Star Micronics XB-2425 Printer User Manual


 
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DOTADJUSTMENTMODE
Thismodeisusedto adjustthealignmentoftheprintheadonsuccessivebi-
di~ctionalpasses.
Afteraperiodofsomemonths,yourprintermayworkitselfoutofalignment
onleft andrightprintingpasses,showingitselfmostobviouslyingraphics
printing.Thismodewillprobablybe usedveryrarely.
1. Turn the printeroff and then turn it on againwhileholdingdownthe
1=%’%ECTI and I ON
LINE I buttons.The displayon the control
panelshows
“DOT-ADJUSTMENT” message,andprints somethinglike
thefollowing:
*** DOT ADJuST~E~T SETTING * * *
LCI
O : I I
I I ! I I I I i ! I I I ~I ! I I I i I I I I i I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
2. The printer will feed the paper forwardsand backwardsduring this
operation,allowingyouto viewthepaperfor optimumalignment.
3. Toadjusttheprinting,usethe
I
‘=A’%4EGT1
and IPAPERFEED] buttons.
The
[s=&XdiZCTl buttonwillmove the secondpass to the left. The
I
PAPERFEED] buttonwillmovethesecondpassto theright.
*** DOT ,A,DJuST)fENT SETTING * $ *
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~:Q
LQ
-1
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[ I 1 I11 II 1 I II 1 I 1
: I I I I I I I I I I I , I I , ! I I I + 1’ 1’
I PADER FEED ~+
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4. Whenthetwopasses arealignedwitheachothertoformonecontinuous
line,thebi-dimctionalalignmenttestis completed.
5. To change the mode for which the bi-directiomdadjustmentis per-
formed,pressthe1
ON
LINE
]
button.Thiswillcyclebetween“LQ”,
“DRAIT’ and“DR.COND.”.
Repeattheprocessfor allprintmodes.
Y* : DOT ADJUSTMENT s.E’rT I NG * * *
LQ
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LQ
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ON LINE I *
DRAFT
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I I I I I I I i I I i i i I i I I i I I ~ I
[ PADER FEED I >
DRAFT
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