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LaserPrinter 4 User`s Manual

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2. Safety Notices This printer is certified as a Class 1 laser productunderthe U S Department of Health and Human Services DHHS Radiation Performance Standard according to the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968 This means that the printer does not produce hazardous laser radiation Since radiation emitted inside the printer is completely confined within protective housings and external covers the laser beam cannot escape from the machine during any phase of user operation The Center for Devices and Radiological Health CDRH of the U S Food and Drug Administration implemented regulations for laser products on August 2 1976 These regulations apply to laser products marketed in the United Stales The label on the printer indicates compliance with the CDRH regulations and must be attached to laser products marketed in the United States Caution use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the in
3. Pressing ON LINE will allow the Star LaserPrinter 4 to begin printing through the parallel interface 53 4 3 3 Saving the Setting The new setting will remain in the printer s RAM memory until it is turned off To understand why you should realize that there are four different types of settings stored in the printer s memories The FACTORY SETTINGS which are those put into the printer s unchangable ROM memory at the factory The POWER UP SETTINGS which the user can create then store in a permanent memory called EEPROM even when the power is turned off at the end of the session in which they are created These settings will then override the Factory Settings being activated when the printer is turned off then on again TheINITIAL SETTINGS which the user can create and use as long as the printer is not turned off These are stored in temporary or volatile RAM memory They override the Power up Settings The CURRENT SETTINGS which are those stored in temporary RAM memory These may be issued by software commands that override all other settings To make the setting permanent you must save it in EEPROM Perform this programming sequence after taking the printer Off Line Press PROGRAM Press until the screen displays SET POWER UP Press v after which the screen will display EEPROM LOAD DONE Finally press ON LINE Your new settings are now saved and you can continue with other
4. Proportional type a typeface in which some letters take up more room on a printed line than others such as W taking more space than 7 The spacing of the letters is also intended to enhance the esthetic quality of the printed page RAM Random Access Memory or memory that can be used to store information temporarily such as text or printing configurations RAM stored information is erased when the power is turned off ROM Read Only Memory or memory in which information can be stored permanently whether the power is on or off RS 232 a wiring configuration for sending and receiving serial transmis sions including data and acknowledgments between sending and receiving equipment handshaking Serial a communications interface that sends or receives 1 bit of l information at a time at a specified baud rate Stop Bit 1 or 2 bits used by the computer for the timing of a transmission of information Stroke weight the intensity of a printed character such as light medium or bold Normal printing is medium weight Symbol Set the entire list of ASCII letters numbers and symbols used with a particular language such as English or Spanish VMI Vertical Motion Index refers to line spacing the smallest incre ment that can be made in the vertical or y axis 109 o 3 110 LA ALARM light 37 ASCII code 107 B BAD CHAR CODE message 85 BAD FONT CODE me
5. 46 Quick Start with the CHAPTER Star LaserPrinter 4 A Tutorial This chapter is designed for dual use since most computer users fall into one of two categories Some people like to read the documentation through from beginning to end Others like to plunge right into the hands on mode using documentation as a quick reference at most This chapter is for both groups It can be read in sequence with the rest of the book or it can be used as a stand alone aid 4 1 PRELIMINARIES Your Star LaserPrinter 4 comes in two basic parts the printer body the EP L cartridge When you place your printer for use with your computer be sure that itsits on a strong stable table thereis circulation on all sides including the bottom e you remove all the packing material before you use the printer If you are just setting up your Star LaserPrinter 4 and have not read the material in Chapter 2 please take the time to read the section 2 2 Installing the EP L Cartridge It is very vital that you handle and install this com ponent precisely because it contains important laser printing devices as well as the toner ink that actually prints on the paper In addition to the multi purpose tray that is provided as a standard feature various types of paper can be fed into the printer using an optional paper feeder unit Five different cassettes are available for use with the feeder unit A4 Letter Legal Executive and Envelo
6. and the amount of RAM available for your use If your printer has an optional RAM expansion board its mernory size will also be listed here The latter portion of the status sheet provides information on the options for printer operation that are currently active in the order you are most likely to need the information You can change any of these by programming from the front panel Two sets of selected or default options are listed Initial the settings that were selected when the printer was first turned on 39 Power up the settings that are stored in EEPROM see Glossary The function of the EMULATION GROUP is Emulation the printer whose functions the Star LaserPrinter 4 is set to emulate The NUMBER OF COPIES GROUP function includes Number of copies the number of copies of each page to be printed The function of CHARACTER GROUP is e Character character set pitch table The function of JOB SIZE GROUP is Job Size the size of paper The functions of the LAYOUT are Orientation portrait or landscape Margin settings left right and top in relation to the available page area and page text length in number of lines e VMI Vertical Motion Index VMI refers to the smallest increment that can be made in the vertical or y axis Line spacing is a multiple of VMI End of line whether auto wrap function is on or off Auto line feed whether there is an automatic carriage r
7. If the button is released while this message is displayed the screen displays the current feeder selection e g multi purpose tray Further presses will cycle through the options below Cassette Only Auto Selection Cassette MP Tray Manual Feed Cassette Only 35 j 4 E d TE AN PUN CEU La A A o o a NOTE 1 The screen display will indicate only available selection If the LC Cassette unit is not installed only MP TRAY and MANUAL FEED are displayed 2 The Factory Setting is MP Tray However when the LC Cassette unit is installed the Factory Setting will be changed to CASSETTE ONLY 3 If the DATA LED is lit or blinking the new selection will be stored in Initial Setting and issued at the top of the first page stored in the printer 2 Holding down this button for more than 2 seconds causes the screen to display MP TRAY SIZE If the button is released while this message is displayed the screen will display the current multi purpose tray size Further presses will cycle through the options below Paper Letter Paper Legal Paper A4 Paper Executive Paper B5 ENV Monarch ENV COM 10 ENV Intntnl DL ENV Intntn C5 Paper Letter NOTE 1 The paper size selected by this button will be stored in Current and Initial Settings 2 This option is available in all feeder selections except Cassette Only Toexit from this mode press the ON LINE TEST RESET or PROGRAM butto
8. TEST button until the screen displays HOLD FOR TEST then STATUS SHEET Press the TEST button twice within one second after STATUS SHEET is displayed The screen displays CLEANING PAPER When you release the button the printer will produce a cleaning paper This paper is used to clean the fixing assembly see 7 3 Cleaning the Fixing Assembly 4 Printing a test print mode paper Keep holding down the TEST button until the screen displays HOLD FOR TEST STATUS SHEET then TEST PRINT MODE When you release the button the printer will produce multi page barber pole Pressing the button again will display TEST PRINT STOP and stop Printing 3 2 2 Status Sheet Description You can tell several things about the printer s settings by just looking at the print without reading any of it First and obviously the printer is operating Second the page is printed in the portrait orientation That is the printing runs on the page the way portraits are usually painted higher than they are wide When the printed areais wider than itis high the orientation is referred to as landscape If the printer is set for landscape orientation the sample is printed that way The status sheet is divided into two sections The first section summarizes your printer s basic configuration identifying the version of its operating system Firmware rev and specifying the amount of total RAM memory
9. c5 aC Ls Q Com 10 size is required follow procedure above multi purpose tray DL size is required cas follow procedure above sette DL size is required multi follow procedure above purpose tray C5 size is required cas follow procedure above sette EA TRAY CHANGE C5 C5 size is required multi follow procedure above purpose tray 83 8 3 5 Manual Paper Feed Certain emulations permit specifying manual paper feed from the host computer Also you may select manual feed from the menu The following message tell you to hand feed paper of a specific size The alarm beeps and the printer goes Off Line When you feed the appropriate paper into the multi purpose tray and press ON LINE the message will be turned off and printing will continue The operator has the option of pressing ERROR SKIP which turns off the message and causes the printer to continue printing If there is no paper in the multi purpose tray pressing ERROR SKIP turns off the message and causes the printer to feed paper from cassette and then displays the message again Mons M FEED A4 follow procedure above M FEED LETTER M FEED LEGAL M FEED EXEC follow procedure above follow procedure above follow procedure above follow procedure above B5 paper to be hand fed Monarch paper to be hand fed follow procedure above COM 10 size
10. sequence as for selecting the baud rate For example to change the data bit at SERIAL press v then lt until DATA BIT is displayed on the screen Pressing v will display the first option and lt will give the rest of them Press V when your choice appears on the screen Finally press ON LINE which readies the Star LaserPrinter 4 for printing If your applications program requires an Xon Xorr handshake software rather than DTR hardware set it from the SERIAL menu by Pressing V then until you see 52 PROTOCOL Pressing v displays DTR Pressing until the display rends XovXorr Press V to execute The next step is to activate your choice to the printer Press A 3 times to display INTERFACE Press to display SET POWER UP Press v to store the current settings into EEPROM Press ON LINE which allows the Star LaserPrinter 4 to begin printing through the serial interface 4 3 2 Activating the Parallel Interface To return to a parallel interface do this Take the printer Off Line by pressing the ON LINE button until the button s light is off Then press PROGRAM Press until the screen displays INTERFACE Press v which displays SERIAL Press which gives PARALLEL Press v to select parallel Press A once to display INTERFACE Press to display SET POWER UP Press V to store the current settings into EEPROM
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12. C 32 F and 95 F Do not store the cartridge in salty air or where there are corrosive gases such as ammonia Keep the cartridge away from CRTs disk drives and floppy disks The magnet in the cartridge can adversely affect them Always keep the cartridge away from children Be sure to use the cartridge before its expiration date Otherwise print quality will be affected Whenhandling the EP L cartridge also pay attention to the following points in addition to the above Do not touch the bottom of the cartridge when handling the cartridge Donotopen the drum protective shutter If it is opened print quality may be affected 7 3 CLEANING THE FIXING ASSEMBLY Transparency films may sometimes show stain problem at either the top or bottom of the films This problem may be caused by a dirty paper path or the flaw on the EP L cartridge In this case clean the fixing assembly and replace the EP L cartridge if necessary Regular cleaning of the fixing assembly will reduce the possibility of paper jam and will prolong the life of the printer The fixing assembly can be cleaned using cleaning paper First print a sheet of CLEANING PAPER on letter A4 or legal size paper according to the following procedure see 3 2 1 Printing Test Sheets 1 Hold the TEST button until the screen displays HOLD FOR TEST then STATUS SHEET 2 Press the TEST button twice within one second after STATUS S
