Star Micronics Delta Printer User Manual


 
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4 Delta User’s Manual
L.F. button - stands for “Line Feed.” When you’re off-line this
allows you to advance the paper one line at a time. If you hold the
button down, you’ll get multiple line feeds, one after the other.
Around the backside are some important components and
connectors. From right to left, they are:
Figure 1-3. Around on the back of Delta you’ll find the interface connectors.
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DIP switches - primarily, these switches are used in interfac-
ing the Delta printer to your particular brand of computer. See the
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appendix for directions on doing this.
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Parallel interface connector - the place where you “hook
up” your computer to the Delta so they are “interfacing” and thus
able to communicate with each other.
Serial interface connector - this interface allows you to con-
nect Delta with a computer using serial communications.
Power cord - you know what it is for, don’t you? It furnishes
the electrical power to run the printer.
Paper Selection and Loading
That’s it for components and connectors. The next thing we’ll
look at is the variety of papers available for Delta, and how to load
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