Laser Printer User Manual

It’s actuallyprettyeasy.Flippingthroughand settingparametersfromthe

panelis describedin detailin the StarL.userPrinter4 OperationsManual.

Basically,allyoudo is pressthe [ < ] or [ > ] buttonsto scrollthroughthe

sequenceof possibleparametersandvalues,whichis clearlyshownonthe

paneldisplay.Youpress[v ] whenyouwanttogodownandscrollthrough

a lower menu level. And you also press [

v ] when you want to save a

particularmenuitemas the valuefor a currentparametersetting.

SETPOWER-UPenablesyouto savenewsettingsina permanentmemory

calledEEPROM.The new settingscan be storedeven whenthe poweris

turnedoff.Thefinalmenu(LOADFACTORYSET)isusedwhenyouwant

to startfromthe beginning,withthe originalfactorysettings.

2.2 CONTROLLINGTHE PRINTER

In thissectionyou’llmeettwo separatecontrolsoverhowthe Star Laser-

Printer4 itself works.The INTERFACEparametercontrolscommunica-

tions between the printer and your computer. And the EMULATION

parameterdetermines,amongother things, which set of commandsthe

printerwilluse.Youcan settheseINTERFACEandEMULATIONpara-

meterson the controlpanel.

2.2.1 TheINTERFACEparameter

The INTERFACEparameter,the most basic of the Star LaserPrinter4’s

configurationsettings,defineshowyourcomputerconnectsto the printer.

You can set the INTERFACEto eitherSerialor Parallel.In most single-

computetenvironrnentsyou’lloptforthefasterParallelinterface;inamulti-

usernetworkyoumaybe betteroff withSerial.

Theparticularprinterinterfacesettingsdon’tmatterasmuchasmakingsure

theymatchthoseon yourcomputer.If youuse anMS-DOScomputer,you

can set yourcomputer’sparameterswiththe MODEcommand.See your

MS-DOSmanual.

MostMS-DOSandAT-compatiblecompute~supportup to threeparallel

andtwo serialports,whichcomeon expansionboardsyouplug intoyour

computer.Whenyouinstallsuchboardsyoumustset switchesto indicate

thenumberandaddressesoftheseports.Ifyouspecifythewrongaddresses,

youwon’tbe ableto print.