Star Micronics LC-8521 manual

LC-8521 USER’S MANUAL DOT MA TRIX PRINTER[...]

CE Manufacturer's Declaration of Conformity EC Council Directive 89/336/EEC of 3 May 1989 This product, has been designed and manufactured in accordance with the International Standards EN 50081-1/01.92 and EN 50082-1/01.92, following the provisions of the Electro Magnetic Compatibility Directive of the European Communities as of May 1989. EC [...]

About this manual This manual describes how to set up, use, and care for the Star LC-8521 printer. The following is a list of what you can expect to find in each chapter. Chapter 1 Choosing a place for your printer , unpacking and setup, ribbon cassette installation, loading paper , connecting to your computer Chapter 2 How to use the control panel[...]

Contents Chapter 1: Printer Setup ... 1 Choosing a place for the printer ... 1 Unpacking the printer ... 2 General guide ... 3 Removing the protective materials ... 4 Installing the platen knob ... 5 Opening the front cover ... 5 Installing the ribbon cassette ... 6 Removing the ribbon cassette ... 7 Connecting to a power outlet and turning power o[...]

Saving a macro ... 26 Clearing the printer ’ s buffer ... 26 Initializing the printer ... 27 Entering the Multi-part Mode ... 27 Chapter 3: Using the EDS Mode ... 28 About EDS Mode settings ... 28 Entering the EDS Mode ... 28 Selecting a bank ... 29 Selecting a switch ... 30 Changing a switch setting ... 30 Printing the current switch settings ..[...]

Chapter 7: P aper Handling ... 57 Selecting paper types ... 57 Adjusting for paper thickness ... 58 Automatic fanfold feeding ... 59 Manual sheet feeding ... 60 Clearing paper jams ... 62 Chapter 8: Optional Accessory ... 63 Serial-to-Parallel Converter (SPC-8K) ... 63 Connecting the Interface Converter ... 64 Setting the converter ’ s DIP switch[...]

Appendix F: Glossary ... 102 Appendix G: Control P anel Operation Guide ... 103[...]

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1 Chapter 1: Printer Setup This chapter contains important information on setting up your printer. Be sure to read this chapter carefully before using the printer for the first time. In this chapter you will learn about: ❏ Choosing a place for the printer ❏ Unpacking and setting up the printer ❏ Installing the ribbon cassette ❏ Loading pape[...]

2 Printer Setup Unpacking the printer Check to make sure that the carton contains each of the items shown in the following illustration. If anything is missing, contact the store where you bought the printer and ask them to supply the missing part. Note that it is a good idea to keep the original box and all the packing materials just in case you n[...]

General guide 3 General guide The following illustrations show the major components of your printer. Front cover Adjustment lever Paper guide Release lever Power switch Document table Control panel Platen knob Parallel Interface  connector Serial Interface  connector[...]

4 Printer Setup Removing the protectiv e materials Two packing materials are inserted into the printer to protect components during shipping. Before using the printer, be sure to remove all packing materials from inside the front cover and the document table as shown in the illustration. Document table Cardboard Front cover[...]

Installing the platen knob 5 Installing the platen knob The platen knob is packed into a recess in the packaging material. ❏ Install the knob on the shaft located inside the large hole on the right side of the printer. Make sure that the flat side of the shaft is aligned with the corresponding flat surface inside the knob’s spindle. Press the k[...]

6 Printer Setup Installing the ribbon cassette ❏ Make sure that the printer is unplugged from its power outlet. ❏ Open the front cover of the printer . ❏ By hand, move the cartridge holder to the center position of the paper guide where there is a cutout to allow easy installation and removal of the ribbon cassette. Important! Never try to mo[...]

Removing the ribbon cassette 7 ❏ Press down gently but firmly on the cassette until it snaps securely into place. ❏ Rotate the knob on the cassette again to take up any slack. ❏ Close the front cover of the printer . Important! Printing that is poor quality or too light is almost always due to a ribbon that is simply worn out or “used up. [...]

8 Printer Setup Important! Never try to mo ve the print head while the printer is plugged into a power outlet. Doing so can damage the printer . If you have just used the printer , let the print head cool for a few minutes befor e you touch it. ❏ Using your thumb and forefinger to squeeze the two tabs on the ribbon cassette towards the center , [...]

Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off 9 Connecting to a po wer outlet and turning po wer on and off ❏ Lift up the back of the printer and insert two books or other similar objects underneath it to keep the printer raised and connect the power cord. ❏ Plug the power cord of the printer into a standard power outlet whose volta[...]

10 Printer Setup Caution! Whenever you turn of f the power , wait at least five seconds befor e turning it back on; otherwise you may dama ge the printer . W e recommend that you unplug the printer fr om the power outlet whenever you do not plan to use it for long periods. Because of the this, you should locate the printer so that the power outlet[...]

Loading fanfold paper 11 Important! T o pr otect against paper jams, make sur e that the fanfold paper is stacked in a position that is lower than the printer . T o decrease paper jams, be sur e that the perforations cannot catc h on anything in the paper path. ❏ Unplug the printer from its AC power supply . ❏ Pull the release lever on the Fron[...]

12 Printer Setup ❏ Unlock the tractor on the left (when viewing the printer from behind) by pulling its blue lever up, and adjust the position of the left tractor . Note that there is a guide inside the printer in front of the left tractor. The ▲ mark of the guide indicates where the left margin of the printing will be. ❏ Once the left tracto[...]

Loading fanfold paper 13 ❏ Plug the printer back into its AC power source. The printer will beep a number of times to indicate that paper is not loaded. ❏ Press the control panel’ s P APER FEED button and the paper will feed to the starting position.[...]

14 Printer Setup Printing on fanfold paper When printing on fanfold paper, take care not to print too close to the perforations that separate each sheet. The following shows the recommended print area for fanfold paper, cut-sheet paper, Labels and Envelope. 4 mm (0.16") *1 18 mm First page Last page 18 mm (0.7") 4 mm (0.16") 4 mm [...]

Parking fanfold paper 15 P arking fanfold paper It is not necessary to remove fanfold paper currently loaded in the printer in order to print on cut-sheet paper fed by hand. Instead, simply use the following procedure to park the fanfold paper. ❏ T ear off the paper at a perforation so there is no more than half a page sticking out of the front c[...]

16 Printer Setup ❏ T ear off the paper . ❏ When you resume printing, the printer reverse feeds the paper to its former position. Connecting to your computer with a parallel cable The printer is equipped with a parallel interface as standard. It does not come with a cable, so you must separately purchase one that matches the needs of your comput[...]

17 Important! Make sur e that the printer is unplugged fr om the A C outlet and that the computer is turned off befor e connecting them. ❏ Plug one end of the parallel cable into the parallel port of your computer . The parallel port should be labeled “Printer ,” “Parallel,” “PRN,” “LPT1,” or something similar . ❏ Lift up the ba[...]

18 Printer Setup Connecting to your computer with a serial cable The printer is equipped with a serial interface as standard. It does not come with a cable, so you must separately purchase one that matches the needs of your computer. You will probably want to use a standard serial (RS-232C) cable when connecting to the printer’s serial interface.[...]

Connecting to your computer with a serial cable 19 ❏ Plug one end of the serial cable into the serial port of your computer . The parallel port should be labeled “COM1,” “COM2,” or something similar . ❏ Lift up the back of the printer and insert two books or other similar objects underneath it to keep the printer raised. ❏ Plug the ot[...]

20 Control Panel Operations Chapter 2: Control P anel Operations The control panel gives you push-button control over the printer’s operations. It includes indicator lights, which tell you the current status of the printer at a glance. This chapter describes control panel functions that can be performed while the printer is turned on and either o[...]

Selecting a font 21 Selecting a font ❏ Make sure the printer is off-line ( ON LINE indicator is not lit). ❏ Press FONT to change the font selection. An indicator lights to the left of the name of the font that is currently selected. Note: The font setting you make with the above pr ocedure can be c hanged if the softwar e you are using o verrid[...]

22 Control Panel Operations Setting the character pitch The character pitch setting controls how many characters are printed per inch. Use the following procedure to select the pitch you want. ❏ Make sure the printer is off-line ( ON LINE indicator is not lit). ❏ Press PITCH to change the pitch selection. The following shows the meanings of the[...]

23 Line feed ❏ Make sure the printer is off-line ( ON LINE indicator is not lit). ❏ Press P APER FEED once to feed paper one line. Holding down P APER FEED continually feeds paper , one line at a time, until you release the button. P aper eject (cut-sheet paper) ❏ Make sure the printer is off-line ( ON LINE indicator is not lit). ❏ Press P [...]

