LS- EX LS- TT

OPERATION MANUAL

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Safety Notices This printer iscertified w a Class I ImerpmchrctuncfertheU.S.Departmentof Healthand Human Services (DHHS) Radiation Performance Standard according to the Radiation Control fbr Health and Safety Act of 1968.This means that the printer does not emit 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) ofthe U.S.Food and Drug Administmtirm implemented regulations km laser products on August 1, 1976,These regulations apply tn laser products mwketed !nthe United States, The label on tbe printer indicates compliance with the CDRH regulations and must be attfichedto laser products marketed in the LnitedSt:ites, Caution-use ofcrrntrolsor adjustments or performance of procedures other than thnse specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure. Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement Tbisequipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits fora Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable pmtectinn 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 instructions, may cause barmfulinterference to radio communications. However. there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If tbis equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception. which can be determined by turning the equipment offandon, the user isencouraged totrytoccsmectthe interference by one or more of the following measures: . Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. .
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Increase the separation between tbe equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to wbich the receiver is connected.

o Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. For compliance with the Federal Noise Interference Standard, this equipment requires a shielciedcable. Th(,Oh(],,(,rtuten,(tlisupp[>0111> printers marketed in the U.S.A. to VDE Statement This devicecarries tbe VDE RFI protection mark to certify that it meets tbe radio interference requirements of the Postal Ordinance No. 243/1991. The additional marking Vfg. 243/P expresses in short form that this is a peripheral device (not operable alone) wbich only individwdly meets the Class B RFI requirements in accordance with the DIN VDE 0878 part 3/1 1.89and the Postal Ordinance 243/ 1991. If this device is operated in conjunction with other devices within a set-up, in order to take advantage of a General(Operating) Authorization in accordance with the Postal Ordinance 243/1991, the complete set-up must comply with the Clkss B limits in accordance with the DIN VDE 0878 part 3/1 1.89,as well as satisfy the preconditions in accordance with $ 2and the prerequisites in accordance with $ 3 of the Postal Ordinance 243/1991. As a rule, this is only fulfilled when the device is operated in a set-up which has been type-tested and provided with a VDE RFI protection mark with the additional marking Vfg 243. Macbine Noise Information Ordinance 3. GSGV, January 18, 1991: The sound pressule level It the operator position is equal m less than 70 dB(A) according to 1S0 7779.
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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 se[ out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications. Le present appareil num6riquenenlenpasde bruits radio~lectriquesdepassant les limites applicablesaux apparei$ num~riquesde la cla;se B prescribesclansIe Reglement sur Ie brouillage raclio.+lec[riquedictd d par Ie Mm@re des Commumcatlons du Canada. The uhmv statement up[)lierorrlj,to printers marketed in Cunudu

Safety Notices for Finland Tama Kirjoitin LUOKAN 1 LASERLAITE. VAROITUS! Laitteen kiiyttiiminenmucdkikuin tiissa kayttoohjeessa mainitulla tavalla saattaa altistaa kiiyttiijiinturvallallisuusluokan I ylittiiviilleniikymiitttimiillelasersiiteilylle. DENNA SKRIVARE AR EN KLASS I LASERAPPARAT. VARNING! Om apparaten anviinds pi annat siht an i denna bruksanvisning specificerats, kan anviindaren utsiittas for osynlig laserstr%lning,som bverskrider griinsen for Iasekkiss 1. The ubm,e .srutc,rr]enr applies onlj 10printers marketed in Fiiflaml

Trademark Acknowledgements LS-5EX, LS-5TT, EP-40XA: Star Micrmrics Co., Ltd. HP LaserJet IIIjPCL, GI./2: Hewlett Packard Company LaserWriter NTX, AppleTalk: Apple Computer. Inc. PostScript: Adobe Systems, hrc. TrueImage, TrueType: Microsoft Corporation IntelIiFont: Agfa Corporation NOTICE . All rights reserved. Reproduction of any part of this manual in any form whatsoever without STARs express permission is forbidden. o The contents of this manual are subject to cbange without notice. . All efforts have been madetoensurethe accumcyofthecontents ofthismanual at thetimeofpress. However, should any errors be detected, STAR would greatly appreciate being informedof them. o The above notwithstanding, STAR can assume no responsibility for any errors in this manual. @Copyright 1992 Star Micronics Co.. Ltd.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. How to Use This Manual . . .... ......... . .. . . . ..... ...... . ....... ...... ......... ... 1 1.1Lwer Printing . . . . . ,2
],? printer c~mp~nents . . ..........................4 ].~ Printer Feiltures .. ........... . .... ........... .. ............. ......................6

2. Setting Up the Star LS-5 Series Printer ... ...... ......... .... . ....... .... ..... 9 2,1 Unpacking .. .............10
2. 1.1 Unpacking the Printer . ................10 ~ ~ . . . ]~ -. I .- checking the Parts 2. 1.3 Optional ltetns ..,..,.,...........,..,.. . . ....13 2. 1.4 Carrying the Printer . . 14 2. 1.5 Opening and Closing the Printer ...........,.........,.. ...........15 ~,~ Ins(:l]ling[he Toner Cartridge . . . lx 2.3 Loading Paper . ..,.,..22 2,3,1 Selection of Paper . .. . . 22 ~,~,~ Loading paper Into the Front Paper Trav ......,.............. ~~ 2.3.3 Loading Paper Into the Paper Cassette . . .... ......... .. .,.29 2.4 Connecting the Power Cord . . .,.......,.,,.,.,...34 2.5 Connecting the Interface Cable . .. . ..,.,..,.,.....35

3. Initial Operation .......................................................................................37

3,1 Front Panel . 37 3.1.1 Powering Up . . . . 38 3.1.2 The Buttons .. . . ....... . .... ........... .. . ....... ...... ......... .. 39 3.1.3 Light Indic:itors........,.,..,...,..... . . 43 3.2 SeItTest . . . .. ,.,.......,....,44 3,2.1 Printing Test Sheets . 44 ~,~.~ s[~[us Sheet Description . . ......45 3,3 Programming from the Control Panel . . 47

4. Quick Start with the Star LS-5 Series: A Tutorial ..........................5 I

4. I Preliminaries ...................:.........................................................5 1 4,2 Control Panel . ... .. . 52 4.2.1 Basic Operation .............................................................53 4.3 Connecting the Printer to the Computer .. . 54 4.3.1 Selecting the Serial Interface . . 55 4,3,2 Selecting [he Auto Selection . 57 4.4 Resolution Enhancement Procedure ....,.,.,..,.........,..,.,.,.....,.,,.,.5 8

4.5 Paper Feed .................................................... ...........................59 4.5,1 Feeder Selection ............................................................59 4.5.2 Paper Size .....................................................................60 4.6 Printing in Landscape Orientation ... ................ . ......... .. ........61 4.7 Print Density .................................................. .... ......... .. ... ....62 4.8 Saving the Setting ................................................ ........ .... ..... 63 4.9 Returning to Factory Settings ...................................................64 4.10 Selecting Display Language .............. . ............ ....................65

5. Font Selection ............................................................................................67

5. I Printing a Font List ...................................................................67 5,2 Selectlng Fonts .,,.,,,.,,,.,.,.,.,,.,,.,.,,,..,........,. ..................... .... ....68

6. Maintaining the Star LS-5 Series Printer .........................................71

6. I Replacing the Toner Cartridge . ............................ . ......... .. . 71 6.2 Precautions for the Toner Cartridge ............ ........... .... ..... .....75 6.3 Cleaning the Exterior of the Printer ......... .................. ......... .76

7. Troubleshooting ........................................................................................ 77
7.1 Error Messages Displayed on the Screen . . . . 77 7.2 Service Call Messages ..... . ............ .................. ......................78 7,~,] Efigin~Service Call Messages ............. ......... ...... .......78 7,~,z Controller Service Call Messages ..... ...... ......... .. . .....78 7.3 Operator Call Messages ...........................................................80 7.3.1 Engine Problems ...........................................................80 7.3.2 Font Cartridge Problems ...... .... ......... . .. . ....... . ........8 I 7.3.3 Optional Hardware .. .... ....... . .............. . .. . ................8 I 7.3.4 Change Paper Size .. .. . .............. ......... . . . ....... . ......82 7.3.5 Manual Paper Feed ....................................................... 83 7.4 Operator Information Messages ............. . ....... .... ..................84 7.4. I Host Communication Problem . . . 84 7.4.2 Function or Size incompatibility . . . . 84 7.4.3 Font Cartridge .................. ........... .. ......... .. 85 7.5 Status Messages ......................................... .. . 86 7.6 Paper Jamming .......................................... . 87 7.7 Streaky Prints ...........................................................................90 7.7. I White Streaks ................................................................90 7.7.2 Stains on Transparency Films ........... . ....... . .. . ....... . 92

