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Page 1: ...LaserPrinter 4 OPERATIONSMANUAL ...

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Page 3: ...Miemnics Co Ltd FXJ350 Seiko EpsemCorporation HP LaserJet 11P HewlestPackardCompany IBM PC XT IBM Proprinter Irrtematicnal Business MachinesCorporation Lotus 1 2 3 Lotus DevelopmentCorporation Microsoft Wor MIcroauftWindows MicrosoftCorporation PageMaker Aldus Corporation WordPerfect WordPesfa Irte NOTICE All rights reserved ReproductionCJany partof this manualin any form whatsoeverwihout STAR s e...

Page 4: ...rpose Tray 22 2 4Selecting PaperDelivery 25 2 5Connecting thePowerCord 27 2 6Connecting theInterfaee Cable 28 2 7Adjusting PrintQuality 30 3 InitialOperation 33 3 1FrontPanel 33 3 1 1Powering Up 34 3 1 2TheButtons 35 3 1 3LightIndicators 39 3 1 4HexDump 40 3 2SelfTest 40 3 2 1Printing TestSheets 40 3 2 2StatusSheetDescription 41 3 3Programming fromtheControl Panel 43 4 QuickStartwiththe StarLaserP...

Page 5: ...icrosoft Windows 71 8 Maintainingthe StarLaserPrinter4 75 8 1Replacing theEP Lcartridge 75 8 2Storage andHandling Precautions fortheEP Lcartridge 75 8 3Cleaning theFixingAssembly 76 8 4Cleaning theExterior ofthePrinter 77 9 Troubleshooting 79 9 1ErrorMessages Displayed ontheScreen 79 9 2Service CallMessages 80 9 2 1Engine Service CallMessages 80 9 2 2Controller Service CallMessages 80 9 3Operator ...

Page 6: ...5StatusMessages 9 6PaperJamming T 9 6 1Clearing paperjams 9l 9 7Streaky Prints 97 9 7 1WhiteStreaks 97 9 7 2StainsonTransparency Films 99 10 Options 101 10 1PaperFeeder andCassettes 101 10 2Expansion RAMBoard 102 10 3FontCartridge 103 11 Specifications 105 11 1Specifications 105 11 2Reliability 108 11 3PinFunctions onInterfaces 109 Glossary 111 ...

Page 7: ...he manual and of the Star Laser printer Thischapterexplainshowto unpackyournewprinterandprepare itforinitialoperation Chapter3explainshowtooperatetheprinter scontrol panelanddisplayscreen Somepeopleliketo skipthe preliminaryexplanationsandbeginusingthe pnnterimmediately Chapter4providestheinformationforsuchafaststart If youbeginwithChapter4 at somelatertimeyou shouldreadthe restof themahualin sequ...

Page 8: ...usedvery sharply Lasers generatedby gases liquidsor semiconductors a widely usedin applicationsrangingfromsurgeryto thevisualarts Laserprintingis a processthatusesa laserbeam in thiscase generated byasemiconductor to activateportionsofanelectrically chargedsurface Theseactivatedpartsrepresentthe words numbers or graphicsbeingsent fromthecomputerforprinting Otherpartsofthepnntertransferthisimage to...

Page 9: ... unit is covered with toner ink which has a negative charge The neutralizedportionsof the drum containingthe informationto be printed pickup negativelychargestonerfromthe developerunit Atthispoint paperfed fromthepapercassettemovesthroughthetransfer unit from which it receivesa positivecharge As the drum rotates the negativelychargedparticlesoftonerareattractedto thepositivelycharged surfaceof the...

Page 10: ...you read this manual butabriefintroductionisinorderhere Thefollowingfigwesshow the front mar andinsideviewsof the printer F SideCover ReleaseButton Face downTray Multi purposeTray MPTray PaperStop j ExtensionTray ControlPanel PaperGuide CartridgeSlot FrontUpperDoor PowerSwitch PaperDeliverySelector 4 ...

Page 11: ...faceConnector Air Vent AppleTalkInterfaceConnector PowerReceptacle SerialInterfaceConnector DensityAdjustmentLever TransferRoller EP L Cartridge PaperAccessDoor Pick upRoller SeparationPad FixingAssemblyCover FeedRoller 5 ...

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Page 13: ... comfortablefor you thenit willbe comfortablefor yourprinter A large strongtableor stand Theprinterweighsapprox 22 51bs lOkg andmustbe firmlysupported Also the printerwill need more roomthan it takesup in the shipping cation becausethepapertraywillextendforwardfmmthefront soplan for a spaceatleast2 x 3 2 ft 0 6m A three prongedoutlet Theoutlet shouldbe no more than 8feet 2 5m from the printer the ...

Page 14: ...printerandits accessories andthe smalleronecontainstheEP Lcartridge Followthese instructionswhenunpacking 2 1 1 UnpackingthePrinter Followthe instructionsbelowto unpacktheprinter 1 Openthe largebox andremovethe accessoriesbox 2 Removethe printerfromthe box 8 ...

Page 15: ...e accessories box Remove the face up tray power cord Opera tionsManual and Applications Manual NOTE Save the packing boxes and materials If you need to move the printer for new location or semice etc use these materials to pro tect the printer from darnage 9 ...

Page 16: ...ndard items shown below areprovided and they are free fmm damage If any ofthese items aIEmissing or damaged contactyoursupplier Standard Items I 2 1 3 Unpackingthe EP LCartridge Open the smallbox see the illustrationbelow and removethe packing materialfmm the EP Lcartridge 10 ...

