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USER' S MANUAL
LC-4522
DOT MATRIX PRINTERS

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  • Page 1 USER’ S MANUAL LC-4522 DOT MATRIX PRINTERS...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter 1: Printer Setup … 1 Choosing a place for the printer … 1 Upacking the printer … 2 General guide … 3 Open the front cover … 4 Removing the protective materials … 4 Installing the platen knob … 6 Installing the ribbon cassette …...
  • Page 3 Chapter 3: Using the EDS Mode About EDS Mode settings … 28 Entering the EDS Mode … 28 Selecting a bank … 29 Changing a switch setting … 29 Printing the current switch settings … 30 Exiting the EDS Mode … 30 EDS Mode Settings …...

  • Page 4: Chapter 1: Printer Setup

    Chapter 1: Printer Setup This chapter contains important information on setting up your printer. Be sure to read this chapter carefully before using the printer for the first time. In this chapter you will learn about: o Choosing a place for the printer o Unpacking and setting up the printer o Installing the platen knob o Installing the ribbon cassette...

  • Page 5: Printer Setup

    2 Printer Setup Unpacking the printer Check to make sure that the carton contains each of the items shown in the following illustration. If anything is missing, contact the store where you bought the printer and ask them to supply the missing part. Note that it is a good idea to keep the original box and all the packing materials just in case y ou need to pack the printer up again and send it somewhere at a later date.

  • Page 6: General Guide

    General guide 3 General guide The following illustrations show the major components of your printer.

  • Page 7: Open The Front Cover

    4 Printer Setup Opening the front cover o Lift up on the front cover and swing it open until it stops. o To close the front cover, simply lower it back into place. Caution! The tear assist edge is rather sharp. Take care to avoid injuring your hands. Note: You can completely remove the front cover from the printer or you can stand it up.
  • Page 8 o Open the front cover. o Remove a pieces of packing material from inside the printer as shown in the illustration. A piece of cardboard is inserted into the printer to protect components during shipping. Be sure to remove it before using t he printer. o Open the rear cover.

  • Page 9: Installing The Platen Knob

    6 Printer Setup Installing the platen knob The platen knob is packed into a recess in the packaging material. o Install the knob on the shaft located inside the large hole on the left side of the printer. Make sure that the two splines of the platen shaft inside the printer fit into the slots inside the knob’s spindle.
  • Page 10 o Rotate the knob on the ribbon cassette clockwise to take up any slack in the ribbon. o Carefully place the cassette onto the mechanism making sure that the spindle fits into the socket on the bottom of the cassette. Also make sure that the side tabs fit into the grooves on the sides of the flame.

  • Page 11: Removing The Ribbon Cassette

    8 Printer Setup o While guiding the ribbon between the print head and print head shield, press down the ribbon fabric by pen. o By hand, move the printer head left and right making sure that the ribbon fabric comes into correct position. o Replace the front cover of the printer.

  • Page 12: Installing The Paper Guide

    o Open the front cover of the printer. o By hand, move the cartridge holder to the left side where there is a cutout in the top guide to allow easy installation and removal of the ribbon cassette. o Using your thumb and forefinger to squeeze the two tabs on the ribbon cassette towards the center, carefully remove the cassette from the holder.

  • Page 13: Standing Up The Paper Guide

    10 Printer Setup Standing up the paper guide o You can move the paper guide so that it is at angle as shown in the illustrations below.

  • Page 14: Connecting To A Power Outlet And Turning Power On And Off

    Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off 11 Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off o Plug the power cord of the printer into a standard power outlet whose voltage matches the power rating noted on the label affixed to the bottom of your printer.

  • Page 15: Loading Fanfold Paper

    12 Printer Setup Loading fanfold paper This section tells you how to load fanfold paper. Note that you can also use cut-sheet paper. For details on using other types of paper, see “Paper Handling” on page 41 of this manual. o Remove the paper guide from the printer.
  • Page 16 Note: You can also completely remove the rear cover by simply pulling it away from the back of the printer after you open it. Caution! The metal edge of the cover is rather sharp. Take care to avoid injuring your hands when handling it.
  • Page 17 14 Printer Setup o Close the rear cover and press down gently on it until it locks into place with a click. Caution! Since printing with an open rear cover may cause paper feeding problems, be sure to close the rear cover before printing.
  • Page 18 o Install the paper guide so that it is lay down as the illustration. In this position, the paper guide keeps the printed paper separate from the unprinted paper. Then slide the right and left paper guides apart so they do not interfere with the fanfold paper feeding.

  • Page 19: Printing On Fanfold Paper

    16 Printer Setup Printing on fanfold paper When printing on fanfold paper, take care not to print too close to the perforations that separate each sheet. The following shows the recommended print area for fanfold paper, cut-sheet paper and label paper.

  • Page 20: Parking Fanfold Paper

    Parking fanfold paper It is not necessary to remove fanfold paper currently loaded in the printer in order to print on cut-sheet paper. Instead, simply use the following procedure to park the fanfold paper. o Tear off the paper at a perforation so there is no more than half a page sticking out of the front cover of the printer.

