Star Micronics LaserPrinter 4 User manual

LaserPrinter4

OPERATIONSMANUAL

Safety Notkea

This printeris certifiedas a Class 1 laserproductunderthe U.S.Departmentof HealthandHuman

Services(DHHS)RadiatiarPerformanceStandardaccordingtotheRsdiationControlfor Healthand

SafetyAct of 1968.llris mennsthatthe printerdoes notproducehamrdouslaserrsdiat.iar.

Since radiationemittedinsidetheprimcris completely

cmdinedwithinprotectivehcusings andexter-

nal covers,thelaserbeamcmnot escapefromthemachineduringanyphaseof useroperaticm

‘he center for Devices andRadiologicalHealth(CDRH)of the U.S.Fcod andDrugAdministration

implementedregulationsforlaserprcdoctsonAugust2, 1976.‘flreseregulatiomsa@y tolaserprodrrcts

marketedintheUnitedStales.llte lstbefontheprintcrirtdicatescompliancewiththeCDRHregulations

andmustbe attachedto laserproductsmarketedin the UnitedStates.

Caution-useof controlsoradjustmmtsorperformanceof proceduresorherthanthosespecifiedherein

mayrestdtin hazardousradiaticxrexposure.

Federal Communications Commission

Radfo Frequency Interference Statement

‘nriSeq

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enthasbccn testedandfoundtocomplywithtielirrritsforat%ss B digitaldevice,pursuant

to Parr1 of FCCRules. Theselimits aredesignedto providereasonableprotectiaragainstharmfuf

imcrferenminartxidentialimstallatioit.‘his q“uipmentgmerates, usesandcanradiateradiofrequency

energyand,ifnot installedandusedinaccordancewiththeinstructiats,maycausehsrrnfulirrterference

toradioem-ummicaticsrs.However,thereis noguaranteethatinterferencewill nci occurin aparticular

instrdlatien.fftbis equipmmtdoescauseharmftdinterfermcetoradioortelevisionr.xeption,whichcan

be determinedby turning she equipment off and on, the user is mcouraged to try to correctfhe

interfere= by one ormoreof the following measurea:

.

Reorientor mloatcthe receivingantenna.

Increasethe separationbetweentireequipmentandreceiver.

Connectthe equipmmt into an outleton a circuitdifferentfromthatto which the receiveris

connected.

Constdtthe dealeroranexperiencedradio~ technicianforhelp.

ForcmmpliancewiththeFederalNoise IrrterfermceStandard,thisequipmentrequim.sashieldedcable.

Tk above sfateksnf.rapply only 10printers marketedin lk U.S.A.

Self Declaration

Radio interferenmregardingthis equipmenthas been eliminatedaccordingto Vfg 1056/1984 an-

nmmm.dby the DBP.

DBP haskeeninformedof theintroductionof this specialequipmentandhasbeengrantedtherightto

examinethe whole series.

Itis theuser’sresponsibilityto see thathis own assembledsystemis in accordancewiththetechnical

regtdaticmsunderVfg 1045/1984.

ToconformtoFIZ-regulatirrnsitisneccssarytomakeall connations torheprinterwithshieldedcable.

Theequifxnentmay only he

opened by qualifiedservicerepresmtatives.

Theabove statement applies only to printers marketed in Germany.

Statement of

The Canadian Department of Communications

Radio Interference Regulations

%%Y%%’Lohterferenes

ratu.s&e.sn@exceedtbe ClassBlinsitsfor radionoiaeenrissicxtsfromdigitalapparatus

Regulationsof the CanadianDepartmentof

brnsttuoicatiom.

Lepn%rstappascilnunk%iquen’&rtenpas de bruitssadiofrlectriquesdLpassantles lintites applicable

‘F(

redsnusm%iquesdela classe B ~rescritesdam le Rk-glementsurle brouillageradid.lextsique

&tt pasIe Ministkre.des Gartrrtunieatmnsdu Canada.

Theabove statemeti applies only to printers marketedin Canada.

