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Page 2: ...rves the right to refuse to service the equipment or to void any remaining warranty on the equipment 2 If any Radio Shack computer equipment has been modified so that it is not within manufacturer s s...

Page 3: ...LY SY EQUIPMENT OR SOFTWARE SOLD LEASED LICENSED OR FURNISHED BY RADIO SHACK INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATORY PROFITS OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES...

Page 4: ...200 General Printed Operation 19 Control Codes 19 Sending Control Codes from BASIC 20 Data Processing Mode 20 Word Processing Mode 21 Graphics Mode 21 Selecting a Print Mode 21 4 Print Font Styles and...

Page 5: ...39 Printing Graphics Patterns 40 Line Feed 41 Repeat Function 41 Print Density 42 Leaving Graphics Mode 42 Mixing Modes 42 Free Hand Drawing 42 Appendix A Control Code Summary 45 Appendix B Character...

Page 6: ...quality results If however you need a print out that is produced faster Monospaced characters created on an 9 x 8 dot matrix are just the thing for you In the Graphics Mode you can use graphic data t...

Page 7: ...Holder and the Roll Paper Shaft Keep the empty box and packing material just in case you ever need to transport the Printer Be sure to remove the protective blackplastic tubefrom the rear Carriage Gu...

Page 8: ...inting or loading new paSrTen presses Switch to return the Printer to its statufbefore the out oKr cSndition fhtswkch nJen u hiS S WkCh iS pr SSed the paper wil1 advance one line Holdine theSwitch dow...

Page 9: ...es OFF LINE To continue printing press RESTART then printing will be done one more line or insert more paper and press RESTART The DMP 200 will automatically go back ON LINE and continue printing with...

Page 10: ...sheet paper or roll paper Refer to Paper Loading Check the Ribbon Cassette If it has not been installed see Ribbon Installation Replacement Set Front Panel Switches Rotary Dial and Print Function DIP...

Page 11: ...hand and pull upward to unlock and remove the tractor 4 Replace the Top Cover Installing the Tractor 1 Set the ON OFF Power Switch to OFF 2 Remove the Top Cover 3 Place the front cutouts in the Tracto...

Page 12: ...the Penetration Control Lever to the appropriate position Single Part Forms Move the Lever towards the paper as far as it will go Multiple part Forms Move the Lever as far as it will go toward the Pl...

Page 13: ...the end of the paper into the Paper Insertion Opening then push the Platen Release Lever towards the rear of the Printer Turn the Paper Feed Knob until the paper appears between the Platen and the Pa...

Page 14: ...sor The Printer will then go off line and the Alert lamp will light Insert another piece of paper and turn the Paper Feed Knob to advance the paper When the paper is in place press the RESTART Switch...

Page 15: ...he sprockets and snap the clamps back onto the sprockets If the paper guide holes do not fit over the sprockets release the lever on the Sprocket Units re position the Unit then snap lever close If th...

Page 16: ...dges nearest to the platen and lift it upwards 5 Before installing the New Cassette tighten its ribbon by turning the knob on the Cassette in direction indicated by the arrow 6 Gently press the Casset...

Page 17: ...00 features for your own applications Setting the Print Function Switch DIP switch When you receive DMP 200 all Switch positions should be set to OFF i e in the down position By setting certain DIP Sw...

Page 18: ...s mission rate for serial interface mode Serial interface mode European European Symbol Japanese KANA set KANA set selected in will be selected the codes A0 through in the codes A0 BF Hex through DF h...

Page 19: ...dard 10 CPI 1 Compressed Elite 12 CPI 2 Condensed 16 7 CPI 3 Proportional 4 Correspondence 10 CPI Quality j 5 6 7 8 Standard 10 CPI 9 Compressed Elite 12 CPI Table 2 WjJ Figure 1 1 Rotary Switch Set F...

Page 20: ...ten to the other Printing on the Platen can shorten the life ofthe Platen and the Print Head To run the Self Test 1 Plug the Printer into an AC power outlet 2 Set the ON LINE OFF LINE Switch to OFF LI...

Page 21: ...Panel of Computer Underneath panel Rear Panel of Computer Table 4 Power Up Sequence The specific power up sequence will depend upon your Computer We suggest you consult your TRS 80 owner s manual for...

Page 22: ...re used to create professional looking documents Monospaced characters are so named because each character takes up the same width This uniformity makes it preferable for tables and charts that requir...

