Commodore MPS 1250 Manuals

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Commodore MPS 1250 User Manual (144 pages)

Brand: Commodore | Category: Printer | Size: 19 MB

Table of Contents
4
Introduction
8
Overview of the Commodore Mps 1250 Printer
8
Operating Modes
8
Serial Connector
8
Character Styles
9
Using the MPS 1250
9
Draft Mode
9
Before You Unpack Your Printer
10
Setup
11
Printer Location
11
Unpacking and Assembly
12
Installing the Ribbon
12
Installing the Ribbon Cartridge
12
Installing the Paper Guide
13
Installing the Printer Cover
13
Getting Acquainted
14
Printer Components
14
The Control Panel
14
Power Switch
14
Control Panel Procedure
15
Selecting and Loading Paper
15
Power Light
15
Ready Light
15
The Paper Select Lever
16
Loading Single Sheets
16
Installing the Tractor-Feed
17
Loading Continuous Paper
18
Paper Thickness
19
Bottom-Feeding Continuous Paper
19
The Printer Self-Test
20
The Maintenance Self-Tst
20
Pica Characters
20
NLQ Characters
20
Connecting Your Computer
21
The Connecting Cable
21
A Serial Connector
21
A Parallel Connector
21
The Parallel Port
22
Connecting the Parallel Cable
22
Internal Switches
23
The Dip Switch Cover
23
Printer Basics
24
Dot Matrix Printing
24
ASCII Codes
25
Hexadecimal Numbers
25
The Print Head Has Nine Pins
25
PETASCII Codes
26
Which Basic??
26
Commodore BASIC
26
Listing a Program
27
Secondary Addresses
27
Secondary Address Functions
27
Choosing a Character Set with the Secondary Address
28
Microsoft Basic
28
IBM and Copmatible Computers
28
Apple II Computers
29
TRS-80 Computers
30
CP/M Computers
30
Atari Computers
30
Control Codes and Escape Sequences
31
Printer Installation
32
Choosing the Right Configuration
32
Software Printer Choices
32
Word Processors
33
Literal Characters
34
Initializing the Printer
34
Printer Initialization Strings
34
Printer Initialization Settings
35
Printing Text
36
Near Letter Quality
37
Nlq
38
Character Print Width
39
Pica Pitch
39
Elite Pitch
39
Expanded Print
40
One-Line Expanded Print
41
Compressed Print
41
Compressed Expanded Print
42
Proportional Print
43
Proportional Spacing
43
Justified Printing
44
Styles of Justified Printing
44
Print Density
45
Emphasized Print
45
Doublestrike Print
45
Special Effects
46
Italics
46
Underlining
47
Reverse Print
48
Superscript
49
Subscript
49
Character Height
49
The Master Commands
50
Master Reset
50
Master Pitch
51
Master Print Mode
51
Values for Master Pitch Numbers
51
Special Characters and Symbols
53
International Character Sets
53
Switching Configurations
55
Characters from All Characters Chart
56
Page Formatting
57
The End of the Line
57
Carriage Return
57
Line Feed
58
Carriage Return Without Line Feed
58
A Note about BASIC
59
Line Spacing
59
Fixed Line Spacing
59
Variable Line Spacing
60
Line Spacing of N/72 Inch
60
Variable Line Feeds
64
Page Design
64
New Page
64
Top of Form
65
Page Length
65
Set Page Length by Lines
65
Set Page Length by Inches
66
Margins
66
Top and Bottom Margins
66
Setting Margins with the Secondary Address
67
Left Margin
68
Right Margin
68
Using Tabs
70
Horizontal Tabs
70
Move to Next Htab
70
Horizontal Tab
71
Set Fixed Htabs
71
Variable Htabs
72
Relative Htab
72
Dot Tabs
73
Absolute Dot Tabs
73
Relative Dot Tabs
74
Vertical Tabs
75
Move to Next Vtab
75
Fixed Vtabs
75
Variable Vtabs
76
Vtab Channels
77
Relative Vtab
77
Define Vtab Channel
77
Select Vtab Channel
78
Block and Dot Mode Graphics
79
Block and Line Graphics
79
Dot Graphics
81
Graphics Commands
81
Pin Numbers
81
Graphics Density
82
Single Density Graphics
82
High-Speed Double Density
82
Quadruple Density Graphics
82
Comparing Graphics Densities
83
Sending Graphics Data
84
Line Length: Number of Columns
84
Putting It All Together
84
Graphics for Speical Applications
85
Master Graphics Command
85
Graphics Density Modes
85
Changing Graphic Density
86
Designing Graphics
87
Defining Shapes
87
Nine-Pine Graphics
87
Calculated Shapes
88
Commodore Dot Graphics
90
Bit Image Coding
90
Combining Bit Images to Form a Larger Image
91
All Bit Pattern Printing
92
Repeat Bit Image Printing
92
Dot Address Determination
93
Creating Characters
94
How the MPS 1250 Prints Characters
94
Designing Your Own Characters
95
Copying Standard Characters
96
Attribute Byte
96
Saving Character Designs
96
Data Bytes
97
Printing Defined Characters
99
IBM Mode
99
Odds and Ends
102
Local Character Set Selection
102
Quote Mode
103
Buffer Commands
103
Cancel
104
Backspace
104
Unidirectional Print
105
Continuous Unidirectional Print
105
Slashed Zero
106
One-Line Unidirectional Print
106
Paper out Sensor
107
The Eight Bit
107
Eight Bit on
107
Eight Bit off
107
Hex Dump
108
Cancel Eight Bit Control
108
Maintenance
109
Cleaning
109
Ribbon Cartridge
110
Print Head
110
Replacing the Print Head
111
Reconnecting the Print Head Cable
111
Mps 1250 Character Sets
112
Choosing an MPS 1250 Serial Character Set
113
PETASCII Uppercase/Graphics
114
Command Reference
123
Printer Control Codes
124
Serial Interface
124
Parallel Interface
124
Escape Sequence Commands
125
The Internal Dip Switches and How to Set Them
127
Serial Mode
127
DIP Switch Functions Serial Mode
128
Switch Functions
128
Parallel Mode
129
IBM Graphics Printer Configuration
131
Changing the Switch Settings
132
Technical Specifications
134
Commodore Serial Interface
135
Serial Interface Signals
135
Data Transfer Sequence
137
Interface Timing
137
Parallel Interface Timing
137
Index
138
Quick Reference Card
140
Miscellaneous Commands
142
Dip Switch Settings
143
Parallel Dip Switch Settings
143
Serial Dip Switch Settings
143

Commodore MPS 1250 Service Manual (27 pages)

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