Xerox 820-II Word Processing Applications And Reference Manual Download

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Page 2: ...his equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or m...

Page 3: ...Program Using the CONFIGUR Program Installing non Xerox Printers EDITING Checking Disk Space and Number of Files Recalling a Document File for Editing Deleting Erasing Text Inserting Text Discarding E...

Page 4: ...mand The Help Key Changing the Help Level Correcting Mistakes Recovering A Bak File MULTI PAGE DOCUMENTS Automatic Page Breaks Required Page Breaks Saving Frequently Printing Multi Page Documents How...

Page 5: ...g Text Underlining Text Bolding and Double Striking Text Typing Super and Subscripts Typing a Letter and Envelope Using Standard Boilerplate Text OTHER Dot Commands Using Dot Commands Exception Keys R...

Page 6: ...on Preparation for Operation Operating the 630 Printer 40 CPS Special Considerations Setting the Switches Under the Front Cover Setting the Operating Switches Reading the Control Panel Indicators Spec...

Page 7: ...r instance if you type letters and envelopes you ll want to cover the section that explains the best way to type letters and envelopes On page 1 4 of this chapter there s an explanation of the disk op...

Page 8: ...plicating Text in a Document File Copying Text Into A New Document File FORMATTING Formatting Introduction Changing Margins Tabs How to Use the Ruler Line When Editing Using Wide Margins Typing Block...

Page 9: ...Page Number Adding Text to the Page Numbers Headers Footers PRINTING Stopping the Printer Stop Commands The Print Questions STATISnCAL TABLES Using Decimal Tabs Underlining Columns Editing Statistical...

Page 10: ...ters can be recorded on a given area of the disk The 820 11 is designed to record in double density which means that you ll get twice the number of characters on the disk as in single density You do h...

Page 11: ...This means that you can put a double density disk in Drive B and work in double density by using 8 as the drive name e g use B filename to address a file on the disk Then when you remove that disk an...

Page 12: ...u to record twice as many characters on the disk Disks certified double sided are a high enough quality to prevent errors in recording on either side of the disk When purchasing 8 disks specify Either...

Page 13: ...follow the instructions for running the CONFIGUR program on page 3 12 Then follow the instructions for running the INSTALL program on page 13 10 After you ve changed the software you can connect the p...

Page 14: ...y the date and time Used mainly to modify the software for use with a non Xerox printer and to change the size of the partitions on the rigid disk Used to show which logical and physical drives are in...

Page 15: ...y be more than one way to give a particular instruction to the system For instance on the Directory Menu pressing the up cursor arrow key gives the same instruction as typing an A The chapter titled O...

Page 16: ...This page intentionally left blank INTRODUCTION 1 10...

Page 17: ...____________ 3 Do you think the Action Summary Tabs at the back of the Handbook will be helpful to you Yes No I 4 How would you like the Handbook changed 5 Did the Applications sections the first 11 c...

Page 18: ...This page intentionally left blank INTRODUCTION 1 12...

Page 19: ...Go To Menu you press CTRL 1 when the Main Menu is on the screen The Go To Menu is shown below BACKSP RETURN 0 9 I Menu 1 Menu 2 Gato Block Menu Menu Main Menu Menu 3 Document Menu B FILENAME PAGE I L...

Page 20: ...he next page Here s how it works You must have a file on the screen to move the cursor To move the cursor to Top of screen Press CTRL 1 A To move the cursor to Bottom of screen Press CTRL 1 B To move...

Page 21: ...menu and notice that it shows C end of file Press the C key MOVE the cursor back to the beginning of the file Press CTRL 1 Look at the menu and notice that it shows 0 beginning of file Press the D ke...

Page 22: ...ace You may type now or give a command using CTRL any key shown above The most useful scroll commands are F and G which will scroll the screen up or down a screenful at a time F scroll up screenful G...

Page 23: ...ine I K find replace 6 reformat paragraph scroll down line I L repeat find replace You may type now or give a command using CTRL any key shown above The find command has several options that you can u...

Page 24: ...en to use find To find a word Press CTRL J Type the word or words to be found Press RETURN twice To find a word using one or more of the options Press CTRL J Type the word or words to be found Press R...

Page 25: ...ions to the screen Type U to find the word whether it appears in upper or lower case Type W to find the word only if it is a whole word Press RETURN When the system finds the word the it will position...

Page 26: ...This page intentionally left blank CURSOR MOVEMENT 2 8...

Page 27: ...HELP key chmge help level F print Q file CTRL scroll directory down G rename Q file CTRL scroll directory up Y00 may touch any key shown above DIRECTORY of disk A The Word Processing Handbook showed...

Page 28: ...ves while you are editing or printing a document file To change disk drives With the Directory Menu on the screen press the B key Type B and press RETURN to go to the B disk drive Or type A and press...

Page 29: ...FILE The letter G is used to give the rename a file command which will give a file a new name title This is particularly useful if you want to recall a BAK back up file Since you cannot recall a file...

Page 30: ...COM used to copy an entire disk onto another disk INIT COM used to prepare initialize disks before recording on them CONFIGUR COM used to change printer options or rigid disk divisions INSTALL COM us...

Page 31: ...t a few seconds then note the number of bytes remaining on the disk Press any key and wait for the Directory Menu to return You can also use the STAT program to find out the exact size of each file on...

Page 32: ...r you can use the BDIR program to display the file names without changing from the A drive To check the number of files on disk B BOIR Check that the Directory Menu is on the screen Be sure the disk y...

Page 33: ...e Word Processing disk in Drive A Press CTRL C Press any key to return to the Directory Menu If the destination disk has a document with the same title the program will copy the new file over the old...

Page 34: ...n drive or touch RETURN Remove the Word Processing disk Insert the disk to be copied source disk in Drive A Insert disk to copy to destination disk in Drive B Press RETURN Wait for the COpy COMPLETE m...

Page 35: ...izing a 5u disk the Write Protect tape should be removed If you are initializing an 8 disk the Write Protect tape should be on To initialize a disk INIT Check that the Directory of A is on the screen...

Page 36: ...00 may touch my key shown above DIRECTORY of disk A CHANGING THE HELP LEVEL The HELP key can be used to change the help levels Normally the menus are shown on the screen to help you remember the diffe...

Page 37: ...with the Directory Menu on the screen Press the D key This will turn the Directory OFF if it is on Or ON if it is off EDITING A PROGRAM The letter E is used to give the edit a program command You use...

Page 38: ...llel turn to page 3 14 To run the CONFIGUR program for a serial printer Check to be sure that you ve made a copy of your Word Processing disk and put the original away in a safe place Check that the D...

Page 39: ...Press the SPACE BAR to step through the selections for each item Press the down arrow key to move to the next item Press the up arrow if you want to move back up the list of items Check that all item...

Page 40: ...be displayed as follows System Configuration Version 0 00 Copyright c 1982 XEROX Corporation Enter number of function to be executed Upon completion of the selected function the program will return to...

Page 41: ...Designations Console CRT List LPT Serial Printer To change the menu items for your printer Press the down arrow key to move to List Press the SPACE BAR until ULl is displayed Press ESC when you have...