Page 23: ...LPRINT in examples that send codes to the Printer If you re using aTRS 80 Color Computer substitute PRINT 2 for LPRINT For instance set up the DMP 200 as described earlier and enter BASIC in the norma...

Page 24: ...s lets you produce high resolution graphic print outs of charts logos etc For a quick look at this Mode in action change our test program to 10 LPRINT CHR 18 20 FOR 1 128 TO 255 30 LPRINT CHR I 40 NEX...

Page 25: ...in this mode To go from Word Processing Mode to Data Processing Mode send a DC3 code 19 Dec Graphics Mode This mode is very different from the other two modes In Graphics Mode only one Line Feed code...

Page 26: ...ng to Correspondence Quality Condensed 10 CPI print since both use the same dot density On the other hand if the density of the new style character is different from the preceding one the Printer will...

Page 27: ...27 31 Start Bold 27 32 End Bold Rotary Switch must be set before power up Table 6 Standard Character Font Style The Standard character set is printed in a 9x8 dot matrix 9 dots wide by 8 dots high Eac...

Page 28: ...es from character to character The characters are 9 dots high the widths vary from 10 dots to 20 dots including 5 columns of blank dots to allow space between the characters Proportional characters ad...

Page 29: ...rate the way these codes work by modifying the current program When you add the following two lines the DMP 200 will print two lines of Proportional Characters then insert enough space to line up the...

Page 30: ...the Printer receives exceeds the limit of dots per line a Line Feed is inserted and the last character is printed from the start of the next line This is called 44 wrap around If you print two or more...

Page 31: ...haracters can be added to the current program by changing lines 100 LPRINTCHR 27 5CHR 3i 230 LPRINT CHR 27 5CHR 13 CHR 27 CHR 32 STOP andRUNningit Bold character printing may be stopped by sending a 2...

Page 32: ...They are not activated until a LF code is sent In the Word Processing mode these sequences cause the Printer to print the information in its buffer then execute a Line Feed with the specified pitch an...

Page 33: ...e used to backspace more than 255 dot spaces If is greater than the current dot position printing starts at the beginning of the line In Graphics Mode the backspace code is ignored and n is treated as...

Page 34: ...ition and the Form Length is set to 66 lines per page Be sure the paper is properly positioned before you turn on the Printer Form Feed FF When CHR 1 2 command is received the print buffer contents ar...

Page 35: ...only If different character widths have been used on the same line the last character added may exceed the dot count The buffer is printed without this last character The last character received by t...

Page 36: ...he Printer returns to the previous print mode and printing continues in the same line from the current print position Note 1 In the description next line means the new line performed by Line Feed oper...

Page 37: ...m frequently used codes are stored in variables E DS and US This shortens the program a bit The directions in line 10 through 30 refer to the motion you would make drawing the script characters by han...

Page 38: ...Head to a specific position send a 27 16 then two numbers we ll call them n 1 and z2 that specify the desired position In other words just follow this general procedure 1 Send a Control Code which sp...

Page 39: ...d to leave enough room for the asterisk to fit on the end of the line Try 10 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR IB CHR 1 CHR 218 r and RUN That s better It fits nicely at the end of the line Try this program with the...

Page 40: ...Printer which dot column you want 5 Tell the Printer what you want to print You can do this a number of ways Again this will be explained in more detail shortly For now just keep this overall procedu...

Page 41: ...st part of the program line CHRS 255 which always printed a vertical bar That s an example of all 7 dots being printed at once Try printingjust the top dot of that last dot column 799 10 LPRINT CHR 27...

Page 42: ...rows of graphics one right after another each 7 dots high Therefore Graphics Mode provides only one line feed A single line feed advances the paper 7 dots or approximately 0 1 inch This small paper a...

Page 43: ...ge the sample program to 30 LPRINT CHR N 130 LPRINT STILL IN CONDENSED MODE 140 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 1S and RUN Sure enough the Condensed mode is still alive and well Mixing Modes on the Same Line The fa...

Page 44: ...s to use negative numbers to indicate the number of repetitions followed by the number to be repeated Add 120 DATA 17 33 33 34 4 88 68 4 4 5 8 5 18 5 32 5 64 999 130 DATA 64 96 80 72 68 68 97 112 120...

Page 45: ...pitch is 7 72 per line NLiCR selectable 14 0E End Underline End Underline Ignored 15 OF Start Underline Start Underline ignored 18 12 Select Graphic Mode Select Graphic Mode ignored 19 13 Ignored Sel...

