Star Micronics 8III Printer User Manual


 
The bottom part of the page lists any errors that were found during the
powering up and test procedure.
Page Three: The third page of the status report provides information on the
options for formatting and printer operation that are currently active, in the
order you are most likely to need the information. You can change any of
these by programming from the front panel.
Four sets of selected (or default) options are listed:
Current - the settings to which the printer will respond when it
receives a command.
Initial -the settings that were selected when the printer was first turned
on.
Power-up - the settings that are stored in NV RAM (see Glossary).
Factory set - the settings originally selected at the factory as default
values (ROM).
The COMMAND GROUP includes these functions:
Emulation -the printer whose functions the Star LaserPrinter 8111 is set
to emulate.
Number of Copies - the number of copies of each page to be printed.
Macro Overlay - whether special instructions are preprogrammed.
FF on Rotate - whether the printer will issue a form feed command if
the orientation (portrait or landscape) of the printing is switched within
a page.
Hex Dump - whether the text will be printed in ASCII symbols or in
hexadecimal.
LCD Intensity - the brightness of the panel display.
Bell - wheher the printer’s beeper will sound if you need to take action
during printing, such as a pause to change fonts.
Warning Alarm - whether there will be an audible warning in case of
a printer malfunction.
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