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CHAPTER 3
GETTING STARTED
WITH SR-lo/l5
In this chapter you’ll learn about:
l Using SR-lo/15 with commercial software
l ASCII codes
You have assembled and tested your printer, and seen a quick
sample of SR- lo/15 ‘s capabilities in the self-test. Now it’s time
to do what you bought SR-lo/15 to do: print information from
your computer.
USING COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE
Many of you purchased SR- 10/l 5 to use with commercial
software. You made a good choice because SR-lo/l5 is com-
patible with most commercial programs, from word processing
programs to spreadsheet programs to accounting programs.
Many of these programs have a routine for describing your
printer. These routines are often in “installation programs”.
They typically give you a choice of printers or printer types to
pick from. Some typical descriptions that you might pick for
SR-lo/15 are:
“TTY type printer with backspace”, “IBM-dot
matrix printer”,
“Centronics-type printer”, “Dot matrix ASCII
printer”.
SR- lo/15 should work fine with any of these descrip-
tions.
Some printer lists are not very clear, and may not include
anything that you think describes SR-10/15, If you can’t decide
which description best fits SR-lo/15 we recommend that you
narrow the list to two or three choices (you can quickly eliminate
all the daisywheel printer types) and then experiment. You won’t
hurt anything if you guess wrong; it just won’t work right. This
should quickly tell you if your guess is right. If all else fails,
though, your Star dealer will be happy to give you some advice.
