the following settings. The equivalent settings that you will need to make in MS-DOS’s AUTOEXEC.BAT file, or in the Ports o[...]

Switch 3 1 Switch 4 Protocol 1 Protocol (or “handshaking”) is the communications con- vention used between the computer and printer to regu- late the flow of data. DTR is the most commonly used protocol. I OFF ON ETXIACK Baud rate is the rate in bits per second at which data is sent to the printer. Typically 9600 or 19200 is used. Switch 6 Swit[...]

Setting up a serial connection Make settings on your computer to correspond to the settings you have made using the DIP switches. On a Windows computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . Double-click the Control Panel icon in the Main win- dow. Double-click the Printers icon Make sure that LC24-30 Colour is selected in the Installed Printers list. Click on [...]

On an MS-DOS computer If you are using an IBM PC or compatible running MS-DOS, edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to include a line that reads: MODE LPTl:=COMn: n stands for a number: 1, 2, 3 etc. COMn must match the name of the serial port to which the serial-to-parallel converter is connected. Usually it will be COM2. This line sends printer output to th[...]