Star Micronics LC-15 Printer User Manual


 
ONLINE button
The
(
ON LINE
)
buttonsets the printeron-lineand off-line.The state
changeseachtimeyoupressthebutton.
Intheon-linestatetheprinterreceivesdatafromthecomputerandprintsthe
data.In theoff-linestatethe printerstopsprintingandsendsthecomputer
a signalindicatingthatit cannotacceptdata.
Theprinterpowersup in theon-linestateifpaperispresent.If paperis not
present,theprinterpowersup off-linewiththe
POWER indicatorflashing.
Whenyou loadpaperthe
POWER indicatorstopsflashing,but the printer
remainsoff-line.To startprintingyoumustpressthe(
ON LINE
)
button
go on-line.
Thethreemaintimeswhenyouwillwantto pressthe(
ON LINE
)button
are:
Beforeand after any otherpaneloperation
Theotherpanelbuttonsoperateonlyin theoff-linestate.Firstpressthe
(
ON LINE ) buttonto go off-line,thenperformthe paneloperation,then
pressthe(
ON LINE ) buttonagainto go backon-line.
To pauseduringprinting
If youpressthe
(
ON
LINE
)
buttonduringprinting,theprinterstops
printingand goesoff-line,allowingyouto checktheprintoutor changea
controlpanelsetting.Printingresumeswhen you press theC
ON
LINE
)
buttonagainto go backon-line.
To cutfanfoldformsat the end of printing
Whenusingfanfoldforms,if youholdtheC
ON
LINE )buttondownfor
onesecond,in additionto gooff-linetheprinterfeedsthepaperabouttwo
inchesforward,allowingyouto cut it offjust belowthelastlineprinted.
Whenyoupressthe(
ON
LINE )button againtogobackon-line,thepaper
feeds backward about one inch, stopping in the right place to resume
printing.