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- LC 24-200 QUICK TEST
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- Printer test: Star LC 24-200 Dot matrix printer
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- Hello here is small printer test. The Star LC 24-200 comes in two
- series. There is the LC24-200 (black and white), and there is an
- Star LC24-200 colour. It is a very big printer (look in the speci-
- fications for the sizes). It has a very unusual design, but it is
- a very practical design. It is not so angular as the other
- Star printers.
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- It is a very fast printer, but it is also a very noisy printer.
- The big printer cap silences the printer a lot, but it is then still
- a very noisy printer. The "Quiet" Mode, helps a lot, but then it doesn't
- print as fast.
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- The printer has got a system called EDS (Electronik Dip Switches)
- This means you can set your printer in the way you want to by just
- pressing a few buttons. The printer has got an EPROM - chip for
- the current settings.
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- The users manual is very good. It is illustrated, and it is very
- surveyable. It contains a few Basic programs for the printer, and
- of course some character tables. It has some chapters about Trouble-
- shooting and maintenance. It has 157 pages.
-
- The big advantage of working with this printer is: it emulates very
- many printerdrivers. Even in the Epson mode I could print some text with
- an IBM - printerdriver. It can even print with printerdrivers for 9-pins
- printers.
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- The EDS-mode is very conveniently aranged, but it is too complex to
- explain without knowing what the control panel looks like. So I won't
- do that.
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- It has two self-tests. A long self test, with the current EDS settings,
- and the font types. The short self test gives only the character table.
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- It has a stay in panel pitch mode. This means that software can not
- change the chosen pitch.
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- It has a stay in panel font mode. This means that software can not
- change the chosen font.
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- It has a Hexadecimal dump mode. This is a feature for programmers who
- are debugging printing programs and want to see the actual codes
- the printer is receiving.
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- You can move the paper in any way you want to ( Up and down I mean )
- just as you please.
- You can clear the buffer if you want to. This means you can throw away
- all the information in the memory of the printer.
-
-
-
- I like using this printer because it is very fast, and I almost never
- have to load a special printerdriver.
- I don't know what else to write except for the specifications.
- So here they are:
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- S P E C I F I C A T I O N S
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- Printing system: Serial Impact Dot-matrix
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- Printing speed Pica Elite
- High-Speed Draft 222cps -
- Draft 167cps 200cps
- Letter Quality 55.5cps 66.7cps
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- Print direction Bidirectional, logic-seeking
- (Text and Graphics) Unidirectional, logic-seeking
- (selectable)
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- Print head 24 pins
- Life: 200 milion dots
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- Line spacing 1/6,1/8,n/60,n/72,n/180,n/216
- n/360 inches
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- Characters ASCII
- International 16 sets(*)
- IBM special
- IBM block graphic
- IBM code page 6 sets(**)
- Download
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- * USA, France, Germany, England, Denmark I, Sweden, Italy, Spain I,
- Japan, Norway, Denmark II, Spain II, Latin America, Korea, Irish,
- Legal
- ** #437 (USA), #850 (Multi_Lingual), #860 (Portuguese), #861 (Icelandic),
- #863 (Canadian French), #865 (Nordic)
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- Fonts: High Speed Draft
- Draft
- TMS-Roman
- Sanserif
- Courier
- Prestige
- Script
- Optional (Font cartridge.)
-
- Nuber of columns CPI
- Pica 10 80
- Elite 12 96
- Semi-condensed 15 120
- Condensed pica 17.1 137
- Condensed elite 20 160
- Propartional Variable
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- Paper feed Friction and rear (push tractor)
- or bottom (pull tractor)
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- Paper feed speed 3.4 inches/second max
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- Paper width Cut sheet 4"-11.7"
- Fanfold (continuous):
- 4"-10"
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- Copies Original + 4 copies (max)
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- Maximum buffer size
- Without Download 7Kb (30Kb for Color printer)
- With Download 1 line
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- Emulations Epson LQ-860
- IBM Proprinter X24E
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- Interface Centronics parallel (standard)
- RS-232C serial (option)
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- Ribbon type On-carriage, dedicated
- Monochrome (Black only)
- Color (Black, red, blue, violet
- yellow, orange, green)
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- Ribbon life
- Monochrome (X24) 2 milion characters (draft pica)
- Monochrome (LZ24) 4 milion characters (draft pica)
- Color (X24CL) 1 milion characters (draft pica)
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- Dimensions 46.3cm (w)
- 35.6cm (d)
- 15.6cm (h)
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- Weight 6.6 Kilograms
-
- Power supply 120V AC,220V AC, 240V AC, 50/60Hz.
- (varies according to the country
- of purchase)
-
- Options Automatic sheet feeder (SF-10DQ)
- Serial-Parallel converter (SPC-8K)
- Roll paper holder (RH=10Z)
- Font cartride (FC-1Z,FC-2Z,FC-3Z,
- FC-4Z)
- RAM cartridge (RC-32Z)
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-
- I think this is enough.
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- For questions or remarks write to:
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- O.T.M.
- Rembrandtstraat 48
- 8331 RP
- The Netherlands.
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- Text by O.T.M. of Digital.
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