Star Manufacturing LC-4522 manual

USER ’ S MANUAL LC - 4522 DOT MATRIX PRINTERS[...]

Contents Chapter 1: Printer Setup …1 Choosing a place for the printer … 1 Upacking the printer … 2 General guide … 3 Open the front cover … 4 Removing the protective materials … 4 Installing the platen knob … 6 Installing the ribbon cassette … 6 Removing the ribbon cassette … 8 Installing the paper guide … 9 Standing up the pape[...]

C hapter 3: Using the EDS Mode About EDS Mode settings … 28 Entering the EDS Mode … 28 Selecting a bank … 29 Changing a switch setting … 29 Printing the current switch settings … 30 Exiting the EDS Mode … 30 EDS Mode Settings … 31 Chapter 4: Using the Print er with MS - DOS Setting up for printing with MS - DOS … 40 Chapter 5: Paper[...]

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 c hapter you will learn about: o Choosing a place for the printer o Unpacking and setting up the printer o Installing the platen knob o Installing the ribbon c[...]

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 y ou [...]

General guide 3 General guide The following illustrations show the major components of your printer.[...]

4 Printer Setup Opening the fron t cover o Lift up on the front cover and swing it open until it stops. o To close the front cover, simply lower it back into place. Caution! The tear assist edge is rather sharp. Take care to avoid injuring your hands. Note: You can completely re move the front cover from the printer or you can stand it up. You shou[...]

Removing the protective m aterials 5 o Open the front cover. o Remove a pieces of packing material from inside the printer as shown in the illustration. A piece of cardboard is inserted into the printer to protect components during shipping. Be sure to remove it before using t he printer. o Open the rear cover. o Remove the cardboard from the insid[...]

6 Printer Setup Installing the platen knob The platen knob is packed into a recess in the packaging material. o Install the knob on the shaft located inside the large hole on the left side of the printer. Make sure that the two splines of the platen shaft inside the printer fit into the slots inside the knob’s spindle. Press the knob carefully bu[...]

Installing the ribbon cassette 7 o Rotate the knob on the ribbon cassette clockwise to take up any slack in the rib bon. o Carefully place the cassette onto the mechanism making sure that the spindle fits into the socket on the bottom of the cassette. Also make sure that the side tabs fit into the grooves on the sides of the f lame.[...]

8 Printer Setup o While g uiding the ribbon between the print head and print head shield, press down the ribbon fabric by pen. o By hand, move the printer head left and right making sure that the ribbon fab r ic comes into correct position. o Replace the front cover of the pr inter. Important! Printing that is poor quality or too light is almost al[...]

Installing the paper guide 9 o Open the front cove r of the printer. o By hand, move the cartridge holder to the left side where there is a cutout in the top guide to allow easy installation and removal of the ribbon cassette. o Using your thumb and forefinger to squeeze the two tabs on the ribbon cassette towards the center, carefully remove the c[...]

10 Printer Setup Standing up the paper guide o You can move the paper guide so that it is at angle as shown in the illu strations below.[...]

Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off 11 Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off o Plug the power cord of the printer into a standard power outlet whose voltage matches the power rating noted on the label affixed to the bottom of your printer. Caution! If the voltage marked on the bottom of your printer does no[...]

12 Prin ter Setup Loading fanfold paper This section tells you how to load fanfold paper. Note that you can also use cut - sheet paper. For details on using other types of paper, see “Paper Handling” on page 41 of this manual. o Remove the paper guide from the prin ter. o Make sure printer power is turned off. o Set the release lever to the fan[...]

Loading fanfold paper 13 Note: You can also completely remove the rear cover by simply pulling it away from the back of the printer after you open it. Caution! The metal edge of the cov er is rather sharp. Take care to avoid injuring your hands when handling it. o Pass the fanfold paper through the space between the printer case and the rear cover.[...]

14 Printer Setup o Close the rear cover and press down gently on it until it locks into place with a click. Caution! Since printing with an open rear cover may cause paper feeding problems, be sure to close the rear cover before printing.[...]

Loading fanfold paper 15 o Install the paper guide so that it is lay down as the illustrat ion. In this position, the paper guide keeps the printed paper separate from the unprinted paper. Then slide the right and left paper guides apart so they do not interfere with the fanfold paper feeding. o Turn on the printer. The printer will beep a number o[...]

