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Daewoo DPL-400 Operation Manual

Daewoo DPL-400 Operation Manual

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OPERATION MANUAL
DAEWOO 4 COLOR
PRINTER / PLOTTER
DPL - 400
● PLEASE read Through this manual before operating this device
Please Keep this manual

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  • Page 1 OPERATION MANUAL DAEWOO 4 COLOR PRINTER / PLOTTER DPL - 400 ● PLEASE read Through this manual before operating this device Please Keep this manual...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Graphic printer/plotter DPL-400. DPL-400 having interface of MSX can be connected (ASCII code) out into MSX personal com- puter which has the same interface, DPL-400 not only has a function which can print the English characters, numerics out, also can draw various color models using 4 color water solable ballpoint-pen.

  • Page 5: Specification

    1. Specification (1) Printing system 1. Printing Plotting System : 4 color Ballpoint Pen 2. Plotting Speed Vertical and horizontal Direction : 52mm/sec 45° Diagonal Direction : 73mm/sec 3. Printing speed : 12 characters/sec (at 80 CPL) 4. Resolution : 0.2mm/STEP 5.

  • Page 6: Setting Up

    2. Setting up (1) Undoing the Package Open the DPL-400 Package, confirm if it has the fittings as follows. 1. Main Part (DPL-400) 2. AC Adaptor 3. Roll Paper 4. Ball-Point pen (4 color set) 5. Roll Paper Holder 6. Operation manual 7.

  • Page 7: Names Of Sections And Operation

    (3) Names of Sections and Operation DPL-400 Main Part 1. Power switch: Turning on this switch, then the Power direction Lamp will be 2. Pen change switch: If you press this switch when you insert or remove the pen, pen Holder moves to the right. Then pen change can be possible.
  • Page 8 MECANISM UNIT PEN HOLDER UNIT...

  • Page 9: Connecting Method

    2. Connection with MSX computer. Connect the exclusive interface cable to the interface connector on the rear of DPL-400, and the other side should be connected to the MSX computer. Warning : Be sure to turn off the POWER switch of the printer before...

  • Page 10: Roll Paper Loading

    (5) Roll Paper loading 1. Exclusive Roll Paper should be used. Size : Width or paper 114.5mm, Roll Paper Diameter : below 70mm Quality of Paper : Common Paper, appx. 70um depth 2. Loading Order. 1) With scissors, cut the end of the paper squave (Cf. picture 1) 2) Insert the End of the Roll Paper into the slot in the bottom of the Printer.

  • Page 11: Pen Insersion, Removal

    (6) Pen Insertion, Removal. 1. Use the exclusive pen. 2. Keep the Ballpoint pen covering the cap to avoid dryness when not used a long time after removing from the pen holder unit. 3. In case that characters are not well written because of dryness of pen, water the pen-end removing from the penholder unit to dissolve the pen-end dried ink, then it will be good in some extent.
  • Page 12 << Pen-removing method >> 1) Keep electric power on. 2) Remove the pen to the right pen-change-location by pressing the pen change switch. 3) Raise the top cover 4) Make the selected color to be placed upside of pen by pressing color select switch.

  • Page 13: Self-Test Function

    (7) Self-Test function. DPL-400 has the self-Test function. So you can inspect the function of a printer by practicing this function before connecting with computer. Self-Test function has 3 types as follows. 1. When you turn on the power pressing the color select switch, printer examines the function of a printer and sufficiency of ink of a pen by drawing 4 rectangulars in each color.

  • Page 14: Dpl-400 Code Table

    3. DPL-400 Code Table. DPL-400, as follows, has a code Table perfectly identified with MSX Code...

  • Page 15: Mode Of Operation

    4. Mode of Operation This printer has two modes of operation: TEXT MODE for word processing, note writing, program listings and program output. GRAPHIC MODE for generating graphs, pictures and other visual creations. On initial power-up, the printer is in Text Mode. If you want to put the printer in Graphic Mode, send a control code as follows: LPRINT CHR$(18) RETURN...

  • Page 16: Control Codes In Text Mode

    5. Control Codes in TEXT MODE BS ..Backspace Code (08) or (8) Function This command backspaces the pen one character at a time. This code is very useful when you need to underline. Example Program 10 LPRINT "A"; 20 LPRINT CHRS$(8); 30 LPRINT CHR$(95) Result LU …..

