Star Micronics XB24-15 Printer User Manual


 
MENU OPTIONS
The following is a list of the options within the menus, and their meanings,
together with the prompts printed in Memory Switch mode. The prompts are
given in capital letters in square brackets, thus: [OFF]. Factory settings are
marked here with an asterisk (for example, [ON*]). A summary of factory
settings is also provided following this section.
Command Menu
This menu allows you to set up various parameters controlling the overall
setup of the printer:
RAM USAGE
QUIET MODE
GRAPHICS
DIRECTION
AUTO ON-LINE
The printer RAM may be used as a print buffer
[BUFFER*], for downloading fonts [DOWNLOAD], or
as a single-line buffer [ lLINEBUFFER] .
The printer may either print slower and quieter [ON], or
faster, malting slightly more noise [OFF*].
When printing in graphics mode, the printer may either
print bidirectionally (in alternate directions) for speed
[BI*] or in one dire&on only (unidirectional for in-
creased accuracy KINI]. For practically all purposes,
however, bidirectional printing is sufficiently accurate.
If this is set [ON*], then when paper is inserted, the
printerwillautomaticallycomeon-line.Ifset [OFFl,then
you will have to press the button to bring the printer on-
line.
Font Menu
This menu allows you to set two parameters concerning fonts which will be
automatically selected whenever you turn on the printer:
) ZEROSTYLE In computer usage, a zero is often written with a slash
through it, as follows: “0”. This style is called
SLQ/LQ FONT This option allows you to choose the default font selected
when SLQ or LQ mode is selected. All available fonts are
given as options. The default is [COURIER*].
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