Commodore amiga mps 1230 User Manual Download

Page: 1 / 188

Summary of Contents for amiga mps 1230

Page 1: ...l r l l l l f Commodore AJHG4l mps O1 DOT MATRIX PRINTER user s guide ENGLISH...

Page 2: ...L 11111111111111111111111111111 7284950003 l l...

Page 3: ...r Ill t i 1 i I 11 Ii Ii I 11 II t 1 fl fl It C Commodore m DOT MATRIX PRINTER user s guide ENGLISH...

Page 4: ...ntact an electrician to install the proper receptacle If a multi connector box is used to connect the computer and peri pherals to AC the ground must be common to all units If necessary contact your d...

Page 5: ...iga and Commodore PC 51 MPS 1230 Control Codes and Escape Sequences 61 Commodore Serial National Character Tables 93 I B M and Epson National Character Tables 111 Graphics POOting on the MPS 1230 Prin...

Page 6: ......

Page 7: ...u more productive in your work and a printer provides valuable hard copy The MPS 1230 printer completes your computer system and is a valuable asset when presenting ideas or output to others The MPS 1...

Page 8: ...at allow you to select printers and certain characteristics outside ofthe application software package itself The Amiga for example allows you to select a printer driver through Preferences so that re...

Page 9: ...s for the Amiga and Commodore PC if you have an AmiW or Com modore PC or compatible MPS 1230 Printer Ports The MPS 1230 printer is equipped with two types of ports serial and parallel The serial port...

Page 10: ...is N L Q mode Tn_t_ is under ine printing Special Print Features The N LQ print mode provides a noticeable improvement ofprint quality in both alphanumeric and graphic modes In N LQ mode the print mat...

Page 11: ...cartridge paper and the paper support and tractor feed mechanism Chapter 3 shows you how to connect the MPS 1230 to your computer whether it be the Commodore 641128 Aniiga or Commodore PC Chapter 4 gi...

Page 12: ......

Page 13: ...hey are used The figure below shows the parts that can be accessed from the front ofthe printer MOUNTING SLOT FOR omoNS OPERATOR CONSOLE TRANSPARENT COVER PAPER FEED KNOB Figure 1 1 MPS 1230 Parts Des...

Page 14: ...low If something is missing or damaged contact your dealer SPROCKET TRACfOR FEED UNIT PRINTER USER MANUAL PAPER FEED SUPPORT RIBBON CARTRIJ GE Figure 1 2 MPS 1230 Carton Contents The printer is protec...

Page 15: ...ter is off line printer does not receive from the computer or it is out of paper Off The printer is on line under the com puter s control lit The printer has a hardware problem that must be serviced b...

Page 16: ...ed is cancelled and an at ternative is proposed See Chapters 5 and 6 for information on the Set Up procedure for Commodore Serial and I B M and Epson Emulation Modes respectively If pressed and held d...

Page 17: ...ed Knob The paper feed knob allows you to manually feed single sheets of paper in either the forward or reverse directions The paper feed knob functions onlyiftbe paper release lever is pushed towards...

Page 18: ...Printer Panel The following figure illustrates the main parts that are accessed from the rear of the printer ON OFF SWITCH PARALLEL INTERFACE CONNECTOR COMMODORE SERIAL Figure 1 6 Rear View ofPrinter...

Page 19: ...hat you are facing the front of the printer Place the printer where it will not be exposed to direct sunlight Read this chapter carefully before connecting the printer to the main power supply Failure...

Page 20: ...it gently along its horizontal gui es towar e p ysical eft margin Figure 2 2 Positioning the Print Head If you are replacing the ribbon cartridge first remove the used cartridge by pulling it upward F...

Page 21: ...the inked ribbon is towards the platen and threaded between the print head and the paper guide that is fixed to the platen Figure 2 4 Positioning the Cartridge Insert the cartridge by pressing it down...

Page 22: ...ave come out of the cartridge during insertion Figure 2 6 Adjusting the Ribbon Tension Check that the cartridge is correctly aligned and firmly locked in place on the pins and that the ribbon is taut...

Page 23: ...py must be between 40 and 50 lbs If carbon paper is used it should be between 20 and 30 lbs Single Sheets To use single sheets of paper you must first mount the paper feed support on the printer Inser...

Page 24: ...er feed support is fixed firmly and correctly to the printer and is in its sloping position for single sheet loading _ Set the paper release lever towards the rear of the printer so that the paper is...

Page 25: ...guide so that the right hand edge ofthe paper is to the right of the last character position of the print line according to the width of the paper Figure 2 10 Adjusting the Guides Insert the paper be...

Page 26: ...er is fed in by pressing the form feed key on the operating console Figure 2 11 Automatic Insertion ofSingle Sheets The form feed key operates only ifthe printer is in Local mode off line the Local in...

Page 27: ...r L r L r l l Mounting the Tractor Feed Unit The following figure shows the parts that you should be familiar with SPilOCIa T COVEll MOUNTING RELEASE KNOB PAPER OUIDE BRACKETS Figure 2 12 The Sprocket...

Page 28: ...oints in which the tractor unit assem bly is to be fixed Figure 2 13 Removing the Precut Parts Keep the precut parts to close the openings in the casing if you decide to remove the tractor assembly Po...

Page 29: ...by sliding the pins into the guides provided Figure 2 15 Mountiilg 1he Sprocket While pressing the knobs on either side of the front of the tractor assembly pull tractor forward until it is against t...

Page 30: ...u turn the paper feed knob the metal shaft on which the sprockets are mounted should rotate Figure 2 17 Checking the Sprocket Press the two paper guide brackets into the groove on the rear of the prin...

Page 31: ...eviously and rotate it downwards to its horizontal position Insert the paper in the slot behind the platen and feed the paper under the tractor feed unit Figure 2 19 Inserting Continuous Feed Paper Gu...

