Star Micronics LC-8021 - Manual (Page 24)

18 Control Panel Operations
Clearing the printer’s buffer
When the printer receives data from a computer, it temporarily stores it in a
memory called a buffer. If you stop a printing job partway through, there is the
chance that some data will remain in the buffer. The following procedure clears
the printer’s buffer by deleting any data that might be there.
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Execute the necessary command in the program you are using to stop the
print job.
Important!
Be sure to stop the print job before taking the printer off line. Otherwise, the
print job will resume from where you interrupted it when you put the printer
back on-line.
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Use ON LINE to take the printer off line ( ON LINE indicator is not lit).
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Hold down MULTI-PART and then ON LINE . Keep both buttons held
down until the printer beeps once, which indicates that the buffer is cleared.
Initializing the printer
The following procedure initializes the printer to its power-on settings.
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Use ON LINE to take the printer off line ( ON LINE indicator is not lit).
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Hold down MULTI-PART and then ON LINE . Keep both buttons held
down until the printer beeps once (indicating the printer buffer is cleared)
and then beeps again three times, which indicates that the printer is reset.
Entering the Multi-part Mode
When the printer is in the Multi-part Mode, the print head prints with greater
impact. It should be noted, however, that printing in the Multi-part Mode also
reduces the life of the print head. Because of this, you should use the Multi-part
Mode only for printing on four or five-ply paper. Return to the normal mode for
printing on one to three-ply paper.
Use the following procedure to enter the Multi-part Mode
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Use ON LINE to take the printer off line ( ON LINE indicator is not lit).
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Press MULTI-PART button. The MULTI-PART indicator will lit to
indicate to enter multi-part mode.