Star Micronics LC-10 Bedienungsanleitung

LC-IO

COLOURPRINTER

USERS MANUAL

NOT INTENDED FOR SALE

PN 8082025 I

Federal Communications Commission

Radio Frequency Interference Statement

This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and if not installed and used properly,

that is, in strict accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, may cause interference. to radio

and television reception. It has been type tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class

B computing device in accordance with the specifications in Subpart J of Part 15of FCC Rules,

which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference in a residential

installation. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular

installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception, which

can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct

the interference by otle or more of the following measures:

l Reorient the receiving antenna

l Relocate the computer or printer with respect to the receiver

l Move the computer or printer away from the receiver

l Plug the computer or printer into a different outlet so that it and the receiver are on

different branch circuits.

If necessary, the user should consult the dealer or an experienced redio/television technician

for additional suggestions. The user may find the following booklet, prepared by the Federal

Communications-Commission helpful: “How to Identify and Resolve Radio-TV Interference

Problems.” This booklet is available from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,

DC., 20402, Stock No. 004-000-00345-4.

For compliance with the Federal Noise Interference Standard, this equipment requires a shielded

cable.

The above statement applies only to printers marketed in the U.S.A.

Self Declaration

Radio interference regarding this equipment has been eliminated according to Vfg 1046/1984

announced by the DBP.

DBP has been informed of the introduction of this special equipment and has been granted the

right to examine the whole series.

It is the user’s responsibility to see that his own assembled system is in accordance with the

technical regulations under Vfg 1046/1984.

To conform to FTZ-regulations it is necessary to make all connections to the printer with shielded

cable.

The equipment may only be opened by qualified service representatives.

The above statement applies only to printers marketed in West Germany.

Trademark Acknowledgements

LC-10, NL.40, NP-10, NX-10/15, ND-lo/H, M-10/15: Star Micronics Co., Ltd.

IBM PC, IBM Proprinter II, PC-DOS: International Business Machines Corp.

Microsoft BASIC, MSDOS: Microsoft Corporation

LX-800, FX-%e, EX400, LX&l/W Seiko Epson Corp.

NOTICE

without STAR’s express permission is forbidden.

l The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.

l All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this manual at the

time of press. However, should any errors be detected, STAR would greatly appreciate

being informed of them.

l The above notwithstanding, STAR can assume no responsibility for any errors in this

manual.

HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

This manual is organized into five chapters and four appendixes. To

learn how to make the best use of your printer you are urged to read all

of chapters 1 through 5. The appendixes can be referred to as necessary.

Chapter 1 explains how to get the printer unpacked and set up. Read this

chapter before you do anything else.

Chapter 2 explains the control panel. After getting set up, read this chapter

and try out the procedures in it to find out how the printer works.

Chapter 3 gives tips on using word-processing programs and other com-

mercial software with this printer. Read this chapter in conjunction with

your software manual.

Chapter 4 is addressed to do-it-yourself programmers. It shows simple

programming examples using DOS commands and BASIC.

Chapter 5 covers maintenance and troubleshooting. Look through this

chapter to see what it contains, then refer to it as necessary later.

Appendix A lists the printer’s technical specifications.

Appendix B details the functions of escape sequences and other printer

commands.

Appendix C presents a BASIC program you can use to define and download

new characters.

Appendix D presents tables of the printer’s character sets.

FEATURES OF THE PRINTER

This printer is a compact, colour, dot-matrix printer that supports the

IBM/Epson commands and character sets. An excellent partner for your

personal computer, it prints text and graphics in black-and-white or six bright

colours. A print sample generated by a BASIC program is included inside

the back cover. With more advanced software, you can produce even more

striking colour graphics. Besides colour printing, some of the features of

this printer are:

l Extensive software support

Since it is compatible with the Epson and IBM printers, it works with

any software that supports those printers. That includes most word-pro-

cessing and graphics programs, spreadsheets, and integrated software

packages.

l Embeddable commands

Commands for NLQ type styles, colour printing, bold, italic, and ex-

tra-large characters can be embedded in documents without the escape code,

so you can use these features easily even if your word-processing software

does not support them.

l Easy operation

Clearly understandable lamp displays and beep tones provide immediate

feedback when you press the switches on the control panel. The four switches

can operate in combinations to perform a surprising variety of functions,

including margen setting and micro-alignment.

l Easy care and maintenance

The colour ribbon cartridge can be replaced in seconds; the print head

in a few minutes.

l Versatile paper handling

Single sheets, fanfold forms, and multi-copy forms (up to triple-ply)

are ail accepted, and you can use either tractor or friction feed. A speical

feature enables you to keep fanfold forms parked in readiness while printing

on other paper.

l Fast draht-quality printing

At 120 characters per second, the printer can print a page faster than

you can read it. Characters are naturally shaped, with true descenders.

