Selecting which emulation to use
The LC24-30 Colour can emulate both Epson and IBM
dot-matrix printers. This means that the software appli-
cations you use on your computer can treat the printer
as if it were an Epson or an IBM printer.
As a result, when you select a printer in your software
application, you can select certain types of Epson or
IBM printer instead of a Star printer. This can be useful
if, for example, you are using an MS-DOS application
that does not list any Star printers in its list of sup-
ported printers.
You will probably never need to worry about changing
the emulation mode. The LC24-30 Colour can automati-
cally sense which emulation is required and switch
modes accordingly (provided that Electronic DIP Switch
setting A2 is ON).
However, you may wish to set the emulation mode to
IBM. This could be done in case the Automatic Emula-
tion Change setting is ever turned off, or if you know
that the printer will always be used in IBM mode.
When you first take delivery of the printer, it will be set
to Epson emulation mode.
To change the emulation setting to IBM mode, use the
following steps:
.
Switch the printer off, then switch it on again while
holding down all three control panel keys. Switch
-
Al, the emulation mode setting, is selected. If Epson
emulation mode is the current setting, the READY
light will be ON.
.
Press the [READY] key once to change the setting to
IBM mode. The READY light will go OFF indicating
that IBM emulation mode is now the current setting.
.
Hold down the (FONT] key and press the [PAPER] key
to save the new setting and exit Electronic DIP
Switch mode.
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