24 Control Panel Operations Setting the top of form position The current position of paper loaded in the printer is automatically set as the top of the page whenever you turn power on. You can also use the following procedure at any time to specify a different position as the top of the page. ❏ Make sure the printer is off-line ( ON LINE indicato[...]

Changing the auto load position 25 Changing the auto load position Normally the printer automatically feeds paper to a standard position (1/6-inch from the top of the paper). This is called the auto load position. You can use the following procedure to specify a different auto load position. ❏ Make sure the printer is off-line ( ON LINE indicator[...]

26 Control Panel Operations Saving a macro Normally, any settings you make on the control panel are cleared when you turn the printer off. Use the following procedure to save the current control panel settings so that they are used whenever you turn the printer on. ❏ Make the control panel settings you want. ❏ Use ON LINE to put the printer off[...]

Initializing the printer 27 Initializing the printer The following procedure initializes the printer to its power-on settings. If you have control panel settings stored in memory, this procedure sets up the printer using them. ❏ Use ON LINE to take the printer off line ( ON LINE indicator is not lit). ❏ Hold down FONT and then P APER FEED . Kee[...]

28 Using the EDS Mode Chapter 3: Using the EDS Mode The letters “EDS” stand for “Electronic DIP Switches.” Just like the small DIP switches that are used by many computers, printers, and other devices, the EDS lets you configure the printer so that it matches your system and software needs. This chapter describes how to enter the printer’[...]

Selecting a bank 29 Note: The contents of the above messag e ar e the same, re gardless of whether you enter EDS-1 or EDS-2. The asterisks indicate the curr ent EDS Mode switch settings for all the banks in both sub-modes. Selecting a bank ❏ While in the EDS Modes (EDS-1 or EDS-2), use the control panel’ s B ANK button to select a bank. While t[...]

30 Using the EDS Mode Selecting a switch ❏ While in the EDS Modes (EDS-1 or EDS-2), use the control panel’ s SWITCH button to select a bank switch. While the SW indicator is flashing, the lit indicator indicates the currently selected switch. Changing a switch setting ❏ After selecting a bank and switch, press the control panel’ s ON/OFF b[...]

EDS-1 Settings 31 EDS-1 Settings The following details all of the settings you can make for EDS-1. B ANK A Switch 1: Emulation Selects Standard emulation (ON) or IBM emulation (OFF). Standard emulation causes the printer to act like the Epson ESC/P (24-pin), while IBM emulation makes it act like the IBM Proprinter XL24E. Switch 2: Character T able [...]

32 Using the EDS Mode When Auto (SW5: ON and SW6: ON) is selected, the printer mode automatically switches between Multi-part Mode and Normal Mode. For example, if the adjustment lever is set to 3 or less, Normal Mode is selected; if the lever is set to 4 or more, Multi-part Mode is selected. B ANK B Switch 1: Graphics Direction Selects uni-directi[...]

EDS-1 Settings 33 B ANK C Switches 1, 2: Print Mode Turn these switches on or off to select the print mode you want to use. Switches 3, 4, 5: Print Pitch Turn these switches on or off to form the pattern that matches the print pitch setting you want to make. Switch 6: Quiet When the Quiet Mode is enabled (OFF), the printer prints with less noise th[...]

34 B ANK D Switches 1, 2, 3, 4: P age Length Turn these switches on or off to form the pattern that matches the Page Length setting you want to make. Switch 5: Eject direction for cut sheet Switch 6: Skew sensor f or cut sheet B ANK E Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6: Code Page/International Character Set If your EDS settings specify IBM emulation (Bank A[...]

EDS-1 Settings 35 Code Page SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5 SW6 #437 IBM-PC ON ON ON ON ON ON #850 Multi-lingual OFF ON ON ON ON ON #860 Portuguese ON OFF ON ON ON ON #861 Icelandic OFF OFF ON ON ON ON #863 Canadian French ON ON OFF ON ON ON #865 Nordic OFF ON OFF ON ON ON #866 Russian ON OFF OFF ON ON ON #3840 IBM-Russian OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON #3841 Gost-Russi[...]

36 Using the EDS Mode A code page is the set of symbols and characters that your printer can print. Your printer converts ASCII hexadecimal data according to a code page to print symbols and characters. By supporting different code pages, the printer can print in a variety of different languages. The following table shows detailed information about[...]

