Star Micronics LC-20 Printer User Manual


 
FUNCTIONS OF THE DIP SWITCHES
Theprinteris factory-setwithallDIPswitchintheONposition.Theseare
thestandardsettings.Bychangingthesettings,youcanaltervariousprinter
fimctionsto match yourrequirements.The followingquestionswill help
youchoosethe propersettings.
Switch
Function ON OFF
1-1 Printermode Standard
IBM
1-2
UsageofRAM
Buffer Download
1-3 AutoLF
No Yes
1-4
Autosheetfeeder
Inactive Active
1-5 Paper-outdetector
Enabled
Disabled
1-6
Oratorlowercase
Smatlcaps Lowercase
1-7
Pagelength
143
(seebelow)
Characterset
(Standardmode)
‘raphics
Italics
2-1
Characterset
(IBM
mode)
‘et #2
Set
#l
2-2
2-3 Internationalcharacterset
2-4
Switchl-l: DoyouwanttousetheprinterinstandardmodeorIBMmode?
Selectthemodecompatiblewithyourcomputerandsoftware.In standard
modetheprinteroperatesliketheEpsonLX-850.In IBMmodeit operates
like the IBMPropnnterHI.The ON positionselectsstandardmode.The
OFFpositionselectsIBMmode.
Switch 1-2: Does yoursoftwaredownloadcharactersto the printer?
InordertodownloadcharactemthisswitchmustbeintheOFFposition.The
printer then uses its RAM memory for storing character patterns and
providesonlyaone-lineprintbuffer.IfyouleavethisswitchON,theprinter
usesitsRAMmemoryasaninputbuffer,allowingthecomputerto senddata
fasterthantheprinterprints.
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