13. CASS message 80 LOAD FACTORY SET message 41 54 Lotus 1 2 3 66 68 M Maintenance 77 97 MEMORY TEST 2MB message 32 M FEED message 84 Microsoft Windows 69 71 Microsoft Word 69 Multi purpose tray MP tray 4 MP LOAD THE PAP message 87 N NO EMULATION CART message 81 NO FONT PRESENT message 79 NOW CLEANING message 87 O ON LINE button 33 48 ON LINE light 37 49 Operator call messages 80 84 Operator information messages 85 86 Optional font cartridges See font car tridges ORIENTATION message 57 P PAGE OVERFLOW message 85 Paper 21 100 Paper cassette 11 99 100 PAPER FEED group 40 PAPER JAMMING message 80 Paper loading 21 24 Parallel interface 5 27 28 50 53 Parallel interface pin function 105 PARITY message 52 Pitch 40 Portrait orientation 40 Power receptacle connector 5 26 Power switch 5 26 Power outlet 7 Power up settings 54 PRINT button 33 48 Print density 29 PRINTER ACTIVE message 88 PRINTER READY message 88 PRINTER WARMUP message 87 PRINT light 37 49 Print quality 29 30 Program mode 31 33 35 PROGRAM A button 31 35 48 R RAM expansion board 11 100 READY light 37 49 REINITIALIZE message 87 REINSERT CART message 81 REPRINT LOST PGS message 88 Release button 4 14 29 90 RESETN button 34 48 Resident font 60 61 ROTATING FONT message 88 112 RS 232C connector See ser
14. EP L cartridge 3 500 prints at 5 print duty A4 Letter size 104 10 3 PIN FUNCTIONS ON INTERFACES e Parallel Interface Signal Name Direction Function STROBE IN Goes from High to Low for at least 0 5 microseconds when data are valid DATAI DATA4 Eight bit character data DATAS is the most significant bit DATA is the least DATAS bn bb dns significant bit High is logic 1 7 DATA6 and Low is logic 6 3 8 DATA7 I 9 DATAS IN 10 ACK OUT A low pulse acknowledges A ce receipt of data 11 BUSY OUT Low when the printer is ready to accept data 12 PAPER OUT Goes High if the printer runs OUT out of paper 13 SELECTED OUT High when the printer is on line N C SIGNAL GND le Unused Signal ground 17 CHASSIS Printer s chassis ground Ls GND isolated from signal ground 18 45 VDE OUT External supply of 5 VDC 19 30 GND Twisted pair return signal Aj round level 31 RESET IN Low input resets the printer to its power on condition _ 32 ERROR OUT Goes low to signal that the printer cannot print due to an _ error condition 33 36 N C xil Unused 105 i 5 i i e Serial interface Chassis ground Carries data from the printer Carries data to the printer On when the printer is re
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16. canto a RE ae ats 107 CHAPTER How to Use This Manual Congratulations on purchasing a Star LaserPrinter 4 StarScript version You will be delighted with both the quality of the printed images and the ease of operation With your computer and this printer you can create professional looking documents This Operations Manual is one of two that explore the entire range of printing possibilities of the Star LaserPrinter 4 This manual is for beginners and for those who plan to concentrate on the basics Advanced users and those interested in programming should refer to the Applications Manual Chapter 2 begins with an overview of the manual and of the Star Laser printer This chapter explains how to unpack your new printer and prepare it for initial operation Chapter 3 explains how to operate the printer s control panel and display screen Some people like to skip the preliminary explanations and begin using the printer immediately Chapter 4 provides the information for such a fast start If you begin with Chapter 4 at some later time you should read the rest of the manual in sequence for a more complete picture of your printer and its operations Chapter 5 describes the type characteristics that will enable you to give your printed pages that professional look The Star LaserPrinter 4 StarScript version emulates the operation of the following widely used printers PostScript HP LaserJet IIP a laser printer Epson F
17. computer is turned off 2 Plug one end of the interface cable into the appropriate connector on the rear side of the printer 3 For parallel Centronics interface secure the cable connector using connector clips For serial interface fasten the cable connector using Screws 4 Connect the other end of the cable to the appropriate interface on the host computer NOTE The printer s factory setting is for a parallel interface If the other 28 interface is to be used you need to select the interface on the control panel See 4 3 1 Selecting the Interface for selecting the type of interface 2 7 ADJUSTING PRINT QUALITY At some time you may find that the quality of the printing is not what you want You may run test prints and then make the printing lighter or darker by adjusting the the print density adjustment lever located inside the printer 1 Hold the knob of the multi purpose tray and pull it to open the tray 2 Press the release button at the right upwards and open the cover 3 To increase print density move the density adjustment lever to the right To reduce the density move the lever to the left 29 NOTE The density adjustment lever has four settings from left to right As you move the lever it clicks at each of the two positions in the middle CHAPTER Initial Operation 3 1 FRONT PANEL The front panel of the Star LaserPrinter 4 is a combination
18. control board and Interactive message center The panel consists of alline 16 character LCD display screen SLED lights 1 orange and 4 green 7 momentary contact buttons The momentary contact buttons permit you to instructions to the printer In turn the printer uses the display screen and the light indicators to convey information to you The screen display is the primary way the printer communicates with the operator It informs the operator about the machine s state the printer s status alarm conditions that require some action by the operator soft errors and messages when selecting current initial and default printer parameters The LEDs provide an at glance summary of the printer s status e ae READY ALARM DATA ON LINE PRINT ERROR TEST RESET a FEEDER SKIP P SELECT The printer operates in two main modes when the printer is Off Line 1 Normal Mode white buttons performs function labeled on the button 2 Program Mode brown buttons press the PROGRAM button to enter menu selections The meaning and use of the panel buttons depends on the mode in which the printer is operating 31 3 1 1 Powering Up Take note of the following points when turning on or off When the printer is connected directly to a computer Power on First turn on the computer and then turn on the printer Power off First turn off the printer and then turn off the computer When t
19. possibility of a condition occurring when the printer is On Line If it does the alarm will not sound and the printer will remain On Line Message Meaning Action Status PRINTER printer is warming up but I WARMUP service call not necessary ENGINE TEST operator has initiated a test of test in progress the printing ENGINE RESET engine is being reset REINITIALIZE controller soft initialization occurs when RESET is pressed or emulation is changed may also occur when printer is on line if emulation is changed or reset is sent from host STATUS SHEET status sheet printout occurs when TEST is held for at least 3 but less than 6 seconds sh III FONT LIST font list printout occurs when TEST is held at least 3 seconds and pressed within one NE second CLEANING PAPER cleaning paper printout occurs when TEST is held for at least 3 seconds and pressed twice MP LOAD THE be for cleaning paper aa after printing the cleaning paper NOW CLEANING feeding cleaning paper occurs when the cleaning paper is being fed CLEANING DONE finished cleaning occurs after cleaning remaining for one sec ond 87 TEST PRINT MODE test pattern printout occurs when TEST is held for more than six seconds and terminating switch nor pressed TEST PRINT STOP test pattern stop occurs when test print terminating switch pressed REPRINT LOST retransmission of los
20. printing if desired 4 3 4 Returning to Factory Settings If for some reason you want to start from the beginning with the original factory settings follow this procedure In the Program mode press until the screen reads LOAD FACTORY SET 54 A anm k a Press v The screen will display EC Set Pressing display the other option US Set Select the one you want Press v The screen will display briefly LOAD FROM ROM OK then LOAD FACTORY SET The factory settings are now restored and you can go On Line for other activities 4 4 MANUAL FEED The Star LaserPrinter 4 can feed paper automatically using an optional cassette If an optional cassette is installed the factory default of feeder is Cassette Only To change this setting from the control panel put the printer Off Line and press PROGRAM Press until the screen displays PAPER FEED e Press v and the screen will now display FEEDER Press v which will display Cassette Only Pressing displays these options Auto Selection Cassette MP Tray Manual Feed Press to display Mp Tray or Manual Feed 55 Pressing v confirms the change Finally press the ON LINE button to make the Star LaserPrinter 4 ready for printing Manual paper feeding should always be done from the multi purpose tray MP tray If OHP transparencies label sheets or envelopes are to be fed manually the face up tray s
21. ready to print CASS REFILL X cassette is current printing stops refill paper X means the feeder out of paper current job size TRAY REFILL X no paper in the multi printing stops refill paper X means the purpose tray current job size LOAD X CASS X cassette is current printing stops install the cas means the current feeder no cassette in LC sette job size slot PAPER JAMMING paper is jammed within follow printer procedure in status 1 bit 5 8 6 Paper Jamming SET EP CLOSE side cover is open or no close the side cover or install EP L cartridge the EP L cartridge 80 8 3 2 Font Emulation Cartridge Problems The font and emulation cartridge are plugged into the printer They can should not be inserted or withdrawn while the DATA LED is continuously lit If someone does this the screen will indicate CARTRIDGE ERROR The printer must be reinitialized by turning off the power and then on again If an emulation cartridge is removed while it is being accessed the screen will indicate CARTRIDGE ERROR until the printer is re powered up If a font cartridge is removed while the DATA LED is blinking the screen will display REINSERT CART In this case the operator must insert the font cartridge or press ERROR SKIP If ERROR SKIP is pressed the printer will select the closest font Message Meaning Action CARTRIDGE ER ROR emulation or font cartridge is removed while DATA LE
22. the orange tab to remove the seal Make sure that the tab is pulled smoothly in a direction parallel to the flat surface Otherwise the tape may break or snap making the cartridge unusable 6 Holding the cartridge by the tab align the arrow on the cartridge with the W mark on the printer 19 7 Slide the cartridge into the printer gently s y 4 R Mri NOTE 1 If you have purchased optional accessories install them in accordance with their installation manuals 2 When replacing the cartridge clean the fixing assembly as described in 7 3 Cleaning the Fixing Assembly 20 2 3 LOADING PAPER 2 3 1 About Paper Print quality and printer life are greatly affected by the paper used Paper can be fed into the printer either from the multi purpose tray or paper cassette if cassette is installed Types and sizes of paper can be used with the multi purpose tray are listed below Type Size Weight Print delivery 97 x 148 216 x 356mm Plain paper Letter Legal A4 B5 60 105g m Face down up E M Executive Transpar ency filins Letter A4 Face up Labels Letter A4 Face up A a Envelopes 97 x 148 216 x 356mm 60 90g m Face up J 2 3 2 Loading Paper Into the Multi purpose Tray 1 If the multi purpose tray is not open open it by unlatching and bringing it forward 21 2 Hold the arrow at the center of the mult
23. write test error in program halts fatal on board RAM CALL SERVICE 08 read write test error in sequence stops alarm beeps expansion RAM shut off power and fix prob lem or press ERROR SKIP to continue in which case the expansion RAM will be ig nored en CARTRIDGE BAD CRC error in Cartridge sequence stops alarm beeps if installed shut off power and fix prob lem or press ERROR SKIP to continue in which case the cartridge will be ignored CALL SERVICE 10 CRC error in EEPROM sequence stops alarm beeps shut off power and fix prob lem or press ERROR SKIP to continue in which case program uses factory settings Lini power up settings Ea NO FONT PRESENT no font present program halts fatal Y 1 TIMER ERROR counter timer error program halts fatal 79 8 3 OPERATOR CALL MESSAGES Whenever the screen displays operator call messages the printer goes off line and the alarm sounds The problem is one that the operator should be able to resolve After making any corrections you should press ERROR SKIP to recheck the status If the error message is not displayed again you may continue printing straight away if the error was one of the Engine Problems below If the error message was of any other type you should press ON LINE before continuing the print job 8 3 1 Engine Problems These are mechanical problems that prevent the engine from being