Page 32: ...nd the intermediate paper supports according to the paper width Figure 2 21 Adjusting the Sprocket Open the two sprocket covers and thread the paper on to the feed pins Figure 2 22 Threading the Paper...

Page 33: ...n the paper guide brackets so that the paper feeds smoothly between them Figure 2 24 Adjusting the Paper Guide Brackets Tum the paper feed knob to advance the paper and regulate the tension by adjusti...

Page 34: ...carefully upward until it disengages first from the front and then from the rear mounting pins Figure 2 25 Remoring the Sprocket Pull the paper guide brackets upward to remove them from the printer c...

Page 35: ...ff 2 Ifthe printer is connected through the parallel port unplug the printer s parallel port connector Only one cable can be con nected to the printer at anyone time in order for the printer to work p...

Page 36: ...nformation on the Commodore Serial Set Up procedure see Chapter 5 Selecting Printer Settings for the Commodore 641 128 Ifyou plan to connect additional peripheral devices such as a disk drive to the C...

Page 37: ...cable is 10 feet 3 meters The parallel ports on the Amiga 2000 and 500 Series and Commo dore PC are standard parallel interfaces See Appendix B for techni cal information about the parallel and seria...

Page 38: ...you purchased the printer cable Most problems arise from improper wiring within the connecting cable Plugging in the Printer s Power Once all the connections described in the previous sections have b...

Page 39: ...plug and conforms to local electrical standards If the voltage listed on the electrical data plate does not agree with the electrical standards for your country contact your dealer im mediately It is...

Page 40: ...pressing the ON OFF switch on the rear of the printer Figure 3 6 Switch in the ON Position When the printer is turned on the ON light indicator on the console lights up The printer performs the auto d...

Page 41: ...roprinter I B M Graphics Printer Epson FX 80 and finally gives instructions on selecting the appro priate national character set device number and ASCII character set for the Commodore 64 128 Amiga or...

Page 42: ...USA France Germany UK Den mark Sweden Italy Commodore For more information on these character tables see the Commo dore Serial National Character Tables in Chapter 8 Selection ofone of the emulation...

Page 43: ...Tables in Chapter 9 for more infor mation Selection of one of the emulation modes and character tables is done through the MPS 1230 Set Up Procedure which is described in Chapter 6 WhatYou Need To Kno...

Page 44: ...nuous feed paper into the printer however the paper feed mechanism cannot be attached during the Set Up procedure While simulta neously pressing down on both the line feed and form feed keys turn on t...

Page 45: ...e default is Commodore Serial If the Commodore Serial hardware interfilce was selected the MPS 1230 responds with this prompt PRINTER EMULATED COMMODORE To choose the Commodore mode of operation press...

Page 46: ...ce You may exit Set Up mode at any time by pressing the Local key on the MPS 1230 The printer asks whether or not you want to store the selections that you have made so far If so press the line feed k...

Page 47: ...ode The Set Up procedure continues by prompting you for additional features you may want to select such as I B M Character Chart I B M G P Proprinter emulation only Automatic Sheet Feeder Double Strik...

Page 48: ...nter displays NO Now press the line feed key and the selected options are cancelled and the most recently saved values take effect See Chapters 5 and 6 for detailed information on the serial and paral...

Page 49: ...a detailed description of the Set Up procedure for use with the Commodore 641128 via the serial interface port Set Up Procedure With the printer turned off manually insert the first sheet in a stack...

Page 50: ...YOU LIKE TO STORE THESE PARAMETERS YES Press the line feed key to save your selections and the printer responds by printing this prompt CHANGES EXECUTED To cancel the chosen options press the form fee...

Page 51: ...aracter set Device Selected ASCII Translation Double pass print Character definition Character spacing print pitch DLL for special character generation Out of paper indicator Slashed zero Form length...

Page 52: ...TER RESOLUTION DRAFT CHARACTER SPACING 10 ENABLE D L L YES 4K BYTE LINE BUFFER LINE FEED LF LF CR CPA ALl IEtt ONL Y CARRIABE RETURN CR CR PAPER END DETECTION YES LINE SPACING 1 6 SLASHED ZERO NO OC1...

Page 53: ...el For the Commodore 64 128 choose serial Printer Emulated Choose the printer emulation mode The choices are Commodore Serial EpsonFX80 Proprinter l8 M Graphics Printer A Commodore PC or compatible co...

Page 54: ...LQ Near Letter QUality Character Spacing Print pitch number ofcharacters per inch can have these settings 10 12 15 17 1 20 24 Enable D L L Down line Loading enables special characters to be generated...

Page 55: ...pecifies vertical spacing line feed length in inches The 1 6 4 23 mm spacing is always assumed as a default value even if the user has selected a different value If the printer is operating in DIM Gra...

Page 56: ...to the printer is 8 bits this value is fixed and cannot be changed by the user Storing the Selected Settings WOULD YOU LIKE TO STORE THESE PARAMETERS YES H so press the printer s line feed key otherwi...

Page 57: ...e PC via the parallel interface port Set Up Procedure With the printer turned off manually insert the first sheet in a stack of continuous fan fold paper into the printer as described in Chapter 2 Ins...

Page 58: ...YOU LIKE TO STORE THESE PARAMETERS YES Press the line feed key to save your selections and the printer responds by printing this prompt CHANGES EXECUTED Otherwise press the form feed key to cancel the...

Page 59: ...int Horizontal spacing print pitch DLL for special character generation Out of paper indicator Vertical spacing Slashed zero DC1 DC 3 dialogue procedure Form length Bottom of form BOF Bidirectional BI...

Page 60: ...RESOLUTION DRAFT CHARACTER VACINS 10 ENABLE D L L YES 4K BYTE LINE BUFFER LINE FEED CPAAAI I P 1 ONL V LF LF CR CARRIAGE RETURN CR CR PAPER END DETECTION YES LINE SPACING 1 6 c nN Nt V SLASHED ZERO NO...

