Star Micronics 8 Series Printer User Manual


 
WiththeStarLaserPrinter8youcanprintonavarietyofordinarycutsheet
pages.
FortheFeedervalueof thisPAPERFEEDparameter,youfirstentereither
cassetteor manualfeed to indicatewhereyou want paperfed from.The
cassettetray automaticallyfeedssinglesheets,muchlike sheetfecdemon
othertypesof printers.Manualfeedmeansyou feedeach sheetby hand.
Thedefaultpapersizeis 8.5by 11inchletter-sizepaper;a different-sized
tray automaticallyselectsthat differentpapersize. If you choosemanual
feedyoucan specifyothersizestoo:
8.5 by 14inch legal-size paper
A4 international (used in every country except North America)
(210
by 297 mm)
B5 international (used in every country except North America)
(182
by 257 mm)
the narrower “executive”size(7.25by 10.5inches)
Oneothernice thing you can do is printdirectlyon envelopes.Withthis
Paper Size parameteryou can specifyenvelopesin sizes #10, Monarch,
EuropeanC5 andDL.Thenjust workoutwhereto put the address,setthe
orientationto landscape(see below), and slide your envelopeinto the
manualfeed slot.Easy!
Inanyemulationmodeyoucansendyourprintercommandstochangepaper
sizeorfeedin,papermanually;youcanalsoselectthoseparametersfromthe
panel.Either,way,a messagein theprinterdisplaytellsthe operatorwhat
papersizeto use.
Auto parameters
Thepnntposition
referstothepointonthepagewherethenextcharacterwill
beprinted.Whentheprinterreachestheendof aline,theAutoParameters
settingstellit whetheror not to automatically:
returntheprintpositiontotheleftmargin(carriage return, sometimes
just called“Return”),
or moveit downoneline (h%e~eed),
or keeptextoutof thesidemargin(aurowrap ),
or keeptextoutof thebottommargin(jbrmfeed ).
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