Page 42: ...y to move to the next item Press the up arrow if you want to move back up the list of items Check that all items are set correctly for your printer Press ESC when you have finished Press ESC again The...

Page 43: ...ct I O device assignments such as Console etc Select Keyboard Data Format This allows you to change the keyboard data format 7 or 8 bits to accommodate programs which use different formats Select Scre...

Page 44: ...This page intentionally left blank DIRECTORY 3 18...

Page 45: ...m To check the amount of room on a disk you use the H command on the Directory to run the STAT program The STAT program is simply a set of instructions that tells the 820 11 to look at your disk and l...

Page 46: ...n count the file names before you recall a file for editing If the maximum number of document files are on a disk you should delete some of the files to make room for your edited file or you can copy...

Page 47: ...the maximum number of files shown in the table on the previous page you ll need to delete one or more of the BAK files using the instructions on page 3 2 CHECK the disk space on the B disk Press the...

Page 48: ...I I repeat next command I J find format nondisplay I scroll up line I K find replace reformat paragraph I scroll down line I L repeat ind replace You may type now or give a command using CTRL any key...

Page 49: ...scroll up line I K find replace reformat paragrqlh I scroll down line I L repeat find replace You may type now or give a command using CTRL my key shown above The insert mode should be left ON for mo...

Page 50: ...e 3 2 CHECK the disk space on the B disk Press the H key Type the word STAT Press RETURN Check the Bytes Remaining On B message if it is less than 4K delete one or more of the BAK files using the inst...

Page 51: ...ut in final form It s a whole lot easier than retyping or writing the document out by hand DELETE the word such in the first line DELETE the words three or in the second line REFORMAT the paragraph Mo...

Page 52: ...shown above Touch SPACE bar to close the menu The document menu can also be used to tell the system that you do not want to save the document file on the screen To do this you use the command ESC eras...

Page 53: ...ing CTRL any key shown above The find replace command has several options you can use The options can be brought to the screen by typing question mark after you type the find and replace words The mos...

Page 54: ...ress CTRL 0 zero Press CTRL 6 If a word needs to be hyphenated the reformat will stop You can type a hyphen or use the left cursor key to move the cursor to a more appropriate position and then type a...

Page 55: ...umber of files get another disk or delete one or more of the BAK files using the instructions on page 3 2 CHECK the disk space on the B disk Press the H key Type the word STAT Press RETURN Check the B...

Page 56: ...ithout stopping and asking REFORMAT the document file Press CTRL 1 D to move the cursor to the beginning of the file Press CTRL 0 zero to give the repeat command Press CTRL 6 If the 820 11 asks you to...

Page 57: ...HELP for assistance I go to menu 7 delete this line I E change help level 2 block menu 8 insert line here I F scroll up screenful 3 document menu 9 insert mode on off I G scroll down screenful 4 form...

Page 58: ...of text may be any length from one word to a whole page of typing K MORE ABOUT BLOCKS OF TEXT Block markers cannot be erased while the document file is on the screen However when you store the file th...

Page 59: ...er file INSERT ON HELP for assistance G block marker display on off 9 assign a marker II See GO TO MENU to find place markers l 9 You may touch any key shown above Touch SPACE bar to close the menu Th...

Page 60: ...fli BLOCK MEMJ A mark block beginning I 0 delete block B mark block ending I E move block C copy block I F save block in I another file INSERT ON t ELP for assistance G block marker display on off 0 9...

Page 61: ...e copy block command The text will be copied to the new location and remain in the original location as well The commands you ll use are on the Block Menu shown on the opposite page A mark block begin...

Page 62: ...until the flavor is right When you have a Xerox 820 11 you or anyone who can type can easily make the changes necessary to get the flavor right Then when the recipe is perfect you can print it out in...

Page 63: ...ph on the H in Have Press CTRL 2 then A to mark the block beginning Move your cursor to the end of the block to include the two returns at the end of the paragraph you ll need to move the cursor onto...

Page 64: ...arn about copying text There is no practice exercise for copying text but you can try this on your own if you wish Here s how it works To mark a block of teXt Begin with the file on the screen Positio...

Page 65: ...orking with long documents It is best to keep all your documents shorter than 10 pages The command on the Document Menu 113 on the Main Menu that you ll use is E read another file into this one Here s...

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Page 67: ...informed about the material world than most of the population l lervousness can only be overcome by creating a poSitive attitude of mind and practicing and practicing agoin failure and disappointment...

Page 68: ...PAPER LENGTH 11 inches This section of the manual tells you how to use and change the standard format settings It also explains how to indent the first line of a paragraph and how to indent all the l...

Page 69: ...text to position it at the correct column L _____ ______________ Typing on the 820 is really easy The word wrap feature puts in carrier returns automatically so you don t have to worry about line end...

Page 70: ...r the line I G clear tab s margin release I H hyphenation help set right margin I J tum syllable set left margin I hyphen off ON set tab s I K justify off ON 1 Menu 4 Menu 5 Format Format Display Nond...

Page 71: ...o bring up the Format Display Menu Press the G key Press the A key and RETURN To clear only one tab Press CTRL 4 to bring up the Format Display Menu Press the G key Type the tab setting to be cleared...

Page 72: ...show the settings used in the last file ESC A B C I I Menu 1 Menu 2 Goto Block Menu Menu Main Menu Menu 3 Document Menu FILENAME PAGE I Llf E I COL II DOCUMENT MENU erase screen don t I D print a fil...

Page 73: ...he files if the disk already has the maximum number of files get another disk or delete some of the files using the instructions on page 3 2 CHECK the disk space on the B disk Press the H key Type STA...

Page 74: ...CTRL 4 Press E and type 28 and press RETURN to set a tab TYPE the first line in the document and RETURN twice TYPE the first paragraph of the document shown above PRESS the TAB key Notice that the cu...

Page 75: ...and pressing CTRL 4 E ESC NOTE When you use the ESC command for setting or deleting tabs at the cursor column be sure to use a line of text that does not contain any codes B FILENAME PAGE I LItE I CO...

Page 76: ...B Type B Press RETURN RECALL the document file RULER Press the A key Type RULER o Press RETURN NOTICE that the Ruler Line is shorter than the text margins at 20 and 60 CHANGE the margins to match the...

Page 77: ...wide margins just as easily as documents with narrow margins All you need to do is decide what margins you want in your document and set them on the Ruler Line Then type the text letting the 820 11 p...

Page 78: ...om the disk CHECK the disk space on the B disk Press the H key Type STAT Press RETURN Check the Bytes Remaining On B message if it is less than 4K delete some of the files f rom the disk Press any key...

Page 79: ...without pressing the RETURN key until the end of the paragraph Pressing the RETURN key cancels the automatic indent and moves the typing position back to the left margin When you press CTRL 4 the For...

Page 80: ...B key Type the paragraph do not return within the paragraph End the paragraph by touching RETURN If you need to indent a paragraph more than one tab you will need to repeat the CTRL 4 TAB command for...

Page 81: ...4 TAB automatic indent before you press CTRL 6 reformat Read the information below to learn about editing indented paragraphs You can practice this in the exercise on the next page Here s how it work...