8. Options ..............................................................................................93
8.1 Feeder Unit and Cassette ............................. ....................,.......93 82 Expansion RAM Board and RAM Module .................... ....... 100 8.2.1 Installing the RAM Module on the Board .................. 100 8.2.2 Installing the RAM Board into the Printer .................. 102 8.3 Font Cartridge ........................................................................ 105 8.4 TrueImage Board .................................................................... 106

9. Reference .................. ....... . .. ......... .... ...................................................109

9. I Specifications . .. . .................................................................. 109 9.2 Reliability ... ........................................................................... 111 9.3 Pin Functions on Interfaces .................................................... 112 9.4 Command Summary .......................... .... ....... . . . . . . 114 9.4.1 Printer Control Language (PCL) Commands ............. 114 9.4.2 GL/2 Commands . . . . . . ......... ... I 18 9.4.3 TrueImage Operators .................................................. 121 9.5 Character Set Tables ......... .. .................... ............................. 131 9.6 Resident Font Samples ........................................................... 161 9.6. I PCL5 Fonts .................... ............................................ 161 9.6.2 TrueImage Fonts ......................................................... 163

Glossary ........................................................................................................167 Index ........................... ....... . ............ ..........................................................171

How to Use This Manual

Congratulations on purchasing a Star LS-5 Series Laser Printer. You will be delighted with the quality of the printed images and the ease of operation. With your computer, software and this printer, you can create professionallooking documents.

This Operations Manual explores the entire range of printing possibilities of the Star LS-5 Series Printer. This manual is for beginners and for those who plan to concentrate on the basics. Advanced users and those interested in programming may want to purchase our optional Applications Manual. For details, please contact your dealer. 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 printers 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 a quick start. If you begin with Chapter 4. you should read the rest of the manual in sequence, at some later time, for a complete picture of your printer and its operations. Chapter 5 describes the font and typeface characteristics that will enable you to give your printed page that professional look. The Star LS-5EX emulates the operation of the HP LaserJet Ill, and the Star LS-5TT emulates the operation of the Apple LaserWriter NTX and the HP LaserJet ~. With this capability, the star LS-5 Series Printer will operate with a wide range of software that is available on the market. Chapters 6 and 7 describe the maintenance and troubleshooting operations to keep your Star LS-5 Series Printer working in perfect condition. Chapter 8 describes the optional accessories which you can select with the Star LS-5 Series Laser Printer.

1.1 LASER PRINTING

Before you begin learning about your new Star LS-5 Series Laser Printer, you may find it helpful to know something about laser printing itself. A laser is actually abeam of light ofjust one wavelength (Laser is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation). This highly coherent beam of light can be focused very sharply. Lasers, generated by gases, liquids or semiconductors, are widely used in applications 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 represents 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 type of laser-activated temporary engraving. The Star LS-5 Series Laser Printer consists of two interconnected assemblies 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 it by the primary corona wire in the printer. Shutters on the bottom of the toner cartridge assure that no unwanted light penetrates its interior. When text or graphics are sent by the computer to the printer, a 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 paints on the surface of the drum. The area of the drum touched by the laser beam loses its negative charge and contains 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, picks up negatively charged toner from the developer unit. At this point, paper fed from the paper cassette moves through the transfer unit, there it receives a positive charge. As the drum rotates, the negatively charged particles of toner are attached to the positively charged surface of the paper. 2

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 removes excess toner from the drum, and a special light beam neutralizes its entire surface. Then the entire process can begin again.

1.2 PRINTER COMPONENTS

You will learn about all aspects of your Star LS-5 Series Printer as you read this manual, but a brief introduction is in order. The following figures show the front. rear and inside views of the printer.

Front View

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Paper cassct[c \ Control panel

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Power receptacle

Inside View

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1.3 PRINTER FEATURES
The Star LS-5 Series Laser Printer is a highly compact, fast and highresolution model, equally well-suited to home or office use. Its small footprint consumes significantly less space than many ofother laser printers, making it admirably suited for use in places where space is at a premium. Standar@output resolution is 300 x 300 dots per inch. This can be boosted to 300 x 600 dots per inch, giving the printer a noticeable edge over the competition in clearly and sharpness of output.
The printing process used is that oflaser beam scanning, described in the

previous section. The printers engine is rated for five pages per minutes more than adequate for home use. and fine for many commercial environments. Actual throughput, however, depends on several other factors as well, most important y the complexity of documents that are transmitted to the printer for printing. Paper feeding is from one of two sources, a slide-in cassette that fits compactly into the deck at the base of the printer chassis. and a front-loading tray. The cassette holds 250 sheets as standard and there is also an additional feeder unit and cassette available as an option that will increase cassettefeeding capacity to 500 sheets. The front paper tray can hold 50 sheets. A range of paper sizes (Letter, A4, Executive. B5, Legal), and envelope sizes COM- 10, Monarch, DL and C5 are available. Printing materials include plain paper, envelopes, labels and transparency films. The printer is easily setup and controlled by means of the control panel and LCD display screen. Connection to host computers is via any one of three ports parallel, RS-232C serial or AppleTalk. Two computers connected to dif-ferentports may freely share the printer. The AppleTalk interface is only available for use with the LS-5TT or the LS-5EX with its,optional TrueImage Board installed. Internally the printer processes data using a fast, high-performance RISC chip the 16 MHz INTEL 80960SA. The LS-5EX comes with 1MB of RAM as standard, and the LS-5TT comes with 2 MB of RAM as standard. This can be expanded to a maximum of 7 MB (LS-5EX) or 8 MB (LS-5TT). which is advisable if complex documents are to be processed, or if heavy use of fonts and macros is envisaged. 6

There are two emulations provided Hewlett Packards Printer Control Language (PCL), incorporating the GL/2 graphics language, and TrueImage, Microsofts PostScript-compatible page description language. (The TrueImage emulation is only available for use with the LS-5TT or the LS-5EX with its optional TrueImage Board installed.)
In each emulation there area selection of built-in fonts22 PCL fonts and

35 TrueType (the name for TrueImages font format). This offers considerable typographic flexibility without the need to purchase additional fonts. Additional fonts may be installed on cartridge (HP emulation mode only) or downloaded from the host computer.

Setting Up the Star LS-5 Series Printer

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The fact that youre now reading this manual shows that youve opened the carton containing your new Star LS-5 Series Printer. This chapter will help you to unpack the printer, set it up, and get it running. First, you should make some preparations. You may already have decided on the printers new location. Whether you have or have not, run through this checklist of requirements:
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Environmental control The printer andtonercartridge 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 shouldbe avoided, such as humidity in excess of 85~oor less than 15%. If it is comfortable for you, then it will be comfortable for your printer. A large, strong table or stand The printer weights approx. 26.5 lbs ( 12kg)and must be firmly supported. Also, the printer will need more room than it takes up in the shipping carton, because the front paper tray will extend forward from the front; so plan for some additional space. A three-pronged outlet The outlet should be no more than 6.5 feet (2.Om)from the printer (the length of the power cord), preferably one shielded from power fluctuations. No motor-driven appliance should be connected to the same outlet. This will avoid interface with the printers operations. A fresh toner cartridge (product #EP-40XA) Paper A package of 16-28 lb (60 - 105g/mz)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.

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2.1 UNPACKING
The printer comes in two boxes. The large box contains the printer and its accessories, and the smaller one contains the toner 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 power cord and the accessories box.

2. Carefully remove the printer from the box.

3. Remove the packing material from around the printer. 1

4. Open the accessories box. Remove the front paper tray and Operations Manual.

NOTE: Save the packing boxes and materials. If you need to move the printer (for relocating or service etc.), use these materials to protect the printer from damage.

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5. Open the small box and remove the packing material from the toner cartridge. Do not open the aluminum bag containing the cartridge until you are ready to install it in the printer.

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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 r damaged, contact your supplier.

Power cord

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2.1.3 Optional Items

Some of the following items may have been ordered. Unpack them. For details, refer to Chapter 8. Option.
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Feeder Unit (250 Sheet Type, 500 Sheet Type) Paper Cassette (Universal, A4, Letter, Legal, B5, Envelope) Expansion RAM Board (1 MB, 2 MB) Expansion RAM Module (1 MB, 2MB) Font Cartridge TrueImage Board (For LS-5EX only)

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2.1.4 Carrying the Printer
Whenever moving the printer from one place to another, always make sure the front cover is closed. and carry the printer with two hands from handles provided on each side of the printer.

CAUTION: To avoid damage, always use the handles when attempting to move the printer. NOTE: When moving the printer, remove the toner cartridge. After removing the cartridge from the printer, replace it in the original aluminum bag, or cover it with a thick cloth to protect it from direct light.

