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Page 2: ... wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals In your plug proceed as follows The wire which is coloured B LU E must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured BLACK The wire which is coloured BROWN must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or coloured REO ...

Page 3: ...nts OGC G 20 hHG2 GC2 G 2 33 330 H 2 GC I Features 1 Cautions during Use 2 Dot Printer MZ 80P6 3 Connecting MZ 80P6 to the Computer 4 Cartridge Ribbon Setting 6 Fanfold Paper Loading 7 Printing Paper Adjustment 8 Sheet Paper Loading 9 Removal and Installation of Tractor Unit 10 Printing Head Change 11 Operation 12 Printer Control Code _ 14 Interface 21 Examples of Control with Machine Language 24 ...

Page 4: ...nd paper feed in page units Feed Control is also possible through software Copies Simultaneous copies up to 3 pages including the original are possible Alarm bell Alarm bell sounds to warn the user of mechanical trouble lack of printing paper etc Bi directional printing Along with bi directional printing there is very effective printing thanks to the use of logical seeking Except for bit image pri...

Page 5: ...oreign objects Always be sure the braided wire etc are completely connected when operating this machine Refer to page 4 or 5 3 Screws to Fasten Printing Mechanism The printing mechanism is fastened to the chassis with four screws to prevent it from being damaged by vibration during transit Remove these screws before using the unit When transporting it again refasten the mechanism with these screws...

Page 6: ...guide Attach to the main body for smooth feed of printing paper CID Braided wire Connect to the FG terminals of the computer and MZ 80P6 Special cartridge ribbon Signal cable option Connect the printer I O card and the MZ 80P6 with this cable The signal cable to be used differs depending on the computer to be connected MZ 8BP5C for MZ 80B or MZ 80A MZ 8KP5C for MZ 80K jJ Screws Use these screws to...

Page 7: ...ening these screws Be sure to tighten these screws Tighten screws in 2 places STEP 4 Connect the other end of the signal cable to the signal term inal I O PO RT 1 in the back of pri nter MZ 80P6 As in STEP 3 use the supplied screws and fasten both sides of this connector by tighten ing the screws Tighten screws in 2 places Back of computer e le 49 le el iri o le si 10 I O card Tighten with screws ...

Page 8: ...I O card and polarity mark A of the connector of the cable Refer to the figu re on the right STEP 5 Insert this I O card in an appropriate place in one of the five si its STEP 6 Replace the side cover removed in STEP 2 and tighten the two screws STEP 7 In the same way as in STEP 4 on page 4 connect the other end of the signal cable connector to the printer signal terminal and fasten with screws ST...

Page 9: ...mechan ism STEP 4 While pushing the ribbon down with a pencil or similar instrument turn the cartridge ribbon turn ing knob in the direction of the arrow and set the ink ribbon correctly between the head nose and ribbon mask STEP 5 Finally check that the ink ribbon isn t twisted or loose and take up the ribbon tension Note 1 Be careful that the ink ribbon is put in correctly If it isn t there is d...

Page 10: ...er mechanism Note Make adjustment for paper thickness by shifting the adjusting lever toward you to ward to as paper thickness increases STEP 6 When the printing paper comes out toward you insert the sprocket pin in the printing paper trans port hole At this time check that the printing paper is parallel to the sprocket pin STEP 7 Return the paper holder cover and scale to their original positions...

Page 11: ...different types of printing paper With the MZ 80P6 the space between the print head nose and the plateQ can be adjusted Adjust it in the following cases Adjust it according to the thickness of the printing paper being used such as for copy paper etc Adjust pri nting pressu re when changi ng the shad ing I ight dark of the pri nted characters etc Method of adjustment Adjust the distance with the ad...

Page 12: ...the leading edge of the paper to the paper position adjustment marking on the platen cover of the tractor unit Refer to the ill ustration on the right STEP 5 Position the paper according to the paper position markings as shown in the right illustration If the leading edge of the paper is al igned with the 1 4 position marking line a lower line printing is started from 28 6mm below the leading edge...

Page 13: ...thout this tractor unit To remove the tractor unit for printing sheet paper observe the following steps STEP 1 While pulling the lock levers on the both ends of the tractor unit push away the tractor unit STEP 2 Then lift the tractor unit upwards To install the tractor unit STEP 1 Engage the notches of the tractor frame with the shaft STEP 2 Press the tractor unit in place 10 ...