Page 82: ...training disk is in the B Disk Drive IF the B Directory is not displayed change to drive B Press B Type B Press RETURN CHECK the number of files on the B disk Count the files if the disk has the maxi...

Page 83: ...t will need to be indented 0 ood This block indent paragraph is indentedl five spaces from the margin and follows a paragraph that is not indented at all The 820 11 will allow you to indent all the li...

Page 84: ...Uppercase alphabetic characters are indented one level and numbers are indented two levels The automatic indent command is given by pressing CTRL 4 TAB You ll need to repeat the command once for each...

Page 85: ...ress B Type B Press RETURN CHECK the number of files on the B disk Count the files if the disk has the maximum number of files delete several of the files using the instructions on page 3 2 CHECK the...

Page 86: ...el and numbers are indented two levels TYPE the first paragraph shown above Type A Press CTRL 4 Press the TAB key Type the paragraph do not return until the paragraph end Press RETURN twice to end the...

Page 87: ...eformatting You would then give the CTRL 4 TAB command twice once for each indent level before pressing CTRL 6 to reformat A The outline format is frequently used to show the relationship between a li...

Page 88: ...merals Uppercase alphabetic characters are indented one level and numbers are indented two levels MOVE the cursor to the first line and ADD the text shown above REFORMAT the paragraph Move the cursor...

Page 89: ...the menu Any text that you type after giving the change line spacing command will have the new line spacing When the line spacing is set at any number other than one single the message LINE SPACING I...

Page 90: ...r returns between the lines of text If you change the line spacing and then reformat the system will add or subtract carrier returns between lines to give you the new line spacing It is important to r...

Page 91: ...ive IF the B Directory is not displayed change to drive B Press B Type B Press RETURN CHECK the number of files on the B disk Count the files if the disk has the maximum number of files delete several...

Page 92: ...le line spacing Now that you ve typed a short document file in double spacing 2 you can change the line spacing back to single 1 to see how you change line spacing in a file that is already typed MOVE...

Page 93: ...word ON as shown below When Justify is off the command will be followed by the word OFF B FILENAME PAGE I Lli E I COL GI INSERT ON FORMAT DISPLAY MENU HELP for assistance TAB automatic indent I F sett...

Page 94: ...henation insert the hyphen and then press CTRL 0 and CTRL 6 again Justify like the Ruler Line is not recorded in your document If you turn Justify off it will stay off until the system is turned off o...

Page 95: ...nu 3 Document Menu B FILENAME PAGE I LINE I COL I FORMAT NONDISPLAY MENU 1 C stop printer here overprint line I 0 double strike required backsp 1 F use hex 2et spoke line feed 1 G use hex 7F spoke oth...

Page 96: ...nt you ll need to use CTRL 5 C to tell the printer to stop at each pitch change so you can change the print wheel To restart the printer touch the F key CONTINUE PRINT on the Directory Menu You may al...

Page 97: ...nstruction It will act on the instruction and it will not print the instruction when you print your document file The paper length instruction is referred to as a dot command because it is given by ty...

Page 98: ...h Since there are six lines of typing to the inch the setting for a one inch top margin would be MT 6 and the setting for a one inch bottom would be MB 6 The settings for two inch margins would be MT...

Page 99: ...Main Menu and Menu 115 If you press the HELP key when one of the other menus Ill through 114 is on the screen you ll see more information about the commands on that specific menu When HELP informatio...

Page 100: ...Directory while in a file Press CTRL 3 Press the A key to change disk drives Type B Press RETURN Press CTRL 3 Press the C key to display the Directory Count the number of files on the Directory To de...

Page 101: ...file is stored under the original title and the last edited version of the file is stored as a BAK back up file For example when a file named LETTER is edited the edited file will be stored on the Dir...

Page 102: ...This page intentionally left blank HELP 6 4...

Page 103: ...ach page is determined by the length of the paper and the size of the top and bottom margins Normally the 820 11 will put 54 lines on each page This is because the paper length is set at 66 lines and...

Page 104: ...line page break will automatically disappear It may be manifested in a flat inexpressive voice or an expression less face or a tense posture Even the most sensitive speakers are too conscious of their...

Page 105: ...on t I D print a file save mything I E read another file change disk drives I into this one delete a file I F rename a file file directory on off I I 1 Menu 4 Menu 5 Format Format Display Nondisplay M...

Page 106: ...nformation below to learn about printing You ll have a chance to practice this in the exercise on the next page Here s how it works After typing and saving a multi page file begin with the Directory M...

Page 107: ...ive IF the B Directory is not displayed change to drive B Press B Type B Press RETURN CHECK the number of files on the B disk Count the number of file names if the disk has the maximum number of files...

Page 108: ...here you stopped typing last Then you can type the last page of the file PRESS CTRL 3 Notice the command H re display the file at the right of the screen PRESS the H key The 820 11 will save the file...

Page 109: ...t assume the fixed form with which we are familiar until they were cast in types by Jenson In crediting Jenson with our style of roman type face it would be unfair to overlook other early printers who...

Page 110: ...than one page you will need to use the print option that will PAUSE FOR PAPER CHANGE BETWEEN CHANGES so you can insert a new sheet of paper The PAUSE option is turned on by pressing the Y key If you h...

Page 111: ...next number of lines For instance if you type CP 6 in front of a paragraph the 820 11 will keep the next six lines on the same page If the 820 11 can t fit all the l nes on the page it will move them...

Page 112: ...uld check the space on the disk to be sure you have enough room for both the edited file and the original BAK file You may find it easiest to copy a long document file onto a disk by itself to ensure...

Page 113: ...ument to print with page numbers on it You can easily tell the 820 11 to omit the page numbers The omit page number command is given by typing OP at the left margin in column 1 followed by a RETURN Wh...

Page 114: ...he top of the page you use the HE command plus a pound sign II After typing the HE command at the left margin you move the cursor to the position where you want the page number to print and type the p...

Page 115: ...age You can do this by using the HE and FO commands The 820 11 will allow you to put one full line of text in the HE and FO commands You have the option of including a page number in the text or leavi...

Page 116: ...There are no practice exercises for working with page numbers If you wish you may practice creating the xamples shown in this chapter on your own PAGE NUMBERING 8 4...

Page 117: ...he file s name Press RETURN six times Press the Y key Press RETURN again If the file has more than one page in it the printer will stop after printing each page You ll need to insert another sheet of...

Page 118: ...ript I K alternating headers I V subscript I trailers on off I start stop You may touch any key shown above Touch SPACE bar to close the menu Here s how it works To put a printer stop command in a fil...

Page 119: ...mber of the last page you want printed and press RETURN To print through the end of the file press RETURN without typing a page number USE FORM FEEDS YIN Asks if you want the printer to advance a blan...

Page 120: ...This page intentionally left blank PRINTING 9 4...

Page 121: ...on the Ruler Line are over the decimals in the columns L R Office Supplies Paper Envelopes Postage 1 250 00 345 00 3 600 00 2 450 00 675 00 5 700 00 You can also use the decimal tab to align numbers t...