Page 61: ...mpatible select parallel Printer Emulated Choose the printer emulation mode The choices are EpsonFX 80 Proprinter I B M Graphics Printer Character Set In Parallel Mode The emulated I B M character set...

Page 62: ...K Byte IJne Buffer Disables D L L and increases the print buffer capacity to 7K bytes Line Feed Parallel only The line feed option offers these settings Automatic carriage return is added to a LF comm...

Page 63: ...s available are 0 YES or NO DCl DC3 Procedure I B MJEpson Only The DCl DC3 dialogue is disabled Form Length The following form lengths are selectable 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 and 12 in inches Skip Over Perfora...

Page 64: ...LIKE TO STORE THESE PARAMETERS YES H so press the printers line feed key otherwise press the form feed key CHANGES EXECUTED is displayed ifthe line feed button was pressed H not NO is displayed Press...

Page 65: ...IC SHEET FEEDER NO DOUBLE STRIKE PRINTING MONOD I RECTI ONAL CHARACTER RESOLUTIilN DRAFT CHARACTER SPACING 10 ENABLE D L L YES 4K BYTE LINE BUFFER LINE FEED PARAI ___ P L ONI_V LF LF CR CARRIAGE RETUR...

Page 66: ...et in parallel mode is the U S A character set as opposed to International 1 or International 2 Choose the appropriate char acter set for your country ifyou are operating outside of the U S A _ The re...

Page 67: ...skip this section If you are an experienced programmer skip to the Appendices E and F Overview ofControl Codes and Escape Sequences In Commodore mode the Commodore 641128 and MPS 1230 Printer interact...

Page 68: ...al code 45 the minus sign is printed but ifthe decimal code 45 is preceded by the decimal code 27 the underline print mode is set In the next section you willleam how to send commands to the printer u...

Page 69: ...characters from the computer to the print er The PRINT keyword is followed by the logical file number which was opened by the preceding OPEN command and a printer control code or escape sequence that...

Page 70: ...haracter set selection see the CRSR DWN code further in this chapter If an OPEN command does not specify the secondary address the default value 0 is automatically assumed The secondary address applie...

Page 71: ...ontal Format control Paper Feed National Character Sets Miscellaneous Conventions The description of each command includes the character sequence according to the UpperlLower case char acter tables se...

Page 72: ...appear in GW BASIC Appendix 0 contains a summary table of all the printer control codes and escape sequences available on the MPS 1230 in all four operating modes Commodore Epson FX SO Proprinter and...

Page 73: ...R 71 c s P P G P E P ffiCH I 1 1 1 1 NLQON NLQOFF Xn Clears the Near Letter QUality NLQ or Double Strike print mode returning to the normal print mode 20 PRINT 1 CHR 27 CHR 72 c s P P G P E P I I I I...

Page 74: ...I I I Sets the Double Width print mode for a whole line The character print width is twice as wide as normal so that the number of characters per inch is divided in half Each character occupies two ta...

Page 75: ...th print mode set by ESC WI LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 87 CHR 48 or LPRINT CHR 27 W CHR 48 c s P P G P E P I I I I I Sets the Reverse print mode Printed characters are white on a black background instead of bl...

Page 76: ...CHR 45 CHR 1 c s P P G P E P I I I I I Same function as ESC 0 clears Underline print mode LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 45 CHR 0 Emphasized Printing c s P P G P E P ESCE ESCF I I I I I Sets the Emphasized print m...

Page 77: ...20 PRINT 1 CHR 27 CHR 73 CHR n C 5 P P G P E P I I I I I Sets character printing with variable spacing ac cording to the value n in the following table n o 1 2 3 4 5 6 SPACING PICA ELITE MICRO CONDENS...

Page 78: ...ring the Set Up procedure LPRINT CHR 18 c S P P G P E P I I I I I Sets the print pitch at 12 charslinch This setting is cleared by the DC2 code that restores the hori zontal spacing selected during th...

Page 79: ...CHR 27 CHR 84 Upper Lower Case Printing CRSRDWN c s P P G P P I I I I I CRSRUP OverUne Printing Sets the UpperlLower case print mode for all char acters In this case the number ofavailable graph ic ch...

Page 80: ...s P P G P P I I I Same function as ESC _ 0 clears Overline print mode LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 95 CHR O CoS P P G P P I I I I I Sets the Italic print mode Printing is possible only in Draft mode LPRINT CHR...

Page 81: ...character proportional print pitch It is cleared by ESC P o LPRINT CHRS 27 CHRS 112 CHRS 49 c s P P G P E P I I I I I Clears the character proportional print pitch re storing the oormal spacing LPRIN...

Page 82: ...0 C Condensed 17 1 chars inch EI Elite 12 chars inch C 0 0 0 0 EI n dec OW 32 0 0 33 0 34 0 0 35 0 36 0 0 37 0 38 0 0 39 0 40 0 0 41 0 42 0 0 43 0 44 0 0 45 0 46 0 0 47 0 48 0 0 49 0 50 0 0 51 0 52 0...

Page 83: ...cutive command for ESC A If not preceded by ESC A this sets the vertical spacing at 1 6 4 23 mm LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 50 or LPRINT CHR 27 2 c s P P G P E P I I I I I Sets the vertical spacing at nl216 0 1...

Page 84: ...1 to 22 At power up the form length is the one selected during the Set Up procedure The skip ping ofpages is performed according to this value This command also selects the current line as the first p...

Page 85: ...s up to 64 vertical tab stops k 64 Param eters nl nk must be issued in ascending order 1 254 and indicate the line numbers with the tab stops the first line has n1 1 At power up no vertical stops are...

Page 86: ...of tab stops programmed with the ESC I code ESCR C S P P G P E P I I I I I Clears all the tab stops the horizontal tab stops set by ESC D restoring the default condition ofone stop every 8 columns the...

