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Page 1: ...INSTRUCTIONS Op 1 ator s Manual Ter 1 3J fJJ fJJ Pri1iter Copyright General Electric Company USA 1972 fr 1cl inark of the Gcncrnl Electric Company U S A GENERAL ELECTRIC GEH 2184A...

Page 2: ...On line lVlode Stand by Mode CUSTO rvlER CARE 0 THE TERMINET 300 PRINTER Cleaning and Maintenance These 1nsfruct1ons do not purport to cover all details or variations in equipment nor to provide for...

Page 3: ...oelectric tape reader both of Vhich utilize the eight level US ASCII code Con1munication with other teleprinters and com puters over comrnon carrier transmission lines or i 111i11 ii Ldi s d l 11H ric...

Page 4: ...s forms Answerback Up to a 20 character n1essage can be supplied in the answe rback option This gives a ren1ote lo cation positive identification of another tern1inal without requiring an operator to...

Page 5: ...t be do1vn OPERATION See OPERATING PROCEDURES on page 10 RIBBON InstaIlation See Figurtj 5 and the decal under the top cover of the n1achi1H Replacement A recommended replacement ribbon is the me dium...

Page 6: ...Push the platen knob in and rotate to advance the paper 6 To align the paper release the paper friction lever and align the left edge of the paper with the red line on the shield 7 Return the paper re...

Page 7: ...upt Type Illun1inated Pushbutton Illun1inated Pushbutton Print Position Digital Function 1 Illun1inates light if break or in terrupt is re 1 ceived 2 If received key board is deacti vatcd 3 Kxting uis...

Page 8: ...tion key Most con trol function keys are identified on their front edge NOTE T 1 FSC 1 PE C V1ROL and 11 lh J f 1 l IN vs n7usl he held Lulzile llze as oc ioI d cy i dejJ rcssed The angle of the keybo...

Page 9: ...oper sequt lH C turn the motor on topern1itprint 1ng TAPE READER General I ilt pll t H lt C t1 ic Llpt r adc r will read and t r 111 n1it cL1Ll 1t tht 10 1 lncl 30 cps rate depend Operator s Manual GE...

Page 10: ...tch in the normal position 10 1 Local Printing The tern1inal will print 1 ut when tht keys are clepre ssed 2 Local Tape Punching Press the Punch ON button T puncl1 will generate a tape in addition to...

Page 11: ...standby condition is si1nilar to that f LINE However in stanclhy the print bPlt 2 H 1 t ru1111in 2 When the tern1inal is in LOCAL or CJ LC E L1tr st 1ndbv can be H l11eved by de Operator s Manual GEH...

Page 12: ...4 72 1500 Data Communication Products Oepartment General Electric Company Waynesboro Virginia 22980 GENERAL ELECTRIC...

Page 13: ...l _ t I i _ l t n 1 i 1 r 1 1 i t _ i c 11cec 101 1 rJ1Ll C 1 1 1c 11 L1 n i11 _ _pt r1 A 1 l b _j t c _ L l J 1 11 t _ t J _ l L _ t_ Jll l A __ J Vith in 1 particular forrn 1 he VT FF is designed to...

Page 14: ...E W O i H NI H 0 z E Ill 0 Programmable Disc on Disc Punch Figure 2 DISC KEY THROUGH DISC KEY HOLE KEYED HUB Programmed Disc 1 1 ounting Figure 3 Data Communication Products Department General Electri...

Page 15: ...tte can be printed locally by the Printer or transmitted to a remote device by the Printer NOTE For convenience the Magnetic Tape Cassette Accessory will be referred to as the TCA The TCA can be contr...

Page 16: ...r J E t __ 0 U1 D CJ 0 tl Q Q U1 cU J u Q P cU 2...

Page 17: ...ually printing the data so it can be used The data is Read one character at a time Character Space That space required on the tape that one character of data can be Written or Read Advance Physically...

Page 18: ...se pushbuttons are on the front panel of the TCA and are named LOCK STOP WRITE ADVANCE READ BLOCK REWIND and REWIND These pushbuttons are pressed individually or two simultaneously to accomplish most...

Page 19: ...wRnE STOP LOCK J1 P e N E R P i f j C 1 E J A i _ 7 i t J L t l r lI t t t I I Figure 3 Pushbuttons And Indicators l i c y i A r t l_ t n f 8LOC K REWIND REWIND a I...

Page 20: ...n See Figure 6 Mark cassette FRONT and insert cassette 3 Press top of cassette door toward TCA to close See Figure 7 NOTE When Writing over data previously written on a cassette use the same TCA that...

Page 21: ...J ce ERAL EleCTR1c E j figure 4 Opening the Cassette Door...

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Page 23: ...FRONT INDEX REMOVE PLUG TO PROJECT l _ v _ _ DATE _ __ v _ o _______ __ A IOENTlflrATtON __ _ _ _ _ L7 x y v j f d d t OPEN END TAPE EXPOSED Figure 6 Cassette Orientation REMOVE PLUG lO PROTECT CERTIF...

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Page 26: ...d by the situation You can Read and print at 30 characters per second or read at 120 characters per second if you have that option to transfer information to another tape a printer a computer etc POWE...

Page 27: ...e READ is pressed a character will be read TO BACK UP TAPE ONE CHARACTER Press and hold STOP and momentarily press BLOCK REWIND Each time BLOCK REWIND is pressed the TCA will back up the tape one char...

Page 28: ...s the ADVANCE pushbutton The tape will rapidly move forward When pressed the ADVANCE pushbutton over rides all other modes of operation The tape advances only while the ADVANCE pushbutton is pressed W...

Page 29: ...orded at the end of data If there is no Reader Off code recorded the TCA will run in a stalled condition when the tape runs out This can dall19 ge the rubber rimmed drive wheel READING ONE CHARACTER A...

Page 30: ...hat there is permanent data stored on the cassette LOCKED MODE OF OPERATION See Figure 9 l hen the LOCK pushbutton is pressed trke pt1sl1butto11 will light and the STOP r ushbutton will light if it wa...

Page 31: ...and S keys 8 Erase the tape for 1 second to establish an Inter Block Gap at the end of the Block you just made 9 Record the number and titl of the Block that you just made If you made the new Block af...

Page 32: ...at a time by pressing the STOP and READ pushbuttons until you print the incorrect character If you do this proceed with Step 3 Print the selected character by pressing the STOP and READ pushbuttons t...

Page 33: ...times Index On Tape If the index is long or detailed it may be advantageous to put the index on tape 1 Reserve the first Block on the cassette for the index The amount of tape to be reserved for the i...

Page 34: ...f TCA was stopped when code was received Reader Off Code On Tape If the Reader Off CTL and S keys code has been Written on the tape and the TCA is in the Read mode of operation the TCA will stop when...

Page 35: ...n press the LOCKED or ADVANCE pushbuttons Also the slow rewind condition will stop when data on the tape is sensed FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE CHART see Figure 10 The Functional Response Chart is a quick refe...

Page 36: ...d unit returns to stop mode No change No change Tape atops on character If tape ia blsnk tape moves to EOT leader and stops Write li ht goes out and atop light comes on Tape stops and stop light comes...

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