Page 122: ...veral underlines in front of the number Read the information below to learn about underlining columns There s a practice exercise on the next page that will give you a chance to practice doing this He...

Page 123: ...te several of the files using the instructions on page 3 2 CHECK the disk space on the B disk Press the H key Type STAT Press RETURN Check the Bytes Remaining On B message if it is less than 4K delete...

Page 124: ...y Type 1146 Press RETURN 1 200 00 311 5 00 2 000 00 SET another decimal tab at 62 TYPE the words Food Products TAB once and type 1 200 00 TAB once and type 2 300 00 TAB and type 440 00 and RETURN TYPE...

Page 125: ...lignment off on the screen however the number will be properly aligned when you print the file TAB and type the next two numbers Note that the number 450 00 will require two extra underscores SHIFT HY...

Page 126: ...0 450 00 PRESS the SPACE bar until the cursor is over the 2 in the first column TYPE the heading 1977 PRESS the SPACE bar until the cursor is over the 3 in the second column TYPE the heading 1978 PRES...

Page 127: ...ode off The insert mode command is on the Main Menu You turn insert mode off by pressing CTRL 9 You turn it back on by pressing CTRL 9 again The message INSERT ON will display at the top of the screen...

Page 128: ...This page intentionally left blank STATISTICAL TABLES 10 8...

Page 129: ...114 on the Main Menu has the center command on it as shown below To automatically center text you type the text first and then give the center command AB A B C D E I Menu 1 Goto Menu I Menu 2 Block Me...

Page 130: ...again The 820 11 will automatically recenter the text by adding or deleting spaces Read the steps below to find out how text is centered If you want to practice centering text you can do so in the ex...

Page 131: ...Format Non display Menu It has an asterisk after it to indicate that it is a start stop command That is the first time you give the command it will start underlining and the second time you give the c...

Page 132: ...typed Move the cursor to the first character of the text to be underlined Press CTRL 5 Press the S key Position the cursor after last character to be underlined Press CTRL 5 S again To remove underli...

Page 133: ...the number of file names if there are 64 on a 5 disk or 128 on an 8 disk you ll need to delete some of the files using the instructions on page 3 2 CHECK the disk space on the B disk Press the H key...

Page 134: ...not pleasant for either dogs or people UNDERLINE and type the first line in the document above Press CTRL 5 Press the S key to turn on underlining Type DOG DAYS do not space after the word DAYS Press...

Page 135: ...CONTINUE typing the rest of the document underlining words as required To underline a word press CTRL 5 S type the word without spacing after it and press CTRL 5 S again SAVE the document file Press...

Page 136: ...You have finished the Recommended sections of TEXT TYPING FEATURES The remainder of this chapter covers other features and applications TEXT TYPING FEATURES 11 8...

Page 137: ...t will not move over a fraction of an inch to make the characters heavier The double strike start stop marker is a D The bold and double strike commands are on the Format Non display Menu 115 on the M...

Page 138: ...start bold or the D key to start double strike Position the cursor after last character to be double struck Press CTRL 5 Press the B key to stop bold or the D key to stop double strike To remove bold...

Page 139: ...e end of the super or subscript For example to type footnote1 you type footnote press CTRL 5 T type the number 1 and press CTRL 5 T again This will raise the number 1 from the line of typing and then...

Page 140: ...have in your office and follow the steps below to type it H the B Directory is not displayed change to drive B Press B then type B and press RETURN START a new document file for the letter Check that...

Page 141: ...CTRL 6 to move the address over to the new margins SAVE the letter and envelope Press CTRL 3 Press the I key to save the file and reset the ruler line PRINT the letter and envelope Insert your letter...

Page 142: ...re than 2 000 characters on them You ll need to have room on the disk for both the standard and custom document files plus BAK backup files if you do any editing We recommend that your standard docume...

Page 143: ...e lengths and make the right margin even Be sure you chec k that the Ruler Line has the settings you want before you reformat Read the steps below to find out how to customize a standard document file...

Page 144: ...est to keep a backup copy of the standard paragraphs on a separate disk You can then copy them all onto a new disk each time you need more disk space for creating customized documents When working wit...

Page 145: ...ter incapable of incre mental spacing page breaks are neverthe less determined as though the command took effect Note All subsequent commands that are set in a number of lines will be interpreted as u...

Page 146: ...lines on a page and to vertically center the text on the page REMINDER The preceding commands LH PL MT and MB will only be interpreted correctly with respect to page break display during editing if t...

Page 147: ...ting see FO is in use and OP below is not in effect May be set to print page numbers at left right or center etc at the bottom of the page additional page number positioning options are provided thru...

Page 148: ...an n lines of the current height left on the current page Use to keep blocks of text together to prevent paging just after a title in the middle of a paragraph etc Using lots of CP commands can make t...

Page 149: ...int 4 columns to the left of where it appears on the screen NOTE See Special Characters information after FO section FO text The rest of the line beginning with FO is used as a page footing for the cu...

Page 150: ...pages CTRL K tells the system to ignore the spaces up to next non space character if page number is even The CTRL K is entered into the HE or FO command by typing CTRL 5 then K then the spaces to the...

Page 151: ...d starting page number is 1 the page number increases by 1 each page whether or not the page is actually printed PN affects the printout page number only those displayed at the top of the screen durin...

Page 152: ...alues nor previously specified heading HE or footing FO texts except when the Format non display Menu is used to place CTRL A or CTRL N within the actual heading or footing texts Subsequent PO PC HE a...

Page 153: ...ernate lines right to left is normally on for daisy printers Turning bidirectional print off might in some cases produce better quality output when the printer s character registration or paper feed i...

Page 154: ...1 from printing the page number again at the bottom of the page The HE command should precede the OP command The heading may be changed as often as desired To go back to no heading give a blank headin...

Page 155: ...on so as to be centered under text typed using the standard margins Page Numbering The 820 II numbers the pages in each file from 1 up as the file is printed The page number may be changed as desired...

Page 156: ...as in the middle of a table or after a Section title but before the beginning of the text after the title You may also wish to prevent page breaks one or two lines into a paragraph as the entire para...

Page 157: ...length may be set shorter than the actual length only if your printer has a tractor form feed and the USE FORM FEEDS option is selected every time print is initiated Top and Bottom Margins The 820 11...

Page 158: ...without interfering with the dynamic pagination set the line height to 4 one half of normal at the beginning of the file then use double spaced text for close spaced printout and triple or quadruple...

Page 159: ...cw n Sets the character width to n 120ths of an inch for normal or other pitch whichever is in effect without affecting the other pitch OTHER FEATURES 12 15...

Page 160: ...ach menu DIRECTORY MENU Defined keystroke A B C D H HELP CTRL CTRL MAIN MENU Defined Kerstroke CTRL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A B C D E F J CTRL K Equivalents Up cursor Down cursor Right cursor Left cursor...

Page 161: ...right word can be reached with CTRL N then C CTRL j FORMAT NONDISPLAY MENU TAB RETURN LINEFEED BACKSPACE A B C D P Q R S T U V W X Y I M J H Up cursor Down cursor Right cursor Left cursor CTRL 0 on k...