Page 87: ...fer and moves the print head one character pitch or two ifsetfor the Double Width mode to the left The selected horizontal spacing defines the print head movement This code BS Backspace is used to rep...

Page 88: ...every 8 columns LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 68 LPRINTCHR n1 CHR n2 CHR nk LPRINT CHR O c s P P G P E P I I I I Sets up to 30 horizontal tab stops k 30 Param eters nl nk must be issued in ascending order and ind...

Page 89: ...ine 20 PRINT 1 CHR 10 C S P P G P E P I I I I I Outputs the characters in the printer buffer memory and advances the print head to the first column of the following line 20 PRINT 1 CHR 13 C S P P G P...

Page 90: ...s P P G P E P I I I I I Moves the paper vertically by 0 216 This com mand does not execute a carriage return The value n is in the range 0 to 255 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 74 CHR n National Characters ESCRn...

Page 91: ...nting according to the fol lowing table DECIMAL l R DECIMAL AR DECIMAL CODE CODE CODE 22 12 Ii ISO 2J 129 lSI 24 IJO iI 1 2 2S U III iJ ISJ 26 a 112 I 1S4 211 u III 0 6 29 E 114 r 1 7 0 144 lSi JI N 1...

Page 92: ...E CODE iI 117 v I II UJ 1 6 146 E 15 1 1 9 t 1 17 I Ii 1010 I II fIJ 156 I loll 4 149 m 14l Ii 1 0 1511 r loll c m 159 I it 1 2 J lS Figure 7 4 Printable O1aracters by means ofESC 6 LPRINT CHRS 27 CHR...

Page 93: ...n the current line given by nl and n2 expressed as an absolute value in num ber of characters Both parameters may have a value between 0 and 9 The value 0 is assigned to the first print position 20 PR...

Page 94: ...CHR 7 c s P P G P E P DCI I I I I I If during the Set Up procedure the DCIIDC3 dialogue procedure had been selected this code sets the printer for receiving data from the computer LPRINT CHR 17 c s P...

Page 95: ...c s P P G P B P I I I I I When n 1 an automatic LF is performed after a carriage return CR CR LF When n 0 no line feed is performed after a carriage return The request sent by this sequence clears any...

Page 96: ...1176xn mm To move exactly nl216 the value n must be a multiple of 3 in the range 1 255 For BIM 8 bit printing set vertical spacing at 241216 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 74 CHR n or LPRINT CHR 27 J CHR n55 c s P...

Page 97: ...nacting the same conditions as power up All data stored in the print buffer is lost Settings selected during the Set Up procedure other than the defaults are also lost LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 64 c s P P G P...

Page 98: ...27 CHR 1 05 CHR 49 c s P P G P E P ESCiO I I Clears the print mode set by ESC ii restoring the normal print mode LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 1 05 CHR 48 c s P P G P E P ESCs 1 I I Reduces the print speed in hal...

Page 99: ...Commodore National Character Tables This chapter contains the Commodore Serial national character tables printed in N LQ for the modes Upper case Graphics secondary address 0 Lower Upper case secondar...

Page 100: ...0 2 2 B R I T I o 0 I 1 3 3 C S l 0 I o 0 4 4 D T I I 0 I 0 I i E I I 0 1 I 0 E 6 F V x I 0 1 1 1 7 7 G W I 0 I I I 0 o 0 8 8 H X I I M 1 o 0 1 g 9 I Y I f I 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 I I I I I 0 A I J Z I J 1 1...

Page 101: ...0 1 1 0 0 1 I b 0 I CI I 0 1 CI 1 0 ICI I 0 1 0 I 0 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 171 0 p P r P r 1 1 a Iq lA Q I L A Q II L 2 2 b r B R B R 3 3 c s C S t C S t 4 4 d t 10 IT 1 10 T 1 5 i 5 e u E U 1 I...

Page 102: ...I 0 0 I I 0 b 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I C 121 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C VI III p I r 1 I 1 A Q II L 1 2 2 B R I I 3 3 C S 4 4 D T I I 5 E 1 1 I I 6 6 F V x II I 7 7 G W I 0 I I 8 8 H X I I tIS q 9 I Y I...

Page 103: ...1 3 3 c s C S I C 01 0 0 4 4 d t 10 T I 0 o I o I 5 7 5 e u E U I I E 01 1 0 6 6 f v F V I F o I I I 7 7 e w G W I G 1 0 o 0 8 8 h x H X H 1 0 o 1 9 9 i Iv I IV I 1 0 1 0 a z J Z I V J 1 0 1 I b k 0...

Page 104: ...r o 0 0 1 1 I 1 A Q I L L o 0 I 0 2 2 B R I T I T o 0 I I 3 3 C S l r r 0 I o 0 14 4 D T I I I I 0 I 0 I 1 E I I 1 I 1 I 0 I I 0 E 6 F V x I x I 0 I I 1 7 7 G W I 0 1 1 0 1 I 0 o 0 8 8 H X I lIS I lIS...

Page 105: ...IQ I IA Q I o 0 1 0 2 2 b r B R T B R T 001 I 3 3 c s C 5 i C 5 i o I 0 0 4 4 Id It In IT I In IT I o I o I 5 Y 5 e u E U 1 I E UI I o 1 I 0 6 6 f v F V I I IF IV I I o 1 1 7 7 la w G Iw I G Iw I I o...

Page 106: ...I I 0 b 0 I CI I CI I CI I CI I CI I CI Ii l 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 A B C VI 121 P r 1 1 A Q 1 I 2 2 B R f T f 3 3 C 4 4 D T f f 5 F U f I 6 6 F V X I 7 7 G W 1 0 f 1 8 8 H X I 4 f III 9 9 I Y f A J 7 1 1 B t...