EDS-1 Settings 37 #852 Latin-2 Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary , Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia Preferred by Microsoft #1001 Arabic Egypt, Saudi Arabia Mainly in Arabic speaking countries #737 Greek Greece Almost 80% #851 Greek Greece #869 Greek Greece #928 Greek Greece For UNIX #2001 Lithuanian-KBL Lithuania Commonly used for [...]

38 Using the EDS Mode If your EDS settings specify Standard emulation (Bank A, Switch 1 ON) with the italic character table (Bank A, Switch 2 OFF), use the Bank E switches to select the international character set you want to use. This setting determines the assignment of 14 character codes in the Standard Italic character set. International Charac[...]

EDS-2 Settings 39 B ANK F Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6: LQ Font Selection Turn these switches on or off to form the pattern that identifies the font you want to use for LQ printing. Note: Bank C Switches 1 and 2 must be in the corr ect position befor e this setting has any effect. EDS-2 Settings The following details all of the settings you can make f[...]

40 Switch 2: Parity Chec k This switch specifies whether or not a parity check should be performed on the data. Switch 3: Parity This switch specifies the parity as non, odd, or even. Switch 4: Protocol Protocol, which is sometimes referred to as “handshaking,” is the communications convention that is used to allow the printer and computer to r[...]

EDS-2 Settings 41 B ANK B Switch 1, 2, 3: Baud Rate The baud rate is the speed, in bits per second, that the printer sends data to the computer. The common setting is 9600 or 19200. Switch 4: Not used Switch 5, 6: W aiting period for paper loading B ANK C Switch 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6: Paper Contr ol Bank C lets you specify the top and bottom margins for[...]

42 Using the Printer with Windows 3.1 Chapter 4: Using the Printer with W indows 3.1 This chapter contains specific information you need to know when using the printer with Microsoft Windows 3.1 or later. It also tells you how to install the printer driver on your computer so that it can control the printer correctly. In this chapter, you will lear[...]

Setting up for printing with Microsoft Windows 3.1 43 ❏ Click Add and the dialog box will expand to show a List of Printers. ❏ In the List of Printers: box, select Install Unlisted or Updated Printer . ❏ Click Install . ❏ This causes the Install Driver dialog box to appear, which instructs you to insert the disk that contains the printer dr[...]

44 Using the Printer with Windows 3.1 ❏ In the List of Printers: box of the Add Unlisted or Updated Printer dialog box, select your printer driver and then click OK . This causes the Printers dialog box to appear. Your printer is now listed in the Installed Printers: list. ❏ Double-click on the name of the printer model you just installed to se[...]

Printing a document 45 ❏ From this window you select buttons that let you control a wide variety of printer setup parameters. This manual does not include any information about how to do this because everything you need to know is included in an on-line manual that tells you how to use all the buttons and menus that appear . T o view the on-line [...]

46 Using the Printer with Windows 3.1 Note: The actual appearance of the Print window may dif fer somewhat depending on the application you ar e using. Use this window to specify the range of the pages to be printed, the quality of the printing (in dots per inch), and the number of copies you want to print. Note also that there are boxes that you c[...]

47 ❏ Insert the disk that contains the fonts into one of your computer ’ s disk drives. This explanation assumes you are using a drive named “A:”, but you could use any drive. Just remember to change the “A:” in the following steps to the name of the drive you are using. ❏ Select the letter that represents the drive where the floppy [...]

48 Using the printer with Windows 95 Chapter 5: Using the printer with W indows 95 This chapter describes how to use the printer with Microsoft Windows 95. The following topics are covered: ❏ Setting up the printer in W indows 95 ❏ Preparing for printing ❏ Printing a document ❏ Installing the T rueT ype fonts Note: The file “r eadme.txt?[...]

49 ❏ When the above window is displayed, make sure the Local printer radio button is checked. Then click on the Ne xt button. ❏ Click on the Next button and click on the Bac k button. Then click on the Have Disk button. ❏ Insert the disk with the printer driver file on it into the floppy disk drive. Make sure that the drive’ s name (“A:[...]

50 ❏ Click on the OK button twice. ❏ Select the language or language group you want to use by clicking on it. ❏ Select the printer model name (“Star LC-8521”) by clicking on it and then click on the Next button. ❏ Select the printer port to which the printer is connected by clicking on it (usually “LPT1”). Click on the Next button. [...]

