Star Micronics LC-1521 manual

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Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement The 120V version equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital de vice, pursu- ant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipme[...]

T rademark acknowledgments FR-15, IS-8H192, IS-32H768, LC-1511, LC-1521, PT -15HA, SF-15HA, SPC-8K, XR-1500, XR-1520, ZA-250 : Star Micronics Co. Ltd. EX-800, FX-1170 : Seiko Epson Corporation IBM PC, IBM Proprinter , IBM Proprinter 2 , IBM Proprinter 3 , OS/2 : International Business Machines Corporation. T rueT ype : Apple Computer Inc. MS-DOS, M[...]

About this manual This manual describes how to set up, use, and care for the Star LC-1511 and LC-1521 printers. 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 [...]

Contents Chapter 1: Printer Setup ... 1 Choosing a place for the printer ... 1 Unpacking the printer ... 2 General guide ... 3 Opening the front cov er ... 4 Removing the protecti ve materials ... 4 Installing the platen knob ... 6 Installing the ribbon cassette ... 6 Removing the ribbon cassette ... 8 Installing the paper guide ... 9 Standing up t[...]

Chapter 3: Using the EDS Mode ... 28 About EDS Mode settings ... 28 Entering the EDS Mode ... 28 Selecting a bank ... 29 Selecting a switch ... 29 Changing a switch setting ... 29 Printing the current switch settings ... 30 Checking the settings of switches in a bank ... 30 Exiting the EDS Mode ... 30 EDS Mode Settings ... 31 Chapter 4: User Setup [...]

Chapter 8: Using the Printer with MS-DOS ... 61 Setting up for printing with MS-DOS ... 61 Chapter 9: P aper Handling ... 62 Selecting paper types ... 62 Adjusting for paper thickness ... 63 Automatic fanfold feeding ... 64 Manual sheet feeding ... 64 Clearing paper jams ... 65 Chapter 10: Optional Accessories ... 66 Automatic Sheet Feeder (SF-15HA[...]

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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 platen knob ❏ Installing the r[...]

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. Paper guide Front cover Interface connector Control panel Mute cover Release lever Power switch Platen knob[...]

4 Printer Setup Opening the front cov er ❏ Lift up on the front cov er and swing it open until it stops. ❏ T o close the front cover , simply lo wer it back into place. Caution! The tear assist edge is r ather sharp. T ake car e to avoid injuring your hands. Note: Y ou can completely r emove the fr ont cover fr om the printer or you can stand i[...]

Removing the protective materials 5 ❏ Remov e the two white pieces of packing from inside the printer as sho wn in the illustration. A piece of cardboard is inserted into the printer to protect components during shipping. Be sure to remov e it before using the printer. ❏ Open the front cover. ❏ Remov e the cardboard from the inside of the fro[...]

6 Printer Setup 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 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 [...]

Installing the ribbon cassette 7 ❏ Rotate the knob on the ribbon cassette clockwise to take up an y slack in the ribbon. ❏ By hand, mov e the cartridge holder to the left side where there is a cut-out in the top guide to allo w easy installation and remov al of the ribbon cassette. ❏ Carefully place the cassette onto the cartridge holder maki[...]

8 Printer Setup ❏ While guiding the ribbon between the print head and print head shield, press down gently b ut firmly on the cartridge until the side tabs snap securely into place. ❏ Rotate the knob on the cassette again to take up an y slack. ❏ Replace the front cov er of the printer . Important! Printing that is poor quality or too light [...]

Installing the paper guide 9 ❏ Open the front cov er of the printer . ❏ By hand, mov e the cartridge holder to the left side where there is a cutout in the top guide to allow easy installation and remo val of the ribbon cassette. ❏ Using your thumb and forefinger to squeeze the two tabs on the ribbon cassette tow ards the center, carefully r[...]

10 Printer Setup Standing up the paper guide ❏ Y ou can mo v e the paper guide so that it is at angles of 50 or 70 as sho wn in the illustrations below . The correct angle depends on the type of the paper you are using. The following table shows the correct angle to use for each type. Paper T ype Paper Guide Angle F anfold 50 degrees Cut-sheet 70[...]

Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off 11 Connecting to a po wer outlet and turning po wer on and off ❏ Plug the po wer cord of the printer into a standard power outlet whose voltage matches the po wer rating noted on the label af fix ed to the bottom of your printer . Caution! If the voltage mark ed on the bottom of your prin[...]