16 Printer Setup Printi ng 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 and label paper.[...]

Parking fan fold paper 17 Parking fanfold paper It is not necessary to remove fanfold paper currently loaded in the printer in order to print on cut - sheet paper. Instead, simply use the following procedure to park the fanfold paper. o Tear off the paper at a perforat ion so there is no more than half a page sticking out of the front cover of the [...]

18 Printer Setup Using the tear - off function The following procedure makes it easy to tear off fanfold paper. o Check to make sure that the printer is on - line. o Press the FO RM FEED button to perform the long tear - off operation, or press the LINE FEED button to perform the short tear - off operation. The long tear - off operation causes the [...]

19 o Plug one end of the parallel cable into the p arallel port of your computer. The parallel port should be labeled “Printer,” “Parallel,” “PRN,” “LPT1,” or something similar. o Plug the other end of the parallel cable into the socket on the side of the printer and secure it in place with the clips. Note: Consult your dealer for d[...]

20 Control Panel Operations Chapter 2: Control Panel Operations The control panel gives you push - b utton 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[...]

Selecting a font 21 Selecting a Print Quality o Make sure the printer is off - line ( ON LINE indicator is not lit). o Press PRINT MODE to change the printing qua lity selection. An indicator lights to the left of the name of the quality that is currently selected. Note: The print quality setting you make with the above procedure can be changed if [...]

22 Cont rol Panel Operations Entering the Multi - part Mode When the printer is in the Multi - part Mode, the print head prints with greater impact. It should be noted, however, that printing in the Multi - part Mode also reduces the life of the print head. Because of this, you should use the Multi - part Mode only for printing on four or five - pl[...]

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

24 Control Panel Operations Setting the top of form position The cur rent 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. o Make sure the printer is off - line ( ON LINE indicat[...]

Changing the auto load position 25 Important! Though the Quiet Print Mode prints more quietly, it also causes printing to take considerably longer than normal printing. o Make sure the printer is on - line ( ON LIN E indicator is lit). o Press PRINT MODE , to toggle between the Quiet Print Mode and normal printing. The printer emits one short beeps[...]

26 Control Panel Operations Note: The auto load position you set remains in effect until you turn the printer of f. If you want to save the auto load position in memory, press LINE FEED instead of SET/EJECT/PARK while holding down ON LINE in the above step. Saving a macro Normally, any settings you make on the control panel are cleared when you tur[...]

Initializing the printer 27 Important! Be sure to stop the print job before taking the printer off line. Otherwise, the print job will resume from where you interrupted it when you put the printer back on - line. o Use ON LINE to take the printer off line ( ON LINE indicator is not lit). o Hold down PRINT MODE and then ON LINE . Keep both buttons h[...]

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 mode lets you configure the printer so that it matches your system and software needs. This chapter describes how to enter the print[...]

Selecting a bank 29 Selecting a bank o While in the EDS Mode, use the control panel’s BANK button to select a bank. When the BANK indicator flashes it indicates the current bank s elected. Lit Indicator Selected Bank A A A+C B C C C+E D E E E+G F G G Selecting a switch o While in the EDS Mode, use the control panel’s SWITCH button to select a b[...]

30 Using the EDS Mode Printing the current switch settings o In the EDS Mode, press the control panel’s PRINT button to print out the c urrent switch settings. Asterisks on the printout show whether a switch is turned on or off. Exiting the EDS Mode o Press the control panels EXIT button to exit the EDS Mode.[...]

EDS Mode Settings 31 EDS Mode Settings The following details all of the settings you can program in the EDS Mode. You can print out a detailed overview of all the settings by performing a test of the printer. (EDS - 1) BANK A Switch 1: Reserved Switch 2: RAM Usage Specifies whether RAM should be used as an input buffer (ON) or as a download buffer [...]

disabled (ON), the computer mus t send both a line feed code and a carriage return code at the end of each line. Most applications do this automatically. 32 Using the EDS Mode Note the following check points when trying to figure out which setting to use here: 3 If you find that your ou tput is double - spaced when it should not be, turn this switc[...]

Switch 7: Not Used EDS Mode Settings 33 BAN K C Switches 1,2: Multi - Part Mode Specifies whether the printer’s Multi - Part Mode is enabled ( ON, OFF) or disabled ( OFF, ON). When the Multi - Part Mode is enabled, the impact of the print head is increased, but head life is decreased. Enable the Multi - Part Mode when printing on four to five - p[...]