Preparing to print 51 Note: W indows applications always print to the curr ently selected default printer , unless the user chooses a dif fer ent printer from within the application. ❏ Click on the Next button. ❏ Select whether to print out a test page by clicking on the appropriate radio button. ❏ Click on the Finish button. ❏ If a message[...]

52 Using the printer with Windows 95 ❏ Double-click on the icon bearing the name of the printer ( Star LC-8521 ) in the Printers window . A window appears listing any documents that are currently being printed on the printer . ❏ Click on the Printer menu. ❏ T o set the printer as the default printer , click on the Set As Default command so th[...]

Printing a document 53 This concludes the printing preparation. The printer which you selected is now the default printer, and the page size, paper source setting and any other settings which you made for the printer, apply to printing from all applications. To override these settings for a specific application, refer to the next section, Printing [...]

54 Using the printer with Windows 95 ❏ Select how many copies of the document will be printed by entering the appropriate number into the Number of copies field. If you want to print all the pages in your document, make sure that the All radio button is checked. If you do not want to print all the pages in your document, enter the first and las[...]

Installing TrueType fonts 55 ❏ Select the fonts you wish to install by clicking on them. If you want to install all of them, click on the Select All button. ❏ Click on the OK button. The new fonts can now be seen in the Fonts folder window. This concludes the font installation.[...]

56 Using the Printer with MS-DOS Chapter 6: Using the Printer with MS-DOS This chapter contains information about how to use the printer with applications software running under MS-DOS. In this chapter, you will learn about: ❏ How to set up for printing with MS-DOS ❏ How to select fonts from within an application Setting up for printing with MS[...]

57 Chapter 7: P aper Handling Your printer is designed to print on a variety of paper types. This chapter tells you everything you need to know about paper, and how to set the printer up for manual paper feed. In this chapter, you will learn about: ❏ Selecting the best type of paper ❏ Adjusting for paper thickness ❏ Manual sheet feeding ❏ C[...]

58 Paper Handling Labels Backing sheet: 3 ″ to 16 ″ / 76 to 406 mm Thickness: Backing sheet 0.0028 ″ to 0.0035 ″ / 0.07 to 0.09 mm Total thickness 0.0075 ″ / 0.19 mm * Use labels only under normal temperature and humidity conditions. En velope #10: 9.4 ″ × 4.1 ″ / 240 × 104 mm #6: 6.5 ″ × 3.6 ″ / 166 × 92 mm Adjusting for pape[...]

59 The following table provides a general guide for setting the adjustment lever. Experiment with different settings until you find the one that gives you the print quality you want. Important! Continuous use of the wr ong adjustment lever setting can drastically r educe the print head life. P osition “0” is used only when the print quality is [...]

60 Paper Handling Manual sheet feeding You can use the following procedure to manually feed cut-sheet paper into the printer. ❏ Make sure that there is no fanfold paper in the printer . If there is, use the procedure under “Parking fanfold paper” on page 15 to park the fanfold paper and prepare for manual sheet feeding. ❏ Set the release le[...]

61 ❏ Adjust the paper guide to the position you want. Note that the ▼ mark of the guide indicates where the left margin of the printing will be. ❏ Making sure that the left edge of the paper is against the paper guide, insert straight a sheet of paper into the front of the printer as far as it will go. The paper will automatically be fed into[...]

62 Paper Handling Note: If you ar e inserting letterhead paper , insert the sheet so that it is face up with the letterhead portion up. Clearing paper jams Use the following procedure to clear paper jams from the printer. ❏ T urn the power off. ❏ Unplug the printer from its AC power outlet. ❏ Open the front cover of the printer . ❏ Carefull[...]

63 Chapter 8: Optional Accessory This chapter explains how to connect and set up the following optional accessories that are available for this printer: ❏ Serial-to-Parallel Converter (SPC-8K) ❏ Push T ractor Unit (CT -15HA) Important! Always make sur e that printer power is turned off whenever installing or r emoving optional accessories. Seri[...]

64 Connecting the Interface Con verter ❏ Unplug the printer from its AC power outlet. ❏ Set the DIP switches on the SPC-8K to the settings you want to use before you connect it to your printer . See the following section for details on how to set the DIP switches ❏ Plug the interface converter ’ s Centronics connector into the socket on the[...]