Trademark Acknowledgements

LaaeA%inter4: StarMiemnics Co., Ltd.

FXJ350:Seiko EpsemCorporation

HP LaserJet 11P:HewlestPackardCompany

IBM PC/XT, IBM Proprinter: IrrtematicnalBusiness MachinesCorporation

Lotus 1-2-3: LotusDevelopmentCorporation

Microsoft Wor~ MIcroauftWindows: MicrosoftCorporation

PageMaker: Aldus Corporation

WordPerfect: WordPesfa&Irte.

NOTICE

STAR’s expresspermissionis forbidden.

● lle contentsof this manualaresubjectto changewithoutnotice.

.

All effortshave&m madeto ensmethe accuracyof the eotrtentsoftfrismanusdatthetime of

press.However,shouldany

errorsbe detected,STAR wouldgreatlyappreciatebeinginformed

of them.

● llte abovenotwithstanding,STAR can assumeno rqrorrsibilityfor anyerrorsin thismanual.

@Cepyright1990Star

h’fiCSOniCS co., Ltd.

TABLEOFCONTENTS

1.Howto Use ThisManual .........................................................................l

1.1LaserPrinting.............................................................................2

l.2TheStarLaserPrinter4—An Introduction...............................4

2. SettingUp theSTARLaserPrinter4 ....................................................7

2.1Unpacking..................................................................................8

2.1.1UnpackingthePrinter.....................................................8

2.1.2CheckingtheParts........................................................10

2.1.3UnpackingtheEP-LCartridge......................................10

2.1.4OptionalItems...............................................................11

2.1.5CarryingthePrinter

.......................................................11

2.1.6OpeningandClosingthePrinter...................................12

2.2InstallingtheEP-LCartridge...................................................16

2.3LoadingPaper..........................................................................22

2.3.1AboutPa~r...................................................................22

2.3.2LoadingPaperIntotheMulti-purposeTray.................22

2.4SelectingPaperDelivery..........................................................25

2.5ConnectingthePowerCord.....................................................27

2.6ConnectingtheInterfaeeCable................................................28

2.7AdjustingPrintQuality............................................................30

3.InitialOperation.......................................................................................33

3.1FrontPanel

...............................................................................

33

3.1.1PoweringUp

.................................................................34

3.1.2TheButtons...................................................................35

3.1.3LightIndicators.............................................................39

3.1.4HexDump.....................................................................40

3.2SelfTest

....................................................................................

40

3.2.1PrintingTestSheets......................................................40

3.2.2StatusSheetDescription...............................................41

3.3ProgrammingfromtheControlPanel

......................................

43

4. QuickStartwiththe StarLaserPrinter4: ATutorial ...................49

4.1Pdrninaries.............................................................................49

4.2ControlPanel............................................................................50

4.3ConnectingthePrintertotheComputer

...................................52

4.3.1SelectingtheSerialInterface........................................53

4.3.2ActivatingtheParallelInterface

...................................

55

4.3.3SavingtheSetting

.........................................................56

4.3.4ReturningtoFactorySettings.......................................56

4.4ManualFeed.............................................................................57

4.5PaperSize

.................................................................................

58

4.6PrintinginLandscapeOrientation

............................................

59

4.7ChangingCharacterSet............................................................59

4.8SeleetingDisplayLanguage.....................................................60

5. SettingUp A Page

....................................................................................6l

6. FontSelection ............................................................................................63

6.1HewlettPackardLaserJetIIP

...................................................

65

6.2EpsonFX-850..........................................................................66

7. InterfacingWithApplicationsPrograms

.........................................

67

7.1Lotus1-2-3Release2...............................................................68

7.2WordPerfectVersion5.............................................................70

7.3MicrosoftWord4.0..................................................................71

7.4MicrosoftWindows

..................................................................

71

8. MaintainingtheStarLaserPrinter4

.................................................