24. 4 appropriate Printer Descriptions PRDs must be installed PRDs are found on Supplemental Printer Diskettes These PRDs provide 1 internal and cartridge fonts in both orientations and 2 Hewlette Packard soft fonts Install them following the procedure described in Microsoft Word manuals In Microsoft Word you can make your printer selections through the Print Menu 1 At the text screen type E sc and P rint 2 In the resulting menu select OPTIONS by typing O ptions A list of available printers appears at the top of the screen Each of these printers is the subject of a Printer Description PRD file 6 4 MICROSOFT WINDOWS Microsoft Windows is a program that coordinates the use of various programs that might not otherwise be compatible on the screen Windows can be configured for your printer but you should also be aware that any applications program that you use may have its own printer requirements which must be taken into consideration To choose a printer for Windows at the initial Menu select CONTROL PANEL From the resulting Menu select the INSTALLATION Menu then ADD A PRINTER The screen will display a box that reads Add printer Insert the disk with the printer file you wish to add into drive A or choose an alternative drive directory 69 AN OK CANCEL F 4 Insert the Utilities disk in drive A and press OK Now the screen displays this box Available Printers Printer File E
25. ALL SERVICE 01 fixing assembly status 2 processing stops alarm beeps i press ERROR SKIP to reset engine and recheck CALL SERVICE 02 faulty BD status 2 bit 3 processing stops alarm beeps press ERROR SKIP to reset engine and recheck CALL SERVICE 03 scanner motor malfunc processing stops alarm beeps tion status 2 bit 4 press ERROR SKIP to reset engine and recheck CALL SERVICE 04 improper communication processing stops alarm beeps turn off the power then on to reset engine and recheck 8 2 2 Controller Service Call Messages Controller error messages result from failure in either hardware or software Some controller error messages occur during startup tests The messages mean that the controller is malfunctioning but is still able to display the error massage Certain conditions can also be detected during controller reset on insertion of a cartridge and at other times after the completion of power up initialization An error stops the test sequence the unit goes off line and the alarm sounds The controller will attempt to recover if possible If the problem is not found during initialization but recurs during operation most likely the fault is in the hardware 78 Meaning Action Message CALL SERVICE 05 CRC error in controller program halts fatal main ROM program Sibi c NDS CALL SERVICE 06 CRC error in resident program halts fatal font ROM CALL SERVICE 07 read
26. D is on Turn the power off then on again to initialize the printer CARTRIDGE ER ROR emulation cartridge is re moved while emulation Turn the power off then on again to initialize the printer Lo i PR REINSERT CART font cartridge is removed while DATA LED is E rats insert the cartridge or press ERROR SKIP 8 3 3 Optional Hardware The following messages will be displayed if necessary optional hardwares e g RAM expansion board have been removed Message Meaning Action INSUFFICIENT full page mode as power repower up with iaa RAM up setting no expansion RAM board or press ERROR RAM installed SKIP NO EMULATION cartridge emulation mode repower up with the emula CART as power up setting no tion cartridge or press ER emulation cartridge in ROR SKIP stalled L Lo 81 8 3 4 Change Paper Size Certain emulations permit job size to be specified by the host computer Also job size can be selected from the menu If a change in job size is required the screen will display a message to that effect The alarm will beep and the printer will go Off Line You may have the printer ignore such a message by pressing ERROR SKIP In this case the printer will print the job size image on the different size paper If the current feeder is cassette inserting the correct paper cassette causes the printer to start printing automatically If the c
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28. HEET is displayed The screen displays CLEANING PAPER 74 3 Releasing the button will produce a cleaning paper When the cleaning paper is produced the screen displays MP LOAD THE PAP 4 Now place the cleaning paper face up in the multi purpose tray inserting itas far asit will go without forcing it Make sure that the paper guides are aligned with the paper 5 Press the TEST button The printer will feed the paper and the screen displays NOW CLEANING 6 When cleaning is done the screen will display CLEANING DONE for one second 7 4 CLEANING THE EXTERIOR OF THE PRINTER Before cleaning make sure that the power cord is removed Use only water and neutral detergent to remove marks and spots from the printer then wipe the printer dry with a soft dry cloth Use of any other cleaning solution may damage the printer The printer does not require lubrication Never attempt to lubricate any internal or external parts of the printer Otherwise lubrication may affect the operation of the printer and damage the printer 75 MEMO co N CHAPTER Troubleshooting 8 An important key to reliable operation of your Star LaserPrinter 4 is knowing how to respond when trouble occurs Some problem conditions can be handled on the spot by the printer operator Others require servicing by trained personnel This chapter will explain when to do what It will also help you deal with the pap
29. Perfect Microsoft Word and Microsoft Windows The Star Laser Printer 4 will print graphics as well as words and numbers emulating Hewlett Packard graphics all densities of the Epson dot matrix printers It can also be used with the two popular desktop publishing programs Aldus Page Maker and Xerox Ventura Publisher which uses the GEM desktop environ ment Both are compatible with the HP LaserJet IIP For further information consult the Applications Manual Before you begin printing be sure your Star LaserPrinter 4 is correctly configured for your computer by having either the parallel or serial interface selected and the correct cabling Prior to printing make sure that you have selected the same emulation from the front panel as the one you specified in the application 65 E 6 1 LOTUS 1 2 3 RELEASE 2 This section explains how to installing Lotus 1 2 3 for use with your Star LaserPrinter 4 For detailed information refer to the Lotus Getting Started manual First add the following commands to the AUTOEXEC BAT file depending on parallel or serial interface used Parallel If your printer is connected to the computer s parallel port LPT1 add the following command to the AUTOEXEC BAT file MODE LPT1 P Serial If your printer is connected to the computer s serial port COMI add the following command to the AUTOEXEC BAT file MODE COM I 9600 N8 1 P MODE LPT1 COM1 Installing the Lotu
30. SET If you want to use a character set other than that provided at the factory follow this procedure After going Off Line and pressing PROGRAM Press until you see CHARACTER Press v which displays in case of the HP LaserJet IIP emulation SOURCE R or SOURCE C or SOURCE S SOURCE R means Resident SOURCE C for Cartridge and SOURCE S for Soft font 57 4 Press v displays NUMBER 1 Pressing v again gives various options for SYMBOL SET Pressing until you see the desired one Then press v Press ON LINE 8 SELECTING DISPLAY LANGUAGE The language for display can be selected from English French German Italian or Spanish To select the display language turn off the printer then follow the procedure below l If Hold down RESET V and turn on the printer make sure that RESET v is held at least until the screen displays SELECT LANGUAGE The screen displays SELECT LANGUAGE Memory Test 2 MB ENGLISH Pressing ERROR SKIP or TEST changes the language as dis played in the screen Press ON LINE after selecting new language The language will be saved and the printer goes On Line RESET V is released before SELECT LANGUAGE message is displayed the printer will not enter the display language mode i e normal startup operation will be carried out The factory setting of display language is English 58 CHAPTER Font Selection The
31. UK Denmark I Sweden Italy Spain Japan Norway Denmark II 10 cpi 12 cpi 17 cpi 20 cpi Proportional Italic Graphics Set 1 Graphics Set 2 CHAPTER Interfacing With Applications Programs If this were the best of all possible computer worlds every software application would run automatically on the Star LaserPrinter 4 or any other lay E printer The fact is that software applications word processing spread sheets databases or others are designed to work with a specific printer or a limited group of printers Some very popular software applications were written before laser printers became common and require a dot matrix or daisy wheel printer Some software is linked to a particular brand of computer and printer And some can be used on only one brand of laser printer As you have read some of the commands needed for printing are resident in the Star LaserPrinter 4 Some can be programmed from the control panel And some must be issued by the computer from within a program Some f applications programs allow the user to specify a printer or printers either by 2 name or by type Once the selection is made it becomes part of the program i file As a result printing usually requires nothing more than issuing a one or two keystroke command In this chapter you will learn how to specify the Star LaserPrinter 4 for four popular applications programs for IBM compatible computers Lotus 1 2 3 Word
32. X 850 a dot matrix printer With this capability the Star LaserPrinter 4 StarScript version will operate with a wide range of applications programs on the market both old and new Chapter 6 provides the information that will allow you to use your printer with four popular applications programs Lotus 1 2 3 WordPerfect Microsoft Word and Microsoft Windows Chapter 7 and 8 describe the maintenance and troubleshooting operations to keep your Star LaserPrinter 4 working in perfect condition 1 1 LASER PRINTING Before you begin learning about your new Star LaserPrinter 4 you may find it helpful to know something about laser printing itself A laseris actually abeam of light of just one wavelength Laser is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Such a beam of light described as highly coherent can be focused very sharply Lasers generated by gases liquids or semiconductors are widely used in applica tions ranging from surgery to the visual arts Laser printing is a process that uses a laser beam in this case generated by a semiconductor to activate portions of an electrically charged surface These activated parts represent the words numbers or graphics being sent from the computer for printing Other parts of the printer transfer this image to paper then clean the surface and prepare it to receive more information to be printed In other words this process is a ty
33. ady to receive data Unused Signal ground Unused On when the printer is ready to receive data 106 Unused Glossary ASCII as kee a standardized and commonly accepted numerical code that represents letters numbers and symbols as well as command sets ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange Baud a measure of the speed at which information is transmitted The baud rate which is set for serial transmissions is approximately the number of characters transmitted per second multiplied by 10 Byte a series of 8 bits that represents one character Centronics interface a standard wiring configuration for parallel data transmission Centronics is often used as a synonym for the parallel standard developed by Centronics Inc Character Set the complete set of characters available in a font Data Bits the number of bits in a transmitted byte that actually contains data EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory It has an internal switch to permit a user to erase the contents and write new contents into it by means of electrical signals EP L Cartridge A disposable type of process cartridge which contains the photosensitive drum and toner Emulation behaving like something else The Star LaserPrinter 4 can emulate or behave like two other printers the Epson EX 850 and the HP LaserJet IIP laser printer Expan
34. arious items under a category for the operator to select next in the sequence 33 TEST gt This button has two functions when the printer is Off Line Pressing this button when the printer is in the Non menu Mode will operate in the following sequence 1 Pressing this button displays HOLD FOR TEST If the button is released while this message is displayed the printer returns to the previous state 2 If the button is held down for three seconds the screen will display STATUS SHEET Whether pressing the button or not within one second after STATUS SHEET is displayed will alter the printer operation 3 If the button is released without being pressed within one second the printer will print a status sheet see 3 2 1 Printing Test Seets 4 If the button is pressed once within one second the screen will display FONT LIST and a font list will be printed see 3 2 1 Printing Test Sheets 5 If the button is pressed twice within one second CLEANING PAPER will be displayed and a cleaning paper will be printed see 3 2 1 Printing Test Sheets 6 If the button is held down for more than 6 seconds after STATUS SHEET is displayed the screen will display TEST PRINT MODE If the button is released while this message is displayed the printer will print a test print mode see 3 2 1 Printing Test Sheets Inthe Program Mode pressing the TEST button as PREVIOUS presents the available items i