Page 17: ...ngitemsmay have been ordered Unpackthem For details referto Chapter10 Options Paper feeder Cassette A4 Letter Legal Executivesize RAM board 1 2 or 4MB Emulation cartridge 2 1 5 CarryingthePrinter Whenevermovingtheprinterfromoneplaceto another alwaysmakesum themulti puqmsetrayis closed andcarrythe printerfirmlyat thebottom withtwohands CAUTION Neverattemptto carrytheprinterusingthe face downslot 11...

Page 18: ...will permanently damage the drum Donotplace anythingbesidethepnnter Itmaydamagethemulti purpose tray whenthe tray is opened Donotput anythingin oronthemulti purpose trayexceptpaper anddo not pressthe tray downward CAUTION The parts of the printer shaded in the illustration below become extremely hot when the printer is used To avoid any ptmonal injury do not touch these parts when the printer is o...

Page 19: ...Opening the Cover 1 Holdthe knobof the multi purposetray andpullit to openthe tray 2 The tray opensto about80 degrees 13 ...

Page 20: ...3 Pressthe dease button atthe right upwardsandopenthe ecwer Thecoveropensto about80degrees themulti purposetraythenopensto about90 degnxs 14 ...

Page 21: ... Removethe twoorangestoppersby pushingthe lowerpartof the stoppersupwardsand removingit as shown in the illustration below Closingthe Cover 1 Usingbothhands lift the coverandcloseit gentlyuntilit latches 15 ...

Page 22: ...000IUX or roomlighting 1000IUX formorethanfiveminutes Do not o the drumprotectiveshutteron the EP Lcartridge Keepthe cartridgeawayfrom CRTs diskdrives diskettes etc Other wise CRTsanddiskdrivescanbedamaged anddataondiskettescanbe destroyedby the magnetinsidethe cartridge When handling the cartridge do not touch the bottom of the EP L cartridge Print quality will be adve melyaffected if the protect...

Page 23: ...neEP Lcartridgesas commendedby yoursupplier FollowtheinstructionsbelowtoinstalltheEP Lcartridgeforthefirsttime or replacean usedone 1 2 Open the multi purposetray and the side cover as describedin 2 1 6 Openingand Closingthe Printer If youareinstallingtheEP Lcartridgeforthefirsttime skiptostep3 If youamreplacingtheoldEP Lcartridge removeitbypullingitbythetab NOTE If it isdifficultto removetheEP Lc...

Page 24: ...3 Openthe aluminumbag containingtheEP Lcartridgeandremoveit NOTE Savethealuminumbag asyoumayneeditforstoringthecartridge whenyoumovethe printerto anotherplacein the finure 18 ...

Page 25: ...d evenlyin thecmridge it may adverselyaffectprintquality 5 Placethe cartridgeon a flat surface Whileholdingdownthe cartridge withonehand usetheotherhandtopulltheorangetabtoremovetheseal Makesurethatthe tab is pulledsmoothlyin a directionparallelto the flat surface Otherwise the tape may break or snap making the cartridge unusable 19 ...

Page 26: ...6 7 Holdingthecartridgebythetab alignthe arrowonthecartridgewiththe 7 markon the printer thecartridgeintothe printergently 20 ...

Page 27: ...seated then close the gently cover NOTE 1 2 If you have purchasedoptional accessories install them in accordancewiththeirinstallationmanuals When replacingthe cartridge clean the fixing assembly as describedin 8 3 Cleaningthe FixingAssembly 21 ...

Page 28: ...canbe used withthe multi purposetray m listedbelow Type I Size I Weight I Printdelivery 97x 148 216 x 356mm Plainpaper Letter Legal A4 B5 60 105g m2 Face down up Executive Transpar encyfilms Letter A4 Face up Labels Letter A4 Face up Envelopes 97x 148 216 x 356mm 60 90g m2 Face up 2 3 2 LoadingPaperInto theMulti purposeTray 1 If themulti purposetrayisnot open openit by unlatchingandbringing it for...

Page 29: ...2 3 Holdthe arrowatthe centerof the multi purposetray thenpullout the Slidethe paperguideto theleft 23 ...

Page 30: ...he edgesby tappingit on a flat surface I 5 Aligntherightsideofthestackofpaperwiththeright handpaperguide Slidethepaperstackgentlyintotheprinterasfarasit willgo Makesure thattheheightofthepaperstackdoesnotexceedthemarkon the paper guide 24 ...

Page 31: ...of paperdelivery face upandface down With face downdelive the paper is ejected from the printer with the printedsidefacingdownward Withface updelivery the paperis ejected withthe printedsidefacingupward SelectingFace down Delivery 1 Openthe multi purposetrayby unlatchingandbringingit forward 2 For face downdelivery simplyopenthe multi purposetray 3 Adjustthepaperstoplocatedonthetopoftheprinterto t...

Page 32: ...witchthepaperdeliveryselectorfor theface upposition 3 Attachtheface upprinttrayto thesidecoverof theprinter Fitthepegs at the sidesof thetray intothe holesin theprinter Whenface upprintingis ftished andthemulti purpose tray is closed the printerautomaticallyswitchesbackto face downdelivery 26 ...

Page 33: ...2 5 CONNECTINGTHE POWERCORD M s t t p s o t p i s t O t c t p c t t p a a A p o a s b 1 M S t t p s o t p i o t s o t s i p d 2 P t c i t h t p t o i t A o 2 ...

