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    - Star CUPS Driver Ver. 4.1.0 for mac -
        Readme File                                    04/10/2017
        
   Copyright (C) 2017 Star Micronics Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
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* This ReadMe File applies to Star CUPS Driver Ver. 4.1.0 for mac
* This file provides supplementary information that is not described in other 
  documentation. 

  Thank you very much for purchasing Star Printer.

  Contents:

  1. About "Star CUPS Driver Ver. 4.1.0"
  2. Restrictions
  3. Cautions When printing via a USB interface 
  4. FVP10 Compression Print Setting 
  5. How to send RAW Data to CUPS Printer
  6. TSP100IIU Vertical Compression Print and Back Feed Function Setting 
  7. USB Serial Number Setting
  8. Release History

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 1.About "Star CUPS Driver Ver.4.1.0" 
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- Added Models(SM-T300/SM-L300/SM-L304/POP10/TSP100IIIU).

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 2.Restrictions
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2-1 It may cause extremely slow printing or data lost when using CUPS drivers
    V3.4.0 or older with Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks).

2-2 Below is the restrictions for this version.
    Please read through and have well understanding before use.

 * TSP100LAN
   Cannot print files with the names are over 80 characters.

 * SM-L300, SM-L304
   When printer turns off while USB connecting to PC, the printer queue is displayed as “Offline” even though the printer works.
   *Need restart the printer and PC to solve this happened.

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 3.Cautions When printing via a USB interface
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When printing via a USB interface on Mac OS X, the printing speed 
will dramatically decrease or printing jobs may fail. 

If this happens, use the script ("setup_for_mac.sh") in the 
"Tips"-->"MSW_Setting" folder in the "starcupsdrv-X.X.X_mac.zip" (X.X.X 
represents the driver version) in this driver package. 
This will improve the problems described above. 

Read the comments in the script for details on how it is used. 

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 4.FVP10 Compression Print Setting
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Please refer to the following places for the Compression Print Setting. 

Please execute the script("default.sh")in the "Tips"-->"FVP10_Compression_Print_Setting" folder in the 
"starcupsdrv-X.X.X_mac.zip" (X.X.X represents the driver version)in this driver package. 

The reduction print setting is 4 of the following. 
  1.Default
  2.Vertical Compression Print 50% Setting
  3.Horizontal Compression Print 67% Setting
  4.Vertical Compression Print 50% Setting + Horizontal Compression Print 67% Setting

Read the comments in the script for details on how it is used.

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 5.How to send RAW Data to CUPS Printer
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If you want to send RAW data file to Printer without any filtering,
you can use "-oraw" option of the "LPR" command.

Please refer to the following places for details. 

"Tips"-->"HowToSendRawDataViaCUPS20060725.tar" folder 
in the "starcupsdrv-X.X.X_mac.zip" (X.X.X represents the driver version)
in this driver package. 

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 6.TSP100IIU Vertical Compression Print and Back Feed Function Setting
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* This setting applies to Star TSP100IIU.
Please refer to the following places for the Vertical Compression Print and Back Feed Function Setting. 

Please execute the script("BackFeed_default.sh")in the "Tips"-->"TSP100IIU" folder in the 
"starcupsdrv-X.X.X_linux.zip" (X.X.X represents the driver version)in this driver package. 

The reduction print setting is 13 of the following. 
  1.Back Feed default setting
  2.Back Feed 11mm setting
  3.Back Feed 10mm setting
  4.Back Feed  9mm setting
  5.Back Feed  8mm setting
  6.Back Feed  7mm setting
  7.Back Feed  6mm setting
  8.Back Feed  5mm setting
  9.Back Feed  4mm setting
 10.Back Feed  3mm setting
 11.Compression default setting
 12.Compression 75% setting
 13.Compression 50% setting

Read the comments in the script for details on how it is used.

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 7.USB Serial Number Setting
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Please refer to the following places for the USB Serial Number Setting. 

Please execute the script("default.sh")in the "Tips"-->"USBSerialNumber" folder in the 
"starcupsdrv-X.X.X_mac.zip" (X.X.X represents the driver version)in this driver package. 

Read the "How to use.txt" in the script for details on how it is used.

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 8.Release History
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* Mon Apr 10 2017
- Version 4.1.0
- Added Models(SM-L300/SM-L304/POP10).

* Thu Oct 6 2016
- Version 4.0.0
- Release one package which contains both desktop printer driver and portable one.
- Add AllReceipts function support.