12 Printer 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 62 of this manual. ❏ Remov e the paper guide from the printer . ❏ Make sure printer po wer is turned off. ❏ Set the release le ver to [...]

Loading fanfold paper 13 ❏ Swing the rear cov er back and do wn until it stops. Note: Y ou can also completely r emove the r ear cover by simply pulling it away fr om the back of the printer after you open it. Caution! The metal edge of the cover is r ather sharp. T ake car e to avoid injuring your hands when handling it. ❏ Pass the fanfold pap[...]

14 Printer Setup ❏ Close the tractor cov ers. At this point you can make final adjustments to the paper position by releasing the gray le vers and mo ving the tractors. The paper should lie flat with no buckling or b ulging (tractors too close) or no stretching or elongation of the holes (tractors too far apart). After making these adjustments,[...]

Loading fanfold paper 15 ❏ Install the paper guide so that it is standing up (at a 50-degree angle) as shown on page 10. In this position, the paper guide k eeps 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. ❏ T urn on the printer .[...]

16 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 and label paper. Cut-sheet paper 5 mm 8 mm (0.31") 5 mm 4 mm (0.16") (0.2") (0.2") Fanfold pap[...]

Parking fanfold paper 17 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. 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 cov er of the[...]

18 Printer Setup Using the tear-off function The following procedure makes it easy to tear off fanfold paper. ❏ Check to make sure that the printer is on-line. ❏ Press the FORM 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 paper[...]

Connecting to your computer 19 ❏ 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 . ❏ Plug the other end of the parallel cable into the socket on the side of the printer and secure it in place with the [...]

20 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 on-line or off-line. The b[...]

Selecting a font 21 Selecting a font ❏ Make sure the printer is of f-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. HS-Draft is selected when all font indicators on the LC-1521 are off. Note: The font setting you make with the a[...]

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 of f-line ( ON LINE indicator is not lit). ❏ Press PITCH to change the pitch selection. The following shows the meanings of th[...]

Line feed 23 Line feed ❏ Make sure the printer is of f-line ( ON LINE indicator is not lit). ❏ Press LINE FEED once to feed paper one line. Holding down LINE 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 of f-line ( ON LINE indicator is not lit). ❏ [...]

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 of f-line ( ON LINE indicat[...]

Changing the auto load position 25 ❏ Make sure the printer is on-line ( ON LINE indicator is lit). ❏ Press SET/EJECT/P ARK , to toggle between the Quiet Print Mode and normal printing. The printer emits one short beeps when the Quiet Print Mode is selected, and two short beep when normal printing is selected. Changing the auto load position Nor[...]

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 of [...]

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 of f line ( ON LINE indicator is not lit). ❏ Hold down FONT and then FORM FEED . Keep both b uttons held down [...]

28 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 printer’s EDS Mode and[...]

Selecting a bank 29 Selecting a bank ❏ While in the EDS Mode, use the control panel’ s B ANK button to select a bank. When the B ANK indicator flashes it indicates the current bank selected. Selecting a switch ❏ While in the EDS Mode, use the control panel’ s SWITCH b utton to select a bank switch. When the SW indicator flashes it indicate[...]

30 Using the EDS Mode Printing the current switch settings ❏ In the EDS Mode, press the control panel’ s PRINT button to print out the current switch settings. Asterisks on the printout show whether a switch is turned on or of f. Checking the settings of switches in a bank ❏ After selecting a bank, press the control panel’ s ST A TUS button[...]

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 (page 70). B ANK A Switch 1: Em ulation Selects Standard emulation (ON) or IBM emulation (OFF). Standard emulation causes the printer to act l[...]

32 Using the EDS Mode Switch 6: Multi-P ar t Mode Specifies whether the printer’s Multi-Part Mode is enabled (OFF) or disabled (ON). When the Multi-Part Mode is enabled (OFF), the impact of the print head is increased, but head life is decreased. Enable the Multi-Part Mode when printing on four to five-ply paper. Disable the Multi-Part Mode when [...]

EDS Mode 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. * LC-1521 only . Not used with LC-1511. 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 ([...]

34 Using the EDS Mode 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 use. Switch 5: CR Centering P osition Specifies whether the printer's CR centering is long (ON) or short (OFF). When the CR centering position is long (ON), the carriage moves to the[...]