Page 34: ...v c a q e t r t s 2 6 CONNECTINGTHE INTERFACECABLE T h c t i t t p a a i c T p i p w t t o i p a A p N i c i s a s w t p D t k o i c p o A y w t u a p t a p c f y s 1 B c t i c m s t t p t t p a t c i t o 2 P o e o t i c i t a c t r s o t p 3 F p C i s t c c u c c F s i f t c c u s 2 ...

Page 35: ...4 C t o e o t c t t a i o t h c m Mmgm N T p f s i f a p i I t s i i t b u y n t s t i o t c p S S t S I f s t t o i 2 ...

Page 36: ...JUSTINGPRINTQUALITY A s t y m f t t q o t p i n w y w Y m r t p a t m t p l o d b a t t p d a l l i t p 1 H t k o t m u t a p i t o t t 2 P t x b t r u a o t c 3 T T i p d m t d a l t t r r t d m t l t t l 30 ...

Page 37: ...T d a l h f s f l t r A y m t l i c a e o t t p i t r m I I II I I I L I m 31 ...

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Page 41: ... L t p i u t n i t a p b t o s c b u I t p i i t P M p t b e f t P M a e t t N M W t p i O L t L i o W t p i O L t L i o T b i a o w t p O L P PRINT the s w p a p I t i n p t d s o t s w b i W p i i o t t L i o S D T b i b a o w t p i O ERROR SKIP L I t N M a d o t b h n e i n a c e H i a a o w c e p t s c t p t r t t p s a c a h b t W t p i O L a i t P M t k i c N D p p t b d t v i u a c f t o t ...

Page 42: ... s t p w p a s s 3 P T S 4 I t b i p o w o s t s w d L a a f l w b p 3 P T S 5 I t b i p t w o s P w b d a ac p w b p 3 P T S 6 I t b i h d f m t 6 s a S i d t s w d P M I t b i r w t m i d t p w p a t p m 3 P T S I P M p t b a P p t a i i r s R Q T b h t f w t p i O L RESET c Pressing a h t b w t p i i t v N M d F R I t b i h f m t t s m i d a n n A t i s o t e l c s T w a c t i b a p i c o a c p...

Page 43: ... O L t p t b W a p A g r s p t b t t L p r M t t n h l o e f t P M a d R F d r t 3 P r f t C P S El T b c f w t p w e p FEEDER SELECT w p T c f o s t a t p m b O L p t O L b i t O L L i o t h d t F S b f a w T s w d S 1 I t b i r w t m i d t s d t c f s m t F p w c t t o b C Only Auto Seleetion C M Tray Manual Feed C Only 3 ...

Page 44: ...n s w b s i I S a i a t t o t f p s i t p 2 H d t b f m t 2 s c t s t d T S I t b i r w t m i d i t s w d t c m t s F p w c t t o b Paper Letter Paper Legal Paper A4 Paper Executive Paper B5 ENV Monarch ENV COM 10 ENV Intntnl DL E Intntnl C5 Paper Letter N T h e t h s C I S T o i a i a f s e C O T e f m p L o b 3 ...

Page 45: ...w t L l u T D L s t d s o t p I i c t l w d h b r a n p y a i f w t p i w f m d T D L w g o w a r d h b p D n t t p o w t D L i M o d w b l L T O L s t t p i r t r O L d p i s O L w t L i l T L i o w t p i n r f d p i s O L T L f w t p i p ap o w t p i s f O L t O L T L i c l w ap i b t PRINT t t p O t L i a o T L r t s o t t b o t e s O w 39 ...

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Page 47: ...etDescription Y c t s t a t p s b j l a t p w a o i F o t p o S t p i p i t p o T i t p r o t p t w p a u p h t t a w f i a i w i i h t r t a l I t p i s f l o t s i p t w T s s i d i t s T f s s y p b c o i t v o i o s n a s t a o t R a t a o R a f y I y a o R e b i m s w a b l h T l p o t s s p i o t o f p o t m c a i t o y a m l t n t i n Y c c a o t b p f t f p T s o s d o a l s I t s t w s w ...

Page 48: ...s o p T f o t L a O r p o l M s l r a t i r t t a p a a p l i n o l V V M I V r t t s i t c b m i t v o y a L s i a m o V E o l w a w f i o o o A I w t i a a c a a p b a a l f a t e o e l a a f f a e p T P F G i F w t p w b f f t c o m Q M t s t s o p t b u b t m t T P M G f i P M p o f T I B G I i I B m c o t i b T f o t I G i I p o s 42 ...

Page 49: ...L PANEL s r i t v f t y c s f t c p a a i a o f o h T m t m m g a s l w e o R y e p o e p a L t s t p p o n p I w a G t t T g i t P M y m p t a P L t g o t l t P c t r b t p O C T o o t m c w P M i C J S L P F E P M I B I S P L F S 4 ...

Page 50: ... L e t P M P r t d t t p i a t s l y a c i P A d t n l p l H h t w i M l u a p o t E g h S t p O a p s t s r O C T p u t s d P w d o o t f H L 1 E F H Dump P c o w l a t a e S y w t s E F a t e F g i t P M P L s t t l i o P P a w t s d O C N p T s r w P f t d i o J S L P F E 4 ...

Page 51: ...d L 1 a t d e Y w t s i t l o t h s t t P g y F w i t e y w T s i P T d w m t t p i b i f F e A w t s d F P L t e t P M T s i t p h b s f E F e C o t s o u t s d T p v The s w d a t d F T e h i s o t n p 4 ...

Page 52: ...STARLASERPRINTER 4 CONTROLPANELHIERARCHY T e p m L t p o b p t O b 2 E p m b p t P b 3 F t c b m w t b i H I M A AL S I I P E F P B M h r S P F P r P P 1 D h R P S P D B P X B B R 46 ...