Page 14: ...head cools off Never touch the head STEP 2 Stand up the printer cover and remove the cart ridge ribbon STEP 3 While pushing the connector on the terminal board pull out the flexible cable connected to the head horizonta Ily Printing head Flexible cable STEP 4 Turn the head lock lever to the right and pull the printing head upwards STEP 5 Attach anew head return the head lock lever to its position ...

Page 15: ...performed by the pitch setting explained later through software When not set it is 1 6 inch pitch I POWER OFF ON C C o o Power switch Control panel and manual feed knob Control panel TOP OF FORM When this switch is pushed with the off line mode printing paper is fed to the top line of the next page Top line of the page means the printing line when the power is turned on Note The number of lines pr...

Page 16: ... toward you 5 Abnormalities in the printing mechanism When there are some abnormalities in the operation of the printing head of the printer the power lamp blinks and the alarm bell sounds The printer controls itself to prevent any printer trouble When this happens the only thing to do is turn off the power Before turning on the power once again check that there is no external cause such as paper ...

Page 17: ...T 09H H orizontal tabu lation Horizontal tabulation is carried out according to a previously deter mined program explained later when the HT code is input The HT code is ignored if the positions of the horizontal tabula tion were not previously set CR ODH Carriage return so OEH Shift out Data in the printer buffer are printed when the CR code is input Printing data full digits including spaces are...

Page 18: ...ed later code In the SI mode the SO mode is cancelled by the DC4 code or the next line Example 1 S I SHAR P C R CF L __ J ____ L ___ J SHARP r r I r I r r 2 SI SHA RP S0 cOM PUTER I DC4 lIS YST EM 11 C R t l L F1 I __I L ___ L ___ J L ___ L ___ SHARPC 0 MPUT E R SYSTE DC4 14H Device control 4 The SO mode double size character is cancelled by input of the DC4 code DC2 12H Device control 2 The SI mo...

Page 19: ... power is turned on or after resetting Checks existence of printing paper and responds with status signal STATUS when the ESC 03H code is input STATUS is low level no printing paper is high level no trouble Checks mechanical condition of the printer and responds with status signal STATUS when ESC 04H code is input STATUS is low level mechanical trouble is high level no trouble The alarm bell sound...

Page 20: ...k positions with n1 n2 nk NUL is considered end mark with NUL code OOH Set positions k are within 136 In the normal size printing mode that command is ignored when try ing to set the tabu lat ion for more tha n 80 characters In the reduced size printing mode that command is ignored when trying to set the tabulation for more than 136 characters It ignores the HT code when the horizontal tabu lation...

Page 21: ...ed OBH Code for setting in the double size character When the printing mode is 80 characters line before this code is received it is changed to 40 characters line with this code When the pri nti ng mode is 136 characters I ine before th is code is received it is changed to 68 characters I ine with th is code Changing the line does not cancel the double size character mode OCH Cancels the double si...

Page 22: ... fed one line after printing and then the mode is changed When the power is turned on the printer is set in the 80 character line mode OBH OBH ASCII LH ASCII LL ASCII HH ASCII HL n n2 nk Performs bit image printing of the designated data size only Data size is given in 4 byte hexadecimal numbers according to the ASCII code Example When data size is 100 100 10 0064H lli T 1 ASCII HH 30H ASCII HL 30...

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Page 24: ...al for data R 01 RD8 read i n Data is read in after the signal reaches a high level Positive logic 2 RD1 Input It shows 8 bit parallel data from the 1st bit to 8th bit RD 1 RD8 match LSB MSB respectively 3 RD2 Input 4 RD3 Input 5 RD4 Input 6 RD5 Input 7 RD6 Input 8 RD7 Input 9 RD8 Input 10 IRT Input It is the initial reset signal and forcedly returns the printer to READY Same conditions when turni...

Page 25: ... there is no printing paper or when trou ble with the rnechan ism is caused 13 25 GND Logic GN0 level Note Signals are all at TTL level Note These specifications may be different from former ones 3 Interface circu it a RD1 RD8 line Interface card side Printer side 5V SN7416 220n Equivalent SN74LS125 56n Equivalent 1 390 1 OOPF1 c RDA STATUS line Interface card side Printer side 5V 5V SN74LS125A 22...

