Star Micronics LC-20 User manual

USERS MANUAL

LC-2

DOT MATRIX PRINTER

80820476

Trademark Acknowledgements

LC-20, NX-1OOO,LC.1O,ND.10/15: StarMicronicsCo., Lid.

IBM PC, PC-AT, PC-XT, ProprinterIII, ProprhrterII, PC.DOS: InternationalBusinessMachines

Corp.

Microaoft BASIC, MS-DOS: MicrosoftCorporation

LX.85Q FX86q Fx286e: seikO @sOn Corp.

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●The abovenotwithstanding,STAR cartassumeno responsibilityforanyerrorsin thismanual.

HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

Thismanualisorganizedintoninechapters.Tolearnhowto makethebest

useof yourprinteryouareurgedto readthroughchapten 1through3.The

remainingchaptersmay be treatedas areferenceguidefor programming

operations,etc. It assumes adegree of knowledgeof the operation of

computexx(forinstance,itassumesyouknowabouthexadecimalnumbers).

Thechaptexxare as follows:

Chapter 1— Settingup theprinter

Thischapterexplainshowto gettheprinterunpackedandsetup. Readthis

chapterbeforeyoudo anythingelse.

Chapter 2—Controlpaneloperations

There are anumberof controlson the frontpanelwhichperformvarious

functionsrelatedto paperhandling,printmodesandfontselection.

Aftergettingsetup,readthischapterandtry outthevariousproceduresin

itto findouthowtheprinterworks.

Chapter 3—DIP switchsettings

Thischapterexplainshowto settheDIPswitchesto makesystemsettings

on theprinter.

Chapter 4—Printercontrolcommands

Thischapterexplainsthediffe~ntemulationsprovidedbyyourprinter,and

the softwarecommandsused to driveit. This sectionis of use if you are

writingor modifiing progr~s to takeadvantageoftheprinter’sfeatures.

Chapter 5—Downloadcharactem

Thischapterexplainstheproceduresto createyourowncharacters.

Chapter6—MS-DOSandyourprinter

Sincethe PC or PC-ATfamilyof computemrunningunderMS-DOSis

curnmtlythe most popularconfigurationof microcomputer,we have in-

cludedafewhintsandtipsto helpyouuseyourprinterwithsuchsystems.

SincevirtuallyallPCsaresoldwithaMicrosoftBASICinterpreter,wehave

also included some hints, and asample program in this language to

demonstratethecapabilitiesof theprinter.

Chapter 7—Troubleshootingandmaintenance

Thissectiongivesachecklistofpointstocheckifyourprinterisnotworking

in theexpectedway.It alsoincludesdetailsof someroutinemaintenance

operationsyoucancarryoutyourself.Itisno~however,acompleteservice

manual.Callaqualifiedserviceengineerifyouareunsureofyourabilityto

carryoutanymaintenanceor servicingoperations.

Chapter 8—Specifications

Thissectiongivesthe specificationsof yourprinter.

Chapter 9—Charactersets

Thesechartsgivethedifferentcharactersetsavailable,andthedifferences

betweennationalcharactersets(assetup withtheDIP switches).

FEATURES OF THE PRINTER

Thisprinterisaconvenient,monochromeprinterwithoutfiillsbutwithafull

complementof features, making it an excellentpartner for apersonal

computer.It supportstheIBM/Epsonprintercommandsandcharactersets,

enablingittoprintjustaboutanythingyourcomputercangenerate,bothtext

and graphics.Someof itsmainfeaturesarethefollowing:

.ExtensivesoftwareSupport

Sinceit is compatiblewiththeEpsonandIBMprinters,it workswithany

softwarethatsupportsthoseprintem.Thatincludesmostword-processing

andgraphicsprograms,spread-sheets,andintegratedsoftwarepackages.

.Easy”operation

Clearlyunderstandableindicatordisplaysandbeeptonesprovideimmedi-

ate feedbackwhen you press the buttonson the controlpanel.The four

buttonscanoperateincombinationstoperformasurprisingvarietyoffunc-

tions,includingmicro-alignment.

.Easycare andmaintenance

The ribboncartridgecan be replacedin secondsthe print head in afew

minutes.

.Versatilepaperhandling

Singlesheets,fanfoldforms,andmulti-copyforms(uptotriple-ply)areall

accepted,and youcanuse eithertractoror frictionfeed.Aspecialfeature

enablesyou to keep fanfoldformsparkedin readinesswhileprintingon

otherpaper.