35. ay will read Memory Test 1 MB If a memory board has been already installed the display will give the total amount of memory available for example Memory Test 5 MB 9 3 FONT CARTRIDGE Fonts can be added to the printer by installing an optionalfontcartridge The font cartridge is installed in the slot beneath the control panel of the Star LaserPrinter 4 Insert the font cartridge with the arrow label facing up If the font cartridge is inserted upside down the cartridge and or printer may be damaged CAUTION The Font Cartridges for LaserPrinter 4 cannot be used with this printer 100 10 1 CHAPTER Specifications 10 SPECIFICATIONS Type Laser beam page printer Engine Resolution 300 x 300 dots per inch Speed 4 pages per minute A4 Warm up under 1 minute at 68 F or 20 C Emulation Resident PostScript HP LaserJet series IIP Epson FX 850 Optional IBM Proprinter RAM Resident 2 megabyte Optional 2 or 4 megabytes on RAM Expansion Board Host Interface Serial RS 232C Parallel Centronics AppleTalk Default Settings Changeable using the control panel Fonts Resident Courier LinePrinter Option Font cartridges 101 f t i t t F E M f A A A ce en nS TTI TTS Paper Manual feed 97 x 148mm 216 x 356mm Cassette feed Option Legal Letter Executive A4 B5 Envelop Output Weight Special Face down approx 50 sheets Face up ap
36. bcd 123 Mera 12 A70 ABCDabcd S 123 O6 4 1j k ABCDabcdf 123 o UAt BERE q ABCDabcdf 123 o6 4 el n Courier ABCDabcd 123 MAE 9 c i aAal 80 ABCDabcd 123 Beta 12 1 A f Ox amp aciti ABCDabcd 123 o6 AWMlE 34 Upryreg ABCDabed 123 gt gt o6aK eng e Ha Tu re ABCDabcd 123 a6G7k nBTROupyt Courier ABCDabcdf 123 B deut es ABCDabcdf 123 847127 AM x amp Amci ABCDabcd 123 o6 ME 5 Fri den ABCDabed 123 odake 3 bieruros ABCDabcd 123 O6a y BE 1 n amp InOupff Courier ABCDabcd 123 yQ1 4 amp mAal R0 ABCDabcd 123 ep 742 1 Y xA m 1i ABCDabcd 123 o6 4 MEI 1 Uaryreg ABCDabcd s 123 a AR qt sru rap ABCDabcdf 123 66 7 wf OnE PB6upyl LinePrinter ABCDabcd 123 MBAE Yy C GAR AB LOS Pesoz ABCDabcdi 12307 ettet Atx Baci 168 gyp ABCDabcdK 123 obio HAr ures os te ABCDabcdil 123L o60At a HAr pregos ABCDabcd 123 ob l o ae tn py e 61 RTT rum eem seme pene eain vM nme e m ee Hie Many of the available fonts can be selected from the control panel with the HP LaserJet IIP mode The ultimate in printing flexibility is provided by programming with the command sets For more on this see the chapter 6 Interfacing With Applications Programs and the Applications Manual F
37. ber you enter by pressing v or exit by pressing A a Level to select the previous by pressing or next by pressing Item within a Group The front panel also has some lights When lit they mean READY green the printer is ready for printing or for programming ALARM orange and error condition exists and the printer is Off Line DATA green information received not yet printed ON LINE green the printer is ready for printing PRINT green the printer is printing information 4 2 1 Basic operations Ther are four basic operations performed from the panel OnLineand Off Line The printer can receive information from the computer and print it only when it is On Line When the printer is On Line the light on the ON LINE button will be lit For all other functions the printer must be Off Line This is accomplished by pressing the ON LINE button until its light is out Form feed The printer may have unprinted information in its memory This is indicated by the lighted DATA light To clear it from the printer take the printer Off Line Then press PRINT When allthe remaining information is printed the paper will be ejected and the DATA light will go out Error Skip In case of an error the printer will go Off Line and stop printing If the error is minor it is possible to continue printing To do this press ERROR SKIP then ON LINE until its light is on If the error was mi
38. d pull it to open the tray 3 Press the release button at the right upwards and open the cover purpose tray then opens to The cover opens to about 80 degrees the multi about 90 degrees 14 NOTE Remove the two orange stoppers by pushing the lower part of the stoppers upwards and removing it as shown in the illustration below Closing the Cover 1 Using both hands lift the cover and close it gently until it latches 15 ME dux li ds AL 2 Lift the multi purpose tray and close it until it latches on both sides A A UA Me ae MERE CA a S TT T 2 2 INSTALLING THE EP L CARTRIDGE Important Notice Install the EP L cartridge immediately after opening the aluminum bag Permanent damage can be caused by light to the photosensitive drum NEVER expose the cartridge to the strong light more than 15000 lux or room lighting 1000 lux for more than five minutes Do not open the drum protective shutter on the EP L cartridge Keep the cartridge away from CRTS disk drives diskettes etc Other wise CRTs and disk drives can be damaged and data on diskettes can be destroyed by the magnet inside the cartridge When handling the cartridge do not touch the bottom of the EP L cartridge Print quality will be adversely affected if the protective shutter is open and the drum is damaged The drum can also be damaged if it exposed to light Always keep the EP L cartridge with the lab
39. decimal base 16 equivalent This is useful for programmers or other users who want to troubleshoot the communications between the computer and the printer HMI Horizontal Motion Index refers to dot spacing in the smallest increment that can be made in the horizontal or x axis Interface a hardware plug that allows cable connections of two devices For instance a cable from a computer parallel port to a printers parallel port Landscape printing on paper across its wider dimension such as a spreadsheet that is 11 in wide and 8 5 in high landscape pictures are usually wider than they are tall NV RAM NV Non volatile Random Acces Memory is the permanent storage by the Star LaserPrinter 4 of settings programmed from the front panel even when the power is turned off When the printer is turned on again these settings become the current settings 108 Parallel a communications interface that sends or receives 8 bits of information plus control signals at a time Parity a bit in a serial information that allows a computer and printer to automatically check for errors in transmission Pitch the width of a typeface measured in characters per inch Point the height of a type font measured in points or 1 72 of an inch Portrait printing on paper across its narrower dimension such as a letter on paper that is 8 5 in wide and 11 in high portrait pictures are usually taller than they are wide
40. el facing up Do not turn it upside down or stand it on end The toner may become caked and this causes print quality to deteriorate Use the cartridge before the expiry date printed on the carton Otherwise print quality may deteriorate Useonly genuine EP L cartridges as recommended by your supplier Follow the instructions below to install the EP L cartridge for the first time or replace an used one 1 Open the multi purpose tray and the side cover as described in 2 1 6 Opening and Closing the Printer 2 If you are installing the EP L cartridge for the first time skip to step 3 If you are replacing the old EP L cartridge remove it by pulling it by the tab NOTE If it is difficult to remove the EP L cartridge press the green lever located at the right and try again i I i 1 i P 3 Open the aluminum bag containing the EP L cartridge and remove it NOTE Save the aluminum bag as you may need it for storing the cartridge when you move the printer to another place in the future 4 Holding the cartridge with both hands rock it gently from end to end 5 or 6 times to distribute the toner evenly If the toner is not distributed evenly in the cartridge it may adversely affect print quality cO dedo SSA tap Eri Sc aar IPC eri cnl TOA n adi 5 Place the cartridge on a flat surface While holding down the cartridge with one hand use the other hand to pull
41. er jamming and other operational problems 8 1 ERROR MESSAGES DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN The control panel screen may display a variety of messages during the course B of operation of the Star LaserPrinter 4 You are already familiar with the display sequence during power up and when programming the printer o Some messages provide information about the paper supply in the cassette or the condition of the EP L cartridge Others have to do with fonts or emulations Another way of considering errors is that some of them result from failures in hardware or software Other errors are functional meaning that either the printer operator or the host computer has commanded the controller to perform an operation that is beyond its designed capabilities If the printer malfunctions for some reason warning messages will appear on the screen recommending what action you should take The most serious are messages that tell you to call for repair service Some messages concern less serious conditions that can be handled by the printer operator Informa tion messages relate a communication problem with the host computer but do not affect the printer s operation These messages are summarized here 8 2 SERVICE CALL MESSAGES 8 2 1 Engine Service Call Messages Engine service call messages are related to the interface with engine They can result from either a communication failure or a halt in the engine s ready level C
42. es only to printers marketed in Germany Statement of The Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference Regulations This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications Le pr sent appareil num rique n men pas de bruits radio lectriques d passant les limites applicables aux appareils num riques de la classe B prescrites dans le Reglement sur le brouillage radio lectrique dict par le Minist re des Communications du Canada The above statement applies only to printers marketed in Canada Safety Notices for Finland T m Kirjoitin LUOKAN 1 LASERLAITE Laitteen k ytt minen muulla kuin t ss k ytt ohjeessa mainitulla tavalla saattaa altistaa k ytt j n turvallallisuusluokan 1 ylitt v lle n kym tt m lle lasers teilylle DENNA SKRIVARE R EN KLASS 1 LASERAPPARAT Om apparaten anv nds p annat s tt n i denna bruksanvisning specificerats kan anv ndaren uts ttas f r osynlig laserstr lning som verskrider gr nsen f r laseklass 1 The above statement applies only to printers marketed in Finland Trademark Acknowledgements LaserPrinter 4 StarScript StarPage Star Micronics Co Ltd AppleTalk Apple Computer Inc FX 850 Seiko Epson Corporation HP LaserJet IIP Hewlett Packard Company IBM PC XT IBM Proprinter International Business Mac
43. eturn CR at a paragraph break an automatic line feed LF at the end of each line and a form feed FF after each page The PAPER FEED GROUP includes Feeder whether the paper will be fed from the cassette or manually MP tray size the size of paper to be used by the multi purpose tray The PAGE MODE GROUP function includes Page Mode partial or full The INPUT BUFFER GROUP function includes Input Buffer memory capacity of the input buffer The function of the INTERFACE GROUP is Interface parallel AppleTalk or serial 40 l ae BA 3 3 PROGRAMMING FROM THE CONTROL PANEL As the status report indicates the various functions that you can select from the control panel are arranged in an outline form or a hierarchy This means there are main groups and several levels within each one Remember you enter by pressing v or exit by pressing A a Level to select the previous by pressing or next by pressing Item within a Group EXIT NEXT PREVIOUS ENTER To get into the Program Mode you must perform two actions Press ON LINE to go off the light then Press PROGRAM This will cause the screen to respond by displaying the phrase NUMBER OF COPIES The order of the main categories within Program Mode is CHARACTER JOB SIZE LAYOUT PAPER FEED EMULATION PAGE MODE INPUT BUFFER INTERFACE SET POWER UP LOAD FACTORY SET 41 You move from one item to the
44. he paper A combination of heat and pressure fuse the image to the paper The paper is then ejected from the printer Finally a cleaning mechanism in the toner cartridge cleans excess toner from the drum and a special light beam neutralizes its entire surface Then the entire process can begin again 1 2 THE STAR LASERPRINTER 4 AN INTRODUCTION You will meet each portion of your Star LaserPrinter 4 as you read this manual but a brief introduction is in order here The following figures show the front rear and inside views of the printer Front View D Side Cover G Release Button Face down Tray Multi purpose Tray MP Tray 8 Paper Stop 8 Extension Tray 4 Control Panel Paper Guide 8 Cartridge Slot Front Upper Door 6 Power Switch 2 Paper Delivery Selector 4 Rear View 4 Air Vent CD Parallel Interface Connector 8 Power Receptacle 2 AppleTalk Interface Connector 8 Serial Interface Connector Inside View 8 Transfer Roller D Density Adjustment Lever Q EP L Cartridge 6 Paper Access Door 2 Separation Pad 8 Pick up Roller Feed Roller 4 Fixing Assembly Cover MEMO CHAPTER Setting Up the Star LaserPrinter 4 The fact that you re now reading this manual shows that you ve got at least as opening the carton containing your new Star LaserPrinter 4 This chapter will help you to unpack the printer set it up and get it runn