Page 26: ...inted RD1 RDB Controller 4 Printer _V_aI_id __ 1 _ STATUS Printer 4 Controller Printing timing J ALt I I I I I I I I x ___ _ Status demand code I I Status timing 5 Port address The port address for the MZ 80P6 s standard interface is as follows Port FEH FFH 23 ...

Page 27: ...ransmission Routine r Start I Is there any mechanical trouble KPrinting with the pri nter impossible End Yes No Transmits control code or printing data code to printer Do the transm itted data sti II ex ist R DA signal check Is the printer on line as a system No Yes STATUS signal check Is printing paper set in the printer No Yes IN A FEHi ACC Data code OUT FFH A ACC 80H OUT FEH A IN A FEH STA TUS ...

Page 28: ... F l IF AF 2 2 0007 D3FF OUT PORT D 1 3 OOU9 E80 LD A 80H 24 0008 D FE JUT PORT I f4 IT MAMES RDP HIGH 2 lOOD E j L D r1 OlH 26 l OF L D 1600 C I _L RD RDA SIGNAL IS HIGH 27 j AF XOR A 28 1l 13 L3FE OUT F l RT I I IT l lAKES RDF LOW 29 1 C9 RET 0 16 1 16 11 11 11 11 11 11 OIl A 1 t I I I I 1 t 1 I I I 6 RDA SIGNAL CHECk SUBROUTINE 16 4 H 16 ONLY nee J S BRm EN UN t OI 1 iL RETURN RE r1f y E r XCEP...

Page 29: ... CODE TRANSFER 23 0038 78 L D f 8 24 003C COOOOO CALL PRINT 03H OR 04H TRANSFER 2S 003F 3EOO L_D A OOH 26 0041 CD1600 CPd_L RDA CI 27 0044 DBFE IN PORT I 28 0046 OF F RCA 29 0047 OF RRCA CARRY FLAG BIT 2 OF A 30 0048 C9 RET 71 0049 3 2 0049 U I I 1 U 1 u l l I L a n M n I l U l l l l l l n u l l I I I I I I I I J I I I I 0 147 STATUS CHECK SUBROUTINE l049 111111111111 f n t UII 5 U049 r o STS C LD...

Page 30: ... DJ Ii ID 0 OOGO NUL I I_ I 1 0001 ID I_t I 1 1 lJ__ I iQl l __ lqIm 11 0 mmmm 2 0010 ill OC2 21 L I R I l_ __ IbilDW 11IDID ID 11 3 0011 1 L 3 L el _Ii_ _ J Cl EJI El m I mmm 4 0100 OC4 I i 4 1 _ _ I Q II I I ill WEJ10 0 El ID 0 ID 11 5 0101 i I 5 1 El 91 iul 6JItm I I Imm i 61 fJIvII fl I v J El DJIim0 IJ 6 0110 1 1 I 7 1i1 lWl I W I l a116 mri DJ 11 7 0111 BEL I L_ ___J 8 1000 CAN I la iIHIlil ...

Page 31: ...g tJ 2 0010 0 B g BJ D ill J 3 0011 ID l g It r J D El 8 l 4 0100 QJ IT EJ Q D DD D 5 0101 m J g Q D EJ D IJ U 6 0110 Et J EJ SZJ D rnrnL J EJ 0 Q 7 0111 1J J DrnJ D U JJ la 8 1000 1J J 8 Q 6J QJ DJ11 9 1001 rn DJ Y lSJ LJ EJ 00 0 A 1010 CJQJ Dc lliJ I QJ 0 0 B 1011 l JDJ RJ t EJ 8 ID CB ca C 1100 Q IT g S KJ 8J E J ill I J 0 l o 1101 EJE MJ DJ 0 0 ill YJ 5 El SJ E 1110 Q ITlliJ J tu 0 EJ l cc il ...