EDS Mode Settings 35 Code Pa ge SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5 #437 IBM-PC ON ON ON ON ON #850 Multi-lingual OFF ON ON ON ON #860 P or tuguese ON OFF ON ON ON #861 Icelandic OFF OFF ON ON ON #863 Canadian F rench ON ON OFF ON ON #865 Nordic OFF ON OFF ON ON #866 Russian ON OFF OFF ON ON #3840 IBM-Russian OFF OFF OFF ON ON #3841 Gost-Russian ON ON ON OFF ON #3[...]

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 Mode Settings 37 #928 Greek Greece For UNIX #2001 Lithuanian-KBL Lithuania Commonly used for DOS #772 Lithuanian Lithuania New standard #774 Lithuanian Lithuania #3001 Estonian-1 Estonia #3002 Estonian-2 Estonia Most often used #3011 Latvian-1 Latvia #3012 Latvian-2 Latvia Gov ernment standard #3021 Bulgarian Bulgaria #3031 Hebre w Israel #3041[...]

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 Mode Settings 39 B ANK F Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5: NLQ Font Selection Turn these switches on or off to form the pattern that identifies the font you want to use for NLQ printing. Note: Bank C switches 1 and 2 need to be in the corr ect positions befor e the above setting will have any effect. Font SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5 Roman ON ON ON ON ON Sanserif[...]

40 Chapter 4: User Setup Utility The User Setup Utility is included on the floppy disk that comes with the printer. It allows you to change the EDS settings of the printer from your computer. To run the User Setup Utility, you need an IBM-compatible computer running PC-DOS or MS-DOS. The computer must be equipped with a 3.5 ″ floppy drive and a h[...]

Starting the User Setup Utility 41 ❏ Pull do wn the list of av ailable languages under Language: and double- click the one you want to use. ❏ Pull do wn the list of av ailable printers under Printer Type: and double- click on the one you want to use. F or this printer you should select LC-1511 or LC-1521. ❏ Click the Install Directory: box to[...]

42 User Setup Utility When you start the User Setup Utility, it reads and displays the last settings that were sent to the printer by the utility. Note: The utility does not r ead the settings fr om the printer . It r eads the settings fr om a file that was cr eated the last time the utility was run, which ar e stor ed on your computer’ s hard d[...]

Adjusting the dot alignment 43 T o select a setting box ❏ Click on the box you want to select or mo ve to by using your ke yboard’ s Ta b or arro w keys . The currently selected setting box is highlighted on the screen. T o change a setting ❏ After you select a setting box, click on the box or press Enter to pull do wn a list of av ailable se[...]

44 User Setup Utility Changing the printer port ❏ Click on Po r t or press the F8 function ke y . ❏ Select the port you want to use by double-clicking on it, or by moving to it with the arrow k eys and pressing Enter . Saving setup data in a configuration file ❏ T o save setup data in a configuration file so you can recall it later , clic[...]

Importing setup data from a configuration file 45 Importing setup data from a configuration file ❏ Click on File or press the F3 function ke y . ❏ Select Load from the menu that drops do wn by double-clicking on it, or by moving the highlighting to it with the arro w keys and pressing Enter . ❏ Select the file that contains the configurat[...]

46 Chapter 5: Using the Printer with W indo ws 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 learn about: ❏ How to set up for pri[...]

Setting up for printing with Microsoft Windows 3.1 47 ❏ Click Add and the dialog box will expand to sho w 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 d[...]

48 Using the Printer with Windows 3.1 ❏ In the List of Printers: box of the Add Unlisted or Updated Printer dialog box, select the Star printer dri ver and then click OK . This causes the Printers dialog box to appear. The STAR printer is now listed in the Installed Printers: list. ❏ Double-click on the name of the printer model you just instal[...]

Printing a document 49 ❏ From this windo w you select buttons that let you control a wide v ariety of printer setup parameters. This manual does not include any information about how to do this because e verything you need to kno w is included in an on-line manual that tells you how to use all the b uttons and menus that appear . T o view the on-[...]

50 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[...]

Selecting fonts in Windows applications 51 ❏ Insert the disk that contains the fonts into one of your computer’ s disk driv es. This explanation assumes you are using a dri v e named “ A:”, but you could use any dri ve. Just remember to change the “ A:” in the following steps to the name of the dri ve you are using. ❏ Select the lette[...]