Page 107: ...I 0 1 0 I a I 0 I a I a 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c 171 12 p P r 1 1 a q iA Q I L A 2 2 b r B R T B 3 3 c 5 C 5 C 4 4 d t ID T 1 D 5 7 5 e u E U 1 I E 6 6 f y F V I F 7 7 e w IG Jil I G 8 8 h x H X H...

Page 108: ...0 1 I 0 0 I I 0 b s 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 1 0 1 0 17 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C I iZl P I r 1 I 1 A Q II L 2 B R I T I 3 3 C S l 4 4 D T I I E U I I E E F V x II I 7 7 G W I 0 I I 8 8 H X I I tIS 9 9 I Y...

Page 109: ...0 I Cl I 0 I Cl I 0 1_0 I Cl 121 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c 171 121 P P r 1 1 a q Q I A 2 2 b r B R B 3 1 3 c 5 C S t C 4 4 d t D T I D 5 7 5 e u E U I I E 6 6 f v F V I F 7 7 e lw G Iw I G 8 8 h x H X I...

Page 110: ...I I 0 0 I I 0 0 I I 0 0 I I b s 0 I C C I C I C I 0 I C 0 I t7 I 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F Ii III P r r 1 I 1 A Q 1 I I 2 2 B R I T I 3 3 C S l I i 4 4 D T I I I I 5 F U I I I I 6 6 F V X I X I 7 7...

Page 111: ...I I 1 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 0 0 0 0 I 1 I I 0 0 I 1 0 0 I 1 0 0 I I 0 1 CI 1 0 I CI I CI I CI I 4 9 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f E P e p r P r a Iq A Q L A Q L b r B R B R c s C 5 i C 5 i d t ID T I D T e u E U I I E...

Page 112: ...I 1 A Q i 1 I o 0 I 0 2 2 B R I T I T o 0 I I 3 3 C c I t 0 I 0 0 4 4 D T I I I I 0 I 0 I 5 E I I I I I I 0 I I 0 E 6 F V x I I x I I 0 I I I 7 7 G W I 0 I I 0 I I 0 o 0 8 8 H X I I fill lIS I o 0 I 9...

Page 113: ...L A iCi l oJ 0 0 0 2 2 b r B R r B R r 00 I I 3 3 c s C 5 1 C 5 1 o I 0 0 4 4 Id t It T I D IT I o 0 5 5 e u E U I I E U I I 0 I 0 6 II 6 f v F V I F IV I o I 7 7 e Iw G lw I G Iw I 0 00 8 8 h x H Ix...

Page 114: ...I 0 bs 0 I a I a I a I a I 0 I a Ii 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C VI III P r 1 I 1 A Q 1 I I L 1 2 2 B R I T I 3 3 C S l 14 4 D T 1 1 5 F IJ 1 I 6 6 F V X II I 7 7 G W 1 0 1 1 8 8 H X I I M 9 9 I Y 1 y A J...

Page 115: ...o 0 I I 3 3 c 5 C S C o I 0 0 4 4 d t Ii IT I D o I o I 5 7 5 e u E U I I E o I I 0 6 6 f v F V I F o I I I 7 7 goo lu Iw I IG I 0 o 0 8 8 h x H X III IH I 0 o I 9 9 i Iv T Iv T I 0 I 0 a If z J Z I v...

Page 116: ......

Page 117: ...9 I B M Epson National Character Tables This chapter contains the national character tables for the LB M Proprinter and Graphics Printer and the Epson FX 80 emulation modes The characters appear in N...

Page 118: ...03 3 C S c S u r L o 0 o 04 DC 4 D T d t DC n L o I 0 I 05 5 E U e u N o o 06 6 F V f v o I I 07 7 G W g w Q n r 00 o 08 as CAN 8 H X h x as CAN i I 00 I 09 HT 9 I Y i Y HT r r 0 o 10 LF J Z j Z LF L...

Page 119: ...P 0 p p C E a n L L r L DC 1 A a a q jj a j n L T 13 DC2 2 B R b r e IE 6 n T T r DCl 3 C S c s a 0 u t L 11 S DC 4 D T d t a 0 Ii L r r 5 E U e u a 0 N r a J 6 F V f v it U l 7 G W 9 w c U Q 1 T BS C...

Page 120: ...L 01 00 4 DC4 4 0 T d t a 0 i i L o o 5 5 E U e u iii 0 N r o 0 6 6 F V f v a u 0 o 7 7 G W 9 w c U 0 1 0 00 8 as CAN 8 H X h x e y I 0 o 9 HT 9 I Y i Y e 0 i r 10 0 A LF J Z j z it 0 A L r 0 B VT ESC...

Page 121: ...a I I I I a a a a I I I I I I a a I I a a I I a a I I a I a I 0 I a I a I a I a I 02 03 04 05 OS 07 08 oe 10 11 12 13 14 15 SP 0 p p at 1 a L L I 1 A Q a q D i L T IS a 2 B R b r l y 6 T T r it 3 C S...

Page 122: ...o I 0 I 05 5 r E_ JL e u o 1 0 06 I 6 F V 1 v H II 0 _Coo G W e 0 0 07 I I 7 9 w n o 0 08 BSICAN 8 H X hiX I eX p e 0 09 HT I 9 I y i Y K P PcY1 10 0 10 LF J Z j z 1 Y C I I 0 I I 11 VT ESC K k M b T...

Page 123: ...1 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 SP 0 p p C IE Ii L L dJ 1 A Q a q Ii i L T B DC2 11 2 B R b r IfE T T r it fI 3 C S c s i 0 u t L n S DC 4 0 T d t i 0 n L I r 5 E U e u a 0 N r a J 6 F V f...

Page 124: ...05 5 E U e u it 0 A o 1 10 06 6 F V f v A il i 01 1 1 07 1 7 G W 9 w U Q 10 00 08 as CAN 8 H X h x e A 10 o 1 09 HT 9 I Y i Y e 0 I 0 1 0 10 IF J Z j z e u I 1 0 1 1 11 VT ESC K k 1 t 0 1 I I 00 12 FF...