Page 53: ...N 0 H L I m o E F m o S w E I B S i H D m P F L J S C N A r M T F T P C S S OF C A E O V M O S L L AUTO MANUAL SET MARGIN TEXT TOP RIGHT LEFT LENGTH MARGIN MARGIN MARGIN D N M S S ...

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Page 55: ...IES Y S L a 4 c i t b p t p b t E c W y p y p f u w y c b s t i s o a s s t t i c o a s i t b y r a t p m b y u t p I y a j s u y S L 4 a h n r t m i C 2 p t t t t r t s I t E C I i v v t y h a i t c p b i c i l p d a w a t t t a p o t p I a t t m u t t i p a a s f v t o p c b f i t p u a o p f u F d c a a f u w t f u A L L E a E F i t f u a c s s m T p o s i l a t f 4 ...

Page 56: ...ntinue printing or display error code Initiate tests Discard information Enter program mode Select paper source for P M BROWN BU ITONS Fastexit termination of pro gram Mode returns toPrinter Ready No f Display next itern 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 leve...

Page 57: ...b o p f t p c O O L i nf c a p i o w i i O L W t p i O L t l o t L b w b l F a o f t p m b O L T i a b p t L b u i l i out F f T p m h u i i i m T i i b t l D l T c i f t p t t p O L T p W a t r i i p t p w b e a t D l w g aft E S I c o a e t p w g O L a s p I t e i m i i p t c p T d t p S t u i l i o I t e w m p w r I t e w m s t p w p i o h t h i s R p a r s t e d p 51 ...

Page 58: ... i t p a a s o i s i a p p 4 3 CONNECTINGTHE PRINTERTO THE COMPUTER T S L a 4 c e w b a s C p i a a R s i B c b c s i t o o c b a a a o t T p c f t f p w t C p i a Y c c t b l a t I G p o t s p A wrap Off P F F A A s 1 t s P 8 P A P U P paga P p I I B I b I b I INTERF CE P P E H T m t t C p i i a I t s p w a t l w s s 5 ...

Page 59: ...p o t d s T c p i t s f w t s f t f d 4 3 1 SelectingtheSerialIntetiace N t w y o t s s t s m b s i E 4 S S T t p O L b p t L b u t b l i o T p P u t d s r I P N t s w r P N p T s w c t S W t d S t t p T s w s B R P n d 9 baud Press to d a s o o f 3 t 1 K p u t o y w a o t s P n d 9 b 5 ...

Page 60: ...t o a 8 b n p 1 s b D H W y w t c a o t s p f t s s a f s t b r F e t c t d b a S p t u D B i d o t s P w d t f o a w g t r o t P w y c a o t s F p L w r t S L 4 f p I y a p p r a XoN XoFPh r t D h s i f t S m b P v t u y s P P d DTR Pressing A until the d r X P t e 5 ...

Page 61: ...S P P to s t c s i E P L w a t S L 4 t b p t t s i 4 3 2 ActivatingtheParallellntetiace T r t a p i d t T t O L b p t L b u t b l i 0 T p s P u t s d I P w d S P w g P P t s p P o t d I P t d S P P t s t c s i E Q P L w a t S L 4 t b p t t p i 5 ...

Page 62: ...o t s i w t a c T s w t o t F S b a w t p i t o t o a T I S w t u c c a u a l a t p i n t o T a s i t o v R m T o t P S c T C S w a t s i R m T m b i b s c t o a o s T m t s p y m s i i E P t p r s a t t p O L P P u t s d S P P a w t s w d E L D F p L Y n s a n s a y c c w o p i d 4 3 4 Returningto FactorySettings I f s r y w t s f t b w t o f s f t p I t P m p u t s r L F S 5 ...

Page 63: ...s w d b L F R O t L F S T f s a n r a y c g O L f o a c 4 4 MANUALFEED T S L a 4 c f p a u a o c I a o c i i t f d o f i C O T c t s f t c p p t p O L a p P u t s d P F P a t s w n d F c P w w d Cassette Only P d t o M T M F A S P to d M T o M F 5 ...

Page 64: ... s o e a t b f m t f t s b u I d e m o a f y g a p j r t t c o T f w t c t m 4 5 PAPERSIZE T f d o M T S i A p I y w t u o s o p o e y m f i t p A g O L a p s P u t s r P F P w w d F P d M T S c P w w d P A E o L U s s P r w l t o c P P P P P E E E E L L A E B M C I D I C 5 ...

Page 65: ...edure after going Off Line and pressing PROGRAM c Press untilyouget LAYOUT Press v whichwilldisplay ORIENTATION s Press v for Portrait Pressing gives Landscape Pressing v selectsLandscape 4 7 CHANGINGCHARACTERSET If you wantto use a characterset otherthan that providedat the factory followthiS procedure c AftergoingOff Lineandpressing PROGRAM c Press until yousee CHARACTER s Press v whichdisplays ...

Page 66: ...n RESET V andtumontheprinter makesurethat RESET v isheldatleastuntilthescreendisplays SELECT LANGUAGE The screendisplays SELECT LANGUAGE Memory Test X MB ENGLISH 2 PressingJERROR SKIP or TEST changesthe languageas dis playedin the screen 3 Press ON LINE after selectingnew language The languagewill be savedandthe printergoesOn Line If RESET v is released before SELECTLANGUAGE message is displayed t...