Page 162: ...next line over current line reached by CTRL 5 then M e Line feed reached by CTRL 5 then J f Other keystrokes Pressing Z closes menu without doing anything Any alphabetic character other than those alr...

Page 163: ...LOCK MENU A mark block begiming B mark block ending C copy block D delete block E move block F save block in another fiIe INSERT ON HELP for assistance G block marker display on off 0 9 assign a marke...

Page 164: ...o the position where you want the marker Press CTRL 2 Type the number for the marker 0 9 To go to a place marker from anywhere in the file Press CTRL 1 Type the number of the marker 0 9 Place markers...

Page 165: ...tion 13 4 describes the actual installation procedure you can use once you know what choices you wish to make If you know which choices you want to make go directly to Section 13 4 Daisy Wheel and Sim...

Page 166: ...and similar printers that is any printer that prints ASCII printing characters hex codes 20 through 7F and responds to carriage return and line feed codes Using a Teletype like printer Word Processin...

Page 167: ...lection patches by a programmer will probably be required 13 2 2 Communications Protocols A communications protocol is a means by which a serial printer can tell Word Processing when to stop transmitt...

Page 168: ...er manufacturer s documentation If your printer requires this protocol select None as the protocol using the CONFIGUR program XON XOFF Protocol Under this protocol the printer transmits an XOFF charac...

Page 169: ...enu CP M List Output Device LST CP M TTY Console Device CP M CRT Console Device Port Driver direct input output by Word Processing Custom Subroutines CP M List Output Device LST This driver outputs ch...

Page 170: ...onsole does not provide a printer busy test unless a programmer installs a subroutine TTY Alternate Console Device Printer Driver This driver accesses the printer as a TTY console device This driver w...

Page 171: ...inting Serial Dais Wheel or Similar Printer Interfaced at 300 Baud 30 characters per second or Less If your operating system can already drive the printer choose the specific printer type at the print...

Page 172: ...ng switches or adding jumpers on circuit boards inside the printer See Appendix A Specific Printers and your printer manufacturer s documentation FORM LENGTH should be set to match paper in use if USE...

Page 173: ...ns for the installation procedure are set up as described below As this is a relatively long procedure to write out the instructions are broken into sections like Getting Started Installation Options...

Page 174: ...he program presents The INSTALL program works with the XWS COM software file on the Word Processing disk As you go through this procedure and answer questions the INSTALL program will change the XWS C...

Page 175: ...ur choice placing the newly INSTALLed XEROX WP in a file of your choice and then exiting to the operating system C Same as B except run the INSTALLed XEROX WP D Modification of the INSTALLation of a X...

Page 176: ...21 AlP J Processor Tech Sol I VDM L Perkin Elmer 550 Bantam 3 Terminal Menu 113 U no change CLear Siegler ADM 31 E Microterm ACT IV G Imsai VIO I Infoton 1 100 K Soroc IQ 120 2 Terminal Menu 112 Z non...

Page 177: ...BACKSPACE D DIABLO 1610 1620 daisy wheel printer E DIABLO 1640 1650 daisy wheel printer F QUME Sprint 5 daisy wheel printer G NEC Spinwriter 5514 5520 thimble printer I Half Line Feed Printer M I O Ma...

Page 178: ...Communications Protocol is necessary with some printers to prevent printer buffer overflow and character loss E ETX ACK Protocol X X ON X OFF Protocol N NONE required or handled outside of XEROX WP U...

Page 179: ...rinter Driver o Centronics Driver on TRS 80 Model 2 Q Serial Driver on TRS 80 Model 2 S User installed driver subroutines U no change PLEASE ENTER SELECTION L T C P N 0 P S B or U I TYPE the letter L...

Page 180: ...you are finished with the modifications TYPE Y CONFIRM TERMINAL AND PRINTER SELECTIONS Teletype like printer No communications protocol CPIM List Output driver LST OK YIN Check your selections When yo...

Page 181: ...HE NEXT QUESTION OK Y N When N is entered a summary of the patching process will be displayed on your terminal followed by the message LOCATION TO BE CHANGED Enter the desired address in hexadecimal o...

Page 182: ...drive is B but file XWS COM is on the disk in drive A Start over THAT FILE DOES NOT EXIST Either XWS COM was mistyped or something happened to your XWS COM file Under Installation Option B this messag...

Page 183: ...hile the INSTALL program was recording the installed Word Processing THIS VERSION OF INSTALL IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE VERSION OF WORD PROCESSING YOU ARE TRYING TO INSTALL This message can occur when u...

Page 184: ...not attempt to duplicate the detailed information contained in the program comments The module whose listing is supplied was combined with the rest of the program with a linking loader after assembly...

Page 185: ...ace is selected Word Processing will overprint by backspacing see item PBACKS then sending the character to be overstruck as each character position requiring multiple strikes is encountered POSMTH O...

Page 186: ...elow If installed the half line advance will be used to printer subscripts and superscripts one half line below or above respectively the rest of the line Example If the printer advances one half line...

Page 187: ...with the Control Y print control on non daisy printers with this capability for daisy wheel and similar printers RIBBON and RIBOFF are set appropriately by INSTALL PSINIT Optional This is a string tr...

Page 188: ...g will not output to the printer until the printer is ready and Word Processing will check more often whether the printer is ready to accept a character When non zero Word Processing will not output t...

Page 189: ...ag clear Input Character From Printer This entry need be implemented only if a communications protocol Section 13 2 requiring input from the printer is to be used This entry should return the carry fl...

Page 190: ...uired for daisy wheel printers interfaced at 1200 baud the alternate console driver does not include a printer busy test unless added by the user at location ACBSY if you add a busy test be sure to pa...

Page 191: ...isy printer for which it is not pertinent For an unusual Teletype like printer that requires a protocol you may wish to patch these items PROTCL Determines type of communications protocol The types of...

Page 192: ...printers provide simple installation and unexcelled performance with Word Processing and are generally the least expensive to buy their chief disadvantage is that they are more difficult to drive fro...

Page 193: ...is necessary in order to mate with the Xerox printer cable Compatible Typewheels for the Qume Sprint 3 are as listed above for the Diablo Hy Type II NEC Spinwriter 5500 This is the Hy Type II compatib...

Page 194: ...one of these printers with a communications protocol rewarding because of the markedly increased printing speed CAUTION Do not attempt to use ETX ACK communications protocol implemented in your opera...

Page 195: ...has been installed for a 1640 or 1650 Installation When installing Word Processing to use a Diablo 1640 1650 printer interfaced at 1200 baud 120 characters per second specify ETX ACK protocol and a d...

Page 196: ...ACK protocol and a driver that can input characters from the printer We suggest this as the normal solution 2 Set the printer for XON XOFF protocol switch ON on DIP switch SW 1 on the circuit board b...

Page 197: ...ion patching done by the user as discussed in Section 13 5 Choice of TWO character pitches via CTRL A and CTRL N print controls Choice of two ribbon colors via CTRL Y print Control Ability to feed pap...

Page 198: ...e and overprint lines in your documents Half Line Feed Printer This menu selection is provided for use with printers that advance one half line at a time such as a Selectric with a half line ratchet B...

