Getting ready to print – Star Micronics LC-8521 User Manual

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Using the Printer with Windows 3.1

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In the

List of Printers:

box of the

Add Unlisted or Updated Printer

dialog box, select your printer driver and then click

This causes the

Printers

dialog box to appear. Your printer is now listed in

the

Installed Printers:

list.

❏

Double-click on the name of the printer model you just installed to select it
as the default printer.

❏

Click

Close

to close the

Printers

dialog box.

Note:

Windows applications automatically print on the currently selected default

printer. If you want to print on a different printer, you must first select it.

Getting ready to print

Before printing, there are a number of things you must first do to set up the
printer. You must select the printer driver, and the paper source, size, and
orientation. Use the following procedure to make these selections.

Note:

You do not need to perform printer driver and paper selections mentioned
above each time you print, but only if there are any changes to the last

selections you made.

❏

In the Windows Program Manager, open the

Main

group by clicking on its

icon.

❏

Double-click on the

Control Panel

icon.

❏

Double-click on the

Printers

icon in the

Control Panel

window.

❏

Double-click on the name of the printer model you selected above to
choose it as the default printer.

❏

Click on

Setup

to display the window for setting up your printer.