75

8.1ReplacingtheEP-Lcartridge...................................................75

8.2StorageandHandlingPrecautionsfortheEP-Lcartridge.......75

8.3CleaningtheFixingAssembly.................................................76

8.4CleaningtheExteriorofthePrinter.........................,...............77

9. Troubleshooting ........................................................................................79

9,1ErrorMessagesDisplayedontheScreen.................................79

9.2ServiceCallMessages..............................................................80

9.2.1EngineServiceCallMessages......................................80

9.2.2ControllerServiceCallMessages.................................80

9.3OperatorCallM~mges............................................................82

9.3.1EngineProblems

...........................................................82

9.3.2Font/EmulationCartridgeProblems.............................83

9.3.3OptionalHardware........................................................83

9.3.4ChangePaperSize

........................................................84

9.3.5ManualPaperFeed.......................................................86

9.4OperatorInformationMessages...............................................87

9.4.1HostCommunicationproblem

......................................87

9.4.2FunctionorSizeIncompatibility

..................................87

9.4.3Font/EmulationCartridge.............................................88

9.5StatusMessages

........................................................................

9.6PaperJamming

.........................................................................:T

9.6.1Clearingpaperjams

......................................................9l

9.7StreakyPrints...........................................................................97

9.7.1WhiteStreaks

................................................................97

9.7.2StainsonTransparencyFilms.......................................99

10.Options....................................................................................................101

10.1PaperFeederandCassettes..................................................101

10.2ExpansionRAMBoard........................................................102

10.3FontCartridge.......................................................................103

11.Specifications.........................................................................................105

11.1Specifications.......................................................................105

11.2Reliability.............................................................................108

11.3PinFunctionsonInterfaces..................................................109

Glossary

........................................................................................................

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How to Use This ‘” “

Manual

CongratulationsonpurchasingaStarLaserPrinter4. Youwillbedelighted

withboththequalityoftheprintedimagesandtheeaseofoperation.With

yourcomputerandthisprinter,youcancreateprofessional-lookingdocu-

ments.

This OperationsManual is one of two that explorethe entire range of

printingpossibilitiesoftheStarLaserPnnter4.Thismanualisforbeginners

andfor thosewho planto concentrateon thebasics.Advancedusersand

thoseinterestedin programmingshouldreferto the ApplicationsManual.

Chapter2 beginswith an overviewof the manualand of the Star Laser

printer.Thischapterexplainshowto unpackyournewprinterandprepare

itforinitialoperation.Chapter3explainshowtooperatetheprinter’scontrol

panelanddisplayscreen.

Somepeopleliketo skipthepreliminaryexplanationsandbeginusingthe

pnnterimmediately.Chapter4providestheinformationforsuchafaststart.

If youbeginwithChapter4, at somelatertimeyoushouldreadthe restof

themahualin sequence,foramorecompletepictureof yourprinterandits

operations.

Chapter5explainshowto setup apage,whileChapter6describesthetype

characteristicsthatwillenableyouto giveyourprintedpagesthatprofes-

sionallook.

TheStarLaserPnnter4emulatestheoperationofthefollowingwidely-used

pnntem:

● HPLaserJetIIP, a laserprinter

● EpsonFX-850,a dot-matrixprinter

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Withthiscapability,theStarLaserPrinter4 willoperatewithawiderange

of applicationsprograms on the market, both old and new. Chapter7

providestheinformationthatwillallowyouto useyourprinterwithfour

popularapplicationsprograms:Lotus1-2-3,WordPerfect,MicrosoftWord,

andMicrosoftWindows.

Chapter8and9describethemaintenanceandtroubleshootingoperationsto

keepyourStarLaserPrinter4 workingin “perfect”condition.

1.1 LASERPRINTING

BeforeyoubeginlearningaboutyournewStarLaserPrinter4,youmayfind

ithelpfultoknowsomethingaboutlaserprintingitself.

A laser is actuallya beam of light of just one wavelength(Laser is an

acronymfor Light Amplificationby StimulatedEmissionof Radiation).

Sucha beamof light,describedas“highlycoherent”,canbe focusedvery

sharply.Lasers,generatedbygases,liquidsor semiconductors,a~ widely

usedin applicationsrangingfromsurgeryto thevisualarts.