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2.1.5 Opening and Closing the Printer . When opening the printers front cover, do not stop it in the half-way. This
will open the protective shutter of the drum, and light may permanently damage the drum. . Do not put anything in or on the front paper tray except paper, and do not press the tray downward. CAUTION: The shaded area 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 printers cover is closed while printing, it will need to be oliened when replacing the toner cartridge or clearing paper jams. Open or close the cover in the following way:

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Opening the Cover

1. Remove the front paper tray if it is installed. Failure to do so, may cause damage to the tray.

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Side latch

The cover opens downward. Do not stop the cover in the half-way. This will open the protective shutter of the drum, and light will permanently damage the drum.

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Closing the Cover

Using both hands, lift he cover and close it gently until it latches.

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2.2 INSTALLING THE TONER CARTRIDGE

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Install the toner cartridge immediately after opening the aluminum bag. Permanent damage can be caused by exposing light to the photosensitive drum. NEVER expose the cartridge to the strong light (more than 15000 Iux) or room lighting (1000 IUX) more than five minutes. for Do not open the drums protective shutter on the toner cartridge. Keep the cartridge away from CRTs, disk drives, diskettes, etc. Otherwise, CRTs and disk drives can be damaged, and data on diskettes can be destroyed by the magnetic force inside the cartridge.

When handling the cartridge, do not touch the bottom of the toner 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 is exposed to light. Always keep the toner cartridge with the label 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 expiration date printed on the carton. Otherwise print quality may deteriorate. Use only genuine Star toner cartridge, EP-40XA. Dispose of your used toner cartridge as a noninflammable item.

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Follow the instructions below to install the toner cartridge for the first time, or when replacing the used one. 1. Open the front cover as described in 2. 1.5 Opening and Closing the Printer. 2. If you are installing the toner cartridge for the first time, skip to Step 3. If you are replacing the old toner cartridge, pull out the used toner cartridge and dispose it in the proper manner. NOTE; Keep the toner cartridge horizontally to avoid scattering leftover toner.

3. Open the aluminum bag containing the toner 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. 19

4. Holding the cartridge with both hands, rock it gently from end to end, 7 or 8 times, to distribute the toner evenly. If the toner is not distributed evenly in the cartridge, it may adversely affect print quality.

5. Place the cartridge on a flat surface. While holding down the cartridge with one hand, use the other hand to pull the 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.

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6. Align the guides on the toner cartridge (marked by an orange line) with the guides inside the printer (marked by an orange arrow) and gently slide the cartridge into position. NOTE: Do not touch the rollers and the gears inside the printer.

7, Make sure that the cartridge is securely seated, then close the cover gently.

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2.3 LOADING PAPER 2.3.1 Selection of Paper
Print quality and printer life are greatly affected by the paper used. To optimize print quality, we recommend that you use paper; as well as envelopes, labels and transparencies, that are designed for use in laser printers or copiers. Paper can be fed into the printer either from the front paper tray or paper cassette. Types and sizes of paper can be used are listed below.
Type Size Weight 60 g/m2to 105g/m2 (For paper cassette) 60 g/m2to I35 g/m2 (For the front paper tray) 60 g/mJ to 105 ,ghn (For paper cassette) 60 glnf to 135 g;trr

Plainpaper

A4 (210 mm x 297 mm) Let(er(8.5x 1I)

B5 ( 182 mm x 257 mm) Executive ( 184 mm x 267 trim) Legal (8 5 x 13)

Envelope

COM-t O(105 mm x 241 mm) MONARCH (98.5 mm x 199 mm) DL ( I 10 mm x 220 mm) C5 ( 162 mm x 229 mm)

(Forthe frontpapertray)

Labels
Transparency films

A4 (210 mm x 297 mm)

Letter (X.5x 1I) A4 (210 mm x 297 mm) Letter (8.5 x I I)

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2.3.2 Loading Paper Into the Front Paper Tray

Installing the Front Paper Tray
Before loading the paper, install the front paper tray with the following procedure. 1, Open the front paper tray cover.

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Insert the metal knob on the left side of the front paper tray into the left hole of paper opening.

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L1lG L1 cIy 3. Insert the right side of the tray while sliding the black lever of h- ---r LU the left. Then. release the lever.

4. Flip open the folded tray by pressing down on the tab located on the right side of the tray. CAUTION: Do not push down on the tray or load heavy things to avoid damaging the tray.

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Loading Paper
Now, you are ready to load paper into the front paper tray. 1. Pull out the extension tray for standard length paper.

2. Adjust the side guide to the desired paper size.

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3. Take a small stack of paper and align the edges by tapping it on a flat surface. NOTE: Fan the transparencies or labels before loading them into the paper tray.

4. Insert paper, with the print surface face-down, as far as it will go. CAUTION: Do not stack paper higher than the limit mark.

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Removing the Front Paper Tray

Remove the front paper tray when you replace the toner cartridge, clear a paper jam, open the front cover, or move the printer. 1. Remove the paper from the front paper tray. 2. Slide the side guide to its widest position. 3. Fold back the extension tray.

4. Detach the right side of the tray by sliding the black lever of the tray to the left. Then, pull forward and release the lever.

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5. Detach the left side of the tray.

6. Close the front tray cover.

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2.3.3 Loading Paper Into the Paper Cassette 1.Remove the paper cassette from the printer.

2. Pinch the end guide and slide it back as far as it will go.

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3 . . Adjust the side guide to the desired paper size.

4. Take a small stack of paper and align the edges by tapping it on a flat surface: NOTE: Fan the transparencies or labels before loading them into the paper cassette.

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5 Slide the paper edges under the metal retaining clips with the print surface face-down. CAUTION: Do not stack the paper higher than the limit mark.

6. Align the edges of the paper.

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7. Slide the end guide to touch the paper edge. Make sure the paper edge is under the plastic tab of the end guide.

8. Insert the paper cassette into the printer.

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9. Adjust: the output tray to the desired paper size. 1

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2.4 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 an AC power outlet as shown below: 1. Insert the power cord into the receptacle on the back of the m-inter.
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2. Insert the power cord into a grounded outlet.

Only use the power cord supplied with the printer. Note that this power cord 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. 34

2.5 CONNECTING THE INTERFACE CABLE

The host computer transmits information to the printer through an interface cable. The printer is provided up to three types of interface (serial, parallel and AppleTalk). The AppleTalk interface is only available for use with the LS-5TT or the LS-5EX with its optional TrueImage Board installed. An interface cable is not supplied with the printer. Determine the kind of interface cable 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 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.

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4. Connect the other end of the cable to the appropriate interface on the host computer.

NOTE: The printers factory setting is for a parallel interface. If the serial interface is to be used, you need to select the interface on the control panel. See 4.3. 1 Selecting the Serial Interface for selecting type of interface.

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Initial Operation
3.1 FRONT PANEL
The front panel of Star LS-5 Series is a combination control board and interactive message center. The panel consists of: . a 2-line, 32 character LCD display screen . 5 LED lights
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8 momentary contact buttons

The momentary contact buttons permit you to perfrom various printer functions. 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 machines overall state including: the printers 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 a glance summary of the printers status.
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The printer operates in two main modes when the printer is off-line: . Normal Mode performs the function labeled above the button. . Program Mode press the (-M) button to enter menu selections. The meaning and use of the panel buttons depends on the mode in which the printer is operating.

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3.1.1 Powering Up
Please note the following points when turning the printer cmor off. Power on: First turn on the computer, then all other devices, and finally turn on the printer. Power off: First turn off the printer, then all other devices, and finally turn OHthe computer. CAUTION: Always wait at least three seconds between turning off and turning cmagain. Turn cmthe printer by pressing the I side of the power switch. The printer will begin its internal diagnostics and warming up, displaying a series of messages on the screen as follows. 1, All LEDs are lit and the LCD display turns black. 2, The screen displays Star
line. LS - 5EX (orStar LS - 5TT) on the first

3 . Then the screen displays Memory

Test

IMB (Memory

Test

ZMB for the LS-5TT) on the second line. It an optional IMB RAM board has been installed, the message will 2 MB with the LS-5EX. The actual value display Memory Test

depend on the size of the RAM board installed. 4, After a short while, the screen will momentarily display EEPROM LOAD DONE. This means that default parameters have been read from the EEPROM and the EEPROM CRC has been checked. 5, PRINTER WARMUPis displayed, the READY indicator starts blinking and the ON LINE lights up. 6 When the printer is ready. the screen displays PRINTER the READY indicator is now continuously lit.
READY and

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3.1.2 The Buttons

This section explains the various meaning and uses of the buttons, including their light indicators, when applicable. Keep in mind that the buttons

functions depend 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 LINE LED is lit), the printer is able to receive information from the computer and print it. All other buttons (except ( ZR,==) button under certain conditions) are inactive when the printer is on-line. When the printer is off-line, the printer is unable to receive information and print, but the other buttons can be used. If the printer is in the Program Mode, pressing this button will exit the printer from the Program Mode, and enter it into the Normal Mode.

