Star Micronics LC-500 - Manual

– 3 – Printer Components The following illustrations show the major components of your printer. 4 5 1 2 3 Printer cover Control panel Adjustment lever Platen knob Paper guide Power switch Power cord Parallel interfaceconnector

– 4 – ENGLISH Installing the paper guide 1. Hold the paper guide at a slight angle and slide the two slots on either side of the paper guide into the tabs provided on the printer case. 4 5 1 2 3 2. Press the paper guide firmly against the tabs until it clicks, and then lower the table to a horizonta...

– 5 – Removing the printer cover Swing the printer cover so that it is at an angle as shown in the figurebelow and lift the cover to remove it. To replace the printer cover, lowerthe two slots on either side of the cover onto the tabs provided on theprinter case. 4 5 1 2 3

– 6 – ENGLISH Connecting the Power Cord and turning the power ON and OFF 1. Check that the power switch on the front panel of the printer is in the OFF position (O). ON OFF 2. Plug the power cord to a power outlet whose voltage matches the power rating noted on the label affixed to the bottom of you...

– 7 – Installing the ribbon cassette 1. Turn the power on. The carriage moves to the left most position. You will hear beeps when the carriage reaches this position. Carriage Caution! Do not move the carriage by hand while the printer is turned on.Doing so can damage the printer.If you have just fin...

– 8 – ENGLISH 3. Set the adjustment lever to the highest position. 4 5 1 2 3 Adjustment lever 4. Open the printer cover. 5. Remove the ribbon cassette from the package and rotate the knob on the cassette counterclockwise to take up any slack in the ribbon. Knob

– 9 – 6. While holding the printer cassette at an angle, insert the two round tabs on either side of the ribbon cassette into the two slots inside theprinter. Then, press the lower half of the cassette inward to a verticalposition until it snaps securely into place. Knob 7. Rotate the knob on the ca...

– 10 – ENGLISH Removing the ribbon cassette When replacing the ribbon cassette, use the following procedure toremove the old ribbon cassette from the printer. 1. Open the printer cover. 2. Turn the power on. The carriage moves to the left most position. You will hear beeps when the carriage reaches ...

– 11 – Ferrite Core Installation 1. Strap the fastener into the parallel interface cable as shown in the illustration below. 2. Cut off the surplus part of the fastener. 12 to 15 cm Ferrite Core Fastener Cable 3. With a regular screwdriver, unlatch and open the ferrite core. 4. Attach the ferrite co...

– 12 – ENGLISH Important! Make sure that the printer is unplugged from the AC outlet and thatthe computer is turned off before connecting the parallel cable. 1. Connect one end of the parallel cable to the parallel port of your computer. The parallel port is usually labeled “Printer,” “Parallel,”“PR...

– 13 – 2. Paper Handling This chapter describes the different types of paper you can print on andhow to setup the printer for each type. Selecting paper types Use the following information when selecting paper. Cut-sheet paper Width: 125 to 257 mm / 4.9 to 10.12 inches Length: 85 to 364 mm / 3.3 to ...

– 14 – ENGLISH Loading cut-sheet paper This section describes the procedure for loading cut-sheet paper. You canalso use fanfold paper. For details on using fanfold paper, see “Loadingfanfold paper” on page 18. If the fanfold paper is currently loaded, firstpark the fanfold paper using the procedure...

– 16 – ENGLISH 4. Insert the paper from the front of the printer as far as it will go, sliding the left side of the paper against the paper edge. Insert the paper facingup, with the top towards the printer. 4 5 1 2 3 Adjustment lever Peper guide Paper Control panel The paper will automatically be fe...

– 17 – Printing on cut-sheet paper The following shows the recommended print area for cut-sheet paper. 3 mm 6.35 mm Max. 203.2 mm (Max. 8 inches) 4.23 mm 3 mm Cut-sheet paper

– 18 – ENGLISH Loading fanfold paper This section describes the procedure for loading fanfold paper. You canalso use cut-sheet paper. For details on using cut-sheet paper, see“Loading cut-sheet paper” on page 14. 1. Position the stack of paper behind the printer. The following figure shows the corre...