  • Page 21: Using The Tear-Off Function

    18 Printer Setup Using the tear-off function The following procedure makes it easy to tear off fanfold paper. o Check to make sure that the printer is on -line. FORM FEED o Press the LINE FEED press the The long tear-off operation causes the paper to be fed automatically so the tear assist edge of the printer cover is aligned with the paper’s next perforation.
  • Page 22 o Plug one end of the parallel cable into the p arallel port of your computer. The parallel port should be labeled “Printer,” “Parallel,” “PRN,” “LPT1,” or something similar. o Plug the other end of the parallel cable into the socket on the side of the printer and secure it in place with the clips.

  • Page 23: Chapter 2: Control Panel Operations

    20 Control Panel Operations Chapter 2: Control Panel Operations The control panel gives you push -button control over the printer’s operations. It includes indicator lights, which tell you the current status of the printer at a glance. This chapter describes control panel functions that can be performed while the printer is turned on and either on-line or off-line.

  • Page 24: Selecting A Print Quality

    Selecting a Print Quality o Make sure the printer is off-line ( PRINT MODE o Press the name of the quality that is currently selected. Note: The print quality setting you make with the above procedure can be changed if the software you are using overrides the setting on the control panel.

  • Page 25: Entering The Multi-Part Mode

    22 Control Panel Operations Entering the Multi-part Mode When the printer is in the Multi -part Mode, the print head prints with greater impact. It should be noted, however, that printing in the Multi-part Mode also reduces the life of the print head. Because of this, you should use the Multi-part Mode only for printing on four or five-ply paper.

  • Page 26: Line Feed

    Line feed o Make sure the printer is off-line ( LINE FEED o Press once to feed paper one line. Holding down continually feeds paper, one line at a time, until you release the button. Paper eject (cut-sheet paper) o Make sure the printer is off-line ( SET/EJECT/PARK o Press o After the paper is ejected, the printer will beep and the...

  • Page 27: Setting The Top Of Form Position

    24 Control Panel Operations Setting the top of form position The current position of paper loaded in the printer is automatically set as the top of the page whenever you turn power on. You can also use the following procedure at any time to specify a different position as the top of the page. o Make sure the printer is off-line ( o Use the micro feed operations (see above) to move the paper so that the print head is located where you want the new top of form position to be.

  • Page 28: Changing The Auto Load Position

    Important! Though the Quiet Print Mode prints more quietly, it also causes printing to take considerably longer than normal printing. o Make sure the printer is on -line ( PRINT MODE o Press normal printing. The printer emits one short beeps when the Quiet Print Mode is selected, and two short beep when normal printing is selected.

  • Page 29: Save A Macro

    26 Control Panel Operations Note: The auto load position you set remains in effect until you turn the printer off. If you want to save the auto load position in memory, press LINE FEED instead of SET/EJECT/PARK while holding down ON LINE in the above step. Saving a macro Normally, any settings you make on the control panel are cleared when you turn the printer off.

  • Page 30: Initializing The Printer

    Important! Be sure to stop the print job before taking the printer off line. Otherwise, the print job will resume from where you interrupted it when you put the printer back on-line. ON LINE o Use to take the printer off line ( PRINT MODE o Hold down until the printer beeps once, which indicates that the buffer is cleared.

  • Page 31: Chapter 3: Using The Eds Mode

    28 Using the EDS Mode Chapter 3: Using the EDS Mode The letters “EDS” stand for “Electronic DIP Switches.” Just like the small DIP switches that are used by many computers, printers, and other devices, the EDS mode lets you configure the printer so that it matches your system and software needs.

  • Page 32: Selecting A Bank

    Selecting a bank o While in the EDS Mode, use the control panel’s BANK bank. When the selected. Lit Indicator Selecting a switch o While in the EDS Mode, use the control panel’s bank switch. When the selected. Lit Indicator Changing a switch setting o After selecting a bank and switch, press the control panel’s button to turn the switch on and off.

  • Page 33: Printing The Current Switch Settings

    30 Using the EDS Mode Printing the current switch settings o In the EDS Mode, press the control panel’s current switch settings. Asterisks on the printout show whether a switch is turned on or off. Exiting the EDS Mode o Press the control panels PRINT button to print out the EXIT...

  • Page 34: Eds Mode Settings

    EDS Mode Settings The following details all of the settings you can program in the EDS Mode. You can print out a detailed overview of all the settings by performing a test of the printer. (EDS-1) BANK A Switch 1: Reserved Switch 2: RAM Usage Specifies whether RAM should be used as an input buffer (ON) or as a download buffer (OFF).