Page 67: ...youareusingon it Some of the choices may be limited Printer emulation and the page orientationare examples Your applicationsoftwaremay not supportan availablecommand or it may not permit a change in page orientation Whether you are printing business letters charts or other graphics or brochuresandnewsletters you shouldkeepthesechoicesandtheirlimita tionsin mind Whatfollowsis alistoftheelementsthat...

Page 68: ...e amount of computer programmingyoudoforpageset up Remember youcanprintaverynice loo ng pagewithvery little manipulation by relying onthedefaultsettings in yourprinterandapplicationprogram Byusingthe programmingavail ablefmmthe frontpaneloftheprinter youhavea widevarietyof options The next chapteroutlinesyour choices both for Star LaserPrinter4 pro grammingandfor makingchoicesfromthe computer 62 ...

Page 69: ...nloading fmmthecomputertothe StarLaserPrinter4 s RAM formoreinformationconsulta software dealer font attributes consistingof characterspacing pitch pint size style strokeweigh andtypeface the printer you select to emulate the Star LaserPrinter4 can emulatetwo widelyavailableprinters theHewZett PackardL userJet HP a laserprinter andEpsonFX 850 a dot matrixprinter the capabilities of your applicatio...

Page 70: ...ntingflexibilityis providedby programmingwiththecom handsets Formom on this seethe chapter7 InterfacingW ithApplica tionsl ograms andthe ApplicationsManual Foreach ofthetwo printersthatthe StarLaserPrinter4 emulates thereare defaultprintstyles thatit willuse ifyoudo notmakeotherchoices Inthe materialthatfollows thedefaultvalueswillfirstbepresentedtogether for yourconvenience Thentheenti rangeofcho...

Page 71: ...ier locpi 12point Bold 3 Courier locpi 12point Italic 4 Courier 12cpi lopoint Medium 5 Courier 12cpi lOpoint Bold 6 Courier 12cpi lOpoint Italic 7 LinePrinter 16 66cpi 8 5point Medium Symbolset Roman 8 ECMA94 IBMPC IBMDN PC 850 1S02 IRV 1S04 UK 1S06 USASCII ISO 10 Swedish 1S0 11 Swedish 1S0 14 JIS ASCII 1S0 15 Italian 1S0 16 Portug 1S0 17 Spanish 1S0 21 German 1S0 25 French 1S0 57 Chinese 1S0 60 N...

Page 72: ...ble Available Values Characterset Pitch Table 1S0 84 Portug 1S0 85 Spanish HP German HP Spanish USA 10cpi Italic USA French Germany UK DenmarkI Sw en Italy Spain Japan Norway DenmarkII 10cpi 12cpi 17cpi 20 cpi Pmpotional Italic GraphicsSet l GraphicsSetW ...

Page 73: ...nters either by name or by type Once the selectionis made it becomespart of the programffle Asaresult printingusuallyrequiresnothingmorethanissuing a oneor two keystrokecommand In thischapteryouwilllearnhowto specifytheStarLaserPrinter4 forfour popularapplicationsprogramsforIBM compatible computers Lotus 1 2 3 WordPerfect MicrosoftWord andMicrosoflWindows TheStarLaser Printer 4 will print graphics...

Page 74: ...rogram IftheLotus1 2 3hasnotbeeninstalled youmustinstallitbeforeprocee ding Atthe DOSprompt typeLOTUSandpress RETURN Thiscauses the computerto displaythe 1 2 3AccessSystem Movethe cursorto Install thenpms RETURN to run the INSTALL program Lotusmay askyouto inserttheUTILITYdisk Thiswilldisplay the MAINMENU You can selectyourprinterfollowingthe procedure below 1 Select Change Selected Equipment and ...

Page 75: ...theMain Menu orpmss RETURN toleavetheinstallprogram TheEXITscreen willbe displayed 4 Select YES andpress RETURN SelectingDefaultSettings Afterrunningthe INSTALLprogram youmustselectprinterdefaults AttheDOSprompt typeLOTUSandpress RETURN todisplaythe 1 2 3AccessSystem Movethecursorto l 2 3 thenpress RETURN torun the 1 2 3program Lotusmay ask youto insertthe SYSTEMdisk At theopeningscreen pms Uto ac...

Page 76: ...From the list of definedprinters selecteitherHP LaserJetIIP or HP LaserJetII EpsonFX 850 thenpress RETURN 4 Press RETURN to acceptthedisplayedprinterfilenameorenteranew name then press F7 Exit The Select Printer Edit screen will be displayed 5 Now you must specifythe interfaceconnection Select 2 Port at the SelectPrinter Editmenu whichdisplaysa listof ports 6 If youareusinga parallelinterface forL...

Page 77: ...leprintersappearsat the top of the screen Eachof these printersis the subjectof a PrinterDescription PRD file 7 4 MICROSOFTWINDOWS Microsoft Windows is a program that coordinatesthe use of various programsthatmightnot otherwisebe compatibleon the screen Windows can be configuredfor yourprinter but you shouldalso be awarethat any applicationspmgrarnthat youuse mayhaveits ownprinterrequirements whic...

Page 78: ...nterfileHPLASERP DRV to drive directory C Windows if youhave a hard disk Yes No Cancel selectingYES confirmsyour printer choice and returnsyou to the CONTROLPANELMenu If youarejust startingwithWindows youshouldselectSETUPfromthe CONTROLPANELMenu Thiswillpment a Menuwiththee options YoushouldfirstselectPRINTERandfmmthelistchoosetheprinter youwishto use Next fmm SETUPselectCONNECTIONS Thiswilllet yo...