– 19 – 4. Set the adjustment lever to the value that matches the thickness of the paper you are using. The setting for normal paper is 1. Set the leverto a larger value for thicker paper, or to a smaller value for thinnerpaper. See the table on page 15 for details. 4 5 1 2 3 Adjustment lever 1 2 3 4...

– 20 – ENGLISH 7. Now move the tractor on the right to the approximate position of the right side of the paper you are using. Pull its gray lever up to unlockit, and push the lever back down to lock it into place. Also move thesheet guide so that it is approximately halfway between the twotractors. ...

– 22 – ENGLISH Printing on fanfold paper When printing on fanfold paper, take care not to print too close to theperforations that separate each sheet. The following shows therecommended print area for fanfold paper and cut-sheet paper. 4.23 mm 18 mm First page Last page 18 mm 4.23 mm 4.23 mm 142 mm ...

– 23 – Parking fanfold paper It is not necessary to remove fanfold paper currently loaded in the printerin order to print on cut-sheet paper. Instead, simply use the followingprocedure to park the fanfold paper. 1. Press the control panel’s ON LINE button to put the printer off-line. 2. Press the co...

– 24 – ENGLISH 3. Control Panel Operations The control panel gives you push-button control over the printer’soperations. It also includes indicator lights, which tell you the currentstatus of the printer at a glance. This chapter describes control panel functions that can be performedwhile the print...

– 25 – Switching between on-line and off-line • Press the ON LINE button to switch the printer between on-line and off-line modes. • When the printer is on-line, the ON LINE indicator is lit and the printer can receive data from the computer. Make sure that the printeris on-line whenever you are try...

– 26 – ENGLISH Panel lock mode When the printer is in the panel lock mode, the mode settings you makeon the control panel are used even if your software tries to override themode. Use the following procedure to enter the panel lock mode. 1. While holding down the SET/PARK/EJECT button, press the LIN...

– 27 – Control panel functions in off-line mode Line feed Press the LINE FEED button once to feed the paper one line. Holdingdown the LINE FEED button continually feeds the paper, 1/6” (default)at a time, until you release the button. The line feed is executed using the current line feed value. In S...

– 28 – ENGLISH Micro paper feed Use the following procedure to feed the paper in 1/60-inch increments. Thisfunction can be used to align the print head exactly where you want it. Press the LINE FEED button while holding down the ON LINE buttonto execute micro paper feed. When Tear Off lifts the pape...

– 29 – Pressing the LINE FEED button The printer executes micro forward paper feed, and the auto loadingvalue is increased. Pressing the SET/PARK/EJECT button The printer executes micro reverse paper feed, and the auto loadingvalue is decreased. The auto loading value must be greater than 0 inch. If...

– 30 – ENGLISH 4. Using the EDS Mode EDS stand for Electronic DIP Switches. Just like the small DIP switchesthat are used by computers, printers, and other devices, the EDS lets youconfigure the printer for your application. This chapter describes how to enter the printer’s EDS Mode and providesdeta...

– 33 – Printer mode The relation between the printer quality and the printer speed is asfollows: Printer quality LQ > Draft Printer speed Draft > LQ The values inside the parentheses are print speed ratios withrespect to LQ. Character table / IBM character set See Appendix B, “Character set” f...

– 35 – Auto CR with LF When auto CR (carriage return) with LF (line feed) is enabled, the printerautomatically performs a carriage return whenever it receives a LF codefrom the computer. This moves the print position to the beginning of thenext line. If the printer adds an extra line after every car...

– 36 – ENGLISH Multi-part mode When the printer is in the Multi-part Mode, the print head prints withgreater impact. It should be noted, however, that printing in the Multi-part Mode also reduces the life of the print head. Because of this, youshould use the Multi-part Mode only for printing on four...

