Commodore MPP-1361 User Manual page 4

TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
No.
Section
1
:
GENERAL
INFORMATION
1
DESCRIPTION
1
Printing
Characteristics
1
IEEE-488
Interface
3
Paper
feed
Mechanisms 3
Feed Button
3
Printer
Ribbon 3
Internal
Microprocessor
System
3
Specifications
3
UNPACKING YOUR
PRINTER
5
Section
2:
PREPARING TO USE YOUR PRINTER
6
CONNECTING THE
PRINTER
TO YOUR COMPUTER
7
PERFORMING THE
POWER-ON
TEST
8
Printer
Self-Test 9
Error Indicator
9
INSTALLING
THE PAPER
9
REMOVING THE PAPER
10
PERFORMING THE
PRINT
HEAD
TEST
10
Section
3:
USING
YOUR
PRINTER
11
SPECIAL PRINTER-ASSOCIATED
COMMANDS
12
The
OPEN Command
12
The
CMD
Command
12
The PRINT
Command
13
The
CLOSE Command
13
PRINTING
IN
THE
DIRECT
MODE
14
PRINTING
UNDER
PROGRAM CONTROL
14
FORMAT CONTROL
19
Printing
Data
Exactly
As
Received:
sa=0
20
Printing
Data according
to
a
Previously
Defined Format
:
sa
=
1
20
Storing the Formatting Data:
sa=2
21
The
Formatting Characters
21
Numeric
21
Alpha
(String
Data)
24
Skip
(Blank) 24
Literals
in
Format
Strings
24
Setting the
Number
of
Lines
Per Page:
sa=3
25
Enabling the
Printer
Diagnostic
Messages:
sa=4
26
Diagnostic
Messages
26
Defining
a
Programmable
Character:
sa=5
27
Setting
Spacing
Between
Lines:
sa=6
29
Setting
Upper
or
Lower
Case:
sa=7
29
Selecting ASCII/Graphics:
sa=8
30
Suppress
Diagnostic
Message
Printing:
sa=9
30