PRINT
This button is active only when the printer is off-line. Pressing the button will print and eject any page of data. If there is no data in the printer, the depression of the button will be ignored. When printing is in operation, the LED is lit.

ERROR SKZP/<
This button is active only when the printer is off-line. In the Normal Mode, pressing this button has no effect if no alarm condition exists. However, if an alarm or warning condition exists, pressing this button 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 button is called NEXT(<). During programming, pressing this button displays the various items under a category for the operator to select next in the sequence.

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TEST/>
Pressing this button when the printer is in Normal Mode will operate in the following sequence: 1. Pressing this button displays HOLD FOR TEST on the bottom line of the LCD display screen. 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 two seconds, the screen will display
STATUS SHEET on the top line. If the button is released, the printer will print a status sheet (see 3.2.1 Printing Test Sheets).

3. Ifthebutton ispressedfortwo more seconds (except in Hex Dump mode), the screen will display FONT LIST on the top line. If the button is released, the printer will print a font list. 4. If the button is pressed for two more seconds (inthe TrueImage Emulation mode), the screen will display TEST PAGE on the top line, and the printer will print a test page. When the printer is off-line and in the Program Mode, this button is called PREVIOUS(>). During programming, pressing this button displays the previous items under a category for the operator to select in the 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 the screen will display HOLD FOR RESET. If this button is held for more than two seconds, REIN IA LZED message is displayed on the IT screen 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 all composed pages queued up.
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When the printeris in the Program Mode, this button iscalled ENTER( V). Pressing this button enters the current category and selects it. This is indicated by a @ symbol. Turning the power on while holding down this button causes the printer to enter the display language selection mode. (See 4.9 Selecting Display Language.)

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3.2.1 Printing Test Sheets

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BUFFER MODE

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APPLE TALK

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Quick Start with the Star LS-5 Series: A Tutorial

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T a f b o p f r W f t t c i t t
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(ONLINE)

(ONLINE)

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T n i t s
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(PROGRAfd).

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5.1 PRINTING A FONT LIST

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5.2 SELECTING FONTS

Y c s a o t d s f u o f t c p F 1 T L 2 P t t l ( P C 3 P ( C S 4 I y d w r C S o C S 5 N p S N 6 P ( t d 7 P [ t s P P R w r : 1 : 1 ( s ( ( f f f w w i s f p s s i s i S e S ( : R : 1 u D t s o t n s a f t o t t s s l i l o e o H : S T ( s S f w c t i p i o o T u M H N : R t s c f o s f p ( H : C ( C f u t i a t s w r H t b i y t s b p p d r R ( a o f t ( f s tn c b c p o p c p u t O f r r pw o

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The font cartridge is plugged into the printer. It should not be inserted or withdrawn while the DATA LED is continuously lit. Ifsomeone does this, the screen will indicate CARTRIDGE ERROR. The printer must be reinitialized by turning off the power and then on again. 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 If (~) is pressed, the printer will font cartridge or press (-). select the closest font.
Message Meaning Action Turn the power off then on again to initialize the printer insert the cartridge or press -

CARTRIDGE ERROR Fontcartridge is removed while DATA LED is on REINSERT CART. Fontcartridge isremoved while DATA LED is blinking

7.3.3 Optional Hardware

The following messages will be displayed if necessary optional hardwares (e.g. RAM expansion board) have been removed.
Message Meaning Action repower-up with expansion RAM board, or press repower-up with 2MB (or more)expansionRAM board, or press (-) repower-up with the emulation board,or press (-)

INSUFFICIENT RAM full page mode is selected; no expansion RAM installed INSUFFICIENT RAM full page mode and REP is selected; 1MB expansion RAM installed NO EMUL. BOARD emulation of the board is selected; no emulation board installed

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7.3.4 Change Paper Size

Certain emulations permit page size to be specified by the host computer. Also, page size can be selected from the menu. If a change in page 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 (-). (In this case, the printer will print the page 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 current feeder is the front paper tray, changing the front paper tray size via panel starts printing automatically.
Message Meaning Action follow procedure above

CASS:CHANGE ??? the paper size (indicated with ???)isrequired; cassette LCAS:CHANGE ??? the paper size (indicated with ???)is required; optional cassette feeder TRAY:CHANGE ??.the paper size (indicated with ???) is required; i front paper tray

follow procedure above

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7.3.5 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 front paper tray and press (-], the message will be turned off and printing will continue. The operator has the option oppressing (~~~), which turns off the message and causes the printer to continue printing. If there is no paper in the front paper tray, pressing (=) turns off the message and causes the printer to feed paper from cassette and then displays the message again.
Message M-FEED ??? Meaning the paper size (indicated with ???) is required to be hand fed Action follow procedure above

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7.4 OPERATOR INFORMATION MESSAGES 7.4.1 Host Communication Problem

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 (=). Note that if there are multiple errors, the last one detected is displayed.
Message LINE ERROR INPUTOVERFLOW BAD FONT DATA BAD FONT CODE BAD CHAR CODE Meaning parity error in host data input buffer overflow downloaded font bad downloaded font in error loaded character outside of index Action follow procedure above follow procedure above downloaded font ignored downloaded font ignored downloaded font ignored

7.4.2 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 PAGE OVERFLOW Meaning page buffer memory overtlow Action partial page currently composed is printed and ejected; remaining data for page is printed on next sheet printable data of the page will be lost font rotation aborted; printing continues using closest available font

OVERRUN ERROR data too complex to print CANNOT ROTATE insufficient memory to rotate font

CANNOT DOWNLOAD insufficientmemory to downloadfont CHAR NOTINFONT received character not in

currently selected font

font download is aborted; printing continues usingclosest availablefont

blank space is printed for that character

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7.4.3 Font Cartridge
The font cartridge is plugged into the printer. The operator may insert or withdraw a cartridge only when the DATA LED is off or blinking. The following message acknowledges the change.
Message CART. CHANGED Meaning font cartridge is inserted or removed when DATA LED is off or blinking Fontcartridge isremoved while DATA LED is blinking Action message will remain for one second insert the cartridge or press
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7.5 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 find the printer will go oif-line. For some conditions however, there is the possibility ofa condi(ion 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

PRINTERW, ARML:P printer is warming LIp but service call not necessary ENGINE TEST ENGINE RESET REINITIALIZE ~ operatot has initiateda testof the printing

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7.6 PAPER JAMMING

As paper travels from the front paper tray or cassette through the printing area and is ejected. it can .jium the following locations: at .i Paper pick-up area (front paper tray) ,2 Paper pick-up area (cassette paper feeder) @ Paper pick-up area with optional cassette paper feeder 4; Fixing assembly area &Print delivery area

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2. 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. NOTE: Remove the wrinkled paper in the paper cassette and make sure that paper is loaded in the paper cassette properly.

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CAUTION: . Do not touch the fusing area as shown above, because it gets hot. . Do not throw strong light inside to avoid damaging the toner cartridge. . Do not touch the transfer roller. . Make sure that paper fragments are not left inside. 5. After checking all the areas described here, close the front cover, replace the front paper tray (if it is being used) and refill paper. Printing will restart.

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7.7 STREAKY 7.7.1 White Streaks

White streaks occur if the toner level is low and the toner inside the toner 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 front paper tray and remove it. Release side latches and open the front cover.

2. Remove the toner cartridge from the printer.

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3. Holding the cartridge with both hands, rock it gently from end to end, 7 or 8 times, to distribute the toner evenly. ,

4. Replace the toner cartridge in the printer, then close the front cover.

If vertical white streaks still appear after the toner inside the cartridge has been re-distributed, the cartridge needs to be replaced. See 6.1 Replacing the Toner Cartridge for replacing the cartridge.

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7.7.2 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 toner cartridge. . Clean the fixing assembly. The fixing roller inside the fixing assembly may have been stained with toner. Print out several sheets of blank paper. If the stains still appear, use a different type of transparency film.
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The following optional accessories are available with the Star LS-5 Series. This chapter describes how to install and use these optional accessories. Feeder unit Cassette Expansion RAM board RAM module Font cartridge TrueImage board for LS-5EX

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8.1 FEEDER UNIT AND CASSETTE

The optional feeder unit is used with one of the optional paper cassettes, to feed paper from the paper cassette into the printer. The feeder unit can be attached easily to the bottom of the printer.
Model FU-25XA-UN Type 250 sheet feeder unit with Universal Cassette

IFU-50XA-A4 FU-50XA-LT

I500sheet feeder unit with A4Cassette 500sheet feeder unit with Letter Cassette

Cassettes are available in the following paper sizes: A4, Letter, Legal, B5, Executive and Envelope. Each cassette can hold up to 250 sheets of plain paper (paper weight: 80 g/m2), and the envelope cassette holds about a27mm

stack of envelopes or about 30 envelopes. In addition, different type of the A4, Letter and B5 cassettes can holdup to 500 sheets.