Laserprintingis a processthatusesalaserbeam— in thiscase,generated

byasemiconductor-to activateportionsofanelectricallychargedsurface.

Theseactivatedpartsrepresentthewords,numbers,orgraphicsbeingsent

fromthecomputerforprinting.Otherpartsofthepnntertransferthisimage

topaper,thencleanthesurfaceandprepareitto receivemoreinformation

to beprinted.

Inotherwords,thisprocessisatypeoflaser-activatedtemporaryengraving.

In the StarLaserPrinter4, two intercomectedunitsproducethecomplete

printingprocess:thetonercartridgeandtheprinterbody.

Thetonercartridgecontainsthedrum,whichis therotatingsurface.In the

darknessofthetonercartridge,thedrumholdsanegativechargeplacedon

it by theprimarycoronawirein theprinter.Shuttersonthebottomofthe

tonercartridgeassurethatno unwantedlightpenetratesitsinterior.

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Whentextorgraphicsaresentbythecomputerto theprinter,laserbeamis

generatedby asemiconductorlaserdiode.Thisbeamisfocusedbyspecial

scanningmirrorsthatturnthelightbeamintoatoolthat“writes”or’’pnnts”

onthesurfaceofthedrum.Theareasofthedrumtouchedbythelaserbeam

losetheirnegativechargeandcontaina reverseimageof the information

sentfromthecomputer.Asthedrumrotates,it passesadeveloperunitthat

is alsorotating,butin theoppositedirection.The surfaceof thedeveloper

unit is covered with toner (“ink”) which has a negative charge. The

neutralizedportionsofthedrum,containingtheinformationto beprinted,

pickup negativelychargestonerfromthedeveloperunit.

Atthispoint,paperfedfromthepapercassettemovesthroughthetransfer

unit, from which it receivesa positivecharge.As the drum rotates,the

negativelychargedparticlesoftonerareattractedtothepositivelycharged

surfaceof thepaper.

Acombinationofheatandpressurefusetheimagetothepaper.Thepaper

is thenejectedfromtheprinter.

Finally,a cleaningmechanismin the tonercartridgecleansexcesstoner

tlomthedrum,anda speciallightbeamneutralizesitsentiresurface.Then

theentireprocesscanbeginagain.

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1.2 THESTARLASERPRINTER4—AN

INTRODUCTION

You will meet each portionof your StarLaserPrinter4 as you read this

manual,butabriefintroductionisinorderhere.Thefollowingfigwesshow

thefront,marandinsideviewsoftheprinter.

F

@ SideCover

@ ReleaseButton

@ Face-downTray

(@Multi-purposeTray (MPTray)

@ PaperStop

(j) ExtensionTray

@ ControlPanel

@ PaperGuide

@ CartridgeSlot

@ FrontUpperDoor

@ PowerSwitch

@ PaperDeliverySelector

4

‘@

Rear

@ ParaLlelInterfaceConnector @)AirVent

@ AppleTalkInterfaceConnector @ PowerReceptacle

@)SerialInterfaceConnector

@ DensityAdjustmentLever

@ TransferRoller

@ EP-L Cartridge

(@PaperAccessDoor

@)Pick-upRoller

@ SeparationPad

@ FixingAssemblyCover

@ FeedRoller

5

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Setting Up the STAR ‘● “

LaserPrinter4

Thefactthatyou’renowreadingthismanualshowsthatyou’vegotatleast

.

asopeningthecartoncontainingyournewStarLaserPrinter4.Thischapter

willhelpyouto unpacktheprinter,setit up, andgetit running.

First,though,youshouldmakesomepreparations.Youmayalreadyhave

decidedon theprinter’snew location.Whetheryouhaveor havenot,run

throughthischecklistof nquirements:

Environmentalcontrol

The printer and toner cartridge should never be exposed to strong

sunshineorotherdirectheatsources.Itshouldalsobelocatedawayfmm

air conditioningducts,dust and fumes.Excessivemoistureshouldbe

avoided,such as humidityin excessof 80%or less than 20%. If it is

comfortableforyou,thenit willbe comfortablefor yourprinter.

