Star Micronics LC24-30 Bedienungsanleitung

LC24-30 COLOUR USERS MANUAL NOT INTENDED FOR SALE

In addition to these features, the printer can print on a variety of different sizes and types of paper: single sheets (also called

Paper guides Paper delivery selector Release lever Extension cover Interlace connector The printer I The printer with the front cover rem

Parts The main components are shown in the two diagrams opposite. The paper guides and paper support hold single- sheets, setting the

The platen guides the paper through the printer and provides -a solid surface against which the print head can make an impression o

Chapter 2 Unpacking and setting up Choosing a place for the printer Keep the following points in mind when deciding where to put your

Unpacking the printer There should be five items in the box: the printer, a color ribbon cartridge, the paper support, a 3 l/2” flopp

Preparing the printer Place the printer in the spot you have chosen and carry out the following steps: Opening the front cover . Hoo

Installing the ribbon cartridge . Turn the tension knob on the cartridge clockwise, to take the slack out of the ribbon. Tension knob

. Carefully position the ribbon between the print head and the print head shield as shown. Print head shield bon Print head . Push do

. Close the front cover by swinging it down and push- ing down on the raised parts at the rear so that it fits firmly into place

VDE Statement This device carries the VDE RF1 protection mark to certify that it meets the radio inter- ference requirements of the

Connecting the printer to your computer The printer and computer must be connected with a cable. The computer sends the documents t

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

3 Setting up the printer in Windows The LC24-30 Colour is ideally suited for use with com- puters running Microsoft Windows system

. Click on Install Unlisted or Updated Printer in the list, so that this option is highlighted. . Click Install. A window prompts you

r Setting up the printer in MS-DOS IBM PC’s and compatibles running MS-DOS will usually work with a printer connected to the paralle

Chapter 3 Using the printer Loading paper The paper tray can hold up to 55 sheets of paper. To load the paper, use the following s

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

. Cut sheet paper can sometimes stick together, caus- ing problems when the paper is drawn through the printer. To prevent this, fl

. Now place the paper in the paper tray. Paper guides . Adjust the right-hand paper guide so that the paper stack fits snugly betwee

Guide to this manual The LC24-30 Colour is essentially a very easy printer to use. However, it is also capable of a number of complex

. Push the paper delivery selector up and back. Printed pages will now be delivered in a stack, face down. When you turn the stack

Ready mode and Not-Ready mode The printer is in “ready” mode when it is ready to receive and print documents sent by the computer.

You can press the (READY] key to switch the printer between the two modes. Pressing (W] once puts the printer in ready mode: press

The green READY light on the right-hand side of the panel indicates whether the printer is in ready mode or not-ready mode, as alre

Printing out your documents Printing documents is dependent on your operating sys- tem (Windows or MS-DOS). In Windows Unless you selec

Start up the application program and select a printer. Choose one of the following in the order of preference shown: Star LC24-30 Co

Using different fonts You can vary the appearance of your printed text by using different fonts. If you are unfamiliar with fonts (o

In MS-DOS If you are using a computer running MS-DOS, you can use the control panel to select one of the 6 typeface fam- ilies built

Similarly, if only the middle light or bottom light is on, Courier or Script is selected. If two lights are on, the font whose nam

Using other printer features There are a number of other printer features that you may want to use. These features include the abil

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Chapter 4 Printer reference Introduction This chapter is intended as a comprehensive guide to the printer’s functions. It covers a wide ra

Using the control panel The control panel allows you to control the printer’s var- ious functions and to see the printer’s current

such as the current font. The light is on when the printer is in ready mode. It flashes when it is in not- ready mode. The three li

the lights are off if these features are not in effect. These features are explained later on in this chapter. The control panel is

Making Electronic DIP Switch settings Dot-matrix printers usually have rows of thin, two-posi- tion switches (DIP switches) with which

Micro Feed ALT l Macro FF A Zoom Electronic DIP Switch Dl (print quality) selected Press the [FONT] and [PAPER] keys until the letter

When the printer is shipped from the factory, all switch settings are set to ON, except for Bl, the graphics direc- tion, which i

EDS setting El Function ON OFF I I I E2 LO font selectIon I See below I E3 E4 E5 Reserved Reserved Al - Emulation The LC24-30 Colour can “e

A3 - RAM usage If A3 is OFF, the printer is able to store patterns repre- senting characters that you have defined with the Epson

B2 - Paper out If B2 is ON, the printer can detect when there is no more paper and will stop printing. If B2 is OFF, the printer can

Chapter 4 - Printer reference Introduction ... 33 Using the control pa

C4 and C5 - Print pitch Pitch is the number of characters in a one-inch line of text. If you want to print using 10 characters per

D3 to D 5 - IBM code page or international character set. Various special characters (for example, accented char- acters) are needed

El to E3 - LQ font selection If Letter Quality print mode is selected (Dl is set to ON), any of the following five fonts may be se