Setting the converter’s DIP switches 65 Important! ❏ Make sur e that the serial-to-parallel con verter is resting on a stable , level surface wher e it will not be subject to vibration or damage . Setting the con verter’ s DIP switches [CORRECT METHOD] [INCORRECT METHOD] You should set the converter’s DIP switches so they match the settings[...]

66 Optional Accessory Data Length P arity Protocol Baud Rate Switch 1 Data Length DOS/Windows Setting ON 8 bits 8 OFF 7 bits 7 Switch 2 Switch 5 Parity DOS/Windows Setting ON ON or OFF None N OFF ON Odd O OFF OFF Even E Switch 3 Switch 4 Protocol ON ON DTR ON OFF XON/XOFF OFF ON ETX/ACK Switch 6 Switch 7 Switch 8 Baud Rate DOS/Windows Setting OFF O[...]

Push Tractor Unit (CT-15HA) 67 Push T ractor Unit (CT -15HA) The printer comes with a push tractor unit pre-installed for back-to-front feeding of fanfold paper. You can use the push tractor unit as it is, or you can move it to the front of the printer for front-to-back feeding. Users who find themselves having to frequently move the push tractor u[...]

68 Optional Accessory Removing the push tractor unit from the bac k of the printer ❏ Make sure that the printer is unplugged from its AC power source. ❏ Open the cover where the push tractor unit is located. If the push tractor unit is located in the back of the printer, open the back cover. If it is located in the front of the printer, open th[...]

Installing the push tractor unit 69 Installing the push tractor unit ❏ Make sure that the printer is unplugged from its AC power source. ❏ Open the cover where you want to install the push tractor unit. If you want to install the push tractor unit in the back of the printer, open the back cover. If you want to install it in the front of the pri[...]

70 Troubleshooting Appendix A: T roubleshooting The appendix will provide help if you experience problems with your printer. It tells you how to test the printer, how to check system software settings, and how to adjust the vertical alignment. In addition, there is information on actions to take for specific problems, and on the meanings of printer[...]

Hexadecimal dump 71 Note: T est printing prints acr oss the entir e width of the carriage . Make sur e that the printer is loaded with the widest paper available in or der to avoid damage to the print head and platen. Hexadecimal dump This procedure prints in hexadecimal format all codes (character codes and control codes) that are sent to the prin[...]

72 Troubleshooting ❏ While holding down the control panel’ s P ARK/SET/EJECT and ON LINE buttons, turn the printer back on to enter the Dot Adjustment Mode. The printer will print something like the following. Note that the printer will feed the paper forward and back each time during this operation so you can view the printout. ❏ If the two [...]

Troubleshooting guide 73 T roubleshooting guide Use the following table to help track down the causes of problems and to determine the best solution to deal with them. Problem Possible Cause Recommended Action The ON LINE indicator does not light. The printer is not receiving power . Check whether the power cord is correctly plugged into the power [...]

74 Troubleshooting Printer test works, but printer will not print out data from the attached computer . The interface cable is connected incorrectly or damaged. Check to make sure that the printer interface cable is connected correctly . If it is, try a different cable. Printer does not feed paper properly . Jamming paper . Remove all paper from th[...]

Troubleshooting guide 75 Incorrect number of lines are printed on the page. Auto line feed with carriage return is enabled. Use the EDS Mode to disable auto line feed with carriage return (page 32). The line spacing or leading selected by your application program is wrong. Choose a different line spacing or leading setting from your application. Do[...]

76 Troubleshooting Printer case is hot. The printer ’ s air vents are blocked or obstructed. Switch off the printer and let it cool. Check the air vents on the bottom of the printer to see if they are blocked. Remove the obstruction if possible. If the problem persists, return the printer to your dealer for repair . Printer makes excessive noise.[...]

Troubleshooting guide 77 Left margin moves to the right during printing. The paper is not loaded correctly , causing the print head to jam. Remove all paper from the printer and reload it. T ry printing again. The ribbon cassette is not installed correctly , causing the print head to jam. Make sure that the ribbon cassette is installed correctly . [...]

78 Troubleshooting Some characters are printed incorrectly . Inappropriate settings are selected by your application program. Choose different settings in your application. Wires are missing from the print head. Return the printer to your dealer for repair . Printer behaves erratically . Printing suddenly stops. The interface cable is connected inc[...]