Page 199: ...RACTER PITCH CHANGE RIBBON COLOR CHANGE PARTIAL LINE MOTION FOR SUBSCRIPTS 2 MODIFYING OR ADDING TO THE DRIVER CODE USED TO SEND CHARACTERS TO AND FROM THE PRINTER FOR THE FOLLOWING OR OTHER REASONS I...

Page 200: ...0100 TBASE EQU 100H WHERE PROGRAM IS LOADED FOR NORMAL CP M 0000 ASEG ABSOLUTE CODE FOR USER LISTING ORG TBASE 590H BEGINS AFTER END OF USER3 0003 IOBYTE EQU TBASE 100H 5 BDOS SYSTEM CALL ENTRY POINT...

Page 201: ...N BACKSPACE BUT NOT RETURN CARRIAGE WITHOUT LINE FEED EG SELECTRIC USE POSMTH O AND DON T USE OVERPRINT LINES POSMTH I 01 02 02 PRINTER IS A DAISY WHEEL OR SIMILAR INCREMENTAL PRINTER CAN PRINT WITHOU...

Page 202: ...AUTO LINE FEEDS AFTER CR CODE REMOVE LF IF POSSIBLE TURN OFF AUTO LF IN YOUR PRINTER INSTEAD FOR GREATER FLEXIBILITY OF XEROX WP USE PSCRLF DB NUMBER OF CHARACTERS DB CR IST CHAR CARR RET DB LF 2ND CH...

Page 203: ...RSCRIPTS AT HALF LINE INTERVALS IF ROLUP BELOW NOT INSTALLED AND POSMTH IS FF OR O FOR EXAMPLE FOR A SELECTRIC THAT ALWAYS FEED HALF LINES INSTALL ONE CRLF HERE TWO IN PSCRLF ABOVE PSHALF DB 0 DB 0 0...

Page 204: ...E BEFORE SUPERSCRIPT AND AFTER SUBSCRIPT ROLDOW SHOULD ALSO BE INSTALLED TO ROLL CARRIAGE SAME AMOUNT IN OTHER DIRECTION APPLIES IF POSMTH FF OR 0 ROLDOW DB 0 0 0 0 0 STRING TO ROLL DOWN AS AFTER SUPE...

Page 205: ...06C9 00 06CA 00 00 00 00 06CE 00 06CF 00 00 00 00 06D3 00 06D4 00 00 00 00 06D8 00 06D9 00 00 00 00 USRl USR2 USR3 USR4 DB 0 DB 0 0 0 0 DB 0 DB 0 0 0 0 DB 0 DB 0 0 0 0 DB 0 DB 0 0 0 0 REFERENCE 13 41...

Page 206: ...T AT START OF PRINTING MAY BE USED TO TURN MOTOR ON SET STANDARD CHARACTER SIZE AND LINE HEIGHT OR OTHER FUNCTIONS FOR YOUR SPECIFIC HARDWARE ALWAYS PATCHED BY INSTALL PROGRAM ADD YOUR BYTES AFTER INS...

Page 207: ...SUCH AS ASSIGNMENT OR INITIALIZING A SPECIAL DRIVER INSTALLED IN YOUR BIOS PRINIT NOP NOP RET INITIALLY NULL PATCH A JMP TO YOUR ROUTINE HERE SEE END OF USERl MAC RE FINDING PATCH SPACE CUSTOM PRINTER...

Page 208: ...ATCHABLE PORT DRIVER 02 TO USER SUBROUTINE ENTRY POINTS PUBUSY PUSEND AND PUINP 03 TO OEM DAISY PRINTER DRIVER FORCES POSMTH l 04 TO ALTERNATE CONSOLE PRINTER DRIVER HA VBSY DB OFFH NON ZERO PRINTER D...

Page 209: ...EDITOR SEE PROTCL BELOW THESE ROUTINES MAY CLOBBER ALL REGISTERS PRINTER DRIVER TO OUTPUT TO CP M LIST DE VICE ONLY CALLED IF CSWITCH OO LIBSY BUSY TEST ENTRY BUSY TEST MAY BE ADDED HERE IF YOUR OPERA...

Page 210: ...00 B7 C9 PORT DRIVER STATUS ENTRY BUSY TEST CODE DB IN IN INSTRUCTION DB 5 PATCH OUTPUT STATUS PORT II HERE NOP PORT 5 SHOWN AS EXAMPLE DB ANI MASK BIT S OF INTEREST DB 1 BIT 0 SHOWN AS EXAMPLE DB XRI...

Page 211: ...PS TO THE ROUTINES PATCH OVER DRIVERS ABOVE OR IN MORPAT AREA FOR MORE SPACE SEE PBGMEN AND ASSOCIATED COMMENTS AT END OF PUBSY NOP ENTRY POINT TO USER SUPPLIED ROUTINE TO RETURN CY 1 IF PRINTER IS NO...

Page 212: ...TPUT BUSY FUNCTION 0758 00 NOP 0759 B7 ORA A RETURN CY 0 TO SAY NOT BUSY 075A C9 RET ASCEND ENTRY POINT TO SEND CHARACTER IN A TO PRINTER 075B CD 0777 CALL ACSTAR SET IOBYTE TO ALTERNATE CONSOLE SA VI...

Page 213: ...N CY FLAG CLEAR 0775 37 STC ELSE SET CARRY FLAG 0776 C9 RET FOR A O RETURN CY l ACSTAR COMMON ENTRY SUBR FOR ALTERNATE CONSOLE DRIVER 0777 57 MOV D A SA VE A IN D FOR ASCEND 0778 3A 0003 LDA IOBYTE GE...

Page 214: ...TER SENDS XOFF WHEN WS SHOULD STOP SENDING XON WHEN TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE RESUMED DRIVER MUST BE ABLE TO INPUT CHARACTERS PROTCL DB 0 O NO PRINTER BUFFER FULL PROTOCOL 1 ETX ACK PROTOCOL SET EAKBSZ B...

Page 215: ...1 USR2 No Fatal error s 076EI ACINP 07641 07771 ALABEL 078E 0008 CONFIE 077FI OOOD CSWTCH 07171 07871 FF OOOC 0003 LF OOOA 07251 LISTF 0005 07381 POBSY 07281 073BI POIP 07411 07341 POSEND 07331 07101...

Page 216: ...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 MORPAT DB 0 0 0 0 DB 0 0 0 0 DB 0 0 0 0 DB 0 0 0 0 DB 0 0 0 0 DB 0 0 0 0 DB 0 0...

Page 217: ...YOUR ADDED CODE WHERE PBGMEM POINTS AND INCREASE PBGMEM TO POINT BEYOND YOUR PATCHES BE SURE TO USE A LARGE ENOUGH SA VE COMMAND SA VE SIZE REQUIRED IS much LARGER THAN FOR XWS COM WITHOUT ADDED PATC...

Page 218: ...REFERENCE 13 54...

Page 219: ...king Installation Familiarization Preparation for Operation Operating the 630 Printer 40 CPS Special Considerations Setting the Switches Under the Front Cover Setting the Operating Switches Reading th...

