Digital Equipment LA50 Installing And Using
EK-OLASO-UG-001
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Installing
and. Using
the
LASO
Printer
mamaama
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EK-0
LASO-UG-001
Installing
and
Using
the
LASO
Printer
Prepared
by
Educational
Services
of
Digital
Equipment
Corporation
1st
Edition, August
1982
Copyright©
1982
by Digital Equipment Corporation
All Rights Reserved
The reproduction of this
material, in part
or
whole, is strictly prohibited. For
copy information, contact the
Educational Services Department, Digital
Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts
01754.
The information in this document is subject
to
change without notice. Digital
Equipment Corporation assumes no responsibility for any errors that may
appear in this document.
Notice: This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy.
It
has
been type tested and found
to
comply with
the
limits for a Class B computing
device in accordance with the specifications in
Subpart J
of
Part
15
of FCC
Rules,
which are designed
to
provide reasonable protection against radio and
television interference in a residential installation. However, there is no
guarantee that interference
will not occur in a particular installation. If this
equipment does cause interference to radio or
television reception, the user is
encouraged
to
try
to
correct the interference.
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Installing Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Packing
Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Installing Ribbon
Cartridge........................................
2
Installing Power Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Inserting Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Inserting Pinfeed Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Inserting Single Sheet Paper
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Self-Test Procedure
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12
Installing System Cable
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14
Front Panel Indicators and Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5
Printer
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Maintaining Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Troubleshooting Printer
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Operator Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8
Replacing Printhead
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20
Replacing
Fuse
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Printer Configuration
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Configuration Switches
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National Character Set Switches
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Graphics Aspect Ratio Switch
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XON/XOFF and Ready/Busy Protocol Switches
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Right Margin Switch
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Baud Rate Select Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Data Format Switches . .
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Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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INTRODUCTION
This
document
tells you how
to
install, use, maintain, troubleshoot, and
configure
your
LA50 printer. Before you continue, make sure you have all the
items shown below. If any items are missing
or
damaged, immediately contact
your Sales Representative and Delivery Agent.
OPERATOR
MANUAL
INSTALLING PRINTER
Packing
Removal
1.
Remove
access
cover.
2. Remove c d
ar board ret .
a mer.
Installing
Ribbon
Cartridge
1.
Take up slack
in
ribbon by turning knob in direction indicated.
2.
Position cartridge between
clips
and push down into place.
3
3
· Repla
ce access
cover.
Installing
Power
Cable
1.
Make
sure
power
switch
is
set
to
off
position
(0).
2. Plug
power
cable into
rear
of
printer
and
electrical
outlet.
MA·10,006
INSERTING
PAPER
NOTE: The
printer
uses
pinfeed
or
single sheet paper. Instructions on insert-
ing single
sheet
paper
are on page
10.
Inserting Pinfeed Paper
1.
Turn off power.
2.
Open
paper
window.
3. Remove
paper
cover.
4. Pull bail bar away from platen.
5. Push
paper
release lever
toward
back
of printer.
MA-10,007
6. Open paper clamps.
7. Position paper on tractor.
If
paper does not fit properly, use white trac-
tor
release levers
to
reposition tractors.
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