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Octal
Output
Function
Code
Jumpers
Strobe
Mnemonic
Printer Action
Line Feed* 012
None
Gated
CSLF
2
Advances the paper one line.
PMSOL
Vertical
013
None
Gated
PMsoL
Causes paper to advance.
If
Tab*
the optional Vertical Format
Unit is used, paper advances
until the next hole in channel
5 of the paper tape is reached.
Fonn Feed* 014
None
Gated
PMsoL
Causes paper to advance.
If
the optional Vertical Format
Unit is used, paper advances
until the next hole in channel
7 of the paper tape is reached.
Carriage
015
None
Gated
DS"CR
Causes the received line of
Return
characters to be printed.
Elongated
016
E16-E18
Gated
UPSC
Causes all characters on the
Character
E20-E23
line to-se printed at double
the normal width.
Select
021
None
Ungated
SLCT '
Selects the printer. E14 to
E15 inhibits a prime operation
during select.
Deselect
023
None
Ungated
SLCT '
Deselects the printer.
Delete
177
None
Ungated
DCPRM
Primes the printer.
*If the DSC option is used (jumper E10 to Ell), LF, VT, and FF also cause
the received line of characters to be printed.
In addition to the functions listed above, the function decoder
also monitors the input data for the first printable character (i.e., a
ONE in bit 6 or 7). Detection of the first printable character, sets
First Character Clock latch (FCCLK) internal to LSI chip ME25. Only when
this latch is set will the printer respond to a carriage return code (or
if the DSC option is used, to a LF, VT, or FF code) by printing the line
of characters.
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