Page 220: ...SYSTEM COMPONENTS 14 2...

Page 221: ...CPS It includes operating features such as page formatting graphics positive and negative full and half line feed absolute horizontal and vertical tabbing and proportional spacing The 620 Printer 20 C...

Page 222: ...caps and plastic dust bag Place the printer on a table or desk NOTE The weight of the printer is centered toward its right rear as you look at it thus it is easiest to lift by holding it at the right...

Page 223: ...ower cord into the outlet left side looking at the back of the printer on the back of the printer 4 Plug the other end of the power cord into the wall outlet DO NOT turn on the printer yet 5 If the pl...

Page 224: ...ack holds the paper up off the top rear of the printer to allow the flow of cooling air to exit the printer Use of the paper rack is required in all cases where fan fold continuous paper is used Use o...

Page 225: ...10 8 o 0 11 12 SYSTEM COMPONENTS 14 7 5 00000 1 2...

Page 226: ...bail forward to allow loading of paper and then back again to its operating position 5 Paper Bail The paper bail holds the paper against the platen for optimum print quality and quietness The bail mu...

Page 227: ...pen the sound panel by grasping the edge towards the back of the printer and lifting it towards the front of the printer 2 Press both latches on the inside of the front access cover and remove it by l...

Page 228: ...with your finger It will snap open so the printwheel can be easily removed It is not necessary to remove the ribbon Pull Carrier Latch 3 Slide your finger between printwheel and ribbon 4 Grasp the to...

Page 229: ...ard and hold it in place while you push the Carrier Latch forward into its groove 5 When you touch any character the printwheel spins as the printer locks it into the correct position for printing If...

Page 230: ...new cartridge should have all of the ribbon showing on the left side 2 The colored KNOB tightens the ribbon across the cartridge guides You turn it counterclockwise to tighten the ribbon look at the a...

Page 231: ...wheel see printwheel removal instructions 3 Push the red CARTRIDGE RELEASE LEVER under the right side of the ribbon toward the platen to the OPEN position 4 Hold the sides of the cartridge with both h...

Page 232: ...rtridge in both hands tilt the back of the cartridge down and slide it backward into the rear guide as you lower it onto the carrier see illustration below 5 As you lower the cartridge position the ri...

Page 233: ...und and up in front of the platen The front paper bail aids in guiding the paper back over the platen to the rear when pulled forward The paper release lever at the right hand side of the printer may...

Page 234: ...the right front of the printer to ON 5 The POWER indicator should glow the carriage should move to the left slowly and then back to the right to stop at the first print position and the print wheel sh...

Page 235: ...r They require periodic cleaning for a more positive friction paper drive Periodically clean the platen paper bail rollers and pressure rollers with soft tissues or cloth wipers and a good commericall...

Page 236: ...rom Xerox Cleaning the platen and card guide 1 Remove the printer cover 2 Lift the paper bail and the tissue deflector 3 Release the carrier latch and remove the printwheel and ribbon 4 Push back on t...

Page 237: ...c Lower the middle of the platen behind the plastic paper guide d Push the right release lever back with your right thumb far enough to lower the metal pIaten rod into the right guide The release lev...

Page 238: ...of 1200 Baud PAGE SIZE This switch enables setting page size used in the Top Of Form Form Feed function to either the US standard 11 or the European standard 12 page length AUTO LF When ON this switch...

Page 239: ...checking and parity information transmission when on PARITY ODD EVEN This is used in conjunction with Parity ON OFF to determine the nature of parity information handling 110 300 BAUD This switch sel...

Page 240: ...er indicator will go out Printing is continued by pressing the RESET switch LINE FEED Touching this switch initiates a single line feed Action is repeated if the switch is held activated longer than 1...

Page 241: ...87 4mm maximum friction feed platen Carriage Speed 1 7 sec maximum for 13 2 inches 332 77mm of motion Tabulation Left or right Line Spacing 1 48 inch 53mm minimum Paper Feed Bidirectional Paper Thickn...

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Page 243: ...eavy workload using conventional serial data interchange techniques and protocols The 630 Printer 40 CPS can use all Diablo and Xerox plastic and metal printwheels The 630 Printer 40 CPS can use many...

Page 244: ...gent of any damage to the unit or its parts 3 Remove the access cover It is held in place by magnetic latches in front and small tabs in back 4 Remove the plastic bag and the CAUTION tag attached to t...

Page 245: ...REt lO llNG St lPPlNG RESiRMNfS SySTE M COMPONE NTS 14 27...

Page 246: ...on the back of the printer Plug the other end of the power cord into the wall outlet DO NOT turn on the printer yet 5 If the platen has been removed reinstall it by lowering it down into place while p...

Page 247: ...SOUND COVER TABS SYSTEM COMPONENTS 14 29...

Page 248: ...the paper against the platen for optimum print quality and quietness The bail must be pulled forward away from the platen when inserting paper 6 Paper Release Lever This lever releases paper roller p...

Page 249: ...7 8 II 9 8 6 0 O OOOO 5 SYSTEM COMPONENTS 14 31 2 1...

Page 250: ...ith the hub s alignment tab and push the wheel firmly to fully seat it on the motor hub 4 Tilt the printwheel mechanism back to its operating position 5 Removal of the printwheel is simple Tilt the pr...

Page 251: ...l both latches have snapped into position Rock the cartridge back and forth on the platform to ensure that the ribbon is free to move up and down Turn the ribbon advance knob a turn or two to ensure t...

Page 252: ...returned to their operating positions Press the RESET switch on the front of the printer Paper Thickness Print Intensity Adjustment The two position Multicopy lever located at the front of the carria...

Page 253: ...entire process is called the INITIALIZATION RESET or RESTORE sequence It clears all volatile memory resets all position counters and sets the 630 Printer 40 CPS to print the first character Paper Hand...

Page 254: ...eaching the end of a carbon ribbon Should this happen during receipt and print out of data from a host system the operator should open the access cover replace the ribbon cartridge as described close...

Page 255: ...lastic 7 1 8 9 Plastic This is the printwheel normally shipped with the printer Optional 2 Spacing Select Switch This switch selects the horizontal spacing for character print out Set this switch to 1...

Page 256: ...witch initiates a single or a double line feed operation as selected by the DOUBLE L F MODE SWITCH Action is repeated if the switch is held activated longer than 600msec A line feed code will not be t...

Page 257: ...on of any of the following types of error Incorrect parity sensed on received character A framing error no stop bit detected on a received non break character A serial data character detected with an...

Page 258: ...inches 419 9mm maximum friction feed without Top Paper Out switch 16 00 inches 406 4mm maximum friction feed with Top Paper Out switch 15 25 inches 387 4mm maximum full width with optional forms tract...

Page 259: ...st host program control THROUGH escape sequences data receive transmit speed selection Power Requirements Strappable for operation from nominal 100 120 220 or 240 volt 10 15 AC inputs 49 61 Hz 350W ma...

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Page 261: ...equires use of a friction feed platen It is adjustable to any paper width from 2 3 4 69 85mm to 14 1 2 368 3mm maximum as measured between the pin feed drive holes Bidirectional Forms Tractor This uni...