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Types and sizes of paper can be used with the cassettes are listed below.
Cassette Type Universal Cassette Type Plain paper Size A4 Letter B5 Executi\e A4 Letter A4 Letter Legal Letter COM-1O MONARCH
DL C5 A4 Cwsette(500 Sheet)

Weight 60 g/m2to 105g/m2

Labels Transparency films Legal Cassette Envelope Cassette Plain paper Envelope

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LetterCassette(500Sheet) B5 Cassette (500 Sheet)

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Setting Up
Attaching an optional feeder unit requires a wide space. Choose a wide and flat surface near the installed printer. After attaching a feeder unit to the printer, return the printer to the installation place. 1. Unpack the feeder unit and put it on a wide and flat surface. Remove the paper cassette if it is installed. NOTE: Leave enough space to put your fingers inside both the front and rear of the feeder unit.

CAUTION: Do not touch the control unit. It is easy to be broken.

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Turn the printer power off and remove the power cord from both the printer and the outlet.

3 . . Remove the paper cassette from the printer and the front paper tray if it is installed.

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4. Release the side latches and open the front cover. Then remove the toner cartridge from the printer.

5. Replace thetonercartridgein thealuminum bag in which it was originally packed, or cover with a thick cloth to protect it from direct light.

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6. Put the printer on the feeder unit by holding the hollows of both sides of the printer. Make sure the corners of the printer are aligned with on those of the feeder unit exactly.

7. Make sure the four projections fit into the four holes. If all the projections do not fit into the holes, lift the printer and put it on the feeder unit again

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8.2 EXPANSION RAM BOARD AND RAM MODULE

The Star LS-5EX printer has 1 MB memory and the Star LS-5TT has 2 MB memory as standard. You can expand this memory by installing the optional expansion RAM board. The expansion RAM board has either IMB memory or 2MB memory. You can add the memory size up to 6 MB by installing the RAM module on the board.

8.2.1 Installing the RAM Module on the Board

There are two types of RAM module: 1 MB Module and 2 MB Module. There are three positions (banks) for the RAM Module on the board, and they are assigned an installing order, as shown below.
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To install the module, align the connectors on both the board and the module, then slide it all the way in.

To remove the module, pull the tab on the module to disconnect the connector.

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8.2.2 Installing the RAM Board into the Printer

When you have finished installing the RAM module on the board, follow the
procedures below to fit the RAM board into the printer. 1. Turn the printer power off and remove the power cord from both the

printer and the outlet. 2. Remove the interface cable from both the printer and the computer. 3. Open the rear cover as shown below

4. Remove the metal plate above the interface connectors using a philipstype screwdriver.

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5. Insert the board into the left side, then slide it all the way in.

6. Remount the metal plate in place and secure it with three screws.

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7. Close the rear cover, and connect the interface cable and the power cord to the printer.

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8.3 FONT CARTRIDGE
Fonts can be added to the printer by installing an optional Font Cartridge. The Font Cartridge is installed in the slot on the right side or the printer. 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.

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8.4 TRUEIMAGE BOARD
You can select the TrueImage mode with the Star LS-5EX printer by installing the optional Page Description Language (PDL) Board, and an optional Expansion RAM Board (at least IMB expansion). Follow the procedures below to install them. 1. Turnthe printer power off and remove the power cord from both the printer and the outlet. 2. Remove the interface cable from both the printer and the computer. 3. Open the rear cover as shown below.

4. Remove the metal plate above the interface connectors using a philipstype screwdriver.

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5. Insert the RAM board into the left side and the TrueImage board into the right side, then slide them all the way in.

6. Remount the metal plate in place and secure it with three screws.

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7. Close the rear cover, and connect the interface cable and the power cord

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9.1 SPECIFICATIONS . Type
Laser beam page printer
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Engine Resolution: Speed: Warm up:

300 x 300 dots per inch 5 pages per minutes for A4 size under I minute (at 20C or 68F) Standard: PCL 5 and GL/2 (HP LaserJet HI) Option: TrueImage (with optional PDL board) PCL 5 and GL/2 (HP LaserJet 111) TrueImage (Apple LaserWriter NTX) 1 megabyte (LS-5EX) 2 megabyte (LS-5TT) Max. 6 megabytes on RAM Expansion Board RS-232C Centronics Standard for LS-5TT Optional for LS-5EX with PDL Board Changeable using the control panel 14 bitmap fonts 8 scalable fonts 35 TrueType scalable fonts (LS-5TT only) Font cartridges

. Emulation LS-5EX: LS-5TT:

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RAM Resident: Optional:

. Host Interface Serial: Parallel: AppleTalk: . Default Settings: . Fonts Resident:

Option:

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Paper feeding:

Front paper tray Cassette feed

Letter, A4, Executive, B5 COM- 10, Monarch, DL, C5 A4, Letter A4, Letter

Paper size Plain paper: Envelope: Labels: .Transparency films:

. Paper weight (plain paper) Front paper tray: Cassette feed:

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60 g/mz to 135 g/mz 60 g/m to 105 g/mz

Printing area Requires a marign of 4mm from each edge of the paper Acoustic noise (in accordance with 1S0 7779) 37 dB or less Stand by: Printing: 45 dB or less

. Environment Operating: Storage:

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Power consumption: less than 450W (100/115V) or 500W (200/240V) Approx. 12kg
352 mm x 393.5 mm x 253 mm

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Options:

Feeder Unit (250 Sheet Type, 500 Sheet Type) Paper Cassette (Universal, A4, Letter, Legal, B5, Envelope) Expansion RAM Board (1 MB, 2 MB) Expansion RAM Module (1 MB, 2MB) Font cartridge TrueImage Board (For LS-5EX)

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Suggested monthly print volume 3000 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 . MPBF 120,000 pages . Mean time to repair 30 minutes or less . Paper feed reliability

. Toner cartridge life 8,000 prints at 2.87c print duty (A4/Letter size)

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9.3 PIN FUNCTIONS ON INTERFACES

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Eight-bit character data. DATA8 is the most significant bit; DATA I is the least significant bit. High is logic 1 and Low is logic O. A low pulse acknowledges receipt of data. Low when the printer is ready to accept data. Goes High if the printer runs out of paper. High when the printer is on line Unused Signal ground. Printers chassis ground, isolated from signal ground. External supply of +5VDC Twisted pair return signal ground level. Low input resets the printer to its power-on condition. Goes low to signal that the printer cannot print due to an error condition.
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Serial interface Signal

Name GND TXD Direction OUT Function Chassis ground. Carries data from the printer. Carries data to the printer. On when the printer is ready to receive data. Unused. Signal ground. Unused. On when the printer is ready to receive data. Unused.

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9.4 COMMAND SUMMARY

This section shows the summary of the commands that work with the Star LS-5 Series Printer. For details of those functions, refer to the optional Applications Manual.

9.4.1 Printer Control Language (PCL) Commands

Job control commands
Command <ESC> E zESC> & /n H KESC> & /n X <ESC> [ C n <ESC> [ E n Function Reset Paper source Select number of copies Select feeder Change emulation

Page dej5nition commands

Command <ESC> & !n A KESC> & /n O EESC> & /n P <ESC> & tn U <ESC> & ~n Z <ESC> [ O n <ESC> [ S n Function Page size Logical page orientation Page length Left offset registration Top offset registration Select orientation Select paper size

Margins and line spacing commands

Command EESC> & a n L EESC> & a n M KESC> & k n H <ESC> & tnC <ESC> & ~}? D <ESC> & AI E <ESC> & tn F <ESC> & tn L <ESC> 9 Function Set left margin Set right margin Horizontal motion index Vertical motion index Set line spacing Top margin Text length Perforation skip Clear horizontal margins

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Positioning the cursor

Command <BS> <HT> <LF> <FF> <CR> <SP> <ESC> & a n C <ESC> & a n H <ESC> & a n R <ESC> & a n V <ESC> & f ~Z S <ESC> * p n X <ESC> * p n Y <ESC> = Function Backspace Horizontal tab Line feed Form feed Carriage return Space Horizontal cursor position (columns) Horizontal cursor position (decipoints) Vertical cursor position (rows) Vertical cursor position (decipoints) Push/pop cursor position Horizontal cursor position (dots) Vertical cursor position (dots) Half line feed