45. he printer is connected to a computer through other devices Power on First turn on the computer then other devices and finally turn on the printer Power off First turn off the printer then other devices and finally turn off the computer CAUTION Always wait at least three seconds between turning off and turning on again Tum on the printer by pressing the T side of the power switch The printer will begin its internal diagnostics and warming up displaying a series of message on the screen as follows 1 All LEDs are lit and the LCD display screen turns black 2 The screen displays LaserPrinter 4 3 Then the screen displays Memory Test 2 MB If an optional 2 MB RAM board has been installed the message will display Memory Test 3 MB The actual value will depend on the size of the RAM board installed 2 or 4 megabytes 4 After a short while the screen displays EEPROM LOAD DONE for a moment This means that default parameters have been read from the EEPROM and the EEPROM CRC has been checked 5 PRINTER WARMUP is displayed the READY indicator starts blink ing and the ON LINE lights up 6 When the printer is ready the screen displays PRINTER READY and the READY indicator is now continuously lit 32 3 1 2 The Buttons This section explains the various meaning and uses of the buttons including their light indicators where present Keep in mind that the buttons functions de
46. he sides of the tray into the holes in the printer f When face up printing is finished and the multi purpose tray is closed the printer automatically switches back to face down delivery 25 AT AR KO nM UTE AAA HAPUS rne Uma TUR I es rrt c menace miis Uv oec eee 2 5 CONNECTING THE POWER CORD Make sure that the power switch on the printer is set to OFF then connect the power cord to the printer and a AC power outlet as shown below 1 Make sure that the power switch of the printer is off that the O side of the switch is pressed down 2 Plug the power cord into the power connector then plug the other end into the AC outlet Only use the power cable supplied with the printer Note that this power cable is fitted with a ground pin This grounding is an important safety feature and should not be ignored If a suitable grounded socket is not available contact a qualified electrician to rectify the situation 2 6 CONNECTING THE INTERFACE CABLE The host computer transmits information to the printer along an interface cable The printer is provided with three types of interface serial parallel and AppleTalk No interface cable is supplied as standard with the printer Determine the kind of interface cable serial parallel or AppleTalk you want to use and purchase the appropriate cable from your supplier 1 Before connecting the interface cable make sure that the power to the printer and the
47. hines Corporation Lotus 1 2 3 Lotus Development Corporation Microsoft Word Microsoft Windows Microsoft Corporation PageMaker Aldus Corporation PostScript Adobe Systems Inc WordPerfect WordPerfect Inc NOTICE All rights reserved Reproduction of any part of this manual in any form whatsoever without STAR s express permission is forbidden The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this manual at the time of press However should any errors be detected STAR would greatly appreciate being informed of them The above notwithstanding STAR can assume no responsibility for any errors in this manual O Copyright 1991 Star Micronics Co Ltd TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 How to Use This Manual eene 1 1 1 L ser A tin nire eges eo ono 2 1 2 The Star LaserPrinter 4 An Introduction 4 2 Setting Up the Star LaserPrinter 4 7 2 1 Unpacking ccooconnocnnanncnnncnncnnnnnnnonnnncaconnanononon non cnc tnn ennt enne 8 2 1 1 Unpacking the Printer eee 8 2 1 2 Checking the Parts seen 10 2 1 3 Unpacking the EP L Cartridge sss 10 2 1 4 Optional Items eene 11 2 1 5 Carrying the Printer eere 11 2 1 6 Opening and Closing the Printer ssse 12 2 2 Installing the EP L Ca
48. hould be used If during either manual or automatic feed you get a paper jam refer to the chapter on Troubleshooting for ways to clear the machine 4 5 PAPER SIZE The factory default of MP TRAY SIZE is A4 paper If you want to use other size of paper or envelops you must first instruct the printer After going Off Line and pressing PROGRAM Press lt until the screen reads PAPER FEED Press V which will display FEEDER Pressing displays MP TRAY SIZE e Press v which will display Paper A4 for EC set or Letter for US set Pressing NEXT repeatedly will list the other choices Paper Letter Paper Legal Paper A4 Paper Executive Paper B5 Env Monarch Env COM 10 Env Intntnl DL Env Intntnl C5 56 Press v when the required paper envelope size is displayed on the screen Finally press ON LINE which readies the Star LaserPrinter 4 for printing NACE Before you start printing refill the cassette with the appropriate paper 4 6 PRINTING IN LANDSCAPE ORIENTATION If you want to change from portrait to landscape orientation for your printed page follow this procedure after going Off Line and pressing PROGRAM e Press lt until you get LAYOUT Press v which will display a ORIENTATION Press v for Portrait Pressing lt gives i D i k E i i i Landscape Pressing v selects Landscape 4 7 CHANGING CHARACTER
49. i purpose tray then pull out the extension tray 22 4 Take a small stack of paper and align the edges by tapping it on a flat surface 5 Alignthe right side of the stack of paper with the right hand paper guide Slide the paper stack gently into the printer as far as it will go Make sure that the height of the paper stack does not exceed the mark on the paper guide 6 Slide the left hand paper guide so that it touches the left side of the paper stack Make sure that the paper guide does not press too tightly or fit too loosely against the paper stack Otherwise this can cause paper jams or other problems 2 4 SELECTING PAPER DELIVERY The printer provides two types of paper delivery face up and face down With face down delivery the paper is ejected from the printer with the printed side facing downward With face up delivery the paper is ejected with the printed side facing upward Selecting Face down Delivery 1 Open the multi purpose tray by unlatching and bringing it forward 2 For face down delivery simply open the multi purpose tray 3 Adjust the paper stop located on the top of the printer to the position which matches the paper size 24 Selecting Face up Delivery 1 Open the multi purpose tray by unlatching and bringing it forward 2 Switch the paper delivery selector for the face up position 3 Attach the face up print tray to the side cover of the printer Fit the pegs at t
50. ial connec tor Self test 38 40 Self test status sheet 38 Serial interface 50 53 Serial interface connector 5 27 28 Serial interface pin function 106 SET EP CLOSE message 80 Specifications 101 103 Status messages 87 88 STATUS SHEET message 38 87 STOP BIT message 52 Stains 97 Streaky prints 95 96 T TEST button 34 48 TEST PRINT MODE message 39 88 TEST PRINT STOP message 39 88 TIMER ERROR message 79 TRAY REFILL message 80 TRAY CHANGE message 82 Unpacking 8 16 w WordPerfect 68 113 Consumer Response Star Micronics Co Ltd invites your suggestions and comments on your printer and this manual Please address your correspondence to Worldwide Headquarters STAR MICRONICS CO LTD 194 Nakayoshida Shizuoka JAPAN 422 91 Attn Product Manager American Market STAR MICRONICS AMERICA INC 420 Lexington Avenue Suite 2702 25 New York NY 10170 Attn Product Manager European Market STAR MICRONICS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH WesterbachstraBe 59 P O Box 940330 D 6000 Frankfurt Main 90 F R of Germany Attn Product Manager U K Market STAR MICRONICS U K LTD Star House Peregrine Business Park Gomm Road High Wycombe Bucks HP13 7DL U K Attn Product Manager French Market STAR MICRONICS FRANCE S A R L 25 rue Micha l Faraday 78180 Montigny le Bretonneux Attn Product Manager Asian Market STAR MICRONICS ASIA LTD Room 2408 10 Sincere Building 173
51. ing First though you should make some preparations You may already have decided on the printer s new location Whether you have or have not run through this checklist of requirements Environmental control The printer and toner cartridge should never be exposed to strong sunshine or other direct heat sources It should also be located away from air conditioning ducts dust and fumes Excessive moisture should be avoided such as humidity in excess of 80 or less than 20 If it is comfortable for you then it will be comfortable for your printer A large strong table or stand The printer weighs approx 22 5lbs 10kg and must be firmly supported Also the printer will need more room than it takes up in the shipping carton because the paper tray will extend forward from the front so plan for a space at least 2 x 3 2 ft 0 6m A three pronged outlet The outlet should be no more than 8 feet 2 5m from the printer the length of the power cord preferably one shielded from power fluctuations In any case no motor driven appliance should be connected to the same outlet to avoid interface with the printer s operations A fresh toner cartridge product EP L Paper A package of 16 201b 60 135g m photocopier paper is best to start with however the printer can use thicker paper as well as special media such as envelopes and transparent sheets F 2 1 UNPACKING The printer comes in two boxes The
52. is useful in correcting communi cation incompatibilities between some computers and Star LaserPrinter 4 that can result in incorrect text or formatting For information on performing a Hex Dump see Chapter 8 Troubleshooting 3 2 SELF TEST The Star LaserPrinter 4 s test print provides a complete summary of what it is currently capable doing for you It shows the quality of the printing of text It summarizes the printer s configuration including amount of memory and which fonts are installed or available It explains how the printed page will look at the current settings This includes paper size and page layout It tells whether the parallel or serial interface is active 3 2 1 Printing Test Sheets There are four stages to the self test Also refer to TEST gt of 3 1 2 The Buttons 1 Printing a status sheet Hold the TEST button until the screen displays HOLD FOR TEST then STATUS SHEET Releasing the button will print the 1 page status sheet 2 Printing a font list This operation is effective only in StarPage and HP modes Hold the TEST button until the screen o displays HOLD FOR TEST then STATUS SHEET Press the TEST button once within one second after STATUS SHEET is displayed The screen displays FONT LIST When you release the button the printer will produce a font list 38 f i i p q i E ADA AAA O TAN 3 Printing a cleaning paper Hold the
53. large box contains the printer and its accessories and the smaller one contains the EP L cartridge Follow these instructions when unpacking 2 1 1 Unpacking the Printer Follow the instructions below to unpack the printer 1 Open the large box and remove the accessories box 3 Remove the packing material from round the printer 4 Open the accessories box Remove the face up tray power cord Opera tions Manual and Applications Manual NOTE Save the packing boxes and materials If you need to move the printer for new location or service etc use these materials to protect the printer from damage 2 1 2 Checking the Parts Before setting up the printer make sure that all standard items shown below are provided and they are free from damage If any of these items are missing or damaged contact your supplier Power cord Operations manual oC Applications manual 2 1 3 Unpacking the EP L Cartridge Open the small box see the illustration below and remove the packing material from the EP L cartridge CAUTION 1 Donotopen the aluminum bag containing the cartridge until you are ready to install it in the printer 2 Do not lean the cartridge against anything or turn it upside down 10 2 1 4 Optional Items Some of the following items may have been ordered Unpack them For details refer to Chapter 9 Options Paper feeder Cassette A4 Letter Legal Executive size RAM b
54. lections press Esc to return to the Selected Equipment Screen 1 Select Save Changes and press RETURN which displays the Saving Changes screen 2 Read message and press RETURN 3 Now you have saved the changes you made Press F9 to go to the Main Menu or press RETURN to leave the install program The EXIT screen will be displayed 4 Select YES and press RETURN Selecting Default Settings After running the INSTALL program you must select printer defaults At the DOS prompt type LOTUS and press RETURN to display the 1 2 3 Access System Move the cursor to 1 2 3 then press RETURN to run the 1 2 3 program Lotus may ask you to insert the SYSTEM disk At the opening screen press to access the spreadsheet menu Then type W Jorksheet G lobal D efault and P rinter The configuration menu will be displayed Now you are ready to make some selections about the configuration of your Star LaserPrinter 4 1 Type I Interface and select the number which corresponds the interface for your printer For parallel type 1 and for serial type 2 for example 2 Select appropriate settings for auto linefeed left margin right margin top margin bottom margin page length wait setup and name 67 3 When you have completed type Q uit then U pdate The 1 2 3 will save your selections and use these defaults when printing Now you are ready to use your Star LaserPrinte
