Star Micronics LaserPrinter 8 Operator's Manual page 74

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This meansthattheCentronicsparallelinterfaceis active. If the
serialport wereactive,thatlinewouldstateRS-232.
If youaregoingto usea Centronicsinterface,youdon'tneedtomake
anychanges.IfyouwanttouseanRS-232interface, y oumustperform
a programming sequence. P rogramming willinvolvepressingvarious
panel keys and followingthe informationprovidedon the display
screen. The frontpanel indicatesthe selectedfunctionwith the @
symbolfollowingthe functiondisplayed.
Note:
Changingtheinterfacetyperequirestwostepsafterfrontpanel
programming.
I.Save the new interfacesettingin NV RAMby pressing
[PROGRAM]
then pressing
[NEXT]
untilthe screendisplays
Set Power-up
Press
[ENTER]
to
storethe new selections
2. Turn theprinter'spoweroff, thenon againto activatethe new
interface.
Se/ectlngU7e S erialInterface:
Note that when you have completed the selection sequence, the
settings must be stored in NV RAM (see Saving Settings),then
activatedby turningtheprinter'spoweroff, thenon again.
cTakethe printerOff Lineby pressingthe [ON LINE] button
untilthebutton'slightis CJJ
Thenpress[PROGRAM].
Press [NEXT]untilthe displayscreenreds
INTERFACE
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