  • Page 35: Using The Eds Mode

    disabled (ON), the computer must send both a line feed code and a carriage return code at the end of each line. Most applications do this automatically. 32 Using the EDS Mode Note the following check points when trying to figure out which setting to use here: 3 If you find that your ou tput is double-spaced when it should not be, turn this switch ON (Disabled).
  • Page 36 Switch 7: Not Used EDS Mode Settings 33 BANK C Switches 1,2: Multi-Part Mode Specifies whether the printer’s Multi -Part Mode is enabled (ON, OFF) or disabled (OFF,ON). When the Multi-Part Mode is enabled, the impact of the print head is increased, but head life is decreased.
  • Page 37 EDS Mode Settings 34 BANK D Switch 1: Character Table Selects IBM-Graphic character table (ON) or Italic character table (OFF). Switch 2: Character Set When IBM-Graphics character table is selected, code area from 80H to 9FH are used as the control code (OFF). Switch 3: Zero Style Specifies whether a normal zero (ON) or a slashed zero (OFF) will be used.
  • Page 38 (EDS-2) BANK A Switches 1,2,3,4: Page Length (Friction Mode) Turn these switches on or off to form the pattern that matches the Page Length settin g you want to use. ON, ON, ON, ON :3.0 inch ON, ON, ON, OFF :3.5 inch ON, ON, OFF,ON :4.0 inch ON, ON, OFF,OFF :5.5 inch...
  • Page 39 ON, OFF,OFF,OFF :8.0 inch 36 Using the EDS Mode Switch 5: Top Margin Selects 1/6-inch (ON) or 1 -inch (OFF) spacing as the top margin when execute Paper auto-loading feature. Switches 6,7: Not Used BANK C Switch 1: CR Centering at top of page Specifies whether the printer execute CR Centering at the top of page (ON) or not (OFF).
  • Page 40 Switch 5: Buzzer Specifies whether the beep command of buzzer is enabled (ON) or disabled . Switch 6: Print direction command Specifies whether the print direction command <ESC>”U”n is enabled (OFF) or disabled. Switch 7: Not Used BANK D Switches 1, 2, 3, 4: International Character Set Select the international character set you want to use.
  • Page 41 38 Using the EDS Mode BANK D Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5: Code Page If your EDS settings specify the graphics character table (EDS-2, Bank D, Switch 1 ON), use the Bank D switches to select the default character code page you want to use. A code page is the set of symbols and characters that your printer can print.
  • Page 42 OFF,ON, OFF,OFF,ON OFF,ON, OFF,OFF,OFF OFF,OFF,ON, ON, ON OFF,OFF,ON, ON, OFF OFF,OFF,ON, OFF,ON OFF,OFF,ON, OFF,OFF OFF,OFF,OFF,ON, ON OFF,OFF,OFF,ON, OFF OFF,OFF,OFF,OFF,ON OFF,OFF,OFF,OFF,OFF Switch 6: Saving Control Panel Status When select the Auto Saving mode (OFF), the panel condition which are memorized Automatically. Switch 7: Not Used When select the Auto Saving mode (OFF), the panel condition which are memorized Automatically.

  • Page 43: Chapter 4: Using The Printer With Ms-Dos

    The following is a list of printers that can be used. If your application lists more than one of these, select the printer that is nearest to the top of this list. Star LC-4522 Star LC-4511/4521 Star LC24-300/NX-2480...

  • Page 44: Chapter 5: Paper Handling

    Chapter 5: Paper Handling Your printer is designed to print on a variety of paper types. This chapter tells you everything you need to know about paper, and how to set the printer up for manual paper feed. In this chapter, you will learn about: o Selecting the best type of paper o Adjusting for paper thickness o Manual sheet feeding...

  • Page 45: Fanfold Paper

    Paper Handling 42 Fanfold Paper Width (push feed): 4 to 1 Width (pull feed): 4 to 1 Thickness: 0.00276 to 0.00433 / 0.07 to 0.11mm (1-ply) 0.01378 / 0.35mm max. (total thickness of multi-ply, non -carbon) Weight: 14 to 22 lbs / 52 to 82g/m 2 / 45 to 70 kg (one-ply) 11 to 14 lbs / 40 to 52g/m 2 / 34 to 45 kg (multi-ply) Copies: Original + 1 or 2 (Normal Mode) Original + 3 or 4 (Multi-Part Mode)

  • Page 46: Adjusting For Paper Thickness

    Adjusting for paper thickness 43 Adjusting for paper thickness Paper comes in different weights, normally expressed as gsm (grams per square meter) or lbs (pounds). Some forms paper also have multiple pages that make them quite thick. Use the following procedure to change the gap between the print head and the platen and adjust for paper thickness.

  • Page 47: 44 Paper Handling

    44 Paper Handling The following table provides a general guide for setting the adjustment lever. Experiment with different settings until you find the one that gives you the print quality you want. Important! Continuous use of the wrong adjustment lever setting can drastically reduce print head life! The Multi-part Mode is only recommended when printing on 4 or 5 -ply paper.

  • Page 48: Clearing Paper Jams

    For any paper size other than A3 landscape (horizontal), align the paper guide with scale 0 (zero). For A3 landscape paper, align the paper guide with the s mark. o Adjust the right paper guide so there is enough space to insert the paper. o Insert a sheet of paper into the paper guide, with the side you want to print on facing the back of the printer.

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