A large,strongtableorstand

Theprinterweighsapprox.22.51bs(lOkg)andmustbefirmlysupported.

Also,the printerwillneedmoreroomthan it takesup in the shipping

cation,becausethepapertraywillextendforwardfmmthefront;soplan

for a spaceatleast2 x 3.2ft (0.6m?.

A three-prongedoutlet

Theoutletshouldbe no more than

8feet (2.5m)fromthe printer(the

lengthof thepowercord),preferablyoneshieldedfrom~wer fluctua-

tions.In anycase,nomotor-drivenapplianceshouldbeconnectedtothe

sameoutlet,to avoidinterfacewiththeprinter’soperations.

A freshtonercartridge(product#EP-L)

Paper

A packageof 16-201b(60-135@n~photocopierpaper is best to start

with;however,theprintercanusethickerpaper,aswellasspecialmedia,

suchas envelopesandtransparentsheets.

Someoneto help you lift the printer from the carton to its new

location.

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2.1

Theprintercomesin twoboxes.Thelargeboxcontainstheprinterandits

accessories,andthesmalleronecontainstheEP-Lcartridge.Followthese

instructionswhenunpacking.

2.1.1 UnpackingthePrinter

Followtheinstructionsbelowto unpacktheprinter.

1. Openthelargebox,andremovethe accessoriesbox.

2. Removetheprinterfromthebox.

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3. Removethepackingmaterialfromroundtheprinter.

4. Open the 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 (fornew location or semice etc.), use thesematerials topro-

tect the printer from darnage.

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2.1.2 CheckingtheParts

Before settingup the printer, make surethat all standard items shown below

areprovided andthey are free fmm damage. If anyofthese items aIEmissing

or damaged,contactyoursupplier.

Standard Items

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2.1.3 UnpackingtheEP-LCartridge

Openthe smallbox (see the illustrationbelow)and removethe packing

material

fmm theEP-Lcartridge.

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CAUTION: 1) Donotopenthealuminumbagcontainingthecartridgeuntil

youarereadyto installitintheprinter.

2) Donotleanthecartridgeagainstanythingorturnitupside

down.

2.1.4 OptionalItems

Someof the followingitemsmay havebeen 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

Whenevermovingtheprinterfromoneplacetoanother,alwaysmakesum

themulti-puqmsetrayis closed,andcarrytheprinterfirmlyatthebottom

withtwo

hands.

CAUTION:Neverattemptto carrytheprinterusingtheface-downslot.

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NOTE:

2.1.6

When movingthe printer,removethe EP-L cartridgefrom the

printer.Afterremovingthecartridgefromtheprinter,replaceitin

thealuminumbaginwhichitwasoriginallypacked,orcoveritwith

a thickclothto protectit fromdirectlight.

OpeningandClosingthePrinter

.

●

Whenopeningtheprinter’ssidecover,donotstopitinthehalf-way.This

will open the protective shutter of the drum, and light will permanently

damage the drum.

Donotplace

anythingbesidethepnnter.Itmaydamagethemulti-purpose

traywhenthetrayisopened.

Donotputanythingin oronthemulti-purposetrayexceptpaper,anddo

notpressthe

tray downward.

CAUTION: The partsofthe printer shadedin theillustrationbelow become

extremely hot when the printer is used. To avoid any ptmonal

injury, do not touch these parts when the printer is open.

Althoughthe printer’scover is closed whileprinting,it will need to be

openedwhenreplacingtheEP-Lcartridgewhenclearingpaperjams.Open

or closethecoverin thefollowingway:

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Opening the Cover

1. Holdtheknobofthemulti-purposetray andpullit to openthetray.

2. Thetrayopensto about80degrees.

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3. Pressthedease button(attheright) upwardsandopentheecwer.

Thecoveropensto about80degrees(themulti-purposetraythenopensto

about90 degnxs.).

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