●Largevarietyof fontsandsizes

The printerhas onedraftfontandfourNLQ fonts(Courier,Sanserif,and

Oratorwith smallcapitalsor lower case), italicsfor all styles,plus con-

densedprint,boldprint,double-sizedprint,andquadruple-sizedprint.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1SETTING UP THE PRINTER

LocatingthePrinter

UnpackingandInspection

Checkthecartoncontents

Partsnameoftheprinter

Setting

Mount the platen knob

Install the ribbon cartridge

Comection

Loading Single Sheets

Automatic loading

Manual loading

Loading and Parking Fanfold Forms

Loading the paper

Paper parking

Paper unparking

Adjusting the PrintingGap

Chapter 2CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS

ButtonsandIndicators

ONLINEbutton

PAPERFEEDbutton

PITCHbutton

FONTbutton

Power-UpFunctions

Shorttestmode

Longtestmode

Stayinpanelpitch

Stayinpanelfont

Stayinpanelpitchandfont

Hexadecimaldump

SwitchCombinationFunctions

Formfeed

PaperParking

Topofform

Forwardmicro-feed

Reversemicro-feed

Clearingthebuffer

Chapter 3DIP SWITCH SETTINGS

LocationoftheDIPSwitches

FunctionsoftheDIPSwitches

Chapter 4PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

FontControlCommands

CharacterSetCommands

CharacterSizeandPitchCommands

VerticalPositionCommands

HorizontalPositionCommands

GraphicsCommands

DownloadCharacterCommands

OtherPrinterControlCommands

Chapter 5DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS

DesigningYourOwnDraftCharacters

Definingtheattributedata

Assigningthechamcterdata

Sampleprogram

DefiningYourOwnNLQCharacters

Chapter 6MS-DOSANDYOUR PRINTER

InstallingApplicationSoftwarewithYourPrinter

EmbeddingPrinterCommands

ProgrammingthePrinterwithDOSCommands

ProgrammingwithBASIC

Howtheprogramworks

Chapter 7TROUBLESHOOTING ANDMAINTENANCE

Troubleshooting

Powersupply

Printing

Paperfeeding

Maintenance

ReplacingthePrintHead

Chapter 8SPECIFICATIONS

Chapter 9CHARACTER SETS

StandardCharacterSet

InternationalCharacterSets

IBMCharacter

Set #2

IBMCharacterSet#1

IBM Special Character Set

INDEX

COMMANDSUMMARY

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116

chapter 1

SETTING UP THE PRINTER

Subjects covered in Chapter 1include—

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Locatingtheprinter

Unpackingandinspection(namesof parts)

Settingup andconnection

Loadingsinglesheets

Loadingandparkingfanfoldforms

Adjustingtheprintinggap

LOCATING THE PRINTER

Beforeyoustartunpackingandsettingup yourprinter,makesurethatyou

haveasuitableplaceonwhichtolocateit.By“asuitableplace”,wemean:

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Afirm,levelsurfacewhichis fairlyvibration-free

Awayfromexcessiveheat(suchasdirectsunlight,heaters,etc)

Awayfromexcessivehumidity

Awayfromexcessivedust

Supplyitwith“clean”electricity.Donotconnectittothesamecircuitas

alarge,noise-producingappliancesuchas arefrigerator.

Make sure the line voltage is the voltage specified on the printer’s

identificationplate.

To discomect theprintertheplughasto be disconnectedfromthe wall

socket,whichhasto be locatedcloseto theprinter,andeasyto access.

Installthe printerwherethemis sufficientroomfor the paper and any

paperbeingfedin or printedout.

Ifyouareconnectingyourprinterwithaparallelcable,makesurethatthe

cableis within2m {6-fi)of theprinter.An RS-232connectionusingthe

optionalSPC-8Kinterfacecanbemadeoverlongerdistances.

UNPACKINGAND INSPECTION

Checkthecartoncontents

Nowunpackthecontentsoftheshippingcarton,andcheckeachiteminthe

boxagainstFigwe 1-1tomakesurethatyouhaveeverything(thereshould

befiveitems).

If anyoftheseitemsaremissing,contactyoursupplier.

Figure 1-1.Checkto make sureyou haveall five items: 1)Printer,2) Paperguide, 3) Platen knob, 4) Ribbon

cartridge, and 5) User’s manual.

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