– 39 – International character set See Appendix C, “Character set” for details. Code page A code page is the set of symbols and characters that your printer canprint. Your printer converts ASCII hexadecimal data according to a codepage to print symbols and characters. By supporting different codepag...

– 42 – ENGLISH 5. Control Codes List < ESC/P mode> Command HEX code Function BEL 07 Beeper BS 08 Backspace HT 09 Tab horizontally LF 0A Line feed VT 0B Tab vertically FF 0C Form feed CR 0D Carriage return SO 0E Select Double-width printing (1 line) SI 0F Select Condensed printing DC2 12 Cancel...

– 45 – 6. Troubleshooting The appendix will provide help if you experience problems with your printer. Ittells you how to test the printer, how to check system software settings, and howto adjust the vertical alignment. In addition, there is information on actions to takefor specific problems, and o...

– 46 – ENGLISH Long test Use the following procedure to test the printer to make sure thateverything is working correctly. 1. Make sure that paper is loaded in the printer. 2. Turn off the printer. 3. While holding down the control panel’s LINE FEED button, turn the printer back on. 4. The short sel...

– 47 – Adjusting the dot alignment You may never have to use the procedure described in this section, but after youhave been using your printer for some time you may find that the dots of somegraphics do not align correctly. For example, what should look like: may come out looking like one of the fo...

– 48 – ENGLISH Troubleshooting guide Use the following table to help track down the causes of problems and todetermine the best solution to deal with them. Problem Possible Cause Recommended Action The ON LINE indicator does not light. The printer is not receiving power. Check whether the power cord...

– 52 – APPENDIX Appendix A: Specifications Printing System Serial Impact Dot-Matrix Printing Speed (Character per Sec.) Draft LQ (When using Normal mode) 10CPI 180 60 12CPI 216 72 15CPI 270 90 17.1CPI 154 103 20CPI 180 120 Print Direction Draft: Uni-directional/ bi-directional logic seeking(selectab...

– 53 – Paper Cut-sheet paper Width: 125 to 257 mm / 4.9 to 10.12 inches Length: 85 to 364 mm / 3.3 to 14.33 inches Paper Sizes: A6: 105 x 148 mm (Landscape) B6: 128.5 x 182 mm (Portrait, Landscape) A5: 148 x 210 mm (Portrait, Landscape) B5: 182 x 257 mm (Portrait, Landscape) A4: 210 x 297mm (Portrai...

– 54 – APPENDIX These signals represent information for the 1st through 8th bit of parallel data, respectively. Each signal is HIGH when data is logical 1, and LOW when logical 0. Parallel Interface Connector Signals Pin Name Function 1 STROBE Goes low for ≥ 0.5 µ s when active. 2 DATA0 3 DATA1 4 DA...

– 55 – Appendix B: Character Sets IBM Graphics Character Set #2Code Page #437 (U.S.A.) Italic Character Set #2

– 56 – APPENDIX IBM Graphics Character Set #1 Italic Character Set #1

– 57 – Code Page #737 Code Page #772 Greek Lithuanian Code Page #774 Code Page #850 Lithuanian Multi-lingual Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437.

– 58 – APPENDIX Code Page #851 Code Page #852 Greek Latin-2 Code Page #858 Code Page #860 Multi-lingual with Euro Portuguese Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437.

– 62 – APPENDIX Code Page #3012 Code Page #3021 Lavian-2 Bulgarian Code Page #3031 Code Page #3041 Hebrew Maltese Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437.

– 64 – APPENDIX Code Page #3845 Code Page #3846 Hungarian Turkish Code Page #3847 Code Page #3848 Brazil-ABNT Brazil-ABICOMP Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437.

– 66 – ENGLISH Appendix C. Control Panel Operation Guide Print mode : Push : Hold ON-LINE Panel lock (Print mode) Panel Macro (Print mode & Panel Lock) Tear off (Page) OFF-LINE Set / Park / Eject Line Feed ON-LINE < Micro Paper Feed > Hex dump mode Self test (Long) Self test (Short) BANK S...