Page 79: ...hosen Windows willpnxent a seriesof settingsoptions Typein the desiredbaudrate and pushthe button for yourselectionof word bit length parity stopbits handshake andport SelectHARDWAREhandshakeand 1 stopbit Be sure that the other selectionsmatch the printer settingsshownunder InterfaceGroupon the StarLaserPrinter4 s sampleprint 73 ...

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Page 81: ...endto end aboutfive or six times Iftransparencyfilmsshowstainproblemateitherthetoporbottomofthe films NOTE FordirectionsonreplacingtheEP Lcartridge referto 2 2Install ingthe EP Lcartridge 8 2 STORAGEAND HANDLINGPRECAUTIONS FORTHE EP LCARTRIDGE The EP Lcartridgecontainsboththephotosensitive drumandtonerusedfor printing Since the drum is extremelysensitiveto the light it may be permanentlydamagedif ...

Page 82: ...he cartridgewhenhandlingthe cartridge Donotopenthe drumprotectiveshutter Ifitisopened printqualitymay be affected 8 3 CLEANINGTHE FIXINGASSEMBLY Transpanmcyfilmsmaysometimesshowstainproblemateitherthetopor bottom of theftis Thisproblemmaybecausedbyadirtypaperpathorthe flaw on the EP L cartridge In this case clean the fixing assembly and replacethe EP L cartridgeif necessary Regular cleaningof the ...

Page 83: ...n displays NOWCLEANING 6 Whencleaningis done thescreenwill display CLEANINGDONE for one second 8 4 CLEANINGTHE EXTERIOROFTHE PRINTER Beforecleaning makesurethatthepowercord is removed Useonlywaterandneutraldetergentto removemarksandspotsfromthe printer then wipe the printerdry with a soft dry cloth Use of any other cleaningsolutionmay darnagethe printer The printer does not requirelubrication Neve...

Page 84: ...MEMO 78 ...

Page 85: ...ovideinformationaboutthepapersupplyin the cassette ortheconditionof theEP Lcartridge Othershavetodowithfontsoremu lations Anotherwayof consideringerrorsisthatsomeofthemresultfromfailures inhardwareorsoftware Othererrorsa functional meaningthateitherthe printer operatoror the host computerhas commandedthe controllerto performan operationthat is beyondits designedcapabilities If theprintermalfunctio...

Page 86: ...rmbeeps press ERRORSKIP to reset engineandrecheck processingstops alarmbeeps turn off the powerthen on to resetengineandrecheck 9 2 2 ControllerServiceCallMessages Controllerermrmessagesresultfmmfailureineitherhardwareorsoftware Somecontrollererrormessagesoccurduringstartuptests The messages meanthatthecontrollers malfunctioning butisstillabletodisplaytheerror massage Certainconditionscanalsobedet...

Page 87: ...led lem or press D3WORSKIP to continue in whichcasethe expansionRAM will be ig nored CARTRIDGE BAD CRCerrorin Cartridgesequencestops alarm beeps ifinstalled shut off power and fm prob lem or press ERROR SKIP to continue in whichcasethe cartridgewillbe igno d CALLSERVICE 10 CRCerrorin EEPROM sequencestops alarm beeps shut off power and fm prob lem or press IERRORSKIP to continue in which case progr...

Page 88: ...as of any othertype you should press ON LINE beforecontinuingtheprintjob 9 3 1 EngineProblems These are mechanical problems that prevent the engine from being ready to print w TRAY REFILL X Xmeansthe cur rent job size LOAD X CASS X means the current job size PAPER JAMMING F no paper in the muM purposetray cassette is current feeder nocassetteinLC slot paperisjammedwithin status1 bit5 sidecoveris o...

Page 89: ...ed the printerwill selectthe closestfont Message Meaning Action CARTRIDGEER emulation orfontcartridge Turn the power off then on ROR is removedwhile DATA againto initializetheprinter LEDis on CARTRIDGE ER emulationcartridgeis re Turn the power off then on ROR movedwhileemulation againto initializetheprinter REINSERT CART font cartridgeis removed insert the cartridge or press while DATA LED is ERRO...

Page 90: ...osetray sizevia panelstartsprintingautomatically Message Meaning Actwn CASS CHANGE A4 size is required cas followprocedure above A4 sette TRAY CHANGE A4sizeisrequired multi followprocedureabove A4 Pw Y CASS CHANGE Letter sizeisrequired cas followprocedure above LTR sette TRAY CHANGE Letter size is required followprocedureabove LTR multi purpose tray CASS CHANGE Legalsizeisrequired cas followproced...

Page 91: ... is required followprocedureabove COM cassette TRAY CHANGE Com 10 size is required followprocedureabove COM multi ptupose tray CASS CHANGE DL size is required cas followprocedureabove DL sette TRAY CHANGE DLsizeisrequired mult i followprocedureabove DL purposetray CASS CHANGE C5 size is required cas followprocedureabove C5 Sette TRAY CHANGE C5 sizeisrequired multi followprocedureabove C5 Pm Y 85 ...

Page 92: ...nopaperinthemulti purpose tray pressing ERROR SKIP turns off the messageandcausestheprinterto feedpaperfromcassetteandthen displaysthe messageagain Message Meaning Actwn M FEED A4 A4t aperto be handfed followurocedureabove IM FEEDLETTER ILetter apertobehandfed Ifollowmcedureabovel M FEED LEGAL Legalpaperto be handfed t llowproeedure above IM FEED EXEC IExec Paperto behandfed Ifollowprocedureabove ...