Page 125: ...T d t DC S 4 D T d t o 5 5 E U e u 5 E U e u 0 6 6 F V v 6 F V v o 7 7 G W 9 w BEL 7 G W 9 w 0 o 0 8 BS CAN 8 H X h x BS CAN 8 H X 0 o 9 HT 9 I Y i Y HT 9 Y I Y 0 A LF J Z J Z LF J Z J z B VT ESC K k...

Page 126: ...0 78 7C 1 U S A ii I I 1 0 A if a e u FRANCE It 6 0 A a I GERMANY 0 ENGLAND A I I 1 0 A f If zj DENMARK ill A at e if 0 E 0 0 0 e a 0 SWEDEN A A f A ITALY 0 e u a 0 1 Pt N A n SPAIN I If A I JAPAN I I...

Page 127: ...zed characters This section describes how to create cus tom characters by redefining the original character table stored in the printer s ROM Bit Image Mode BIM In Bit Image Mode BIM the MPS 1230 Prin...

Page 128: ...6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0...

Page 129: ...graphics image generated in the preceding section The print loop is executed five times 100PEN1 4 7 20 A 30 FOR 1 1 TO 16 40 READ A A A CHR A 50 NEXT I 60 FOR J 1 TO 5 70 PRINT 1 CHR 8 A REM SETS BIM...

Page 130: ...ll be repeated Ifn 0 the BIM data is repeated 256 times To be able to repeat the image more than 256 times repeat the sequence The following example program in figure 10 5 illustrates repetitive print...

Page 131: ...Graphics Printer Modes The user can create between 1 and 94 personalized characters which replace the normal printed characters The down loading of special characters to the printer s memory is perfor...

Page 132: ...s the decimal code ofthe first character to be loaded Standard characters will be replaced by the personalized characters starting form this point Example A character set is to be loaded to replace th...

Page 133: ...in up to 255 data elements Use additional variables to define more than 256 data elements If the user wishes to down load 55 characters starting at character addres 64 in decimal line 60 becomes 60 PR...

Page 134: ...USED Figure 10 10 PrInt Matrix A dot is printed ifthe corresponding bit in the encoded data value p is enabled I 1 CHARACTER WIDTH Figure 10 11 Example ofPersonaUzed Character Definidon mM Proprinter...

Page 135: ...data Sets Bit Image Mode BIM with horizontal density of60 dots inch Parameters nl and n2 indicate the number of BIM data elements that follow To ob tain nl and n2 values follow this example n2 INTEGR...

Page 136: ...aximum number of BIM data values per row is 960 For the other features the same rules as ESC K apply LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 76 LPRINT CHR n1 CHR n2 Data Sets BIM graphics printing with horizontal density 1...

Page 137: ...nd special symbols that replace the commands LF CR FF etc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 c 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 b4 b3 bZ b I o 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 Z o 0 1 1 3...

Page 138: ...SC 7 is restored the ESC code becomes inactive and the control codes operate once again LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 92 CHR m CHR n or LPRINT CHR 27 _ CHR m CHR n Sets the printing of one character taken from th...

Page 139: ...quence is to be issued LPRINT CHR 27 K CHR 5 Sets BIM graphics printing with normal or double density in vertical columns 9 dots high defined by 2 bytes This BIM print mode allows you to use all 9 pri...

Page 140: ...an alternative only afew characters can be personalized keeping the standard characters for the unde fined ones Thus the newly defined table is loaded into the printer s memory Ifyou tum offthe printe...

Page 141: ...not used and is 1 if the first needle is used and the ninth is not used L Proportional spacing bit 27 has the same mean ing described in the previous paragraph the other 7 bits are also considered to...

Page 142: ...efined by ESC LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 37 CHR 49 ROM selection personalized characters perma nently stored in the printer LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 37 CHR 48 Copies the ROM character generator contents normal charac...

Page 143: ...es Appendix F PETASCII Uppercase Graphics Character Table Appendix G PETASCII Upper Lowercase Character Table Appendix H ASCII Character Table Appendix I Epson Standard Character Table Appendix Epson...

Page 144: ...second Optimized bidirectional 10 12115 17 1120124 characters per inch Can be selected during the Set Up procedure and through software control codes 116 4 23 mm 118 3 175 mm and 7n2 2 47 mm 0 216 an...

Page 145: ...cartridges approx BOOK character life expectancy Temperature from 50 11 lO C to 104 11 40 C Relative Humidity from 15 to 95 noncondensing USA 115 120V 50 60 Hz European 220 240 V 10 15 50 60 Hz absor...

Page 146: ...O FOR DArA LlSt NIA OAfA ACCIPIU UStIHlA 0 1 accEPTED E O E M E _____ L IA Atagy O_SE_ _o_ aUlIA SINOlMG SYSYlMll RlLUM Al aTTI 1OM URtIAROuND It EA _lISTENEA to tlflIA 1 iiii I DlVIIClAC IIlJlOWl EDG...

Page 147: ...g computer generated signals are present at the inter face output connector DATA STROBE connector pin 1 DATA LINES from pin 2 to pin 9 INPUT PRIME pin 31 together with the following printer generated...

Page 148: ...to receive data The PAPER EMP1Y signal high level indicates to the computer that the printer is almost out ofpaper The SELECT signal high level indicates to the computer that the printer is capable of...

Page 149: ...7 Micro compressed and in the following styles emphasized double width superscript subscript double strike underline 10 chars inch 12 chars inch 15 charsJinch 17 1 chars inch 20 charsJinch 24 chars i...

Page 150: ...8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 N Normal Draft NLQ Near Letter Quality N L Q EM Emphasized DW Double width DW Sp Sb Sp Superscript Sb S...