Checking system software settings in Windows 79 Checking system software settings in W indows Whenever you have problems printing from a Windows application, you should check the following four things: ✓ Is the printer you are using set as the default printer? ✓ Is the drive setup correctly? ✓ Is the printer you are using correctly selected i[...]

80 Troubleshooting T o chec k the application printer selection ❏ Select Print from the application’ s File menu, and a window appears listing available printers. ❏ Check to see that the name of your printer is selected. If it is not, select it and try printing from your application again. T o chec k the por t ❏ Double-click the Control P a[...]

Checking system software settings in MS-DOS 81 Appendix B: Specifications Printing System Serial Impact Dot-Matrix Printing Speed Pitch HS-Draft (cps/dpi) Draft (cps/dpi) LQ (cps/dpi) Pica (10 cpi) 400/80H 300/120H 100/360H Elite (12 cpi) 360/120H 120/360H Semi-condensed (15 cpi (S)) 450/120H 150/360H Semi-condensed (15 cpi (I)) 225/240H 150/360H [...]

82 Specifications Paper Cut-sheet Paper width: 2 ″ to 16.5 ″ / 51 to 420 mm Paper length: 2.75 ″ to 14 ″ / 70 to 356 mm Paper weight (1-ply): 14 to 42 lbs / 52 to 156 g/m 2 / 45 to 135 kg Multi-part: 1 1 to 14 lbs / 40 to 52 g/m 2 / 34 to 45 kg; pressure sensitive paper T otal thickness: 0.014 ″ / 0.35 mm Copies: Original + 4 Fanfold Pape[...]

Checking system software settings in MS-DOS 83 Appendix C: Interface Pin Outs P arallel Interface Pin Name Function 1 STROBE Goes low for ≥ 0.5 µ s when active. 2 DA T A0 These signals represent information for the 1st through 8th bit of parallel data, respectively . Each signal is HIGH when data is logical 1, and LOW when logical 0. 3 D ATA 1 4[...]

84 Character Sets Appendix D: Character Sets Standard Italic Character Set International Character Set The character codes shown in the table are hexadecimal.[...]

85 IBM Character Set #2 Code P age #437 (IBM-PC) Character Set #1 Other characters are the same as those for Character Set #2.[...]

86 Character Sets IBM Special Character Set The following characters can be printed using the <ESC> ^ command. Code P age #850 Multi-lingual Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #860 P or tuguese Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #861 Icelandic Other characters are the same [...]

87 Code P age #863 Canadian French Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #865 Nordic Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3840 IBM-Russian Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #866 Russian Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437.[...]

88 Character Sets Code P age #3843 P olish Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3841 Gost-Russian Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3845 Hungarian Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3844 CS2 Other characters are the same as those for Code Page[...]

89 Code P age #3847 Brazil-ABNT Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3846 T urkish Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #852 Latin-2 Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3848 Brazil-ABICOMP The other characters are the same as in code page #437.[...]

90 Character Sets Code P age #1001 Arabic Code P age #737 Greek Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #851 Greek Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437.[...]

91 Code P age #928 Greek Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #869 Greek Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #772 Lithuanian Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #2001 Lithuanian-KBL Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437.[...]

92 Character Sets Code P age #3001 Estonian1 Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #774 Lithuanian Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3011 Latvian1 Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3002 Estonian2 Other characters are the same as those for Code [...]

93 Code P age #3021 Bulgarian Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3012 Latvian2 Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3041 Maltese Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3031 Hebrew Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437.[...]

94 Character Sets Code P age #3860 Rajvitee KU Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3850 Standard KU Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3863 STD988 TIS Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3861 Micro wiz KU Other characters are the same as those [...]

95 Code Page #3865 Newsic TIS Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code Page #3864 Popular TIS Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437.[...]

96 Printer Control Codes Appendix E: Printer Control Codes This appendix lists the printer’s control commands. It gives the name of each control command, along with the applicable emulation mode (Standard, IBM, or Both), and the applicable ASCII code. Font and Character Set Control Commands Description Mode ASCII Code Printed data as characters S[...]

97 Print Pitch Contr ol Commands Description Mode ASCII Code Select one line expanded print Both SO Same as SO STD ESC SO Select condensed print Both SI Same as SI STD ESC SI Cancel condensed print STD DC2 Set print pitch to pica IBM DC2 Cancel one-line expanded print Both DC4 Set print pitch to elite IBM ESC : Set print pitch to elite STD ESC M Se[...]