EDS Mode Settings 34 BANK D Switch 1: Character Table Selects IBM - Graphic character table (ON) or Italic character table (OFF). Switch 2: Character Set When IBM - Graphics character table is selected, code area from 80H to 9FH are used as the control code (OFF). Switch 3: Zero Style Specifies whether a normal zero (ON) or a slashed zero (OFF) wil[...]

Using the EDS Mode 35 (EDS - 2) BANK A Switch es 1,2,3, 4: Page Length (Friction Mode) Turn these switches on or off to form the pattern that matches the Page Length settin g you want to use. ON, ON, ON, ON :3.0 inch OFF,ON, ON, ON :8.5 inch ON, ON, ON, OFF :3.5 inch OFF,ON, ON, OFF :10.5 inch ON, ON, OFF,ON :4.0 inch OFF,ON, OFF,ON :11.0 inch ON, [...]

ON, OFF,OFF,OFF :8.0 inch OFF,OFF,OFF,OFF :11.0 inch 3 6 Using the EDS Mode Switch 5 : Top Margin Selects 1/6 - inch (ON) or 1 - inch (OF F) spacing as the top margin when execute Paper auto - loading feature . Switch es 6,7 : Not Used BANK C Switch 1 : CR Centering at top of page Specifies whether the printer execute CR Centering at the top of pag[...]

Using the EDS Mode 37 Switch 5: Buzzer Specifies whether the beep command of buzzer is enabled (ON) or disabled . Switch 6 : Print direction command Specifies whether the print direction command <ESC> ” U ” n is enabled (OFF) or disabled . Switch 7 : Not Used BANK D Switches 1, 2, 3, 4: International Character Set Select the international[...]

38 Using the EDS Mode BANK D Switches 1, 2, 3, 4 , 5 : Code Page If your EDS settings specify the graphics character table ( EDS - 2, Bank D, Switch 1 ON), use the Bank D switches to select the default character code page you want to use. A code pa ge is the set of symbols and characters that your printer can print. Your printer converts ASCII hexa[...]

Using the EDS Mode 39 OFF,ON, OFF,OFF,ON :#3031 Hebrew OFF,ON, OFF,OFF,OFF :#3041 Maltese OFF,OFF,ON, ON, ON :#3840 IBM - Russian OFF,OFF,ON, ON, OFF :#3841 Gost OFF,OFF,ON, OFF,ON :#3843 Polish OFF,OFF,ON, OFF,OFF :#3844 CS2 OFF,OFF,OFF,ON , ON :#3845 Hungarian OFF,OFF,OFF,ON, OFF :#3846 Turkish OFF,OFF,OFF,OFF,ON :#3847 Brazil - ABNT OFF,OFF,OFF,[...]

40 Setting up for printing with MS - DOS Chapter 4: 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: o How to set up for printing with MS - DOS Setting up for printing with MS - DOS To print from an application run[...]

Paper Handling 41 Chapter 5: Paper 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: o Selecting the best type of paper o Adjusting for paper thickness o Manual sheet feedi[...]

Paper Handling 42 Fanfold Paper Width (push feed): 4 ″ to 1 6.5″ / 101.6 to 419mm Width (pull feed): 4 ″ to 1 6.0″ / 101.6 to 406mm Thickness: 0.00276 ″ to 0.00433 ″ / 0.07 to 0.11mm (1 - p ly) 0.01378 ″ / 0.35mm max. (total thickness of multi - ply, non - carbon) Weight: 14 to 22 lbs / 52 to 82g/m 2 / 45 to 70 kg (one - ply) 11 to 14[...]

Adjusting for paper thickness 43 Adjusting for paper thickness Paper comes in different weights, normally expressed as gsm (grams per square meter) or lbs (pounds). Some forms paper a lso have multiple pages that make them quite thick. Use the following procedure to change the gap between the print head and the platen and adjust for paper thickness[...]

44 Paper Handling 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! Con tinuous use of the wrong adjustment lever setting can drastically reduce print head life! The Multi - part Mode is only recommended when [...]

Clearing paper jams 45 For any paper size other than A3 landscape (horizontal), align the paper guide with scale 0 (zero). For A3 landscape paper, align the paper guide with the s mark. o Adjust the right paper guide so there is enough space to insert the paper. o Insert a sheet of paper into the paper guide, with the side you want to print on faci[...]