Page 93: ...ored BADFONT CODE downloaded fontinerror downloadedfontignored BADCHAR CODE loaded characteroutside downloadedfontignored ofindex 9 4 2 Functionor SizeIncompatibility Thereareproblemsthatoccurwhenthe hostcomputerrequestsa function not providedor a functionthat requiresmorememorythanis available r Message PAGE OVERFLOW CANNOTDOWNLOAI Meanirw I Status page buffer memory overflow insufficientmemory t...

Page 94: ...ED fontcarhidge is inserted message will Rmtin orremovedwhenDATA for one second LEDis off CART CHANGED fontcartridgeis inserted messagewi rem n for when DATA LED is onesecond blinking CART CHANGED emulationCfidge is messagewill remain for inserted when DATA one md LED is off or blinking CART CHANGED emulation cartridge is messagewill remain for removed when DATA onesecond LEDisofforblinkingor when...

Page 95: ...datestof testin progress theprinting ENGINE RESET engineis beingreset REINITIALIZE controllersoftinitialization occurswhenWSETI is pressed or emulationis changed mayalsooccur whenprinteris on lineif emulationis changedor resetis sentfromhost STATUSSHEET statussheetprintout occurs when TEST is heldforatleast3butless than6 seconds FONT LIST fontlistprintout occurs when TEST is held at least 3 second...

Page 96: ...nt terminating switch pressed REPRINT LOST retransmission of lostsheets may occur afterpaper PGS jamming ROTATING FONT waitforfontrotation mayoccurwhenon line PRINTER READY all condition normal and properbut printeris notop eration no unused data in controlleror pagesin print ing PRINTER ACTIVE all condition normal and proper printer is in opera tion no unuseddatain con trollerorpagesinprinting 90...

Page 97: ...ick uparea multi purpose tray B Paperpick upma withoptionalcassettepaperfeeder C Fixingassemblyarea D Face upprintdeliverya a E Paperaccessdoor 9 6 1 Clearingpaperjams 1 Removeanypaperfmm the multi purposetray andclosethe extension tray Leavingpaperin the tray causesthe paperpositionto shiftduring disposalof jam resultingin furtherpaperjams when printing started 91 ...

Page 98: ...2 If the face uptray is installed I 3 Openthe sidecoverby pressingthe releasebuttonupwards 92 ...

Page 99: ...of the arrow CAUTION The fixing assembly areabecomes extremely hot when the printerhasbeenoperatedforsometime Nevertouchthisa a when the printeris open Otherwise personal injury may result 5 Ifyouareusingthecassettepaperfeeder pullout thecassetteandcheck thepaperpick uparea If thereis a paperjam hem move thejammed paperbeforereplacingthe cassette 93 ...

Page 100: ...e printerand removeit 7 Ifthepaperdoesnotextendfromthesideofthefixingassemblyarea pull it in the directionof the black arrow If the paper is extractedin the oppositedirection infused toner can be depositedinside the printer stainingthe backof subsequentlyprintedpages 94 ...

Page 101: ...f the arrow 9 If a paperjam has occurredin the face updeliveryarea put the paper straightupwardsto removeit I 4 10 Aftercheckingalltheareasdescribedhere closethesidecover replace theface uptray ifitisbeingused pullouttheextensiontrayandrefill the multi puxpose tray Printingwillrestart 95 ...

Page 102: ...11 Ifthejam is stillpresent a smalltornpieceof papermaybe remaining insidethe printer Checkthe sideupperdoorfor anysuchpaper 96 ...

Page 103: ...isnotdistributedevenly Theycanbeeliminatedbym distributing the toner 1 Leave the printer power on to preventdata corruptionduring a print operation Remove any paper in the multi purposetray and close the extensiontray Pressthereleasebuttonupwardsto openthe sidecover 2 Removethe EP Lcartridgeby pullingthe tab 97 ...

Page 104: ...or 6 times Thiswillre distributethe tonerinsidethe cartridge 4 Replacethe EP Lcartridgein the printer thenclosethe sidecover If verticalwhitestreaksstillappearafterthe tonerinsidethe cartridgehas beenre distributed thecartridgeneedstobereplaced See 2 2Installingthe EP Lcartridge for replacingthe cartridge 98 ...

Page 105: ...leanthe fixingassembly The fixing rollerinside the fixing assembly may havebeen stainwithtoner Forcleaning referto 8 3 Cleaningthe Fixing Assembly If the stains still appear use a different type of transparencyfti ReplacetheEP Lcartridge Thephotosensitive druminthecartridgemay havebeendamagedduetoexposu tothebrightlight Forreplacingthe cartridge see Installingthe EP Lcartridge 99 ...

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Page 107: ...PERFEEDERAND Theoptionalpaperfeederisusedwithoneofoptionalpapercassettes tofeed paper from the paper cassetteinto the printer The paper feeder can be attachedeasilyto the bottomof the printerusingscrews Cassettesa availablefollowingpapersizes A4 Letter Legal Executive andEnvelope Oncethepaperfeederisinstalled papersizecanbechanged easilyby replacingthe cassette Eachcassettecanholdup to 250sheetsof...

Page 108: ...ce up 10 2 EXPANSIONRAMBOARD Threekindsofmemoryexpansionboardm availablefortheprinter a 1MB RAMboard a2 MBRAMboardanda4 MBRAMboard TheseRAMboard permitprintingof fullpagegraphics Totellwhethera boardis installedin yourprinter watchtheprinterdisplayscreenduringpower up If noboard hasbeeninstalled the displaywillread Memory Ted 1 MB If amemoryboardhasbeenaheadyinstalled thedisplaywillgivethetotal am...