l High-resolution near-letter-quality printing

When you select an NLQ type style, the printer slows down and employs

a dense matrix of up to 18 by 23 dots to print clear, well-formed characters.

l Large variety of type styles and sizes

The printer has one draht style and four NLQ styles (Courier, Sanserif,

and Orator with small capitals or lower case), plus italics for all styles, plus

condensed print, bold print, double-sized print, quadruple-sized print-see

the print sample inside the back cover.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER 1

Locating the printer 1

Unpacking and inspection 1

Check the carton contents

Setting up 3

Mount the platen knob

Remove the top cover

Install the ribbon cartridge

Replace the top cover

Connect the printer to the computer

Connect the printer’s power cord

Loading single sheets 6

Mount the paper guide

Semiautomatic loading

Manual loading

Loading and parking fanfold forms 9

Paper parking

Paper unparking

Test printing 12

Short self test

Long selft test

Interface test

Adjusting the printing gap 14

DIP switch settings 14

Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS 19

Switches and indicators 19

Power indicator

On Line switch

Paper Feed switch

Print Pitch switch

NLQ Type Style switch

Power-up functions 23

Short test pattern

Long test pattern

Stay in panel pitch

Stay in panel style

Hexadecimal dump

Switch combination functions 26

Paper parking

Page feed

Top of form

Forward micro-feed

Reverse micro-feed

Left margin

Right margin

Clearing the buffer

Chapter 3 USING THE PRINTER WITH

COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE

Installing your software

Printer menu

Printer command options

Type styles

Page width

Initialization sequence

Setting the DIP switches

Using your software

Page alignment

Type style and pitch selection

Embedding printer commands

Chapter 4 USING THE PRINTER

WITH DOS AND BASIC 37

Hard-copying the screen (MS DOS and PC-DOS) 37

Programming the printer with DOS commands 38

Programming the printer with BASIC 40

Chapter 5 MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING A7

Cleaning the printer 47

Replacing the ribbon 47

Replacing the print head 48

Troubleshooting 50

Appendix A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 53 -

Appendix B PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 59

Font control commands 59

Colour printing commands 64

Character set commands 64

Character size and pitch commands 66

Vertical position commands 71

Horizontal position commands 76

Graphics commands 80

Download character commands 82

Macro instruction commands 85

Other printer control commands 85

Appendix C DOWNLOAD CHARACTER GENERATOR 89

Draft character

NLQ character

Appendix D CHARACTER SETS 97

Standard character set 98

IBM character set #2 100

IBM character set #l 102

Additional character set 103

International character sets 104

INDEX 105

REFERENCE CARD Inside the cover

SETTING UP THE PRINTER

Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include -

l Locating the printer

l Unpacking and inspection (names of parts)

0 Setting up

l Loading single sheets

l Loading and parking fanfold forms

l Test printing

l Adjusting the printing gap

l Setting the DIP switches

LOCATING THE PRINTER

Give some thought to the best place to put the printer. Both the printer

and computer should be used in a normal indoor environment. For best

performance, we recommend:

l Place the printer on a flat surface.

l Keep it out of direct sunlight and away from heat-producing appliances.

l Use it only in temperatures where you are comfortable.

l Avoid locations with dust, grease, or high humidity.

l Supply it “clean” electricity. Don’t connect it to the same circuit as a large,

noise-producing appliance such as a refrigerator.

l Make sure the line voltage is within 10% of the voltage specified on the

identification plate.

l If you will be using fanfold forms, place the printer where the forms can

feed up to it from below, with at least a full page hanging free.

UNPACKING AND INSPECTION

Check the carton contents

Open the carton and check each item in the box against Figure l-1 to

make sure that you have everything (there should be five items).

Figure 1-f. Check to make sure you have all five items: 1) Printer, 2) Paper guide, 3) Platen

knob, 4) Ribbon cartridge, and 5) User’s manual.

Make an external inspection of the printer. Note the locations of the

following parts:

Bail lever: opens and closes the paper bail which holds the paper

against the platen.

Bail lever

Poa

Release lever: releases the platen. This lever must be down for

printing on single sheets, and up for fanfold forms.

Top cover: protects the print head and other parts.

Rear cover: protects the sprocket feed mechanism.

Entry slot: for inserting single sheets of paper.

Control panel: controls various printer functions.

Power switch: switches power on and off.

Connector: for connecting the computer to the printer.

SETTING UP

Mount the platen knob

The platen knob is packed into a recess of the white foam packing

material which held your printer inside the packing box. Be careful to remove

the knob before disposing of the packing.

Mount the platen knob on its shaft on the right side of the printer. Turn

it until you can push it in all the way.

Power should always be off when you turn the platen knob. Turning

the platen by hand while power is on can damage the printer’s gears.

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