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(3) Names of Sections and Operation 

DPL-400 Main Part 

 
 

1.  Power switch: Turning on this switch, then the Power direction Lamp will be 

on. 

2.  Pen  change  switch:  If  you  press  this  switch  when  you  insert  or  remove  the 

pen, pen Holder moves to the right. Then pen change can be possible. 

3.  Color select switch: On pressing this switch, pen holder rotates to change the 

color.  And  on  pressing  the  line  feed  switch  at  the  same  time,  this  will  be 
operated  as  a  function  like  ‘‘A’’  command  word.  And  turning  on  the  power 
pressing this switch, this switch examines the Ink condition of pen by drawing 
4 rectangulars on paper in each color. 

4.  Line  feed  switch:  Pressing  this  switch  make  pen  Holder  move  to  the  left-

outside  of  the  print  range  and  papers  will  be  sent  out.  And  turning  on  the 
power pressing this switch executes self test. 

5.  Power indicator: Directs the on-power situation 

6.  Busy  Indicator:  Directs  the  receiving-the-data  situation  from  msx  Host 

computer 

7.  Top cover: When changing the pen and the paper, change them opening this 

cover. Close this cover when printing. 

 

 

Summary of Contents for DPL-400

Page 1: ...OPERATION MANUAL DAEWOO 4 COLOR PRINTER PLOTTER DPL 400 PLEASE read Through this manual before operating this device Please Keep this manual...

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Page 4: ...ater solable ballpoint pen Please read carefully this manual first of all to take sufficient advantage of superb capability of this DPL 400 Contents 1 Specification 2 2 Setting up 3 1 Undoing the pack...

Page 5: ...r Line Programmable INT 80 n 1 0 n 63 7 Accuracy Repetition 0 2mm Max Movement 0 3mm Max Distance 0 5 Max X Axis 1 Max Y Axis 8 Self Test Print the ASCII 96 Characters with 4 colors 2 Ballpoint pen 1...

Page 6: ...e and Warnings Keep following items when setting up the DPL 400 1 Set up the printer on flat place horizontal place as much as possible 2 Avoid prolonged exposure to the sunlight and don t operate the...

Page 7: ...l be operated as a function like A command word And turning on the power pressing this switch this switch examines the Ink condition of pen by drawing 4 rectangulars on paper in each color 4 Line feed...

Page 8: ...5 MECANISM UNIT PEN HOLDER UNIT...

Page 9: ...plug of AC adaptor to the DC power input Jack on the rear of DPL 400 2 Connection with MSX computer Connect the exclusive interface cable to the interface connector on the rear of DPL 400 and the othe...

Page 10: ...ave Cf picture 1 2 Insert the End of the Roll Paper into the slot in the bottom of the Printer Cf picture 2 3 Insert the shaft into the roll paper and place the roll of paper into paper compartment 4...

Page 11: ...r move to the right side of the place changing the pen 3 Open the top cover 4 Pressing the color select switch accord Ballpoint pen color to insert with the color location marked on the penholder 5 No...

Page 12: ...d color to be placed upside of pen by pressing color select switch 5 As a picture below if pressing the pen removing lever slightly pen can be pulled out for the backside of pen is moved up When inser...

Page 13: ...e color select switch printer examines the function of a printer and sufficiency of ink of a pen by drawing 4 rectangulars in each color 2 When you turn on the power pressing the Line feed switch the...

Page 14: ...11 3 DPL 400 Code Table DPL 400 as follows has a code Table perfectly identified with MSX Code...

Page 15: ...rogram output GRAPHIC MODE for generating graphs pictures and other visual creations On initial power up the printer is in Text Mode If you want to put the printer in Graphic Mode send a control code...

Page 16: ...nction This code moves the paper backwards reverse on line at a time This is often used for superscripts Example Program 10 LPRINT 2 20 LPRINT CHR 11 30 LPRINT 2 Result 2 2 NC Next Colour Rotate Pan H...

Page 17: ...tering the Graphic Mode the origin is at the left margin and under the Pen Generally speaking you can tell the Pen to do two things MOVE with the Pen up DRAW with the Pen down The Pen can move or draw...

Page 18: ...e Colour C colour colour is numeric expression from 0 to 3 colour is optional if omitted 0 is used If you installed the Pens according to the suggested sequence earlier then 0 Black 1 Red 2 Green and...

Page 19: ...current pen position to a destination point The destination point e g the point where the line ends is in the form x y where X and Y are a coordinate pair with respect to the Origin lf more than one p...

Page 20: ...Return to Origin Home H The H command will move the Pen to the Origin without drawing a line Example Program 10 LPRINT CHR 18 20 LPRINT D0 150 200 150 30 LPRINT H 40 LPRINT D200 0 50 LPRINT A 60 END R...

Page 21: ...I Set Origin Initialize I This command resets the Origin to the current location of the Pen point Example Program 10 LPRINT CHR 18 20 LPRINT D240 0 30 LPRINT I 40 LPRINT D0 150 50 LPRINT A 60 END Resu...

Page 22: ...n position to an end point The end point is determined by measuring up X units and right Y units or left and down if X and Y are negative Once the Pen is at this new position the line can be continued...

Page 23: ...sition on the Y axis and is a numeric expression between 999 and 999 The M command moves the Pen from its present location to the point specified by x y without drawing a line X and Y must be in the r...

Page 24: ...rate different types of dash lines the greater the number the farther apart the dashes are The L command lets you specify different line types You can specify a solid line or 15 different types of das...

Page 25: ...r alpha or numeric characters while in Graphic Mode without first returning to Text Mode Characters may any string of letters or numerals After the command is executed the Printer will still be in Gra...

Page 26: ...eric expression between 63 0 draws the smallest characters size 80 characters per line 63 the largest 1 character per line Use this formula to determine the size of printed character in relation to th...

Page 27: ...in Text Mode Q0 is used However when you enter Graphic Mode you can specify one of four directions for character printing See Table below Direction specified Print Direction 0 Left to Right 1 Top to...

Page 28: ...is and is numeric expression between 999 and 999 This command moves the Pen from the current location to the point that is x steps away to the right or left if x is negative and y steps up down if y i...

Page 29: ...ions and designate how many units of measurements are to be drawn on the axis If axis is 0 a vertical Y axis will be drawn If axis is 1 a horizontal X axis will be drawn The axis can also be divided i...

Page 30: ...xn yn 999 x y 999 Draw from current coordinate to specified destination If there is more than one point the line continues to the second point etc Current Origin is used RELATIVE DRAW J x y xn yn 999...

Page 31: ...r ALPHA ROTATE Qn 0 to 3 Change print direction n 0 left to right normal n 1 top to bottom n 2 upside down n 3 bottom to top PRINT pc1c2c3 cn n Print characters in Graphic Mode AXIS Xp q r p 0 or 1 q...

Page 32: ...TA 3 DATA 4 DATA 5 DATA 6 DATA 7 ACK BUSY GND NC NC NC GND NC 5V 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 TWISTED PAIR GND TWISTED PAIR GND TWISTED PAID GND TWISTED PAID GND TWISTED PAID...

Page 33: ...30 Connector pin assignment Printer side 57LE 40360 Cable side 57 30360 A twisted pair cable should be used to reduce electrical noise...

Page 34: ...input signals High represents logic 1 STROBE The strobe input signal js used to read in 8 bits of data Data is read in when the signal goes LOW BUSY This output signal indicates that the printer is bu...

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