Page 109: ...hefontcartridgeisinstalledintheslotbeneaththecontrolpaneloftheStar LaserPrinter4 Insertthefontcartridgewiththe arrowlabelfacingup If thefontcartridge is insertedupsidedown the cartridgeand orprintermaybe damaged CAUTION The Font Cartridgesfor LaserPrinter8 cannotbe used with thisprinter 103 ...

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Page 111: ...gesper minute A4 under1minute at 68 For 20 C HP LaserJetseriesIIP EpsonFX 850 IBMProprinter 1megabyte 1 2 0r4 megabytesonRAMExpansionBoard HostInterface Standard Standard Serial RS 232C Parallel Centmnics Optional AppleTti whenanOptiOnalpDLboardisin stalled s DefaultSettings Changeableusingthe controlpanel Fonts Resident Courier LinePrinter Option Fontcamidges 105 ...

Page 112: ...Acousticnoise standby max 43dB printing max 53dB Environment Operating 50 Fto 90 F 10 Cto 32 5 C 20 to 80 relativehumidity no condensation Standby 32 Fto 95 F O C to 35 C 10to 80 relativehumidity no condensation Storage 4 F to 140 F 20 Cto 60 C 10to 95 lative humidity no condensation cPowerSource 100 115V 50 60Hz forNorthAmericaandJapan 200 240V 50Hz for Europe Asia and Oceania PowerConsumption ma...

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Page 114: ...rsandinstallationfailuresarenot included Productlife Fiveyearsor 150 000prints whichevercomesfirst Meantimebetweenfailunx 4 000hoursor less Meantimeto repair 30minutesor less Paperfeedreliability Type Frequency Paper 1 2000or less Multifeed l l MOor less Others 1 2000or less Tonercaftridgelife EP Lcartridge 3 500printsat 5 printduty A4 Lettersize 108 ...

Page 115: ...K OUT A lowpulseacknowledges receiptof data 11 BUSY OUT Lowwhentheprinterisready to acceptdata 12 PAPER OUT GoesHighif theprinterruns OUT outofpaper 13 SELECTED OUT Highwhentheprinterisonline 14 15 N C Unused 16 SIGNAL Signal ground GND 17 CHASSIS Printer schassisground GND isolatedfromsignalground 18 5VDC OUT External supplyof 5VDC 19 30 GND Twisted pair return signal ground level 31 RESET IN Low...

Page 116: ...ND Chassisground 2 TXD OUT Carries data fromtheprinter 3 RXD IN Carriesdatato theprinter 4 RTS OUT Onwhentheprinteris readyto reeeivedata 5 6 N C Unused 7 GND Signalground 8 19 N C Unused 20 DTR OUT Onwhentheprinteris readyto receivedata 21 25 N C Unuswl 110 ...

Page 117: ...CentronicsInc Character Set the completeset of charactersavailablein a font Data Bits the numberofbitsin a transmittedbytethatactuallycontains data EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory It has an internal switch to permit auser to erase the contents and write new contents into it by means of electrical signals EP L Cartridge A disposabletypeof processcartridgewhichcontains the...

Page 118: ...automaticacknowledging by thereceivingdeviceofinformationthathasbeensenttoit eitherby signalsandthe interface hard or by softwarecontrol soft Hexdump conversionbytheprinterof ASCIIsymbolsintotheirhexa decimal base 16 equivalent This is usefulfor programmersor otheruserswhowanttotroubleshoot thecommunications between the computerandtheprinter HMI HorizontalMotionIndex refersto dot spacingin the sma...

Page 119: ... or memorythat can be used to store informationtemporarily such as text or printingconfigurations RAM storedinformationis erasedwhenthe poweris turnedoff ROM ReadOnlyMemory or memoryin which informationcan be storedpermanently whetherthepoweris on or off RS 232 awiringconfiguration forsendingandreceivingserialtransmis sions includingdata and acknowledgments betweensendingand receivingequipment han...

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Page 121: ...NGDONEmessage 89 CLEANINGPAPERmessage 41 89 Controlpanel frontpanel 4 33 35 39 43 45 50 51 Courierrypefaee 64 Currentsettings 56 l m Databi 54 DATAlight 39 Displayscreen 33 DTRmessage 54 B EEPROM 34 111 Emulationmodes 42 63 65 66 ENGINETESTmessage 89 ENGINERESETmessage 89 EP LCartridge 16 21 111 EpsonFX 850emulationmode 66 ERRORSKIP button 35 50 LEJ Face downdelivery 25 Face downtray 4 Face updeli...

Page 122: ...allmessages 82 86 Operatorinformationmessages 87 88 Optionalfontcartridges See fontcar tridges ORIENTATION message 59 m PAGEOVERFLOWmessage 87 Pagesetup 61 62 Paper 22 102 Papercassette 11 101 102 PAPERFEEDgrOUp 42 PAPERJAMMIN G message 82 Paperloading 22 25 Parallelinterface 5 28 29 52 55 Parallelinterfacepin fimction 109 PARITYmessage 54 Pitch 42 62 Portraitorientation 42 Powerreceptacle connect...

Page 123: ... 29 Serialinterfaee pinfunction 110 SETEP CLOSE message 82 Specifications 105 107 Statusmessages 89 90 STATUS SHEET message 40 89 STOPBITmessage 54 Stains 99 Streaky prints 97 98 El TEST button 36 50 TEST PRINT MODE message 41 90 TESTPRINTSTOPmessage 41 90 TIMERERRORmessage 81 TRAYREFILLmessage 82 TRAY CHANGEmessage 84 m Unpacking 8 16 I_ WordPerfect 70 117 ...

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