Miscellaneous output commands

Command <ESC> & a n P
<ESC> <ESC> <ESC> <ESC> <ESC> &knG & Sn C Y Z
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Print direction Line termination End of line wrap Display functions on Display functions off

Self test

Font selection commands

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Function Select secondary font Select primary font Turn underlining off &d@ Turn underlining on &dnD & p n X <charater dutu> Transparent print data (n Select primary font symbol set (nX Select primary font by ID number (3@ Set primary font to default values (Sn B Select primary font stroke weight
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Set primary font pitch Select primary font spacing type Select primary font style Select primary font typeface Set primary font point size Select secondary font symbol set Select secondary font by ID number Set secondary font to default values Select secondary font stroke weight Select secondary font spacing type Set secondary font pitch Select secondary font style Select secondary font typeface Set secondary font point size

Creating and downloading fonts

Function Command Font ID <ESC> * C 77 D Send character code <ESC> * C n E Font control <ESC> * C n F <ESC> ( s n W <descriptorand data> Send character descriptor and data <ESC> ) s n W <descriptor> Send font descriptor

Graphics commands
Function Command Set compression mode <ESC> * b n M <ESC> * b n W <data> Transfer raster data Set raster y-offset <ESC> * b n Y Set rectangle width in dots <ESC> * C n A Set rectangle height in dots <ESC> * C n B Set area fill identity <ESC> * C n G Set rectangle width in decipoints <ESC> * C n H Draw filled rectangle <ESC> * C n P Set rectangle height in decipoints <ESC> * c n V End raster transfer <ESC> * r B
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<ESC> <ESC> <ESC> <ESC> <ESC> <ESC> <ESC> <ESC> *rnA *rnF *rn S *rnT *tnR *Vn N *V n O * Vn T Start raster transfer Set raster image orientation Set raster area width Set raster area height Set raster resolution Set source transparency Set pattern transparency Set pattern type

Macro commands
Command <ESC> & f n X <ESC> & f n Y Function Macro control Macro ID

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9.4.2 GU2 Commands
Set-up commands
Command <ESC> 7Ctz A <ESC> 5% B n <ESC>* C OT <ESC> * C n K <ESC> * C n L
<ESC> * Cn X <ESC> * c ~?Y

Function Enter PCL mode Enter GL/2 mode Set picture frame ancher point Specify horizontal plot size Specify vertical plot size Set picture frame horizontal size Set picture frame vertical size

Con.guration and status group

Command DF IN 1P IR Iw PG RO RP Sc Function
Default values Initialize Input scaling points Input relative scaling points Input window

Advance full page Rotate coordinate system Replot Scale

Vectorgroup
Command AA AR AT CI PA PD Function Draw absolute arc Draw relative arc Draw absolute three point arc Draw circle Plot absolute Pen down Polyline encoded Plot relative Pen up Draw relative three point arc

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Command

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EP ER EW FP PM RA RR WG

Function Edge absolute rectangle Edge polygon Edge relative rectangle Edge wedge Fill polygon Polygon mode Fill absolute rectangle Fill relative rectangle Fill wedge

Line andfill attributes group

Command AC FT. LA LT Function Anchor corner Fill type Line attributes Line type Pen width Raster fill definition Symbol mode Select pen Screened vectors Transparency mode User-defined line type Select pen width unit

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Wu Character group
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Function Define alternate font Character fill mode Character plot Absolute direction Relative direction Define label terminator Define variable text path Extra space

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FI FN LB LO SA SB SD S1 SL SR Ss TD Select primary font Select secondary font Define label Label origin Select alternate font Scalable or bitmap fonts Define standard font Set absolute character size Set character slant Set relative character size Select standard font Transparent data

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9.4.3 TrueImage Operators

Stack operators
Operator clear cleartomark copy count counttomark dup exch index mark pop roll Function Discard all elements Discard elements down through mark Duplicate top n elements Count elements on stack Count elements down to mark Duplicate top element Exchange top two elements Duplicate arbitrary element Push mark on stack Discard top element Roll n elements up,j times

Maths operators
Operator abs add atan ceiling Cos div exp floor idiv in log mod mul neg rand round rrand sin sqrt srand sub truncate Function Absolute value of numt num I plus num2 Arctangent of num~lnum~ in degrees Ceilin,gof m4m I Cosine of angle (degrees) numI divided by numz Raise num to e.xpmlent power Floor of nL4mI Integer divide Natural logarithm (base e) Logarithm (base 10) int] mod irzt~ num I times nurm
Negative of tlLl})l,

Generate pseudo-random integer Round nwnI to nearest integer Return random number seed Sine of dngle (degrees) Square root of Hun? Set random number seed nun7I minus num2 Remove fractional part of HLmZI 121

Logical operators
Operator and bitshift eq false ge gt le It ne not or true xor Function Logical I bitwise and Bitwise shift to hzh (positive is left) Test equal Push boolean valuejtilse Test greater or equal Test greater than Test less or equal Test less than Test not equal Logical Ibitwise not Logical Ibitwise inclusive or Push boolean value true Logical Ibitwise exclusive or
3

Path construction upcrcuur ----4--Operator arc arcn arcto charpath clip clippath closepath currentpoint curveto eoclip flattenpath initclip lineto moveto newpath pathbbox pathforall rcurveto reversepath rlineto rmoveto strokepath 122

Function Append counterclockwise arc Append clockwise arc Append tangent arc Append character outline to current path Clip using non-zero winding number rule Set current path to clipping path Connect subpath back to its starting point Return current point coordinate Append Bezier cubic sction Clip using even-odd inside rule Convert curves to sequences of straight lines Set clipping path to device default Append straight line to (x, J) Set current point to (x, y) Initialize current path to be empty Return bounding box of current path Enumerate current path Relative curveto Reverse direction of current path Relative Iineto Relative moveto Compute outline of stroked path

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Painting operators
Operator eofill erasepage fill image imagemask stroke Function Fill using even-odd rule Paint current page white Fill current path with current color Paint monochrome sampled image Paint current color through mask Draw line along current path

String operators
Operator anchorseach copy eq forall ,ge get getinterval gt le length It ne put putinterval search string token Function Determine if seek is initial substring of string Copy elements of strirzgl to initial substringof stringz Test equal Execute proc for each element of string Test greater or equal Get string element indexed by index Substring of string at index for count elements Test greater than Test less or equal Number of elements in string Test less than Test not equal Put int into string at index Replace substring of .stringl starting at index by
string2

Search for seek in string Create string of length int Read token from start of string

Array operators
Operator Function Start array construction End array construction Push all elements of arraj on stack Create array of length int Pop elements from stack into arra-v Copy elements of urra]] to initial subarray of arra?z 123

aload . array astore copy

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forall get getinterval length put putinterval Execute proc for each element of arraj Get array element indexed by inde.r Subarray of arraj starting at inde.t for cvant elements Number of elements in arr(i) Put an? into array at ilzde.r Replacesubarrayofarra~ startingat inde.[by,subarra]

Packed array operators

Operator aload copy currentpacking forall get getinterval length packedarray setpacking Function Push all elements of packedat-ra? on stack Copy elements c)f~)t~(.ke[fc~rrc~]l to initial subarray of
arra}2

Return array packing mode Execute proc for each element ofp(lck[~ciclr~-(~? Get palkedarra> element indexed by imiex Subm-rayof packedarra> starting at inde.r for counf elements Number of elements in packedarra) Create packed array consisting of the specified n elements Set array packing mode

Dictionary operators
Operator begin copy countdictstack currentdict def diet dictstack end errordict forall get known length load 124 Function Push diet on dictionary stack Copy contents of diet! to dict~ Count elements on dictionary stack Push current dictionary on orerand stack Associate ke~! and value in current dictionary Create dictionary with capacity for i}zt elements Copy dictionary stack into arra) Pop dictionary stack Error handler dictionary Execute pro( for each element of di(t Get value associated with kej. in di(t Test whether ke) is in dicf Number of key-talue pairs in diet Search dictionary stack for kc~and return associtited
\a[14e

maxlength put store systemdict userdict where

Current capacity of diet Associate kc} with value in dic~ Replace topmost definition of key System dictionary Writable dictionary in local VM Find dictionary in which key is defined

Control operators
Operator countexecstack exec execstack exit for if ifelse loop quit repeat start stop stopped Function Count elements on exec stack Execute arbitrary object Copy exec stack into arra} Exit innermost active loop Execute proc with values form start by steps of increment to finish Execute proc if bml is true Execute procl if bool is true, proc~ if bool is false Execute proc an indefinite number of times Terminate interpreter Execute proc int times Executed at interpreter startup Terminate stopped context Establish context for catching stop

