Table Of Contents - Commodore MPS-802 User Manual

Table Of Contents
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5ectlon1:GENERALINFORMATION .......•.......••.................•. 1
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1
Printing Characteristics ..............•............................ 1
Interface ..............................•..•.........•............. 1
Paper Feed Mechanisms ..•........................•...••......... 2
Internal MicroprocessorSystem .•...................•..........•... 2
Specifications ....................•............................... 2
UNPACKING YOUR PRINTER ......•...•....•..•....................... 3
Section 2: PREPARING TO USE YOUR PRINTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. • •. 4
CONNECTING THE PRINTER TO YOUR COMPUTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 6
INSTALLINGTHEPAPER ...•......••.....••........•.....•........••.• 6
PERFORMING THE POWER·ON TEST. . . . • . . . . . • • . • . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . .. 6
PERFORMING THE PRINT HEAD TEST .....•............................. 7
Section 3: USING YOUR PRINTER ....................................... 8
SPECIALPRINTER·ASSOCIATEDCOMMANDS............................ 9
The OPEN Command ....................................•...•.... 9
The CMD Command .....•......................................•. 9
ThePRINT#Command ...........................................•. 10
The CLOSE Command .•.......................................... 10
PRINTING IN THE DIRECT MODE .............................•.......•• 11
PRINTING UNDEF4 PROGRAM CONTROL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11
FORMAT CONTROL .....................................•............ 15
Printing Data Exactly as Received: sa = 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 16
Printing Data According toa Previously Defined Format: sa = 1 ............ 16
Storing the Formatting Data: sa = 2 .........•........................ 17
The Formatting Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 18
Numeric: .....................................•............. 18
Alpha (String Data): ........................................... 19
Skip (Blank): .................................................. 20
Literals in Format Strings ......•................................... 20
Setting the Numberof Lines Per Page: sa =3 .........................•. 21
Enabling the Printer Diagnostic Messages: sa= 4 .....•.....
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Defining a Programmable Character: sa = 5 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . .. 23
Setting Spacing Between Lines: sa = 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 25
Selecting Upper/Lowercase: sa = 7 ................................... 25
Suppressing Diagnostic Message Printing: sa = 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 26
Resetting the Printer: sa = 10 ....................•.................. 26
SPECIAL CHARACTER FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 26
Enhanced Characters ............................................. 26
Paging ......................................................... 27
Specifying Individual Upper· and Lowercase Characters. . .. . . . • . . . . . . . . .. 27
Reversing a Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 27
The Carriage Return ........................................•..... 28
Quotation Marks ................................................. 28
APPENDIX
SIMPLE STRING FORMATIING ..................................... 29
LEADING ZEROES FORCED ...............•....................... 31
SIGNED NUMBERS ......•........
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DECIMAL FRACTION SPECIFICATION ............................... 33
FIXED AND FLOATING
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FIELDS .................................... 34
MIXED FORMAT FIELD TYPES ...................................... 35
FORMATIING WITH LITERALS ..................................... 36