55. n 36 3 1 3 Light Indicators READY The READY LED indicates that the printer is ready for use READY when it is lit This LED flashes the printer is warming up then lights continuously ALARM The ALARM LED will light up in the event of an error which ALARM requires operator to take action e g paper out The bell will sound for 2 seconds whenever this LED lights up DATA e The DATA LED shows the data status of the printer It is continuously lit when data has been received and not printed yet and it flashes when the printer is waiting for more data The DATA LED will go out when all received data has been processed Do not turn the printer off while the DATA LED is lit otherwise data will be lost ON LINE The ON LINE LED shows that the printer is ready to receive data the printer is set On Line when this LED is lit This LED is off when the printer is not ready for receiving data the printer is set Off Line The LED flashes when the printer is printing a page or when the printing is switching from On Line to Off Line PRINT This LED is continuously lit while a page is being transferred PRINT through the printer Otherwise the LED is always off DATA ON LINE 37 3 1 4 Hex Dump The Star LaserPrinter 4 can also operate in the hexadecimal mode This means that it will print information sent to it in its equivalent hexadecimal notation in base 16 numbers This mode
56. n aborted rotate font printing continues using closest available font ES CANNOT DOWNLOAD insufficient memory to font download is aborted download font printing continues using closest available font CHAR NOT IN FONT received character not in blank space is printed for currently selected font that character 85 8 4 3 Font Emulation Cartridge The font and emulation cartridge are plugged into the printer The operator may insert or withdraw a cartridge only when the DATA LED is off or blinking The following messages acknowledge the change CART CHANGED font cartridge is inserted message will remain for orremoved when DATA one second LED is off CART CHANGED CART CHANGED CART CHANGED 86 font cartridge is inserted when DATA LED is blinking emulation cartridge is inserted when DATA LED is off or blinking emulation cartridge is removed when DATA LED is off or blinking or when the printer is not in cartridge emulation message will remain for one second message will remain for one second message will remain for one second 8 5 STATUS MESSAGES Status messages are low priority messages that either indicate normal conditions or provide warnings that need not be acted upon immediately These conditions should not occur when the printer is On Line If they do however the alarm will beep and the printer will go Off Line For some conditions however there is the
57. n reverse sequence RESET v This button has three functions when the printer is Off Line Pressing and holding this button when the printer is in the Normal Mode displays HOLD FOR RESET If this button is held for more than three seconds REINITIALIZE message is displayed and the printer is reinitialized to the initial settings of the emulation currently selected This will also clear the input buffer any page in composition and composed pages queued up 34 When the printer is in the Program Mode this button is called ENTER Pressing the button selects the value with a 2 Turning on the power while holding down the button causes the printer to enter the display language selection mode See 4 8 Selecting Display Language PROGRAM A To start using the Program Mode you must first set the printer Off Line then press the PROGRAM button Within a pro gramming sequence pressing the PROGRAM button takes the programming Menu to the next higher level or exits from the Program Mode and displays PRINTER READY For details refer to 3 3 Programming from the Control Panel FEEDER SELECT This button controls from where the printer will expect paper FEEDER MO SELECT when printing To change from one source to another the printer must be Off Line press the ON LINE button if the ON LINE LED is on then hold down the FEEDER SELECT button for a while The screen will display FEEDER SELECT 1
58. n your printer in good condition This chapter will explains procedures for replacing the EP L cartridge handling the EP L cartridge and printer and cleaning the printer 7 1 REPLACING THE EP L CARTRIDGE Replace the EP L cartridge in the following cases f print quality is still low even after you have redistributed the toner by removing the cartridge and rocking it gently from end to end about five or six times Iftransparency films show stain problem at either the top or bottom of the films NOTE For directions on replacing the EP L cartridge refer to 2 2 Install ing the EP L cartridge 7 2 STORAGE AND HANDLING PRECAUTIONS FOR THE EP L CARTRIDGE The EP L cartridge contains both the photosensitive drum and toner used for printing Since the drum is extremely sensitive to the light it may be permanently damaged if it is exposed to the direct sunlight or strong light Caked or unevenly distributed toner may result in poor print quality Therefore always observe the following rules Always keep the EP L cartridge in the aluminum bag in which it was originally packed And do not open the bag until you are ready to install it in the printer 73 Do not store the cartridge where it will be exposed to direct sunlight Store the cartridge with the label facing up Do not turn it upside down or stand it on end Store the cartridge at a temperature of between 0 C and 35
59. next in this level by pressing Pressing displays the next item of the next higher level If no such item exists v displays the value that is to be selected with added ON LINE ends the Program Mode Pressing returns the display to the previous item at the same level you are currently in Pressing A displays the next lower pre vious level Here show this works in real life using a portion ofthe EMULATION group hierarchy Set the printer Off Line and press PROGRAM so the screen reads NUMBER OF COPIES Then press lt until the screen displays EMULATION Pressing v will display one of the following StarPage HP LaserJet IIP Epson FX 850 Hex Dump Pressing continuously will list all the available emulations Suppose you want to select HP LaserJet IIP as the emulation from the StarPage emulation First get into the Program Mode Press ON LINE so that the light is off Press PROGRAM after which the screen displays NUMBER OF COPIES Now press The screen responds with JOB SIZE 2 Pressing twice displays in order PAPER FEED EMULATION 42 O cen ATE mr m Pressing v here displays StarPage as the default emulation You want to stay in this level of the hierarchy so this time Press lt giving you HP LaserJet IIP which is the emulation you want To select it Press v This displays REINITIALIZE which means that the pri
60. nonccnnanonacanernnns 78 8 2 1 Engine Service Call Messages see A 78 8 2 2 Controller Service Call Messages ee 78 8 3 Operator Call Messages seee een 80 8 3 1 Engine Problems eee 80 8 3 2 Font Emulation Cartridge Problems 81 8 3 3 Optional Hardware ua dsd da 81 8 3 4 Change Paper Size sse 82 8 3 5 Manual Paper Feed 84 8 4 Operator Information Messages mocos 85 8 4 1 Host Communication problem ss 85 8 4 2 Function or Size Incompatibility 85 8 4 3 Fon Emulation Cartridge ees 86 8 5 Status Messages essent eneetnetntnet nnnm 87 8 6 Paper Jamming oconconnnnnncnnnnnanoncnnononcnano aiiin 89 8 6 1 Clearing paper jams eere 89 8 7 Streaky Prints sseeeeeeseseeseeeeeneeenetntnn nennen 95 8 7 1 White Streaks oaiue raana ii 95 8 7 2 Stains on Transparency Films es 97 Options uos tede ii bti idet eres deri iei i E 99 9 1 Paper Feeder and Cassettes ssseseee 99 9 2 Expansion RAM Board sese 100 9 3 Font Cartridge eese ener 100 10 Specifications ios rl 101 10 1 Specifications eee 101 10 2 Reliability coronan odian 104 10 3 Pin Functions on Interfaces eee 105 GIOSSBEY AA peter eae
61. nor printing will resume If the error was more serious the panel will provide information on how to handle it Reset To clear the printer memory and restore settings to emulation defaults press RESET 49 Before you begin printing at any time but especially when you are new to the process it is a good idea to run a test or sample print To do this take the printer Off Line Then press and hold TEST until the display reads Status Sheet The printer will provide a status sheet showing its configuration the quality of its text printing and asummary of its settings initial and power up preset 4 3 CONNECTING THE PRINTER TO THE COMPUTER The Star LaserPrinter 4 StarScript version comes equipped with a standard Centronics parallel interface an AppleTalk interface and an RS 232 serial interface They can be connected simultaneously though only one can be active at any one time The printer comes from the factory pre set with the Centronics parallel interface active You can confirm this by looking at the Interface Group portion of the sample print Auto wrap Off CR CR PAPER FEED Feeder Auto selection Auto selection MP tray size Paper A4 Paper A4 PAGE MODE Partial page Partial page INPUT BUFFER 1K bytes 1K bytes INTERFACE Parallel Parallel Error History This means that the Centronics parallel interface is active If the serial port E were active that line
62. nside the EP L cartridge is not distributed evenly They can be eliminated by re distributing the toner 1 Leave the printer power on to prevent data corruption during a print operation Remove any paper in the multi purpose tray and close the extension tray Press the release button upwards to open the side cover 95 3 Hold the EP L cartridge as shown below then rock it gently back and forth about 45 degrees in each direction about 5 or 6 times This will re distribute the toner inside the cartridge If vertical white streaks still appear after the toner inside the cartridge has been re distributed the cartridge needs to be replaced See 2 2 Installing the EP L cartridge for replacing the cartridge 96 B 8 7 2 Stains on Transparency Films Transparency films may sometimes show stains at either the top or bottom of the films These stains may be caused by a dirty paper path or the flaw on the EP L cartridge Clean the fixing assembly The fixing roller inside the fixing assembly may have been stain with toner For cleaning refer to 7 3 Cleaning the Fixing Assembly If the stains still appear use a different type of transparency film Replacethe EP L cartridge The photosensitive drum in the cartridge may have been damaged due to exposure to the bright light For replacing the cartridge see Installing the EP L cartridge 97 MEMO 98 CHAPTER The following options are available for the
63. nter is being initialized for HP LaserJet IIP emulation After a while the screen displays HP LaserJet IP Press ON LINE to exit the Program Mode To see if the printer has been set for HP LaserJet IIP emulation Carry out the same operation until the screen displays EMULATION Then press v The screen will display as the default HP LaserJet IIP The entire hierarchy is shown on the next pages 43 STAR LASERPRINTER 4 CONTROL PANEL HIERARCHY To enter program mode 1 Take the printer off line by pressing the ONLINE button 2 Enter program mode by pressing the PROGRAM button 3 Follow the charts below moving with the buttons indicated ERROR EJ E SET INTERFACE INPUT PAGE ae POWER UP BUFFER MODE ra 5L EMULATION APPLETALK SERIAL PARALLEL FULL PARTIAL PAGE PAGE ROBUST PROTOCOL STOP PARITY DATA BAUD BIT RATE sonny XON BIT NOTE HP LaserJet IIP mode only Q Epson FX 850 mode only Skip in StarPage mode Skip in Hex Dump mode TEST EY o e o PAPER FEED LAYOUT JOB SIZE CHARACTER NUMBER OF COPIES Z2 es is MP TRAY FEEDER TABLE PITCH CHARACTER SIZE SET LINEFEED LINE f ve AUTO MANUAL SET DEFAULT NUMBER AUTO MARGIN MARGIN o ILL TEXT RIGHT LEFT SYMBOL SET LENGTH MAGN MARGIN MARGIN AUTO END OF VM MARGIN ORIENTATION SOURCE f 45 MEMO PO VERUS TERME my TRES
64. oard 2 or 4MB Emulation cartridge 2 1 5 Carrying the Printer Whenever moving the printer from one place to another always make sure the multi purpose tray is closed and carry the printer firmly at the bottom with two hands CAUTION Never attempt to carry the printer using the face down slot NOTE When moving the printer remove the EP L cartridge from the printer After removing the cartridge from the printer replace it in the aluminum bag in which it was originally packed or cover it with a thick cloth to protect it from direct light 11 2 1 6 Opening and Closing the Printer When opening the printer s side cover do not stop it in the half way This will open the protective shutter of the drum and light will permanently damage the drum Do not place anything beside the printer It may damage the multi purpose tray when the tray is opened Do not put anything in or on the multi purpose tray except paper and do not press the tray downward CAUTION The parts of the printer shaded in the illustration below become extremely hot when the printer is used To avoid any personal injury do not touch these parts when the printer is open Although the printer s cover is closed while printing it will need to be opened when replacing the EP L cartridge when clearing paper jams Open Or 12 close the cover in the following way e Opening the Cover 1 Hold the knob of the multi purpose tray an
