Star Micronics LC-15 Printer User Manual


 
Stay in panel style
If helddownduringpower-up,the (ST@ buttonpreventssoftwareinter-
ferencewiththefontstyleselectedfromthecontrolpanel.Therewillbean
acknowledgingbeep,after whichyoucan set the printeroff-line,selecta
fontstyle,thenreturntotheon-linestateandstartprinting.Theselectedfont
stylewillnotbe changedby anycommandssentby software.
Stay in panelpitch and style
If you wantto protectboththepitchand font stylesettingsfrom software
changes,pressthe@iTiX!landGF7iT3buttonsduringpower-up.Therewill
be a littlelongacknowledgingbeep.
Pressingthesebuttonsduringpower-updoesnotpreventyoufrommaking
anynumberof changeslaterfromthe controlpanel.
Hexadecimaldump
This featureis useftd for programmed who are debuggingprintingpro-
grams and want to see the actual codes the printer is receiving.(Some
computemchangethecodestheprogrammerintended.)
Inthismode,allreceiveddatawillbeprintedinahexadecimaldumpformat,
ratherthanthecontrolcodesbeingactedon as commandcodes.
Thismodeis accessedwiththe followingprocedure:
1. Holdingboththe
(PAPER FEED) and( ‘EJ!MCT>buttonsdown,turn
powerON.A beeptonewillbe heard.
2. Start printing.In placeof the usualprintoutyou will get a formatted
dumpshowingexactlywhatdatatheprinterreceives.Eachlinepresents
sixteencharactem,their hexadecimalcodes to the left and printable
character printedon the right.
3. At the end of the hexadecimaldump, set theprinteroff-linewith the
(
ON LINE )button. Thisis necessaryto printthe last line.
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