  • Page 17: Graphic Mode

    6. GRAPHIC MODE AND COMMANDS In Graphic Mode, you can move the Pen to any point on the paper and draw a line to any other point. Think of the Pen as being on a Cartesian coordinate plane, with the X-axis running left and right (horizontal) and the Y-axis going up and down (vertical).
  • Page 18 A Return to Text Mode (Reset) This command moves the Pen Holder to the left margin (without drawing a line and without vertical movement) and returns the Printer to text Mode. In this case, the Origin is also re-defined (reset) as the left margin. Example Program 10 LPRINT CHR$(18);...
  • Page 19 D Draw (Absolute) D destination... destination specifies the endpoint of the point you wish and is a X-Y coordinate. (The start point of the line is the current Pen position) destination may be repeated to draw more than one line. D draws a line from the current pen position to a destination point.
  • Page 20 H Return to Origin (Home) The H command will move the Pen to the Origin without drawing a line. Example Program 10 LPRINT CHR$(18); 20 LPRINT "D0, 150,200,150" 30 LPRINT "H"; 40 LPRINT "D200,0" 50 LPRINT "A" 60 END Result...
  • Page 21 Set Origin (Initialize) This command resets the Origin to the current location of the Pen point. Example Program 10 LPRINT CHR$(18); 20 LPRINT "D240,0" 30 LPRINT "I" 40 LPRINT "D0,150" 50 LPRINT "A"; 60 END Result...
  • Page 22 J Draw (Relative) J destination... destination specifies the endpoint of the point you wish to draw to and is a X-Y coordinate. (The startpoint of the line is the current Pen position) destination may be repeated to draw more than one line. The J command draws a line from the current Pen position to an end point.
  • Page 23 M Move (Absolute) Mx,y x specifies a position on the X-axis and is a numeric expression between- 999 and 999. y specifies a position on the Y-axis and is a numeric expression between- 999 and 999. The M command moves the Pen from its present location to the point specified by x,y without drawing a line.
  • Page 24 L Line Type L type type specifies the ‘‘type’” of line you wish to draw and is numeric expression from 0 to 15. type is optional, if omitted, 0 is used. 0 is a solid line. 1 through 15 generate different types of dash lines, the greater the number, the farther apart the dashes are.
  • Page 25 P Printing Text Characters P characters characters is either a alpha-character (A-Z) or a numeric-character. The P command lets you print either alpha-or numeric-characters while in Graphic Mode without first returning to Text Mode. Characters may any string of letters or numerals. After the command is executed, the Printer will still be in Graphic Mode.
  • Page 26 S Character Size S size size specifies the size of the printed characters and is a numeric expression between 0-63. size is optional; if omitted, 0 is used. The S command lets you specify the size of the character drawn with the P command.
  • Page 27 Q Rotate Print Direction Q direction direction specifies which direction you wish printing to be and is a numeric expression from 0 to 3. direction is optional; if omitted, 0 is used. On power-up (in Text Mode), Q0 is used. However, when you enter Graphic Mode, you can specify one of four directions for character printing.
  • Page 28 R Move (Relative) R x,y x specifies a point on the X-axis and is a numeric expression between -999 and 999. y specifies a point on the Y-axis and is numeric expression between -999 and 999. This command moves the Pen from the current location to the point that is x steps away to the right (or left if x is negative) and y steps up (down if y is negative).
  • Page 29 X Draw X-Y Axis X axis, step, interval axis specifies axis to be drawn and is numeric expression of either 1 (X- axis) or 0 (Y-axis). step specifies the graduation (distance) between measurement marks on the axis and is a numeric expression between -999 and 999. interval specifies the number of times the step is to be repeated and is a numeric expression between 1 and 255.

  • Page 30: Graphic Commands Summary

    7. Graphic Commands Summary COMMAND PARAMETER FUNCTION Change line type from 0 to 15. LINE TYPE Lp (p=0 to 15) p=0 : solid line p=1 - 15: dotted (dashed) line Reset Pen moves to left margin ALL INITIALIZE (without drawing) and returns to Text Mode.
  • Page 31 COMMAND PARAMETER FUNCTION COLOUR CHANGE Cn (=0 to 3) Change colour to specified Pen. SCALE SET Sn (n=0 to 63) Specify the size of the character. Change print direction. n=0 : left-to-right (normal) ALPHA ROTATE Qn (=0 to 3) n=1 : top-to-bottom n=2 : upside down n=3 : bottom-to-top PRINT...

  • Page 32: Interface

    8. INTERFACE Centronics Parallel Interface Connector signal code Signal Signal DATA STROBE TWISTED PAIR GND DATA 0 TWISTED PAIR GND DATA 1 TWISTED PAID GND DATA 2 TWISTED PAID GND DATA 3 TWISTED PAID GND DATA 4 TWISTED PAID GND DATA 5 TWISTED PAID GND DATA 6...
  • Page 33 Connector pin assignment Printer side : 57LE-40360 Cable side : 57-30360 * A twisted pair cable should be used to reduce electrical noise.

  • Page 34: Timing Chart

    9. Timing Chart * Propagation Delay Time less than 200 usec. Interface Levels TTL level 10. Input/Output Signal ° DATA (DO-D7) 8 bit data input signals, ‘High’ represents logic ‘1’ ° STROBE The strobe input signal js used to read in 8 bits of data. Data is read in when the signal goes ‘LOW’.

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