98 Printer Control Codes Special Print Mode Commands Description Mode ASCII Code Set master print mode STD ESC! Cancel underlining Both ESC-0 Select underlining Both ESC-1 Select emphasized print Both ESC E Cancel emphasized print Both ESC F Select double-strike print Both ESC G Cancel double-strike print Both ESC H Select superscripts Both ESC S0 [...]

99 Line Spacing Commands Description Mode ASCII Code Advance paper one line (line feed) Both LF Reverse paper one line STD ESC LF Set line spacing to 1/8 ″ Both ESC 0 Set line spacing to 7/72 ″ IBM ESC 1 Set line spacing to 1/6 ″ STD ESC 2 Execute ESC A IBM ESC 2 Set line spacing to n /180 ″ (STD/IBM), n /216 ″ (IBM), or n /360 ″ (IBM) [...]

100 Printer Control Codes Horizontal Print P osition Control Commands Description Mode ASCII Code Move print head to next horizontal tab position Both HT Return print head to left margin (carriage return) Both CR Move print head to absolute horizontal position STD ESC $ n1 n2 Add n dot spaces between characters STD ESC SPn Cancel automatic line fee[...]

101 Select uni-directional printing Both ESC U1 Control character height, width, line spacing IBM ESC [@ Set initial condition IBM ESC [K Select 1 x 1, 2 x 2, 4 x 4 sized printing STD ESC h n Stop printing IBM ESC j Select type face STD ESC k n Cancel double-high mode STD ESC w0 Select double-high mode STD ESC w1 NEC Commands Description Mode ASCII[...]

102 Glossary Appendix F: Glossary adjustment lever Controls the darkness of the printing by adjusting for the thickness of the paper you are printing on. Centronics cab le Parallel cable normally used to connect the printer to the computer. control code A numeric code that instructs the printer to perform an operation. For example, the computer sen[...]

Checking system software settings in MS-DOS 103 Appendix G: Control P anel Operation Guide Note: A dot means pr ess and hold and an arr ow means to just press. A dot and arr ow tied together means hold one while pr essing the other . Font & Pitch Lock Hex Dump Mode EDS-2 Mode EDS-1 Mode Dot-Adjustment Mode On-Line Line Feed Pitch Selection Set/[...]

A application printer selection checking 80 auto LF with CR 32, 41 auto load position changing 25 auto tear-off 32 AUTOEXEC.BAT 65, 80 B bidirectional printing 32 C cable port connection 80 carton contents 2 character pitch setting 22 Character Set IBM #1 85 IBM #2 85 IBM Special 86 international 84 Italic #2 84 character sets tables 84 character t[...]

E EDS Mode changing a switch setting 30 default settings 28 definition 28 entering 28 exiting 30 printing current switch settings 30 selecting a bank 29 selecting a switch 30 settings 30, 31, 39 using 28 eject 23 Electronic DIP Switches 28 emulation 31 F fanfold paper automatic feeding 59 form feed 23 loading 10 parking 15, 23 perforations 14 print[...]

ON-LINE indicator 20 on-line switching to 20 options serial-to-parallel converter 63 P paper fanfold 14 handling 57 letterhead 62 micro feed 23 recommended print area 14 selecting 57 setting top of form 24 thickness adjustment 58 paper eject 23 paper jams 62 paper out detector 31 Pitch Lock Mode entering 22 platen knob installing 5 port checking 80[...]

troubleshooting 70 guide 73 TrueType fonts installing 46 U unidirectional printing 32 unpacking 2 W Windows 3.1 default printer 44 getting ready to print 44 selecting fonts 47 setting up for 42 Windows 95 Installing fonts 54 Preparing to print 51 Setting up 48 Z zero style 32[...]

W orldwide Headquarters ST AR MICRONICS CO., L TD. 536 Nanatsushinya, Shimizu, Shizuoka, 424, Japan North and South America Markets ST AR MICRONICS AMERICA, INC. 70- D Ethel Road W est Piscataway , NJ 08854-5950 European Mark et ST AR MICRONICS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH W esterbachstraße 59 D-60489 Frankfurt F .R. of Germany U .K. Market ST AR MICRONICS U.[...]