Star Micronics LC-90 NX-1010 User Manual

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Using the General window

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RAM usage

Specify whether RAM should be used as an input buffer or as a download
buffer.

Selecting

Input Buffer

tells the printer to use available RAM to store data it

receives from the computer. This speeds up the printing operation, but it also
means that RAM cannot be used to store character patterns used to define down
loaded characters.

Selecting

Download

tells the printer to use available RAM to store character

patterns you define using the download character control codes (page 66).

Sleep

Specify how long the printer should wait until entering the Sleep Mode.

The Sleep Mode is entered automatically whenever no printer operation is
performed for the amount of time that you specify here. Note the following
characteristics about the Sleep Mode:

Power consumption is reduced by about 20% of normal.

Any data stored in the printer’s buffer is cleared.

The Sleep Mode is exited when the computer sends data to the printer or
when you press the

Power

button.

Demo Print

Specify the type of printout to be produced when the demo print operation
is performed.

See “Testing the printer” on page 46 for details on the demo print operation.

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