Page 262: ...er release actuator fork on the tractor over the paper release lever on the printer 4 Release the latch levers to clamp the tractor assembly onto the platen shaft Check to see that both ends of the tr...

Page 263: ...REVERSE DRIVE ASSEMBLY PAPER FEED ASSEMBLY SYSTEM COMPONENTS 14 45 PAPER RELEASE ACTUATOR FORK...

Page 264: ...the gates over the reverse drive sprockets to hold the paper in place on the feed pins 6 Slowly rotate the platen to feed the leading edge of the paper down behind the paper bar around and up in fron...

Page 265: ...ar the back of the screen tube will be exposed when the screen cover is removed REMOVE the two screws on the top of the 820 11 screen cover iJJjjjJJJJjjjliil l LIFT the cover straight up and place it...

Page 266: ...n the board are sharp so take CAUTION to to prick your fingers on them LOCATE the three small black jumpers that came in the printer kit LOCATE the pins that stick up near the back of the 820 11 as sh...

Page 267: ...and 10 and pin numbers 17 and 18 1 tID tID 2 3 II II 4 51 16 7 CID c JJ 8 9 ItJII j 10 11 CID tID 12 13 c o II 14 15 c o II 16 17lc n18 19 CID JJ 20 The parallel printer is connected to a printer por...

Page 268: ...11 as shown below Be sure that the plug covers both rows of pins then push the plug down firmly GROUND WIRE FIRST PLUG J8 PRINTER PORT INSIDE 820 LOCATE the ground wire not used PUSH the two ground wi...

Page 269: ...REPLACE the cover on the 820 11 and fasten it in place using the two screws removed earlier from the top of the cover PLUG PLUG CHECK NOTE the other end of the printer cable into your parallel printe...

Page 270: ...knowledge Printer PB7 11 Busy Printer PB4 12 NC PB5 On Line Printer PB6 13 Auto LF 820 PB0 14 15 NC 16 GND 820 17 NC 18 NC 19 GND 820 20 GND 820 21 GND 820 22 GND 820 23 GND 820 24 GND 820 25 GND 820...

Page 271: ...r disk to check the system and find out if it needs to be serviced repaired If you have just installed a new 820 11 proceed with the steps below If you ve already used the 820 11 turn to page 15 5 COM...

Page 272: ...g ADJUST the brightness control under the left edge of the screen for the best viewing TO INITIALIZE A DISK When you use the 820 11 Diagnostic Exerciser disk to check out your system you ll need to in...

Page 273: ...sk a previously used one will do WRITE PROTECT TAPE TYPE CUTOUT OVAL 5 DISK the letter H L JII 0eQ c J 8 DISK UP AND IN ARROWS WRITE PROTECT TAPE WAIT for the word COMMAND to appear in the middle of t...

Page 274: ...as on the disk that aren t good as indicated by a number other than 0 in front of the Defective Sectors message do not use it initialize another disk using the steps below Replace the disk in Drive B...

Page 275: ...d close the drive INSERT an initialized disk in the right disk drive drive B and close the drive Note The 820 11 Diagnostic Exerciser disk must be used to run the diagnostic test if you use the 820 Di...

Page 276: ...eaved overprinting forward and backward 1 Ol23456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ I _ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 20 Ol23456789 SUB 1 Ol23456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ I _ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz...

Page 277: ...a limited amount of text that can be block moved block copied or block deleted at a time Usually the system will allow about 500 characters to be worked with at one time the size of the block depends...

Page 278: ...error COpy COMPLETE 2 SOURCE DISC ERRORS DESTINATION DISC ERRORS oTRACK DATA COMPARE ERRORS ENTER RETURN TO CONTINUE OR SPACE TO EXIT The space bar is pressed and a message displays Please insert sys...

Page 279: ...nning of the block has not been marked Error E6 also occurs after hiding undisplaying the block beginning marker or with block hide display Press the ESCAPE key to release the error Mark the block beg...

Page 280: ...on Reason 1 Action 1 Action 2 The cursor was being moved backward in a large file to get back to the beginning and the system s memory is temporarily overloaded Press ESC In this case get back to the...

Page 281: ...f work at stake if the entire original file has been read that is if you can do a CTRL 1 C end of file command and see the end of the file on the screen delete the input file with the CTRL 3 B delete...

Page 282: ...the software Unfortunately the material you typed is gone Prevention Type B to save files on the disk in Drive B in front of all filenames FATAL ERROR F29 RENAME FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE OR YOU CHANGED...

Page 283: ...t to rename and then A in front of the new file name Make sure you are on the same disc drive Drive B when renaming a file FIRST I HAVE TO FINISH PRINTING Reason 1 Action 1 This message displays when...

Page 284: ...string Press ESCAPE Key Reason 1 Action 1 This message displays when the system cannot find the requested text Press the ESCAPE key to remove the message Check the location of the cursor check the str...

Page 285: ...when you try to put more than 64 on 5 or 128 on 8 files on the disk at one time Action 1 Unfortunately the file was not saved on the disk and you will have to type the file again Prevention Always ch...

Page 286: ...ssing disk Make a new copy of Word Processing disk I DON T HAVE THIS PROGRAM OR I CAN T FIND THAT PROGRAM Reason 1 Action 1 When trying to run a utility program either the name was missppelled or some...

Page 287: ...that s longer than the line length defined by margins Hyphenate the word or make margins wider THIS PAGE BREAK DISPLAY COMMAND BELONGS AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR FILE Reason 1 Action 1 A dot command tha...

Page 288: ...not close the disk drive s Check both disk drives be sure they are closed This message displays when a disk drive cannot read or write on a disk Be sure that the disk s is are inserted in the drive s...

Page 289: ...eason 2 The cursor was being moved forward in the file or the DISK FULL error occurred while saving Action 1 Press ESC First delete any unneeded files CTRL 3 B from the Main Menu You could also delete...

Page 290: ...te CTRL 3 B the file written as it is incomplete and not closed If you can make additional space by deleting other files you may try the block write again Then continue with the edit Result Occasional...

Page 291: ...that interrupts the action PROBLEM SOFTWARE WON T LOAD Reason 6 The left side of the console is referred to as the A drive It is also the side the software is inserted The right side of the console is...

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Page 293: ...valent keystrokes 12 1 ERROR E5 16 2 c ERROR E6 16 2 ERROR E7 16 3 Cancelling a Command 6 1 ERROR E9 16 3 Centering Headings Over Columns 10 2 ERROR Ell 16 3 Centering Text 11 1 ERROR E12 16 4 Change...

Page 294: ...uments 7 4 K Printer 4 0 CPS 14 1 K bytes 4 1 Keep Together Feature 7 9 R L Read Another File Into This One 4 21 Rearrange the line endings 4 4 Left Margin 5 3 Recall a BAK 3 3 Letter and Envelope 11...

Page 295: ...p Commands Stopping The Printer Subscript Superscript Sub Superscript Roll Tables Tabs T Too Little Memory To Copy Top Margin Turn Directory off ON Typing Long Documents Underlining Columns Underlinin...

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