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Radix User's Manual
of the fastest in its class. And Radix is smart too: when printing
blank spaces, Radix speeds up to a blistering
240
CPS!
16K Memory - Also called print buffer. Radix has a mind of its
own! Buffer memory holds over
16,000
characters or about
8
printed pages, thus allowing your printer to accept information as
fast as your computer can send it. Since computer speed is faster
than printer speed, this feature frees your computer to do other
things while your printer continues to print.
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Characters - Allows printing in no less than nine different
fonts or type faces, including a brand new face which we call . . .
Near Letter Quality - A solid black dot-free, high-resolution type
face that looks more like typewriter than computer-generated
printing. Perfect for correspondence.
Faster Paper Handling - More economical, too. Automatic feed-
ing for both single sheets and sprocket paper. And the unique
built-in tractor design - behind the platen - avoids wasting a
sheet each time you start printing, as in conventional loading. It
also permits "reverse paper feed," for multiple column printing or
other special applications, with a neater appearance, too.
Graphics - If you're designing your own, you'll be delighted at
finding three different dot graphic densities with varying degrees
of resolution or sharpness. There's even a quadruple density, with
240
dots per inch horizontal by
72
dots per inch vertical! And, you
can print double density graphics at double speed!
Macro Instruction - A real timesaver on the keyboard. This fea-
ture allows you to define a sequence of codes and call (transmit)
that entire sequence with a single code.
Easy Interfaces - Both parallel and serial interface capabilities
are built into Radix - there's nothing extra to buy.
Easy Everything! - All the DIP switches are quickly accessible
for ease in connecting your computer and changing print parame-
ters; the ink ribbon comes in its own enclosed cartridge, ready to
snap into place; paper is machine-fed, not cranked into place
manually. Easy is the word for Radix!
We think you'll also find this manual easy and pleasant to use.
We've gone to great lengths to make it so. As a first example, look
over the table of contents and you'll see what we mean. Whether
greenhorn or wizard, everybody will find what they need to know
to fulhll their expectations. We suggest that each new user/owner,
before you even unpack the box, read or at least scan Chapters
1
and 2 - "Getting to Know Your Radix" and "Getting Started with
Radix" - as well as Appendix A, "Setting Up Radix." Now you
can unpack the box and start putting things together.
When you're ready to connect your computer to your Radix,
look at Appendices B through E for directions applying to your
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