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Summary of Contents for Matrix printer

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Page 3: ...MP ror MATRIX PRIN R Revision 1 USER S MA 1JAL Revision B July 7 1980 Copyright 1980 Vector Graphic Inc...

Page 4: ...s except wnen an agreement to the contrary exists Revisions The date and revision of each page herein appears at the bottom of each page The revision letter such as A or B changes if the MANUAL has be...

Page 5: ...ter is returned also at Buyer s expense to VECTOR GRAPHIC INC for such repair replacement or correction In performing any repair replacement or correction after ex iration of the period set forth abov...

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Page 7: ...ter both in Vector Graphic and in other 8 100 systems and how the printer works Each section is written at a uniform level of technical depth Perspective describes WHAT the printer does and requires o...

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Page 9: ...1 e lIIl II I l l o I l I I I jI III 11II I I 11II II lIo 2 7 203 Loading Paper l I II I I 00 II III Ill l t III flo 1 1 fl I Il II l I III III III II III III lit II l e f l 2 8 2 4 Initial Testing I...

Page 10: ...ver Corrrrnands 0 4 4 4 3 Printing under Program Control 4 1 4_4 other print functions t lle e I IIIlI 09 I I 1lI lII o I IIlIlft4 2 Graphics OLiver Listing Supplemental Ribl on Setting Instructions S...

Page 11: ...orts 8 and 9 I O II standard addressing On 2708 PROM at ECOOH EFFFH for 56K systems Approximately 128 bytes at FCOOH FC63H 70 lines per minute 150 characters per second Has 1 line input buffer Unidire...

Page 12: ...Printer 0 5 inch x 36 feet standard unicolor matrix printer ribbon black or purple Underwood type spools 8VLC 2 1 2 A 16VTC 2 1 2 A 680 p to l040 p operating temperature range 10 to 80 non condensing...

Page 13: ...a small printer driver access routine is necessary Vector Graphic CP M 2 X diskettes include this routine as part of the CON FIG rrodule Vector Graphic MOOS 8 6 diskettes will include this routine as...

Page 14: ...ttention was given during design of the printer to the elimination of noise It features an enclosure specially treated Witl1 sound absorbant material to reduce machine vibration and resultant noise In...

Page 15: ...skette and and a two PRQII I s supplied with the MP dot matrix printer I vo of the cables are used to connect from sources inside the computer to the rear panel of the canputer Two are used to connect...

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Page 17: ...e minus terminal on this capacitor the one with the yellow wires attached to it and fasten the yellow wire of the MP power cable to it using the spade lug attached Tighten the terminal 7 Identify capa...

Page 18: ...If you are interfacing the MP dot matrix printer to a Vector Graphic microcomputer which is equipped with a Bitstreamer II I O board go to the next section 1 On the canponent side of the l xJard ther...

Page 19: ...i iNVd IV3 2 1 a L I EIN3Jrc tod O L J3NNO J Sg I n I 1...

Page 20: ...tach the connector on the other end of the cable to one of the blank cut outs at the back panel vhich has been provided for this purpose Label this connector PRINTER SIGNAL CONNECTOR SIGNAL CABLE PIN...

Page 21: ...er cable Molex connectors at both ends to the printer PJwer connector on the back panel of the mainframe and the matching connector at the back of the MP 2 With the power at the mainframe still turned...

Page 22: ...ss is now complete 2 4 Initial Testing After the cables have been hooked up and paper has been installed in the MP some initial testing can be done to assure that everything is working properly I vo t...

Page 23: ...following commands cause the MP to perform the listed functions provided the system has been initialized as explained in the following two sections These commands will Nork fran the keyboard or they c...

Page 24: ...hat the same diskette is used each time 2 To turn the printer on under CP M type P 3 To turn the printer off type P Note To use any of the commands which use the ESC key touch the key lightly key in t...

Page 25: ...poor print quality and shortened print head life 1 Remove both spools and the ribbon in place if there is one Pay attention to how it is threaded 2 Remove the new ribbon and spools from their package...

Page 26: ...r on a page or a number on a video display What happens is t is in response to a ccmmand to print an ASCII character the operating system or high level language consults a look up table already in can...

Page 27: ...aracter Store the 5 pairs of hex digits created in this manner in a table at a convenient area in memory The table thus created can consist of up to 95 characters each composed of 5 column codes Make...

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Page 29: ...erences in supply voltage ensuring that the energy supplied to the print wire solenoids remains constant no matter what the variation Transistor Ql is used to convert the signal output of analog IC Vl...

Page 30: ...bit received is a 0 this goes through the buffer portion of the circuit causing the base of the transistor to go l switching it on and causing current to flow through the stepper rrotor coil The serre...

Page 31: ...OM in socket U22 4 2 Graphics Driver Commands Though the Graphics Driver is independent of the MP printer driver it shares several canmands with it In addition there is a command ESC G which allows th...

Page 32: ...t to the program without a carriage return all data after the 480th byte will be lost To transmit a partiCUlar line fran program memory for instance the user would have to encode the 480 desired bytes...

Page 33: ...perly placed on the spool shafts J It o x Fig 3 15 Setting of Ribbon Spool 3 Check jf the ribbon is correctly engaged with the ribbon detector lever and the ribbon guide Check insertion screw etc Fig...

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Page 35: ...ide of the printerl Then raise the paper holders up and engage paper feed holes on tractor pins NOTE The paper should be set on the tractor unit from the front side of the printer after its leading en...

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