Page 151: ...set is constituted from a list ofcommands codes from 0 to 34 and from 127 to 159 Decimal Escape code CHR 27 with different extensions from 14 to 219 Decimal In serial mode many escape commands have tw...

Page 152: ...aging off DC4 20 14 Double width characters OFF CAN 24 18 Clears print line buffer SUB 26 lA s Bit Image repeat ESC 27 IB s Escape NLQON 31 IF s NLQ printing ON SP 32 20 Moves the print head one chara...

Page 153: ...6 line spacing or execute ESC A ESC 3 33 33 s Set nl216 line spacing ESC 4 34 34 s Italic characters ON ESC 4 34 34 Set Top ofFono ESC 5 35 35 s Italic characters OFF ESC 5 35 35 Automatic Line Feed...

Page 154: ...CF 46 C6 s Emphasized printing OFF ESCG 47 C7 s Double strike printing ON ESCH 48 C8 s Double strike printing OFF ESC I 49 C9 s Select print definition ESC 4A CA s One time line feed 0 216 ESCK 4B CB...

Page 155: ...table ESC 5E 5E s Set 9 dots graphics ESC 5E 5E Print 1 char from exteoded table ESC_ 5F 5F Overline ON OFF ESCb 62 42 s Vertical tab stops program ESCeO 65 45 s Set htabs every 0 columns ESCe 1 65 45...

Page 156: ...AppendixE Individual Command Code and Escape Sequence Tables 150 L...

Page 157: ...9 58 39 Out of paper enabled ESC 61 3D Down Line Loading of user characteJ s ESC c 67 43 Sets form length in number of lines ESCcNUL 670 430 Sets form length in number of inches ESC e 69 45 Emphasized...

Page 158: ...s OFF CAN 24 18 Clears print buffer ESC 27 18 ASCII code for Escape SP 32 20 Moves the print head one character pitch ESC 45 2D Underline ON OFF ESC 0 48 30 Spacing 118 3 175 mm ESC 1 49 31 Spacing 7...

Page 159: ...ESC L 76 4C 120 dots inch BIM selection ESCN 78 4E l efine bottom of form BOF ESC 0 79 4F Clear bottom of form ESCQ 81 51 De select printer ESCR 82 52 Clear tab stops ESC S 83 53 Superscript subscript...

Page 160: ...3 175 mm ESC I 49 31 Spacing 7 72 2 47 mm ESC 2 50 32 Spacing 116 4 23 mm ESC 3 51 33 Spacing n1216 n x 0 1l76 mm ESC 6 54 36 IBM Table 2 selection ESC 7 55 37 IBM Table I selection ESC 8 56 38 Out o...

Page 161: ...4F Clear bottom of form ESC S 83 53 Superscript subscript printing ESC T 84 54 Clear superscript subscript printing ESC U 85 55 Recognized not operative ESCW 87 57 Double width characters ON OFF ESC Y...

Page 162: ...t buffer ESC SO 14 OE Same as SO ESC SI 15 OF Same as SI ESC 33 21 Select graphics layout types ESC 35 23 Clear bit 27 forcing MSB ESC 0 0 37 25 Select RAM special characters and ROM standard characte...

Page 163: ...65 4f Spacing n 72 n x 0 3528 mm ESC B 66 42 Vertical tab stops program ESC C 67 43 Set form length in number of lines ESC C NUL 6700 4300 Set form length in number of inches ESC D 68 44 Horizontal ta...

Page 164: ...ipt printing Clear superscript subscript printing Mono Bidirectional printing Double width characters ON OFF Double density BIM selection normal speed Four times density BIM selection 9 dot high strip...

Page 165: ...2C 76 4C L 1086C L 13 00 CR 45 20 77 40 M 10960 14 OE SO 46 2E 78 4E N 1106E 15 OF SI 47 2F 79 4F 0 111 6F r 16 10 POS 48 30 0 80 50 P 112 70 17 11 CRSR OWN 49 31 1 81 51 Q 113 71 18 12 OC2 50 32 2 82...

Page 166: ...0 CS 173 AD 1 205 CO 237 ED L 1428E SO 174 AE 206 CE 238 EE 1438F SI 175 AF 207 CF r 239 EF 14490 none 176 BO r 208 DO 1 240 FO r 14591 CRSR UP 177 B1 l 209 01 241 F1 L 14692 OC2 178 B2 210 02 242 F2...

Page 167: ...4F 0 111 6F 0 16 10 POS 48 30 0 80 50 P 112 70 P 17 11 CRSROWN49 31 1 81 51 q 113 n Q 18 12 OC2 50 32 2 82 52 r 114 72 R 19 13 OC3 51 33 3 83 53 s 115 73 S 20 14 OC4 52 34 4 84 54 t 116 74 T 21 15 no...

Page 168: ...73 AD L 205 CD M 237 ED L 1428E SO 174 AE 206 CE 238 EE 1438F SI 175 AF 207 CF fJ 239 EF 14490 none 176 BO r 208 00 P 240 FO r 14591 CRSR UP 177 B1 J 209 D1 Q 241 F1 L 14692 DC2 178 B2 T 210 D2 R 242...

Page 169: ...5 OF SI 47 2F 79 4F 0 111 6F 0 16 10 pas 48 30 0 80 50 P 112 70 p 17 11 CRSR OWN 49 31 1 81 51 Q 113 71 q 18 12 OC2 50 32 2 82 52 R 114 72 r 19 13 OC3 51 33 3 83 53 S 115 73 s 20 14 OC4 52 34 4 84 54...

Page 170: ...141 80 CS 173 AD L 205 CO M 237 ED L 1428E SO 174 AE 1 206 CE N 238 EE 1438F SI 175 AF 207 CF 0 239 EF 144 90 none 176 BO r 208 DO P 240 FO r 14591 CRSR UP 177 B1 oJ_ 209 01 Q 241 F1 L 14692 OC2 178...

