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USERS MANUAL
LC-6211
DOT MATRIX PRINTER
HF 80825040
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Trademark acknowledgments LC-6211, LC-10, LC-90, LC-100, NX-1000, NX-1010, NX-1040, SPC-8K: Star Micronics Co. Ltd. EX-800, FX-850, LX-810, LX-850: Seiko Epson Corporation IBM PC: International Business Machines Corporation. MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows 3.1: Microsoft Corporation Notice • All rights reserved. Reproduction of any part of this manual in any form whatsoever, without STAR’s express permission, is strictly forbidden. • The contents of this manual are subject to change without
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About this manual This manual describes how to set up, use, and care for the Star LC-6211 printer. The following is a list of what you can expect to find in each chapter. Chapter 1 Choosing a place for your printer, unpacking and setup, ribbon cassette installation, loading paper, connecting to your printer Chapter 2 How to use the control panel Chapter 3 How to use the printers Electronic DIP Switch (EDS) Mode to set up the printer to match the needs of your system and software Chapter 4 S
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Contents Chapter 1: Printer Setup … 1 Choosing a place for the printer … 1 Unpacking the printer … 2 General guide … 3 Installing the platen knob … 4 Opening the front cover … 4 Installing the ribbon cartridge … 5 Removing the ribbon cartridge … 6 Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off … 7 Loading paper … 8 Printing on fanfold paper … 12 Parking fanfold paper … 12 Unparking fanfold paper … 13 Using the tear-off function … 13 Connecting to your computer … 14 Chapter 2: Control
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Paper Out … 23 Line Spacing … 23 Strobe Timing … 23 Print Mode … 23 Banking Character … 24 Zero style … 24 Character Table … 24 Page Length … 24 Chapter 4: Paper Handling … 25 Selecting paper types … 25 Cut-Sheet Paper … 25 Fanfold Paper … 25 Adjusting for paper thickness … 26 Automatic fanfold feeding … 27 Manual sheet feeding … 27 Clearing paper jams … 30 Chapter 5: Using the Printer with MS-DOS … 31 Setting up for printing with MS-DOS … 31 Appendix A: Troubleshooting … 32 Appendix B: Specifica
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1 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: ❏ Choosing a place for the printer ❏ Unpacking and setting up the printer ❏ Installing the ribbon cassette ❏ Loading paper ❏ Connecting to your computer Choosing a place for the printer Before actually unpacking the printer, you should take a few minutes to think about where
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2 Printer Setup Unpacking the printer Check to make sure that the carton contains each of the items shown in the following illustration. Platen knob Ribbon cartridge Printer Users manual If anything is missing, contact the store where you bought the printer and ask them to supply the missing part. A serial-to-parallel interface converter (SPC-8K) is also available as an option. Consult with your dealer for details. Note: It is a good idea to keep the original box and all the packing material
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General guide 3 General guide The following illustrations show the major component parts of the your printer. Front cover Adjustment lever Paper guide Power switch Platen knob Interface connector Control panel Tractor unit Release lever
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4 Printer Setup Installing the platen knob The platen knob is packed into a recess in the packaging material. ❏ Install the knob on the shaft located inside the large hole on the right side of the printer. Make sure that the flat side of the shaft is aligned with the corresponding flat surface inside the knob’s spindle. Press the knob carefully but firmly into place as far as it will go. Opening the front cover ❏ Hook your fingers under the two small tabs on either side of the front cover and
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Installing the ribbon cartridge 5 Installing the ribbon cartridge ❏ Make sure that printer is unplugged from its power outlet. ❏ Open the front cover of the printer. ❏ By hand, move the cartridge holder to the center position of the paper guide where there is a cutout to allow easy installation and removal of the ribbon cartridge. Cartridge holder Important! Never try to move the print head while the printer is plugged into a power outlet. Doing so can damage the printer. If you have just use
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6 Printer Setup ❏ Carefully place the cartridge onto the cartridge holder making sure that the spindle of the holder fits into the socket on the bottom of the cartridge. ❏ Press down gently but firmly on the cartridge until it snaps securely into place. ❏ Rotate the knob on the cartridge again to take up any slack. ❏ Close the front cover of the printer. Important! Printing that is poor quality or too light is almost always due to a ribbon that is simply worn out or “used up.” If you experienc
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Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off 7 ❏ By hand, move the cartridge holder to the center position of the paper guide where there is a cutout to allow easy installation and removal of the ribbon cartridge. Important! Never try to move the print head while the printer is plugged into a power outlet. Doing so can damage the printer. If you have just used the printer, let the print head cool for a few minutes before you touch it. ❏ Using your thumb and forefinger to squeeze
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8 Printer Setup ❏ Set the switch on the front of the printer to ON to turn power on, and to OFF to turn power off. Important! We recommend that you unplug the printer from the power outlet whenever you do not plan to use it for long periods. Because of the this, you should locate the printer so that the power outlet it is plugged into is nearby and easy to access. At this point you may want to perform a test of the printer to make sure it is working properly. See “Testing the Printer” on pag
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Loading paper 9 ❏ Set the release lever on the back of the printer to the fanfold position. Fanfold Cut-sheet Release lever ❏ Set the adjustment lever to the value that matches the thickness of the paper you are using. The setting for normal paper is 1. Set the lever to a larger value for thicker paper, or to a smaller value for thinner paper. See the table on page 27 for details. 7 5 Adjustment lever 3 1 ❏ Unlock the tractor on the left (when viewing the printer from behind) by pulling its
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10 Printer Setup Note that there is a guide inside the printer in front of the left tractor. The ▼ mark of the guide indicates where the left margin of the printing will be. ❏ Once the left tractor is aligned the way you want it, push the gray lever back down to lock it in place. ❏ Now move the tractor on the right to the approximate position of the right side of the paper you are using. Pull its gray lever up to unlock it, and push the lever back down to lock it into place. Also move the ce
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Loading paper 11 ❏ Press the control panel’s SET/EJECT/PARK button and the paper will feed to the starting position.
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12 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 and cut-sheet paper. Fanfold paper Cut-sheet paper 4 mm (0.16") 4 mm (0.16") 18 mm 18 mm (0.7") (0.7") 5 mm 5 mm (0.2") (0.2") 4 mm (0.16") Perforation 4 mm (0.16") 6 mm (0.25") Bottom of Form 6 mm (0.25") Parking fanfold paper It is not necessary to remove fanfold paper current
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Unparking fanfold paper 13 ❏ Set the release lever on the back of the printer to the cut-sheet position. The paper is now parked, and you can load cut-sheet paper into the printer using the procedures under “Manual sheet feeding” on page 27. Unparking fanfold paper After you are finished printing on cut-sheet paper, use the following procedure to unparkin fanfold paper and make it available for printing. ❏ If any cut-sheet paper is still in the printer, put the printer off-line and then press
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14 Printer Setup Connecting to your computer The computer sends data to the printer through a cable. This printer does not come with a cable, so you must purchase one of your own. You will probably want to use a standard parallel cable for connection, but note that you can also use an optional serial-to-parallel interface converter (SPC-8K). Important! The following instructions apply to the Centronics parallel cable that is used with an IBM-compatible personal computer. Note that they do no