Type and attribute operators

Operator cvi cvlit cvn cvr Cvs cvrs Cvx executeonly noaccess rcheck readonly type wcheck xcheck Function Convert to integer Make object be literal Convert to name Convert to real Convert to string Convert to string with radix Make object be executable Reduce access to execute-only Disallow any access Test read access Reduce access to read-only Return name identifying the type of any Test write access Test executable attribute 125

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Font operators
Operator ashow awidthshow currentfont define font findfont FontDirectory kshow makefont scalefont setfont show StandardEncoding string width widthshow Function Add (x. j) to width of each character while showing ,String Colmbineeffects of ashow and widthshow Return current font dictionary Register,/i~ntas a font dictionary Return font dictionary identified by ke} Dictionary of font dictionaries Execute proc between characters shown from srring T1-ansf-ol-nl,~i~)?ti by ma[ri.r toproduce new,fij}?r~ Scale,fimtl by scale to produce new, fimt~ Set font dictionary in graphics state Paint characters of string on page Standard font encoding vector Width of strin(q in current font Add (.Y, ) to width of char while showing .s~rin(y ]

Font cache operators

Operator cachestatus currentcacheparams setcachedevice setcachelimit setcachepararns setcharwidth Function Return font cache status and parameters Return current font cache parameters Declare cached character metrics Set mtiximuln,bytes in cached character Change font cache parameters Declare uncached character metrics

File operators
Operator bytesavailable closefile currentfile echh file 126 Function Write text representation of all? to standard output file Write syntactic representation of fin?)to standard output file Number of bytes available to read
Close,file

Return file currently being executed Turn on/off echoing Open file identified by stringl with access .stt-ing~

flush tlushfile print prompt pstack read !-eddhexstring reudline readstring resetfile run stack status token write writchexstring writestring

Send buffered data to standard output file Send buffered data or read to EOF Write string to standard output file Executed when ready forinteractive input Print stack non-destructively using == Read one character fronl,filc Read hex from,~ile into string Read line fromjile into string Read string fronl,~ile Discard buffered characters Execute contents ofnamed file Print stack non-destructi~ely using = Return status of,~ile Read token from ,file Write one charucter t(~,file Write ,strin<q to,fi/e as hex Write .s~rin<y to,fi/e

Virtual memory operators

Operator restore sale Vmstatus Function Restore VM snapshot Create VM snapshot Report VM status

Miscellaneous operators
Operator bind currentdash currenttlat currentgray currenthsbcolor current]inecap currentlinejoin culrentlinemidth cLl[.t-e[ltmitcl-linlit cul-1-ellt]-gbcolc)l. currentscreen cul-i-e[lttl-allsfe]cxecutilc Function Replace operator names in pt()( operators by Return current dash pattern Return currcn[ flatness Return current color as gray \aluc Return current color as hue, saturation. brightness Return current line c~p Return current line join Return current ]inc width Return current mitcl]imit Return current color as red, green. blue Return current gray halftone screen Return current :ray transfer function ln~oke inter~cti~e cxccuti~e 127

grestore grestoreall gsave initgraphics null setdash setflat setgray sethsbcolor setlinecap setlinejoin setlinewidth setmiterlimit setrgbcolor setscreell settransfer usertime version

Pop graphics state Pop to bottommost graphics state Push graphics state Reset graphics state parameters Push null on operand stack Set dash pattern for stroking Set tlatness tolerance Set color to specified gray value Set coior to specified hue, saturation, brightness Set shape of line ends for stroke Set shape of corners for stroke Set line width Set miter length limit Set color to specified red, green, blue Set gray halftone screen Set gray transfer function Return execution time in milliseconds Interpreter version

Coordinate operators
Operator concat concatmatrix currentmatrix defaultmatrix dtransforrn identmatrix idtransform initmatrix invertmatrix itransform matrix rotate scale setmatrix tran}form translate Function Replace CTM by matrix x CTM Fill nzatri.nwith matrixl x matrixz Fill mufrix with CTM Fill matrix with device default matrix Transform distance (dxi, d}l) by CTM or matrix Fill matrix with identity transform Inverse transform distance (dxl, dvl) by CTM or
matrix

Set CTM to device default Fill matrixz with inverse of matrixl Inverse transform (xl, y]) by CTM or matrix Create identity matrix Rotate user space or define rotation by angle degrees Scale user space or define scaling by x and y Replace CTM by matrix Transform (xl, II) by CTM or matrix Translate user space or define translation by (x, })

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Device set-up operators

Operator copypage frarnedevice nulldevice showpage Function Transmit current page Install frame buffer device Install no-output device Transmit and reset current page

Star original operators

Operator a4tray b5tray c5envelope c5envelopetray corn 1oenvelope com 1Oenvelopetray dlenvelope dlenvelopetray dojamrecovery dorep executivepage executivetray findtray legaltray lettertray monarcenvelope Inonarcenve]opetray papertray ppapersize setdojamrecovery setdorep setemulation setpapertray settray traysup Function Look for A4 size paper tray Look for B5 size paper tray Establish imaging area to C5 size envelope Look for C5 size envelope tray Establish imaging area to COM- 10 size envelope Look for COM- 10 size envelope tray Establish imaging area to DL size envelope Look for DL size envelope tray Indicate whether jam recovery is on or off Indicate whether REP is on or off Establish imaging area to executi~e size Look for Executive size paper tray Find the specific paper tray Look for Legal size paper tray Look for Letter size paper tray Establish imaging area to Monarch size envelope Look for Monarch size envelope tray Return int indicating the current tray Ask the paper size of the specific paper tray Turn jam recovery on/off Turn REP on/offSwitch the emulation Establish which input tray and set the imaging urea Set tray which paper will be fed Check whether the specified paper tray is supplied

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Errors
Operator dictfull dictstackoverflow dictstackunderflow execstackoverflow handleerror interrupt invalidaccess invalidexit invalidfileaccess invalidfont invalidrestore ioerror limitcheck nocurrentpoint rangechec~ stackoverflow stackunderflow syntaxerror timeout typecheck undefined undefinedfilename undefinedresult unmatchedmark unregistered VMerror Function No more room in dictionary Too many begins Too many ends Exec nesting too deep Called to report error information External interrupt request Attempt to violate access attribute exit not in loop Unacceptable access string Invalid font name or dictionary Improper restore Input/output error occurred Implementation limit exceeded Current point is undefined Operand out of bounds Operand stack overflow Operand stack underflow Language syntax error Time limit exceeded Operand of wrong type Name not known File not found Over/underflow or meaningless result Expected mark not on stack Internal error VM exhausted

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9.5 CHARACTER SET TABLES ISO 60: Norwegian

131

Roman Extension

132

ISO 25: French

133

HP German
I I I I I

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ISO 15: Italian

.0 1
2 3 4 5

E
6 7 8 9

I
I

E
B c D E F 13.5

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JIS ASCII

136

ECMA-94 Latin 1

E
.0
1 2 3

r I
4 5 6 7 8 9

A B c D

E F

137

ECMA-94 Latin 1

138

ISO 11: Swedish

<FF> c E / <J-lo-l 1-1o-1

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US-ASCII

140

ISO 61: Norwegian

F
.0 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B

.E
c
D E F

141

ISO 4: UK

142

ISO 69: French

143

ISO 21: German

144

,0

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
A B c D

.r
F

145

1s0 57:

146

ISO 17: Spanish

E
,0

-5 6 7 8 9
A B c D E F

147

ISO 2: IRV

148

/S0 10: Swedish

,0

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
A B c D E F

149

ISO 16: Portuguese

150

84: Portuguese

151

ISO 85: Spanish

152

o .0
1

2 3 4 -5 6 7 8 9

E
B c D E F

1.53

Roman-8

154

IBM-PC(US)

155

IBM-PC(US)

156

IBM-PC(Denmark7Norway)

157

IBM-PC(Denmark7Norway)

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PC-850

159

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9.6 RESIDENT FONT SAMPLES 9.6.1 PCL5 Fonts

Courier 12-point (10 cpi)

!M#$%& f()*+,-./0123456789 : ;<=>?C!M3CDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSI UVWXYZ [\]abcdef ghijklmn

opqrstuvwxyz { I } -* s CC#$%& ( ) *+, -. / 0123456789 t : ; <=>?@ABc!DEFGHI JKLMNOPQRS!J!

Courier Bold 12-point (10 cpi)

UVWXYZ [\]abcdef ghi jklmn opqrstuvwxyz { I}+

Courier Italic 12-point (10 cpi)

!#$%& ()*+,-./012.3456 789: ;<=>?@A.BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST abcdef ghi jkl mn WWXYZ[ \]

opqrstuvwxyz{l}-~

Courier IO-point (12

cpi)

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abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{ 3 ~}

Courier Bold lo-point (12 cpi)

Courier ttalic 10-point ( I 2 cpi)

Line Printer 8.5-point ( 16.6 cpi)

!W$Y!I()* +J-./O123456789: LMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\lA

;f=>?&IABCDEFGHIJK

~abcdefghi jklmopqrstuv
< =>?