52 Chapter 6: Using the printer with W indo ws 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” on the floppy disk contains a[...]

Setting up the printer in Windows 95 53 ❏ When the abov e windo w is displayed, make sure the Local printer radio button is check ed. Then click on the Next b utton twice, and click on the Back b utton. ❏ Click on the Have Disk b utton. ❏ Insert the disk with the printer dri ver file on it into the floppy disk dri ve. Make sure that the dri[...]

54 Using the printer with Windows 95 ❏ Select the language or language group you want to use by clicking on it. ❏ Select the printer model name (“Star LC-1511” or “Star LC-1521”) by clicking on it and then click on the Next b utton. ❏ Select the printer port to which the printer is connected by clicking on it (usually “LPT1”). Cli[...]

Preparing to print 55 ❏ Click on the Next b utton. ❏ Select whether to print out a test page by clicking on the appropriate radio button. ❏ Click on the Finish button. ❏ If a message appears requesting you to insert the W indows 95 CD-R OM, insert it into the CD-R OM drive and click on the OK b utton. ❏ If a message appears saying that th[...]

56 Using the printer with Windows 95 ❏ Double-click on the icon bearing the name of the printer ( Star LC-1511 or Star LC-1521 ) in the Printers windo w . A window appears listing an y 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 Def[...]

Printing a document 57 Printing a document Windows 95 applications always print to the currently selected default printer. If you want to change the default printer, refer to the previous section, Preparing to print. To print from any Windows 95 application, proceed as follows:. ❏ Click on the application’ s File menu. ❏ Click on the Print co[...]

58 Using the printer with Windows 95 Installing T rueT ype fonts To install the TrueType fonts that are on the floppy disk accompanying this printer, follow the procedure below. ❏ Insert the disk in your computer’ s floppy disk dri ve. ❏ Click on the Start button in the bottom lefthand corner of the screen. ❏ Select Settings . ❏ Release [...]

59 Chapter 7: Using the Printer with OS/2 W arp This chapter contains specific information about using the printer with IBM OS/2 Warp. It also shows you how to install the printer driver on your computer so you can control the printer. By reading this chapter, you will learn: ❏ How to set up for printing with IBM OS/2 W arp ❏ How to prepare for[...]

60 Using the Printer with OS/2 Warp Getting ready to print There are several steps to set up the printer before using it. You must select the printer driver, and specify the source, size, and orientation of the paper. Use the following procedure to make these selections. Note: Y ou do not need to select the printer driver and paper specifications [...]

61 Chapter 8: 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 Setting up for printing with MS-DOS To print from an application running under MS-DOS, you must first select the[...]

62 Chapter 9: 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[...]

Adjusting for paper thickness 63 Labels Backing sheet: 4 .5″ to 1 6.5″ / 114 to 419mm Thickness Backing sheet: 0.00276 ″ to 0.0035 ″ / 0.07 to 0.09mm Total: 0.0075 ″ / 0.19mm • Use labels under normal temperature and humidity conditions only. Adjusting for paper thickness Paper comes in different weights, normally expressed as gsm (gram[...]

64 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! Continuous use of the wr ong adjustment lever setting can drastically r educe print head life! The Multi-part Mode is only r ecommended when [...]

Clearing paper jams 65 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 mark. ❏ Adjust the right paper guide so there is enough space to insert the paper . ❏ Insert a sheet of paper into the paper guide, with the side you want to print on f[...]

66 Chapter 10: Optional Accessories This chapter introduces the following optional accessories that are available for this printer: ❏ Automatic Sheet Feeder (SF-15HA) ❏ Pull T ractor Unit (PT -15HA) ❏ Serial Interface Unit (IS-8H192 and IS-32H768) ❏ Serial-to-Parallel Con verter (SPC-8K) Important! Always make sur e that printer power is tu[...]

Pull Tractor Unit (PT-15HA) 67 Pull T ractor Unit (PT -15HA) The pull tractor unit is recommended when printing with multi-part continuous forms. Refer to the manual that comes with the pull tractor unit for further details on installation and operation. Serial Interface Unit (IS-8H192 and IS-32H768) Installing the serial interface unit provides se[...]

