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    - Star TSP828L -
        Readme file                                         2009/12/04

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    Thank you very much for purchasing Star TSP828L.

    This README file contains the following sections:

    1.  Installation for Windows
    2.  How to Uninstall Completely
                for Windows 2000/XP
    3.  Notification:  Uninstallation under Windows Vista/7
    4.  Silent Installations
    5.  Silent Uninstallations
    6.  Software evaluation environment
    7.  Release History

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    1.  Installation for Windows
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    - Please execute installation of driver software from this CD after
      ending all other applications.

    - PC reboot might be required after installation of driver software
      depending on the environment for usage.
       *PC might be forcibly rebooted in silent installation.


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    2.  How to Uninstall Completely
                for Windows 2000/XP
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    Complete unisntallation deletes all files which install from this CD.

    Note: In case of using Star USB Vendor Class Driver or other Star Printers,
          please do not do "uninstall completely" because those devices
          use same modules, if delete all modules, Star Printers cannot
          work correctly.

    <Win2K, WinXP>

        1. Power OFF the printer.

        2. Execute uninstaller to add two command line options as followings.

           D:\Win\Setup.exe /X /V"ALLDELETE=1"

           or  you can execute complete uninstall with bat file.

           D:\Win\Sub\AllDelete_x86.bat

        3. After finish to uninstall files, reboot PC.

        "D" is current CD-ROM drive.


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    3.  Notification:  Uninstallation under Windows Vista/7
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    Please take care following points when uninstall software under Windows
    Vista/7.

    - StarMicronics folder
      In some cases, even execute uninstaller, following folder do not delete.

           [Start Menu] -> [All Programs] -> [StarMicronics]
           C:\Program Files\StarMicronics

      It is no problem even that folder do not delete. In case you need to
      delete, please delete folder after to check no files under that folder.

    - Language Monitor, USB Vendor Class Driver
      Language Monitor and USB Vendor Class Driver files will not be deleted
      after execute uninstallation. Because of system requirements, Microsoft
      does not recommend to delete such files.

      <Language Monitor>
          C:\WINDOWS\System32\smjlmhost2.dll

      <USB Vendor Class Driver>
          C:\WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\SMJUSB.SYS
          C:\WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\SMJUSBCOM.SYS
          C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriveStore\FileRepository\smjusbcom.inf_xxxx (*1)

          (*1): xxxx: Arbitrary character string

      "C": Drive letter which you use.


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    4.  Silent Installations
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    Silent Installtion allows you to use a file to predefined all the answers
    that you would normally supply to the setup program interactively;
    this provides you with the ability to script the installation of multiple
    PCs.

    you can run the command as follows:

    Note: When "Silent installation" is executed in the Win2K/XP, PC might
          be rebooted.
          Please execute "Silent installation" after ending all other
          applications in the Win2K/XP.

    Windows Vista/7: Please execute command prompt as administlator.

    <Win2K, WinXP, Vista 32bit, Win7 32bit>

      [Driver]
        D:\Win\Setup.exe /s /v"/qn"

      [Manual]
        D:\Win\Setup_for_Manual.exe /s /v"/qn"

    <Vista 64bit, Win7 64bit>

      [Driver]
        D:\Win\Setup_x64.exe /s /v"/qn"

      [Manual]
        D:\Win\Setup_for_Manual_x64.exe /s /v"/qn"


    "D" is current CD-ROM drive.


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    5.  Silent Uninstallations
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    Silent Uninstallation is uninstallation that no on-screeen messages will be
    displayed at any time during the execution of the Silent Uninstallation.

    you can run the command as follows:

    Windows Vista/7: Please execute command prompt as administlator.

    <Win2K, WinXP, Vista 32bit, Win7 32bit>

      [Driver]
        msiexec.exe /qn /x {A9D76ED4-264E-4AE5-9BAE-65640F9F558F}

      [Manual]
        msiexec.exe /qn /x {31F436F5-A0F3-4870-B351-467E05B764BB}

    <Vista 64bit, Win7 64bit>

      [Driver]
        msiexec.exe /qn /x {BDEFF0F9-6055-4ADF-A551-0564A29ECB38}

      [Manual]
        msiexec.exe /qn /x {5FDD6DDE-57F0-4721-930F-D3651153700A}


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    6.  Software evaluation environment
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    Our software is evaluated in the following environments.

    <PC>
      - Windows/Linux
         CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz
         RAM : 2GB
         HDD : 250GB
      - Mac(Intel)
         CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo 1.83GHz
         RAM : 512MB
         HDD : 60GB
      - Mac(PowerPC)
         CPU : PowerPC G4 466MHz
         RAM : 192MB
         HDD : 130GB

    <Windows>
      - Microsoft Windows 2000  Professional SP4
      - Microsoft Windows XP    Professional SP3 (32bit)
      - Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise       (32bit)
      - Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise       (64bit)
      - Microsoft Windows 7     Enterprise       (32bit)
      - Microsoft Windows 7     Enterprise       (64bit)

    <Linux>
      - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop

    <Mac>
      - Mac OS X 10.4 (PowerPC)
      - Mac OS X 10.4 (Intel)
      - Mac OS X 10.5 (Intel)


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    7.  Release History
    ===================
    12/15/2005  Ver.1.0 Initial Release
    02/28/2006  Ver.1.1 Added "Status Monitor" function of printer driver
                        for Windows 2000/XP
                        Added printer driver for Linux
                        Added hardware manual (Italian, Simplified Chinese,
                        Traditional Chinese)
    04/17/2006  Ver.1.2 Added paper sizes of printer driver for Windows
                        98SE/Me/2000/XP
    12/04/2009  Ver.3.0 Support for Windows Vista and 7.
                        Deleted the 98SE/Me Drivers.
                        Updated the CUPS Drivers for linux/Mac.