65. or each of the two printers that the Star LaserPrinter 4 emulates there are default print styles that it will use if you do not make other choices In the material that follows the default values will first be presented together for your convenience Then the entire range of choices foreach attribute without an optional Font Cartridge will be presented the default values will be marked with an 62 5 1 HEWLETT PACKARD LASERJET IIP Default Values primary and secondary fonts Character number Symbol set 1 Courier 10cpi 12point Medium Roman 8 Available Values primary and secondary fonts Character number Symbol set 1 Courier 10cpi 12point Medium Courier 10cpi 12point Bold Courier 10cpi 12point Italic Courier 12cpi 10point Medium Courier 12cpi 10point Bold Courier 12cpi 10point Italic LinePrinter 16 66cpi 8 5point Medium Roman 8 ECMA94 IBM PC IBM DN PC 850 ISO 2 IRV ISO 4 UK ISO 6 USASCII ISO 10 Swedish ISO 11 Swedish ISO 14 JIS ASCII ISO 15 Italian ISO 16 Portug ISO 17 Spanish ISO 21 German ISO 25 French ISO 57 Chinese ISO 60 Norweg ISO 61 Norweg ISO 69 French M ON tA BW WY 63 5 2 EPSON FX 850 Default Values Character set Pitch Table Available Values Character set Pitch Table 64 ISO 84 Portug ISO 85 Spanish HP German HP Spanish USA 10 cpi Italic USA French Germany
66. p For installing the feeder unit and cassettes see separate manuals The printer s on off switch is located at the front 47 4 2 CONTROL PANEL The front panel of the printer provides information about the printer s internal and operating status It also allows you to program it for your and your computer s specific needs The Star LaserPrinter 4 works in two basic modes when the printer is off line Normal mode using the white buttons Program mode using the brown buttons The buttons have different functions in each mode BUTTON ON LINE PRINT ERROR SKIP TEST gt RESET PROGRAM A FEEDER SELECT 48 NEXT FRONT PANEL MODE WHITE BUTTONS When light is on printer can print When light is off all other buttons are enabled Print information in memory Continue printing or display error code Initiate tests Discard information Enter program mode Select paper source for printing EXIT ENTER PROGRAM MODE BROWN BUTTONS Fastexit termination of Pro gram Mode retums to Printer Ready No function Display next item within cur rent level of menu selections Display previous item within current level of menu selec tions Display next level within cur rent item of menu selection When in last level of current item executes function Display previous level within current item of menu selec tion No function PREVIOUS Remem
67. paper to be hand follow procedure above fed DL size paper to be hand fed follow procedure above C5 paper to be hand fed follow procedure above M FEED MONARCH M FEED COM 10 M FEED C5 84 8 4 OPERATOR INFORMATION MESSAGES Certain problems with communication with the host computer may be detected Messages listed below provide information but do not halt the printing process The printer uses a default value if necessary You may remove the message by pressing ERROR SKIP Note that if there are multiple errors the last one detected is displayed 8 4 1 Host Communication problem Message zT Meaning Action Status LINE ERROR parity error in host data follow procedure above INPUT OVERFLOW input buffer overflow follow procedure above BAD FONT DATA downloaded font bad downloaded font ignored BAD FONT CODE downloadedfontinerror downloaded font ignored BAD CHAR CODE loaded character outside downloaded font ignored of index 8 4 2 Function or Size Incompatibility There are problems that occur when the host computer requests a function not provided or a function that requires more memory than is available Message EI Meaning Status PAGE OVERFLOW page buffer memory partial page currently overflow composed is printed and ejected remaining data for page is printed on next sheet CANNOT ROTATE insufficient memory to font rotatio
68. pe of laser activated temporary engraving In the Star LaserPrinter 4 two interconnected units produce the complete printing process the toner cartridge and the printer body The toner cartridge contains the drum which is the rotating surface In the darkness of the toner cartridge the drum holds a negative charge placed on itby the primary corona wire in the printer Shutters on the bottom ofthe toner cartridge assure that no unwanted light penetrates its interior When text or graphics are sent by the computer to the printer laser beam is generated by a semiconductor laser diode This beam is focused by special scanning mirrors that turn the light beam into a tool that writes or prints on the surface of the drum The areas of the drum touched by the laser beam lose their negative charge and contain a reverse image of the information sent from the computer As the drum rotates it passes a developer unit that is also rotating but in the opposite direction The surface of the developer unit is covered with toner ink which has a negative charge The neutralized portions of the drum containing the information to be printed pick up negatively charges toner from the developer unit At this point paper fed from the paper cassette moves through the transfer unit from which it receives a positive charge As the drum rotates the negatively charged particles of toner are attracted to the positively charged surface of t
69. pend on the mode the printer is in the Normal Mode and Program Mode ON LINE Pressing this button switches the printer from Off Line to On Line or vice versa When the printer is On Line ON LINELED is lit the printer is able to receive information from the computer and print it All other buttons except for the ERROR SKIP button under certain conditions are inactive when the printer is On Line When the printer is Off Line the printer is unable to receive informa tion and print but the other switches can be used If the printer is in the Program Mode pressing this button exits from the Program Mode and enters to the Normal Mode ON LINE When the printer is On Line the LED is on When the printer is Off Line the LED is off PRINT This button is active only when the printer is Off Line Pressing PRINT the switch will print any page If there is no page the depression of the switch will be ignored When printing is in operation the LED is on ERROR SKIP ERROR This button is basically active only when the printer is Off Line SKIP In the Normal Mode a depression of this button has no effect lt if no alarm condition exists However if an alarm or warning condition exists pressing this switch causes the printer to return to the previous state after corrective action has been taken When the printer is Off Line and in the Program Mode this key is called NEXT During programming pressing this button displays the v
70. pf Chancery MediumltSwa Yo eo c yo cnt KOO V AR ITC Zapf DingbatsSWA 7 i No ID Pit Resident Fonts R001 10 ROMAN8 ECMA 94 IBM US IBM DN PC 850 R002 10 ROMANS ECMA 94 IBM US IBM DN PC 850 R003 10 ROMAN8 ECMA 94 IBM US IBM DN PC 850 R004 12 ROMANS ECMA 94 IBM US IBM DN PC 850 R005 12 ROMANS ECMA 94 IBM US IBM DN PC 850 R006 12 ROMAN8 ECMA 94 IBM US IBM DN PC 850 R007 16 ROMAN8 ECMA 94 IBM US IBM DN PC 850 Star LaserPrinter 4 ch Point Style Weight 00 12 0 Upright Medium lt ESC gt BU lt ESC gt s0p10 00h12 Ov0s063T lt ESC gt ON lt ESC gt s0p10 00h12 OvOs063T lt ESC gt 10U lt ESC gt s0p10 00h12 OvOsObST lt ESC gt 11U lt ESC gt s0p10 00h12 QvOsOb3T ESC 12U lt ESC gt s0p10 00h12 OvOsOb3T 00 12 0 Upright Bold lt ESC gt BU lt ESC gt sOp10 00h12 OvOs Sb3T lt ESC gt ON lt ESC gt 20p10 00h12 0vOs3b3T ESC 10UXESC 50p10 00h12 0v0s3b3T ESC 1 1U lt ESC gt s0p10 00h12 0v0s3b3T ESC 12U ESC 30p10 00h12 Ov0s3b3T 00 12 0 Italic Medium ESC BU ESC s0p10 00h12 0v1s50b3T lt ESC gt DN lt ESC gt s0p10 00h12 0v1s0b3T lt ESC gt 10U lt ESC gt s0p10 00h12 0v1s003T lt ESC gt 11U lt ESC gt s0p10 00h12 Ov1s0b3T lt ESC gt 12U lt ESC gt s0p10 00h12 0v1s0b3T 00 10 0 Upright Medium ESC SU lt ESO gt s0p12 00h10 OvOsOb3T lt ESC gt ON ESC s0p12
71. printer This chapter provides brief explanation for these options For details on installation and mainte nance please refer to their own manuals Paper feeder Cassette A4 Letter Legal Executive and Envelope Expansion RAM board 2 or 4MB Font cartridge BM emulation cartridge 9 1 PAPER FEEDER AND CASSETTES The optional paper feeder is used with one of optional paper cassettes to feed paper from the paper cassette into the printer The paper feeder can be attached easily to the bottom of the printer using screws Cassettes are available following paper sizes A4 Letter Legal Executive and Envelope Once the paper feeder is installed paper size can be changed easily by replacing the cassette Each cassette can hold up to 250 sheets of plain paper paper weight 80 g m and the envelope cassette holds about 25mm stack of envelopes or about 20 envelopes 99 Types and sizes of paper can be used with the cassettes are listed below Letter Legal A4 B5 2 Plain paper 60 105g m Face down up Transparency Letter A4 Face up films 98 x 190 162 x 250mm 60 90g m 9 2 EXPANSION RAM BOARD Two kinds of memory expansion board are available for the printer a 2 MB RAM board and a 4 MB RAM board These RAM board permit printing of full page graphics To tell whether a board is installed in your printer watch the printer display screen during power up If no board has been installed the displ
72. prox 20 sheets 60 105g m plain paper OHP film Adhesive labels Postal cards Envelopes Printing Area top and left margins 2 5mm bottom margin 4 5mm right margin 4 0mm Acoustic noise stand by max 43dB printing max 53dB e Environment Operating 50 F to 90 F 10 C to 32 5 C Standby Storage 20 to 80 relative humidity no condensation 32 F to 95 F 0 C to 35 C 10 to 80 relative humidity no condensation 4 F to 140 F 20 C to 60 C 10 to 95 relative humidity no condensation Power Source 100 115 V 50 60Hz for North America and Japan 200 240V 50Hz for Europe Asia and Oceania Power Consumption max 550W when operating e Weight _ Print engine 10kg Cassette i 2 4kg EP L cartridge 1kg toner and drum cartridge Dimensions 102 Dogong 387 mm ww grip 103 Last ey RA ew eS ge Te ee A O ee FE A 10 2 RELIABILITY Suggested monthly print volume 2500 prints Definition of failure Any loss of operation that requires calling a service person Operation errors and installation failures are not included Product life Five years or 150 000 prints whichever comes first Mean time between failures 4 000 hours or less Mean time to repair 30 minutes or less Paper feed reliability Type Frequency Paper 1 2000 or less Multifeed 1 1000 or less Others 1 2000 or less Toner cartridge life
73. pson FX 80 NEC 3550 HP LaserJet HP LaserJet Plus HP 7470A Add Cancel Highlight HP LaserJet Plus or Epson and select ADD Another box appears in response Copy associated printer file HPLASERP DRV to drive directory CAWindows if you have a hard disk Yes No Cancel selecting YES confirms your printer choice and returns you to the CONTROL PANEL Menu If you are just starting with Windows you should select SETUP from the CONTROL PANEL Menu This will present a Menu with three options You should first select PRINTER and from the list choose the printer you wish to use Next from SETUP select CONNECTIONS This willlet you designate the parallel or serial port for the printer clicking OK to confirm it If you are using a serial printer go to SETUP once again and select 70 COMMUNICATIONS After you indicate the active port you have already chosen Windows will present a series of settings options Type in the desired baud rate and push the button for your selection of word bit length parity stop bits handshake and port Select HARDWARE handshake and 1 stop bit Be sure that the other selections match the printer settings shown under Interface Group on the Star LaserPrinter 4 s sample print 71 MEMO 72 CHAPTER Maintaining the Star LaserPrinter 4 The LaserPrinter 4 does not require much care and maintenance However it is important to perform a few cleaning tasks to maintai
74. r 4 You can also use the Star LaserPrinter 4 s Epson FX 850 emulation following the same routine from the Lotus Menus 6 2 WORDPERFECT VERSION 5 0 WordPerfect must be installed before you can select a printer Refer to the Installation section in your WordPerfect Manual Once this is done follow the procedure below to select a printer 1 Press Shift and F7 then select S Select Printer 2 Select 2 Additional Printers which displays the Select Printer screen 3 From the list of defined printers select either HP LaserJet IIP or HP LaserJet II Epson FX 850 then press RETURN 4 Press RETURN to accept the displayed printer filename or enter a new name then press F7 Exit The Select Printer Edit screen will be dis played 5 Now you must specify the interface connection Select 2 Port at the Select Printer Edit menu which displays a list of ports 6 If you are using a parallel interface for LPT1 type 1 7 If you are using a serial interface for COMI type 4 The WordPerfect will display the Select Printer COM port menu You must now specify the serial parameters including baud rate parity stop bits character length and Xon Xorr function Be sure that you specify the same values in WordPerfect as you do for the Star LaserPrinter 4 To save your WordPerfect selections press F7 to exit the program 68 6 3 MICROSOFT WORD 4 0 To use Microsoft Word with your Star LaserPrinter
