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Vector VIP System User's Manual
CP/M.
When used with the printer driver furnished, the printer will not print a
line until a carriage return has been received unless the automatic CRLF
function has previously been selected.
The characters received are stored
in a buffer until a carriage return causes the program to send an entire
line to the printer.
4.4.5 Testing the MP and Printer Driver under CP/M
1.
Boot up CP/M using the normal procedure.
2.
Type CONFIG (return).
The program will prompt you on various system
choices.
In
resp:mse to the question about printers, type D.
By
typing
YES to the question about making the selection permanent, the system will
configure itself to v.Drk with the MP printer every tine it is booted up.
3.
'TYPe
©P.
'lhis causes the MP to print all data input from the keyboard.
Type
a
few words of your choice to confinn that the printer is operating
properly.
By
typing DIR (return), a list of the files on your diskette will
be printed.
Typing ©p will toggle the print function on and off.
4.4.6
Printer Control Corrmands
The following camnands cause the MP to perfonn the listed functions provided
the system has been initialized as explained in the follcwing two sections.
These cormnands will work fran the keyboard or they can be sent under program
control to perform various print functions.
1)
Tab:
type ©I or the
(tab)
key.
2) Line feed: type
©J
or (If) key.
3) Fonn feed: type ©L.
4) Carriage return: type
©M
or (return) key.
5) Toggle auto. CRLF flag: type (ESC) and A.
6) Toggle character/graphic flag: type (ESC) and G.
(Works only if MP
Graphic PRCM is present).
7) Toggle 80/40 flag: type (ESC) and N.
8) set top of fonn: (ESC) and T.
9) set form length: (ESC) and Fxx; xx designates form length in 1/6 inch
increments.
For values above 99 lines use A, Band C to represent 10, 11
and 12.
These values are valid only for the ten place, they are not valid
Rev.
A 8/27/80
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