Commodore MPP-1361 User Manual page 7

Section
1
GENERAL
INFORMATION
With
the
purchase
of
a
Commodore
CBM
Printer,
you have added a
great deal
of
versatility
and convenience
to
the use
of
your
Commodore
Computer.
You
have purchased
the Tractor
Feed,
Friction
Feed
Bi-Directional
MPP-1361,
While
this
manual
contains
all
the information you
need
to
check
out,
connect,
and
operate your
printer,
you should
also
refer to
other
Commodore
manuals
to
get the
most
out
of
your computer
system.
NOTE TO
BUSINESS KEYBOARD USERS
ONLY:
If
you wish
to duplicate the
examples
in
this
manual and you
are using the
CBM
Business Keyboard
computer,
you should type the
BASIC
command POKE
59468, 12
at
the
beginning
of
each
session
with
your
computer and
printer.
DESCRIPTION
Your
CBM
printer
is
designed
to
operate through software
control.
It
prints
upper-
and
lower-
case
alphabetic characters,
all
the graphic characters
available
from your
Commodore
com-
puter,
and even custom
user-defined characters.
Additionally,
your
printer
has considerable
formatting capability
owing
to
its
own
internal
microprocessor system.
PRINTING CHARACTERISTICS
Your
printer
employs a
Brother
print
head.
The
eight-wire
heavy-duty jeweled head has a
life
expectancy
of
100
million
characters.
If
a
print
head
malfunction should occur, obtain authorized
technical assistance. Failure to
do
this
may
void
your
warranty.
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