75. rtridge eee 16 2 3 Loading Paper eese nennen 21 2 3 About Paper iii aa a 21 2 3 2 Loading Paper Into the Multi purpose Tray 21 2 4 Selecting Paper Delivery eee 24 2 5 Connecting the Power Cord essen 26 2 6 Connecting the Interface Cable sese 27 2 7 Adjusting Print Quality eene 29 3 Initial Operation 20 Did popuii cnius 31 3 1 Front Panel reiecit tena a etae taa ee i e ERR PNE HS E 31 3 1 1 Powering Up eee 32 3 1 2 The Buttons ioun a a 33 3 1 3 Light Indicators eene 37 3 1 4 Hex Dump crinii nnne nnne nnne 38 O PD 38 3 2 1 Printing Test Sheets oooonconacnninconnnonarnononnarnonornonononnnnoss 38 3 2 2 Status Sheet Description essen 39 3 3 Programming from the Control Panel sess 41 4 Quick Start with the Star LaserPrinter 4 A Tutorial 47 4 1 Preliminaries eese eese reete ternera aiiai Eis 47 4 2 Control Panel 4 ieeeeee tenete esent een et ean nent ikea baa an ca ten 48 4 2 1 Basic operations eesesssesrsserrrerereoseresruensssnersrereseeerere 49 4 3 Connecting the Printer to the Computer ees 50 4 3 1 Selecting the Interface essere 51 4 3 2 Activating the Parallel Interface
76. s 1 2 3 INSTALL Program If the Lotus 1 2 3 has not been installed you must install it before proceed ing Atthe DOS prompt type LOTUS and press RETURN This causes the computer to display the 1 2 3 Access System Move the cursor to Install then press RETURN to run the INSTALL program Lotus may ask you to insert the UTILITY disk This will display the MAIN MENU You can select your printer following the procedure below 1 Select Change Selected Equipment and press RETURN which displays the Selected Equipment screen 2 Select Test Printer s and press RETURN which displays the Text Printer s screen 3 Select HP and press RETURN This displays the Text Printer s screen 4 Select 2686 LaserJet or LaserJet and press RETURN The printer type for texts has been selected To select the printer type for graphics go back to the Selected Equipment screen 66 7 f i i 1 i t 5 Select Graphics Printer s and press RETURN which displays the Graphics Printer s screen 6 Select HP and press RETURN to display the Graphics Printer s screen 7 For 150 or 300DPI select LaserJet and press RETURN For 75DPI select LaserJet and press RETURN When you have completed the selection of a graphics printer press F10 Your current selections will displayed Make sure that the selections are correct If not repeat the installation process To save your se
77. sion RAM board An available option that is easily attached to the LaserPrinter 4 to expand its RAM to a maximum of 5 MB Three kinds of memory expansion board are available a 1MB RAM board a 2MB RAM board and a 4MB RAM board 107 T E p SENA NOI Oe t S YET RETE A TT P OPER IPTE Y E NEUTER EPIS CE IE Re IE WERE Qe E Face down delivery A type of paper delivery in which the paperis ejected from the printer with the printed side facing downward Face up delivery A type of paper delivery in which the paper is ejected from the printer with the printed side facing upward Face up delivery is used for printing envelopes transparency films and labels Fixing assembly The assembly used to fix the toner on to the paper or other material using heat and pressure in printing process It is located inside the printer and it gets extremely hot during the operation Font a set of letters numbers and symbols of the same typeface design Font cartridge Font cartridges contain fonts which can supplement the available resident fonts of the printer to increase the variety of typefaces Glyph a graphic symbol that conveys information Handshaking in data communication the automatic acknowledging by the receiving device of information that has been sent to it either by signals and the interface hard or by software control soft Hex dump conversion by the printer of ASCII symbols into their hexa
78. ssage 85 BAD FONT DATA message 85 BAUD rate 51 Buttons control panel 31 33 36 C CALL SERVICE message 78 79 CANNOT ROTATE message 85 CANNOT DOWNLOAD message 85 CARTRIDGE BAD message 79 CART CHANGED message 86 CARTRIDGE ERROR message 81 CASS CHANGE message 82 CASS REFILL message 80 C ntronics connector 101 Character set 57 CHAR NOT IN FONT message 85 CLEANING DONE message 87 CLEANING PAPER message 39 87 Control panel front panel 4 31 33 37 41 43 48 49 Courier typeface 60 61 Current settings 54 D Data bit 52 DATA light 37 Display screen 31 DTR message 52 E EEPROM 32 107 Emulation modes 40 59 63 64 ENGINE TEST message 87 ENGINE RESET message 87 EP L Cartridge 16 20 107 Epson FX 850 emulation mode 64 ERROR SKIP button 33 48 Face down delivery 24 Face down tray 4 Face up delivery 25 Factory settings 54 55 Fixing assembly 74 108 Font 59 64 Font cartridges 100 FONT LIST message 38 87 H Hex dump 38 HOLD FOR TEST message 38 Host communication problems 85 HP LaserJet IIP emulation mode 63 64 111 1 Initial settings 54 INPUT OVERFLOW message 85 INSUFFICIENT RAM message 81 INTERFACE group 40 INTERFACE message 41 51 53 L LANDSCAPE message 57 Landscape orientation 40 57 Laser 2 Laser printing 2 3 LAYOUT group 40 LAYOUT message 43 57 LINE ERROR message 85 LinePrinter typeface 60 61 LOAD
79. structions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or reloate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help For compliance with the Federal Noise Interference Standard this equipment requires a shielded cable The above statements apply only to printers marketed in the U S A Self Declaration Radio interference regarding this equipment has been eliminated according to Vfg 1056 1984 announced by the DBP DBP has been informed of the introduction of this special equipment and has been granted the right to examine the whole series It is the user s responsibility to see that his own assembled system is in accordance with the technical regulations under Vfg 1046 1984 To conform to FTZ regulations it is necessary to make all connections to the printer with shielded cable The equipment may only be opened by qualified service representatives The above statement appli
80. style of printing that appears in your finished work consists of five elements the symbol character set the letters numbers and symbols avail able for use the fonts present in the Star LaserPrinter 4 some fonts come as standard equipment while others are available in cartridges that are installed in the cartridge slot of the printer you may also purchase fonts on a disk and load them down downloading from the computer to the Star LaserPrinter 4 s RAM for more information consult a software dealer font attributes consisting of character spacing pitch point size style stroke weight and typeface the printer you select to emulate the Star LaserPrinter 4 StarScript version can emulate the PostScript and two widely available printers the Hewlett Packard LaserJet HP a laser printer and Epson FX 850 a dot matrix printer the capabilities of your applications software The Star LaserPrinter 4 StarScript version comes equipped with many families of fonts Try to print out the Font List with control panel operation Refer to 3 2 SELF TEST You will get the Font List as shown in next pages 59 LaserPrinter 4 StarPage Interpreter Font List RESIDENT FONTS Industry Name AvantGarde Book AvantGarde BookOblique AvantGarde Demi AvantGarde DemiOblique Bookman Demi Bookman Demiltalic Bookman Light Bookman Lightitalic Courier Courier Bold Courier BoldOblique Courier
81. t sheets may occur after paper PGS jamming ROTATING FONT wait for font rotation may occur when on line PRINTER READY all condition normal and j proper but printer is not op eration no unused data in controller or pages in print ing PRINTER ACTIVE all condition normal and proper printer is in opera tion no unused data in con troller or pages in printing 88 8 6 PAPER JAMMING As paper travels from the multi purpose tray or cassette if installed through the printing area and is ejected it can jam at the following locations A Paper pick up area multi purpose tray B Paper pick up area with optional cassette paper feeder C Fixing assembly area D Face up print delivery area E Paper access door 8 6 1 Clearing paper jams 1 Remove any paper from the multi purpose tray and close the extension tray Leaving paper in the tray causes the paper position to shift during disposal of jam resulting in further paper jams when printing is re started 89 2 If the face up tray is installed remove it 3 Open the side cover by pressing the release button upwards 90 4 If you have been printing with the multi purpose tray check the paper pick up area first If there is a paper jam here remove the paper by pulling it in the direction of the arrow CAUTION The fixing assembly area becomes extremely hot when the printer has been operated for some time Never touch this area
82. urrent feeder is the multi purpose tray changing the multi purpose tray size via panel starts printing automatically Meaning CASS CHANGE A4 A4 size is required cas follow procedure above sette TRAY CHANGE A4 A4 size is required multi follow procedure above purpose tray CASS CHANGE Letter size is required cas sette follow procedure above TRAY CHANGE Letter size is required follow procedure above multi purpose tray follow procedure above TRAY CHANGE Legal size is required follow procedure above LGL multi purpose tray CASS CHANGE EXE Executive size is required follow procedure above cassette TRAY CHANGE EXE Executive size is required follow procedure above multi purpose tray CASS CHANGE B5 BS size is required cas follow procedure above sette TRAY CHANGE BS size is required multi BS purpose tray follow procedure above 82 Message Meaning CASS CHANGE MON Action Monarch size is required follow procedure above cassette TRAY CHANGE MON 4 Monarch size is required follow procedure above multi purpose tray CASS CHANGE COM Com 10 size is required follow procedure above cassette TRAY CHANGE COM CASS CHANGE DL TRAY CHANGE DL CASS CHANGE
83. when the printer is open Otherwise personal injury may result 5 If you are using the cassette paper feeder pull out the cassette and check the paper pick up area If there is a paper jam here remove the jammed paper before replacing the cassette 91 6 If paper is jammed in the fixing assembly area pull the paper back into the printer and remove it 7 If the paper does not extend from the side of the fixing assembly area pull it in the direction of the black arrow If the paper is extracted in the opposite direction infused toner can be deposited inside the printer staining the back of subsequently printed pages AAN a V 7 SIA Mp ASA Lamy CA SY AA E 92 8 If the paper has passed completely through the fixing assembly area pull it out in the direction of the arrow 9 If a paper jam has occurred in the face up delivery area put the paper straight upwards to remove it 10 After checking all the areas described here close the side cover replace the face up tray if it is being used pull out the extension tray and refill the multi purpose tray Printing will restart 93 11 If the jam is still present a small torn piece of paper may be remaining inside the printer Check the side upper door for any such paper 94 AAA A A A ARNO a rg Met 8 7 STREAKY PRINTS 8 7 1 White Streaks White streaks occur if the toner level is low and the toner i
84. would state serial 50 If you are going to use a Centronics interface you don t need to make any changes If you want to use an RS 232 interface you must perform a programming sequence Programming will involve pressing various panel keys and following the information provided on the display screen The control panel indicates the selected function with the symbol following the function displayed 4 3 1 Selecting the Interface Note that when you have completed the selection sequence the settings must be stored in EEPROM see 4 3 3 Saving Settings Take the printer Off Line by pressing the ON LINE button until the button s light is off Then press PROGRAM Press until the display screen reads INTERFACE Press v Now the screen will read PARALLEL Now press The screen will change to SERIAL With the display reading SERIAL this time press v The screen will show BAUD RATE Pressing V now displays 9600 baud Press to display a series of options from 300 to 19200 Keep pressing until the one you want appears on the screen Pressing v now displays 9600 baud 51 Then press A displays BAUD RATE Pressing displays these op tions DATA BIT PARITY STOP BIT PROTOCOL ROBUST XON DTR POLARITY The settings from the factory for these options are 8 bit no parity 1 stop bit DTR High Whenever you want to change any of the serial parameters follow the same

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