Mxyz{I}-#
Univers Medium

!w#$~o&()* +,-./o123456789:;
N-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{ @

@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOpQRsTuvwxyz
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Univers Medium Italic

!#$ N& () +,../OI2s456789:; < = > ? @ABCDEFGHlJKLA41V0PQR.S TUVWXYZ

111-abcdefghijklmnopwstuvvvvz{ 1)a

Univers Bold

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@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ NA-abcdefgh4klmnopqrstumuxyz{ ~)B

Univers Bold Italic

CG Times

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TWWXIZ[\]A-ab CDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS cdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{ IJ -~

CG Times Italic

CG Times Bold

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flr CDEFGHLIKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdeJgh~klmnopqrstuvwxyz{~]-~ -

CG Times Bold Italic

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Arial I#$O~&()*+,./()l 23456789:;<=>~@AB
CD EFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTU VWXYZ~]A -abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{l}Arial

Bold

y#$YO&()*+,../CII 23456789:;<=>?

CDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYY @]A -abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{l}-

ArialBoldOblique

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ArialOblique

A-rial arrow N

!#$Oh&()+,., /01234s6Teg: ;<=>?QABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ(l]-abcdefghijklmn

qrstuvwxyz{l}-

Arial Narrow Bold

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ArialNarrowBoldOblique

Arial Narrow Oblique

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Cen[ury Schoolbook Roman

Courie;

Courier Bold

: ;<

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ITC A~ant Garde Gothic Book

ITC Avant Garde Gothic Book Oblique ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demi

ITC Awmt Garde Gothic Demi Oblique

!#$%&()*+,-./0123456789:;<=> ?@AB cDEfGH/J/(LMNOPQR5Tl,) WXYZ[ \] - V abcdefghjk/mnopqrstu vwx yz{/}-

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ITC Bookman Demi

!#$30&()*+,-.Ol23456789:: /

<=>?

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ITC Bookman Demi Italic

ITC Bookman Light

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ITC Bookman Light Italic

ITC ZapfChancery Medium Italic ITC Zapf Dingbats

!#$@&(/)+,-. /Ol23456789:;c=> ?@A%CDEY~

fiIJKL>M~OPQ~WW~Z[\Jn
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Symbol

Times New Roman

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Times New Roman Bold

TimesNew RomanBold Italic

IIf#$~&

() *+,-.

/0123JS67Sg:;<=>?@;AI]C

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TimesNewRomanItalic

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Zapf Calligraphic Bold

Zapf Calligraphic Bold Italic

ZapfCalligraphic Italic

Zapf Calligraphic Roman

!#$%&c()*+,-. /01234567W:;< =>?@ABC DEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVW XYZ[i,] abcdefghijklmno pqrstuv wxyz{ I}-

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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. Bitmap fonts made of tiny dot-by-dot patterns in pre-defined sizes. Bitmap fonts have a fixed point size, pitch and symbol set attributes. 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-40XA Cartridge A disposable type of process cartridge which contains the photosensitive drum and toner. Emulation behaving like something else. The Star LS-5EX can emulate, or behave like the HP LaserJet 111 laser printer, and the Star LS-5TT can emulate the operation of the Apple LaserWriter NTX, a PostScript version, and the HP LaserJet 111. . Expansion RAM board An available option that is easily attached to the Star LS-5 Series Printer to expand its RAM.

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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. 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
hexadecimal (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 Access Memory is the permanent storage by the Star LS-5 Series Printer 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. 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 168

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. Proportional type a typeface in which some letters take up more room on u printed line than others, such as W taking more space than [. The spticingof 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 On]y 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 transmissions. including data and acknowledgments between sending and receiving equipment (handshaking). Scalable fonts created within the printer on a character-by-character basis ensuring high speed and print quality. In virtually limitless sizes, fonts can be scaled from 3 points to 999.75 points in quarter-point increments. Serial a communications interface that sends or receives 1 bit of information at a time tit a specified baud rate. Stop Bit 1or 2 bits used by the computer for the timing ofa transmission of information. Stroke weight the intensity of a printed charucter, such as Ii,qht.mediunz. or bold. Normal printing is medium weight.
Symbol Set the entire list ofASCII letters, numbers, and symbols used

with a particular language, such as English or Spanish. VMI (Vertical Motion Index) refers to line spacing, the smallest increment that can be made in the vertical or ) axis.

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Index
A
Air vent, 4 ALARM indicator, 43 AppleTalk interface, 6, 35 Applications manual, I Auto selection, 57 B ~ BAD CHAR CODE message, 84 BAD FONT CODE message, 84 BAD FONT DATA message, 84 Basic operation. 53 Bitmap font, 109 Buttons, 39-42 -.D, DATA indicator, 43 Dimensions, 110 Display language, 65 E ~ Emulation. 7, 109 ENGINE RESET message. 86 Engine service call messages, 78 ENGINE TEST message, 86 Environment, 9 Error messages, 77 ERROR SKIP button, 39 Expansion RAM board. 100 IF Factory setting, 64 Features, 6 FEEDER SELECT button, 41 Feeder selection, 59 Feeder unit, 93 Fixing assembly, 5 Font cartridge, 105 Font list, 44,67 FONT LIST message, 86 Font selection. 67 Front cover-,4, 15 Front panel, 37 Front paper tray, 6, 23 Front paper tray cover, 4 Front view, 4

c
CANNOTDOWNLOADmessage,84 CANNOTROTATEmessage,84 Carryingthe printer,14 CARTCHANGEDmessage,85 CARTRIDGEBADmessage,79 CARTRIDGEERRORmessage,81 Cartridgeslot,4 CASSCHANGEmessage,82 CASSREFILLmessage,80 CHARNOT IN FONTmessage,84 Checklistof contents,13
CLOSE COVER message, 80 Control panel, 4, 52 Controller service call messages, 78 Current setting, 63

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I Initial setting, 63 INPUT OVERFLOW message, 84 Inside view, 5 INSUFFICIENT RAM message. 8 I Interface, 54 Interface cable. 35 Iinterfie signals. 112 L Landscape orientation. 6 I Laser printing. 1 LaserJet emulation. 1 LaserWriter emulation, I LCAS CHANGE message. 82 LCAS REFILL massage. 80 Light indicators. 43 LINE ERROR message. 84 LOAD CASS message. 80 LOAD LCAS message, 80 Loading paper. 22 M Maintenance. 7 I-76 Manual paper feed message. 83 MODE button, 42

P ~l PAGE OVERFLOW message, 84 Paper, 9 Paper cassette, 4.6.29 Paper feed, 59 Papel-iamming. 87 PAPER JAMMING message, 80 Paper size, 60 Parallel interface. 6 Pick-up roller, 5 Portrait orientation, 61 PostScript, 7 Power cord, 34 Power receptacle, 5 Power switch, 5 Powel-up function, 38 Power-up setting. 63 PRINT button. 39 Print density, 62 PRINT indicator. 43 PRINTER ACTIVE message, 86 Printer components, 4 PRINTER READY message. 86 PRINTER WARMUPmessage. 86 PROGRAM button. 4 I Program mode. 47 R RAM, 6 RAM board, I(V RAM module. 100 READY indicator. 43 Rear cover. 5 Rear kiew, 5 REINITIALIZE message. 86 REINSERT CART message, 81, 85 Reliability. I I I REP, 58 REPRINT LOST PCS tnessage. 86 RESET button, 40 Resolution, 109 Resolution enhancetnent procedure. 58

N
NO EMUL. BOARD message, 81 NO FONT PRESENT message, 79

0
ON LINE button, 39 ON LINE indicator, 43 Operator call message. 80 Operator information messages, 84 Optional items, 13, 93 Orientation, 6 I
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OVERRUN message. X4

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Scalable font, 109 Self test, 44 Serial interface, 6, 55 Service call message. 78 SET EP CARTRIDGE message, 80 Side latch, 4 Specifications, 109 Stains, 92 Status messages, 86 Status sheet, 44,45 STATUS SHEET message, 86 Streaky prints, 90 ,.. ! ~T-~ TEST button, 40 TEST page, 44 TEST PAGE message, 86 Toner cartridge, 5, 9, 18, 71 TRAY CHANGE message. 82 TRAY REFILL message, 80 Troubleshooting, 77-92 TrueImage, 7 TrueImage board, 106 TrueType font, 7

u~
Unpacking, IO-17 w .J White streaks, 90

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