Page 46: ...Ignored 27 52 n 1B34 n Form Feed set Form Feed set Form Feed set 27 50 1B 32 1 12 Forward Line 1 12 Forward Line 1 12 Forward Line Feed Feed Feed 27 10 1B 0A Set Full Reverse Line Feed 1 6 No motion...

Page 47: ...s X marks in Function Area 02 to 31 decimal 02 to 1 F hex Other Codes Prints X marks Word Processing Mode Graphics Mode Remarks Ignored Ignored Ignored Prints X marks End Graphic Mode Ignored Printing...

Page 48: ...45 105 E 101 65 145 e 38 26 46 70 46 106 F 102 66 146 f 39 27 47 71 47 107 G 103 67 147 9 40 28 50 72 48 110 H 104 68 150 h 41 29 51 73 49 111 I 105 69 151 i 42 2A 52 74 4A 112 J 106 6A 152 i 43 2B 5...

Page 49: ...263 180 B4 264 e 181 B5 265 182 B6 266 a 183 B7 267 6 184 B8 270 u 185 B9 271 P 186 BA 272 TM 187 BB 273 e 188 BC 274 u 189 BD 275 e 190 BE 276 191 BF 277 Note 1 The optimizer function allows the foll...

Page 50: ...0 JL 233 E9 351 1 249 F9 371 H 234 EA 352 3 250 FA 372 235 EB 353 r 251 FB 373 r 236 EC 354 a 252 FC 374 A 237 ED 355 g 253 FD 375 238 EE 356 j 254 FE 376 239 EF 357 1 m Note 1 When Proportional or Co...

Page 51: ...49 111 I 12 105 69 151 i 10 169 A9 251 18 42 2A 52 16 74 4A 112 J 18 106 6A 152 i 10 170 AA 252 20 43 2B 53 16 75 4B 113 K 18 107 6B 153 k 16 171 AB 253 20 44 2C 54 10 76 4C 114 L 18 108 6C 154 i 10 1...

Page 52: ...106 6A 125 7D 1 108 6C 124 7C T 167 A7 16 DOTS 42 2A e 101 65 43 2B g 103 67 45 2D h 104 68 47 2F k 107 6B 48 30 n 110 6A 1 49 31 o 111 6F 2 50 32 P 112 70 3 51 33 q 113 71 4 52 34 s 115 73 5 53 35 u...

Page 53: ...7 25 A 65 41 D 68 44 G 71 47 H 72 48 M 77 4D 79 4F T 84 54 W 87 57 Underline l 95 5F m 109 6D w 119 77 S 83 53 U 85 55 V 86 56 X 88 58 Y 89 59 A 94 5E 96 60 a 97 61 s 160 AO a 161 A1 k 164 A4 169 A9 c...

Page 54: ...g continues until a terminating command is received You should avoid wrap around Wrap around will disturb the dot count of the text in a line Backspace is performed in the same manner under any charac...

Page 55: ...next printable character received starts a new line LPRINT SMALL CHR 27 CHR i4 LARGE CHRS 27 CHRS 15 SMALL AGAIN Prints both normal and elongated characters on the same line LPRINT X CHRS 20 CHRS 27 C...

Page 56: ...rial is too light or too dark check to see if the Print Head is adjusted properly See the section entitled Tanfold Paper Loading for specific details on adjusting the Print Head Care Do not use organi...

Page 57: ...movement remove the Front Cover and check the fuses Even if DC driver power fuse is broken the indicator on the control panel will be lit when power is ON Is paper loaded properly Is carriage guide di...

Page 58: ...racter Bit Image Block Graphics 100 707c 50 100 70 50 100 70 50 for Number of Pages 15 50 continuous T y 4 20 3 5 Note These figures are based on a 80 column printing width 100 printing would mean eve...

Page 59: ...per line Elongated Proportional 40 80 characters per line Condensed 133 characters per line Elongated Condensed 66 characters per line Dots Per Character Standard 12dots percharacter Elongated Standar...

Page 60: ...mally every 6 months Temperature and Humidity Range Operating 41T 104 F 5 C 40 C 40 80 Storage 40TM60 F 40 C 71 C 20 90 Paper Fan Fold Paper 4 10 wide with guide holes Single Sheets 4 ll wide good qua...

Page 61: ...measures reorient the receiving antenna relocate the computer with respect to the receiver move the computer away from the receiver plug the computer into a different outlet so that computer and recei...

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