Adjusting the printer’s vertical alignment, Draft–10/12cpi, Current +10 – Star Micronics LC-90 NX-1010 User Manual

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User Setup Utility

Adjusting the printer’s vertical alignment

While in the User Setup Utility, select

Adjust

. from the menu bar.

The above window is used to test and adjust the vertical alignment of the printer
in each printing mode. You may never have to use the procedure described in
this section, but after you have been using your printer for some time you may
find that the dots of some graphics do not align correctly. For example, what
should look like:

may come out looking like one of the following:

This is caused when mechanical parts of the printer get out of alignment. This
happens only rarely and you may never experience it at all throughout the life
of the printer. If you do have problems, use the following procedure to correct it.

Select the box for the mode you want to adjust (by clicking inside it with
the mouse or by moving to it by pressing

Tab

).

Press your computer’s

F4

function key to produce a test printing for that

mode, or press function key

F5

to produce a test of all the printing modes.

The printer will print something that looks like the following and feed the
paper so you can see the printout clearly.

Exit

Load

Save

General

Font

Paper

Adjust.

Port

Help

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= Scroll up
= Scroll down

= Menu Select

TAB
SPACE

= Next Box
= Set Function

Current Data:

Current Adjustment Setting

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F4
F5

= Test
= Test ALL

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