Selecting which emulation to use The LC24-30 Colour can emulate both Epson and IBM dot-matrix printers. This means that the software

To change the setting back to Epson mode, simply per- form the reverse procedure. From now on the printer will turn on in the mo

If you are using the serial-to-parallel converter, you will need to make some switch settings on the converter and corresponding seria

When you can print using the MS-DOS print command, try printing from an application. Start up an application program, such as your

Using fonts and varying the appearance of text Introduction to fonts and typefaces A font is a collection of characters (letters, d

character’s design. As a result, two different sentences that contain the same number of characters will occupy the same width if prin

Scalable fonts Each character in a scalable font is defined as an outline shape. The computer converts the outline shape to a matrix

Making adjustments to the printer ... 63 Setting the print gap ...

Selecting different fonts If you are running applications software under Windows, you will select fonts from within your applica- tion

Unless you have altered the setting, the pitch is set to 10 characters per inch. You can also select character pitch from software

Using different types of paper You can use any of the following types of paper with your LC24-30 Colour printer: single sheets, fanf

You can also print using sheets of labels. We recom- mend that single sheet labels are used in preference to fanfold label paper. N

Useful printing features Portrait and landscape printing You can load paper into the printer in either portrait (upright) or landscape

Pausing printing To temporarily interrupt printing, press the (READY] key. This puts the printer in not-ready mode. This allows you to

e Controlling the paper position There are a number of ways in which you can adjust the position of the paper in the printer. You ca

Reverse micro feed To feed the paper through the printer in reverse in small steps, first put the printer in not-ready mode. Hold d

Selecting Zoom mode print size You can print at either 50% [half) or 67% (two-thirds) normal size by using the Zoom mode. This is

Quiet indicator will light up, indicating that the printer is in Quiet mode. Printing will be slightly slower. To turn off Quiet mo

Appendix Specifications ... 145 Default Electronic DIP Switch settings.. ...

Making adjustments to the printer Setting the print gap Paper comes in different weights, normally quoted in gsm (grams per square m

It is a good idea to try out different settings in order to find out which setting gives the best print quality results. The table

Adjusting vertical alignment Note: You may never have to use this function. Use it only if graph- ics print-outs appear strange (as i

*** DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING *** LQ -3 : +[FONT] [PAPERJ~ Each time you press either of these two keys, the printer prints a new test l

Testing the printer Short test A short test prints out the version number of the soft- ware contained in the printer’s ROM, followed

c This test prints across the entire width of the carriage. It is a good idea to make sure that the printer is loaded with the wide

. When the printer stops printing, put the printer in not-ready mode. The printer now prints the final line of the hexadecimal dump.

Chapter 5 Options The two optional accessories that you can purchase with your LC24-30 Colour printer are the push tractor unit (PT- 1

Push tractor unit Installing the push tractor unit The push tractor unit allows you to print on continuous fanfold paper up to 10”

Chapter 1 Introduction Features This printer, the LC24-30 Colour, lets you print sharp, impressive-looking text and graphics, and has a

. Hold the push tractor unit with your thumb and forefinger on the ridges near the top and with the slot facing towards you. Ridge

. Using your forefinger and thumb squeeze the end piece levers against the rear part of the end pieces. Rotate the tractor feed un

. Release the two levers and check that the tractor unit is properly secured. The unit is now locked in place. Make sure that the

Loading fanfold paper Position the stack of fanfold paper behind the printer. Turn the printer off. Pull the release lever forward. If

Lock the tractors in position by pushing the levers back down again. Open the covers on both tractors and position the paper by al

. Press the [PAPER] key. The fanfold paper will be fed in to the starting position (if you want to adjust this position, use the p

Printing on fanfold paper Two useful features of the LC24-30 Colour that facilitate the use of continuous stationery are paper parkin

Perforation Bottom of Form 0 75 mm 0 a 0 If you need to use continuous multi-part forms, use the type which has both side edges glued

Parking paper If you want to use single sheets, but do not want to remove the fanfold paper, you can “park” the fanfold paper. . Te

Using the tear-off function You can remove finished fanfold output without disturb- ing the current position of the paper. . Make sure

Easy set-up - Electronic DIP Switch mode allows you to make power-on settings from the control panel. Utility software for IBM PC a

Serial- to-parallel interface converter You can connect the printer to your computer via one of your computer’s serial ports using th

. Plug the interface converter’s Centronics connector into the socket on the side of the printer. Secure it with the retaining clips

Setting the converter’s DIP switches . Set the DIP switches on the converter so that the settings match the settings you intend to m

Switch 3 1 Switch 4 Protocol 1 Protocol (or “handshaking”) is the communications con- vention used between the computer and printer t

Setting up a serial connection Make settings on your computer to correspond to the settings you have made using the DIP switches. On

On an MS-DOS computer If you are using an IBM PC or compatible running MS-DOS, edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to include a line that re