Page 32: ... AJ g lE BJ BJ f 1 C EB D r J Q g ill D DJ D Cl c iJ r g Er a E tJ 8 D 4 0100 Cl Q IT D DE C 5 0101 m J Q D EJ D U 6 0110 m EJ SZJ D rnrn EJ 0 7 0111 1 J J ID D U D 8 1000 9 1001 A 1010 ITI I CJ 8J Q O YJ QJ lm D 0 c 6J ca QJ kJ I DJ 00 0 0 iii J 0 I B 1011 JJ RJ t QJ 0 ID 6 caEJ C 1100 G IJ g S KJ 8 t J WJ IT t J D DJ C IT D 1101 EJEJ MJ DJ KJ EJ ill YJ g SJ rn E 1110 GJ DJIT rn E 0 J J 00 5J 0 F...

Page 33: ...it considers this as an ASCII code and outputs a matching character to the printer It prints A if N 65 PRINT P CHR 5 Form feed Feeds paper to top of the form position on the next page It is called form feed The function of the control button TOP OF FORM of the printer is controlled by software Note It is equivalent to control code FF OCH of the pri nter PRINT P CHR 6 I nitialization Returns the pr...

Page 34: ...it data in one line in the printing mode Note It is equivalent to printer control code SI OFH PRINT P CHR 21 Cancellati on of reduction Cancels the reduced mode Note It is equivalent to printer control code DC2 12H IMAGE P IMAG E P 1 A Refer to the foot note 1 Prints bit pattern vertically in response to ASCII code for character I A i e in response to 41 H IMAGE P A 41 H 01000001 t 1 MSB LSB LSB P...

Page 35: ...data of the one screen contained in graphic area 2 to the printer and performs bit image pattern printing Refer to the footnote 3 COpy P 4 Determines the logical sum OR of each bit of data contained in graph ic area 1 and 2 as output data to the printer Consequently the pattern is printed as a pattern with the two patterns obtained from COpy P 2 and COpy P 3 superimposed Refer to the footnote 3 PA...

Page 36: ... it considers this as an ASC II code and outputs a match ing character to the pri nter It prints A ifN 65 Feeds paper to top of the form position on the next page It is called form feed The function of the control button TOP OF FORM of the printer is controlled by software Cancels the non line mode and the double size character mode Sets the printing mode completely closing up printing Iine space ...

Page 37: ...5H LSB 0 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 o th Bit image data 0 0 0 0 0 Da along oo 0 0 0 D 0500ABCD E 0 0 PRINT D u on the right MSB jll LE 45H Prints dots D 44H 1 C 43H B 42H A 41 H Changes print mode with the toggle switch to 80 charac ters I ine 136 characters I ine Example If it s 136 characters line it becomes 80 characters line it becomes 136 characters I ine Ifit s 136 characters Iine it becomes 80 characte...

Page 38: ...NE XT NF XT 230 IF DY D O DX THEN 370 240 IF DY D l DX THEN 390 6 I F Fi J I T F CH Fi 1 B r TAB 6 3D F L Cl T 11 270 COP Y F 2 280 PRINT P CHR 5 CHR 20 COPY P 2 290 END 330 D O DX INT D 0 DX l D 0 DX l 2 A0 0 1 D X I NT D 1 D X _ 1 D 1 DX 1 2 370 GCJSUB 410 D O DX DY IF D l DX l THEN D l DX D y 300 IF DX O THEN 360 310 IF D O DX l l THEN 360 320 IF D O DX l l THEN 360 350 GOSUB 410 GOTO 250 360 O...

Page 39: ... 140 J CHR 33 CHR 33 K CHR 03 CHR 03 150 L CHR C3 CHR C3 M CHR OO CHR OO 200 Il M M A B D E D D D E D B A M M M M 210 12 M M H A I J J K J J I A H M M M M 220 13 M M B D F F G G G F F D B M M M M 2 0 14 I 1 1 1 L_ J I I I I r I I H J L M I 1 M M 240 PRINT P CHR 17 2 0 FOh 11 1 TI 5 I 1 1P1GE F I 1 1 i I 1 p I 2 I 1 I 3 I l 260 IMAGE P 12 14 12 14 12 14 12 270 F H 11 IT F NE X r 2UO END Execution R...

Page 40: ...er Fanfold paper 4 10 inch wide Cut paper sheet 8 3 8 5 inch wide Copies Max of 3 copies including original Printing paper thi ckness Within 0 3mm Ink ribbon Special cartridge ribbon Head life Approx 50 mill ion characters 14 dot character pri nti ng Interface 8 bit para Ilel interface Power supply Local supply voltage Should be power supply voltage indicated on rating plate Power consumption 75W ...

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