Page 171: ...5 OF SI 47 2F I 79 4F 0 111 6F 0 16 10 none 48 30 0 80 50 P 112 70 p 17 11 OC1 49 31 1 81 51 Q 113 71 q 18 12 OC2 50 32 2 82 52 R 114 7 r 19 13 OC3 51 33 3 83 53 S 115 73 s 20 14 OC4 52 34 4 84 54 T 1...

Page 172: ...80 CR 173 AD 205 CO 1 237 ED m 1428E SO 174 AE 206 CE N 238 EE n 1438F SI 175 AF 207 CF 0 239 EF 0 14490 none 176 BO 0 208 DO p 240 FO p 14591 OC1 177 B1 1 209 01 241 F1 q 14692 OC2 178 B2 2 210 02 R...

Page 173: ...14 OE 46 2E 78 4E N 1106E n 15 OF 47 2F 79 4F 0 111 6F 0 16 10 48 30 0 80 50 P 112 70 p 17 11 49 31 1 81 51 Q 113 71 q 18 12 50 32 2 82 52 R 114 72 r 19 13 51 33 3 83 53 S 115 73 s 20 14 52 34 4 84 54...

Page 174: ...236 EC 1 141 8D 173 AD 205 CD 11 237 ED m 1428E I 174 AE 206 CE N 238 EE n 1438F 175 AF 207 CF 0 239 EF 0 144 90 0 176 BO 0 208 DO p 240 FQ p 14591 177 B1 1 209 01 Q 241 F1 q 14692 178 B2 2 210 02 R...

Page 175: ...6E n 15 OF SI 47 2F 79 4F 0 111 6F 0 16 10 none 48 30 0 80 50 p 112 70 p 17 11 DC1 49 31 1 81 51 Q 11 71 q 18 12 DC2 50 32 2 82 52 R 11472 r 19 13 DC3 51 33 3 83 53 S 115 73 s 20 14 DC4 52 34 4 84 54...

Page 176: ...EC 00 141 80 CR 173 AD 205 CD 237 ED t1J 1428E SO 174 AE 206 CE JL 238 EE E 1438F SI 175 AF 207 CF r 239 EF 14490 none 176 BO 208 DO JL 240 FO 14591 OC1 177 B1 209 01 241 F1 14692 OC2 178 B2 210 02 I...

Page 177: ...1106E n 15 OF 47 2F 79 4F 0 111 6F 0 16 10 48 30 0 80 50 P 112 70 p 17 11 49 31 1 81 51 Q 113 71 q 18 12 50 32 2 82 52 R 114 72 r 19 13 51 33 3 83 53 S 115 73 s 20 14 52 34 4 84 54 T 116 74 t 21 15 5...

Page 178: ...k 204 CC 236 EC OIl 141 80 i 173 AD 205 CO 237 ED 1428E tti 174 AE 206 CE JL 238 EE E 1438F A 175 AF 207 CF r 239 EF n 14490 E 176 BO 208 DO JL 240 FO 14591 II 177 B1 i1 209 01 T 241 F1 14692 It 178...

Page 179: ...E n 15 OF 47 2F 79 4F 0 111 6F 0 16 10 48 30 0 80 50 P 112 70 p 17 11 49 31 1 81 51 Q 113 71 q 18 12 50 32 2 82 52 R 114 72 r 19 13 51 33 3 83 53 S 115 73 s 20 14 n 52 34 4 84 54 T 116 74 t 21 15 Ii 5...

Page 180: ...204 CC 236 EC 00 141 80 i 173 AD 205 CO 237 ED ff 1428E A 174 AE 206 CE JL 238 EE E 1438F A 175 AF 207 CF r 239 EF 14490 E 176 BO 208 DO JL 240 FO 20 01 14591 II 177 B1 T 241 F1 14692 If 178 B2 21002...

Page 181: ...93 94 96 123 124 125 126 0 U S A 0 1 France a 9 I J 2 Germany X C 0 a i S u 6 3 England 4 Denmark If 0 A A 5 Sweden X C A 0 11 I S A U 6 Italy D 6 J a b III 1 7 Spain II l ft 8 Japan D 1 9 Norway If...

Page 182: ...he printer switches to on line mode ready to receive data from the computer To abort the printing test tum off the printer The test is performed only ifthe paper is properly inserted The figure below...

Page 183: ...mnopqrstuvwxyZ I J iJbl illlnIlAAQt IJfl iiijiia8 LI1NDPQRSTUVWXVZ _ abedefghi jklmnopqrstuvwxyz I ilhJ f l nt1AAat IJIl iiouliou NOPQRSTUVWxyze _ abcdefghi jklmnopqrstuvwxyz I tJbJ ji R t1AA flH JilW...

Page 184: ...32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 30 20 20 20 20 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 30 OD If Z 41 42 43 49 4C 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 41 42 43 44 45 OD IE 2 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 30 20 20 20 31 32 33 34 35 36 J7 38 3...

Page 185: ...ter on If the trou ble persists call Cus tomer Support Does not print Failure condition Turn the printer offand FAILURE indicator is call your dealer ON Printing does not start Improper setting of the...

Page 186: ...nt in Con The Emphasized or Clear the Emphasized densed mode Pica print mode pre or Pica print mode viously selected has not neither is compatible been cleared with the Condensed mode HOrizontal tab s...

Page 187: ...r l...

Page 188: ...363153 01 Commodore AWGA Commodore Business Machines Inc 1200 Wilson Drive West Chester PA 19380 Commodore Business Machines Inc 3470 Pharmacy Avenue Agincourt Ontario M1W 3G3 r 8 89...

Search results

Summary of Contents for amiga mps 1230

Reviews:

Related manuals for amiga mps 1230

Brands by name

Popular brands

Commodore amiga mps 1230, User Manual

Search results

Summary of Contents for amiga mps 1230

Reviews:

Related manuals for amiga mps 1230

Brands by name

Popular brands