68 Optional Accessories Specifications (IS-8H192) Specifications (IS-32H768) RS-232C Interface RS-422A Interface Refer to the manual that comes with the serial interface unit for further details on installation and operation. Interface RS-232C-lev el only Synchronization Asynchronous Baud rate 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200 BPS (sel[...]

Serial-to-Parallel Converter (SPC-8K) 69 Serial-to-P arallel Con verter (SPC-8K) Connecting the serial-to-parallel converter to the printer’s parallel connector provides serial data communications capabilities between the printer and your computer. Specifications Refer to the manual that comes with the serial-to-parallel converter for further de[...]

70 Appendix A: T roubleshooting This appendix will help you 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. W arning! The printer uses high voltage . Do not [...]

Hexadecimal dump 71 Long test ❏ Make sure that paper is loaded in the printer . ❏ T urn the printer off. ❏ While holding do wn the control panel’ s LINE FEED button, turn the printer on. The long test prints seven lines of text and then continues to print the entire character set for each font and pitch available. ❏ T o stop demo printing[...]

72 Troubleshooting Adjusting the dot alignment You may never have to use the procedure described in this section, but after you have been using your printer for some time you may find that the dots of some graphics do not align correctly. For example, what should look like: may come out looking like one of the following: This is caused when mechani[...]

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. Prob lem Possib le 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 powe[...]

74 Troubleshooting Printer does not feed paper properly . Jamming paper . Remov e all paper from the printer and then reload it. The printer is not set up correctly f or the thickness of paper being used. Set up the printer for the paper thickness y ou are using. See “Adjusting f or paper thickness” on page 63. Line spacing is incorrect. Jammin[...]

Troubleshooting guide 75 Incorrect number of lines are printed on the page. A uto line feed with carriage retur n is enab led. Use the EDS Mode or User Setup Utility to disable auto line f eed with carriage retur n. See “Switch 4: A uto LF with CR” on page 32 . The line spacing or leading selected by y our application program is wrong. Choose a[...]

76 Troubleshooting Printer case is hot. The printer’ s air vents are bloc ked or obstructed. Switch off the printer and let it cool. Check the air v ents on the bottom of the printer to see if they are b locked. Remov e the obstr uction if possible . If the problem persists, return the pr inter to your dealer f or repair . Printer makes e xcessiv[...]

Troubleshooting guide 77 Left margin mov es to the right dur ing printing. The paper is not loaded correctly , causing the print head to jam. Remov e 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 Printer behav es erratically . Printing suddenly stops. The interf ace cable is connected incorrectly or damaged. Check to mak e sure that the printer interface cab le is connected correctly . If it is, tr y a diff erent cable. Static electricity caused by interf erence from nearby electrical devices or b y low- le v el humidity [...]

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 dri ver setup correct? ✓ Is the printer you are using correctly selected i[...]

80 Troubleshooting T o check the port ❏ Double-click the Control P anel icon in the Main window . ❏ Double-click the Printers icon. ❏ Double-click on the name of your Star printer in the list of installed printers. ❏ Click on Connect . ❏ Make sure that your printer cable is connected to the port highlighted in the list of ports. If you ar[...]

81 Appendix B: Specifications Printing System Ser ial Impact Dot-Matrix Printing Speed Pitch Draft (cps/dpi) NLQ (cps/dpi) LC-1521 Pica (10 cpi) 300/120H (Nor mal) 400/90H (HS) 75/240H Elite (12 cpi) 360/120H 90/240H Condensed pica (17 cpi) 255/240H 127/240H Condensed elite (20 cpi) 300/240H 150/240H LC-1511 Pica (10 cpi) 225/120H 56/240H Elite (1[...]

82 Specifications Paper Cut-sheet (manual feeding) P aper width: 7 ″ to 16.5 4″ / 178 to 420 mm P aper length: 5.5 ″ to 14 ″ / 140 to 356 mm P aper thickness: 0.00276 ″ to 0.00472 ″ / 0.07 to 0.12 mm P aper weight: 14 to 24 lbs. / 52 to 90 g/m 2 / 45 to 77 kg Cut-sheet (with optional automatic sheet feeder) P aper size: B5, A4, L T , B4[...]

83 Ribbon T ype On-carriage, dedicated Monochrome (Y9WH), Black only Ribbon Life 2.5 million characters (Draft 10 cpi) Dimensions and W eight Width: 23.2 ″ / 590 mm Depth: 13.9 ″ / 355 mm Height: 7.3 ″ / 186 mm Weight: 18.3 lbs. / 8.3 kg P ower Supply 120V AC + 10%/–17%, 230V AC +14%/–13%; 50/60Hz (depending on countr y of purchase) P owe[...]

84 Appendix C: Interface Pin Outs P arallel Interface Pin Name Function 1 STROBE Goes low f or ≥ 0.5 µ s when active . 2 D A T A0 These signals represent inf or mation for the 1st through 8th bit of parallel data, respectively . Each signal is HIGH when data is logical 1, and LO W when logical 0. 3 D ATA 1 4 D ATA 2 5 D ATA 3 6 D ATA 4 7 D ATA 5[...]

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

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

87 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 as those for Co[...]

88 Character Sets 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[...]

89 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 #437.[...]

90 Character Sets 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[...]

91 Code P age #1001 Arabic Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. 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.[...]

92 Character Sets 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[...]

93 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 Page #437.[...]

94 Character Sets 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 [...]

95 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 Select italic STD ESC 4 Cancel italic STD ESC 5 Se[...]

96 Printer Control Codes Print Pitch Contr ol Commands Description Mode ASCII Code Select condensed print Both SI Same as SI STD ESC SI Select one line expanded print Both SO Same as SO STD ESC SO 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[...]

97 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 Select subscripts Both[...]

98 Printer Control Codes Line Spacing Commands Description Mode ASCII Code Advance paper one line (line f eed) Both LF Rev erse 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 /216 ″ Both ESC 3 n Set line spa[...]

99 Mov e print head to specified horizontal position STD ESC n1 n2 Justification STD ESC a n Set left margin STD ESC l n Other Commands Description Mode ASCII Code Sound printer bell Both BEL Mov e printer head back one space (backspace) Both BS Set printer on line Both DC1 Set printer off line STD DC3 Cancel line in print buff er Both CAN Dele[...]

100 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 sends the pr[...]

101 Appendix G: Control P anel Operation Guide Note: A dot means pr ess and hold and an arr ow means to just pr ess. A dot and arr ow tied together means hold one while pr essing the other . BANK HS-DRAFT/DRAFT A1 B2 COURIER FONT BANK C3 ROMAN SANSERIF ORATOR PRESTIGE 10 CPI SW 12 CPI COND E5 PROP D4 F6 POWER SWITCH PITCH ON/OFF FORM FEED STATUS PR[...]

A application printer selection checking 79 ASF 66 Auto LF selecting 32 auto load position changing 25 Auto Tear-off selecting 32 AUTOEXEC.BAT 80 automatic sheet feeder 31, 66 B bidirectional printing 32 C carton contents 2 character pitch setting 22 Character Set IBM #1 86 IBM #2 86 IBM Special 87 international 85 standard italic 85 tables 85 Char[...]

download buffer 31 Drive Setup checking 79 E EDS Mode auto LF with CR 32 auto tear-off 32 automatic sheet feeder 31 character set 34 character table 31 code page 34 CR centering 34 default settings 28 emulation 31 entering 28 exiting 30 graphics direction 32 line spacing 32 Multi-Part Mode 32 NLQ font 39 page length 34 paper out detector 31 print m[...]

N NLQ font selecting 39 O off-line switching to 20 ON-LINE indicator 20 on-line switching to 20 options 66 automatic sheet feeder 66 pull tractor unit 67 serial interface unit 67 serial-to-parallel converter 69 OS/2 Warp getting ready to print 60 printing 60 setting up for 59 P page length setting 34 paper automatic feeding 64 fanfold 16 handling 6[...]

Q Quiet Print Mode 24 selecting 33 R ribbon cassette installing 6 removing 8 taking up slack in 7 S serial interface unit 67 serial-to-parallel converter 69 setup printer 1 specifications cut-sheet paper 62 fanfold paper 62 labels 63 printer 81 serial interface unit 68 serial-to-parallel converter 69 system software settings MS-DOS 80 Windows 79 T [...]

Customer service information If you experience an y technical difficulties with your Star printer , please refer to Appendix A Ho w to deal with printing problems. This chapter describes easy methods to diagnose and resolve some of the problems that you may encounter . For further technical support, you should first contact your Authorized Star D[...]