Commodore MPS-803 User's Guide Page 1

DISKDRIVESMODEL1541Mediacompatiblewith4D4Dand3331 LPdiskettes.170Kofmercypersinglesidedisk.Senalportinterface.PRINTERSMODELMCS-BO1Sevencolor,dotmatrix

PARTSa.PowerSwitch:b.Power/ErrorIndicator:c.TopCover:d.PaperAdvanceKnob:e.PaperAdvanceSwitch:f.PaperReieaseLever:PaperAdvancedKnob—OPERATION&FUNCT

12.DataBufferSizeYourprinter'sprint-linebuffercancontainupto90bytesofdata.Atleast1bytewillbeusedfor theCHARACTERcodemode.But_.sinceyourprinterpro

RibbonClawRibbonAdvanceKnobFigureA.b.Removetherfbboncassettefromthepacketandplaceitcarefullyinfrontofyau.c.Lookatthecassette.Youwillnotice thatoneside

Ifanoddnumberofquotationmarkshavebeentransmitted,controlcharactersaremadevisible.Thiscanbeparticularlyusefulwhenyouaremakingalisting aBAS1Cprogramcont

h.Turntheknobuntiltheupperribbonedgecomesintoribbonstopper.j.Pulltheribbonguidetowardrighthorizontally,andsetittDthebodycover.RibbonGuideFigure3.j.Tur

220PRINT4M,BS*;SUB*;CHR*<S0>CHR*C153?;DE*238:240 FOR1=1TO3«PRINT#4'NEXTI258CLOSE4RUNcommodore:o o mr-norrioif?ft10.LineFeedSpacingLineFeeds

c.PushthepaperreleaselevertowardOPEN,andmaketheupperedgeof thepaperparalleltothewindowcover.Figure11.d.PullthepaperreleaselevertowardCLOSE,TurnthePape

actlywhat'shappening,youhavetohavealittfeknowledgeabouthowyourprinterworks.First,eachprintedcharacterismadefrom6rowsofdots.Next.youcanhaveupto80c

Figure14,MultipleHookupF.PerformingThePower-OnTestYouarenowreadytoproceedwiththepower-onpartofthecheckout:1.TurnontheACpowertoyourcomputerandverifytha

RJNX-1028304960708090110120130140150XMCURVE***Toperformthediagnosticprinttest,simplyturnofftheprinter,then turnitbackonwhilepressingthePaperAdvanceSwi

USER'SGUIDESTATEMENT"Thisequipmentgeneratesand usesradiofrequencyenergy.Ifitisnotproperlyinstatedand usedinstrictaccordancewiththemanufactur

H.TroubleShootingWehopeyoudon'thaveanyproblemswithyourPrinter.Justincaseyoudo,however,seeifyoucansolvetheproblemusingthetablebelow.Ifyoustillhave

7.DotAddressDeterminationCHR$(27);CHR${16);CHR$(nH);CHR$(nL)ESCCHRSI27)POSnHnLCHRSH6)CHRSInH)CHRS(nL)Da0P8D70P7650P6D50F5D40P4D30P3D2P10P2D1P9PIThisco

CHAPTER2USINGYOURPRINTERA.Introduction:NowthatyouhavelearnedhowtoinstalltheribboncassetteandpaperintoyournewPrinter,howtoconnectittoyourcomputer,howto

5.PrintPositionDeterminationCHRSO6);"nHnL"WiththePOSCode^CHRS(IG)]youcandeterminetheprintstartposition.Thisisdonebyassigninga 2-digitnumberf

Whenthiscommandisineffect,alloutputgeneratedbyPRINTorLISTcommandwillbesenttothefileinsteadof thevideomonitor.Theformatof thecommandisasfollows:CMDifn&

runHItf3ReyerseoffReverseoffReverseoffReverseoffITSRc-'-- '&"s=5o+ f4.SelectingCharacterModeInLocalCHRS(17)/CHRS(145)Secondaryaddre

ProgramListProgramLlSTingisthemostimportantjoboftheprinter,Togetaprogramlist,followtheprocedurebelow.1.ProgramListinGraphicModeOPEN4.4:CMD4:LISTSimple

17018019020021S22G24Q250reada a*< i>=&$•;next,.ir&.idb*-b*<i^=lefnexti",il> forK=iFtint#7.Print*?.Print#?,Print*7tot« £ &apos

OPERATIONSSecondaryAddressPrintinGraphicModePrintinBusinessMode0(default)71.SA=0:PrintinginGraphicModeThissecondaryaddresscausesthePrintertoprintASCII

-Ft* Ft+ rt*Thisprogramshowsallbitpatternprinting.EXAMPLE2:100remcHR$<aybitimrgegrrfhicprinting110OPEN4,4^REMPRINTINGRRPHIC:MODE:l20BS*=CHP£<S-

lower/uppercasemode—businessmodeOPENcommand16POScode-CHRS{16)PRINTScommand17printpositiondetermination36printpower-ontest12programlisting20repeatbitim

2.SA-7:PrintinginBusinessModeTochangetheprintertoprintanBusiness(LaweryUpper-CaseCharacter]Mode,youmustopentheprinterfileonSA=7:Theformatforthiscomman

170NEXTI130:190FORJ=l200CLGSE4RUNTO3'PRINT#4:NEXTJF^r-4HI—fNVZ~E^,ENHRNCEENHflNCEOFFH__If-Iti 1 Ii-it ,-n^1ENHflHCEENHRNCEOFFSZMHIF=shiOE£E£NHI1=

F.SpecialControlCharacterFunctionsSpecialcontrolcharacterscanbeusedtachangethemodeofprinting[Table1containsasummaryofthespecialcontrolcharacters).Prin

Theinformationinthismanualhasbeenreviewedandisbelievedtobeentirelyreliable-Noresponsibility,however,isassumedforinaccuracies.Thematerialinthismanualis

APPENDIXD:HardcopyoftheTextScreenThefollowingsampleprogramcanbeusedtogetahardprintedcopyofaprogramyouhaveonyourtextscreen.TheProgramismadetobe usedasa

9.MixtureofVariousPrintMode4310.LineFeedSpacing4411.QuotationMarks"orCHRSI34)4512.DataBufferSize48APPENDICES49APPENDIXA:MPS-803PrinterSpecificati

2.BusinessMode\0123456789ABCDbh0- - —* EnONENOFF1POSdishDOWNPVSoni "TO]SUB2«.- Iii!::;» 4. .Si"#';3{** }::*: :: * ; :-jjj—tl-.: .i.&q

CostomerSupportPleasecheckwithyourlocalCOMMODOREdealer,COMMODOREUser'sClubsandCOMMODOREMagazinesforadditionalsupportforyournewPrinter.Theycanalso

S.HeadlifeT.ExternaldimensionsU.Weight20million charactersmin.330{W)x190ID)x70[H)mmApproximately2.0kg2.OperatingEnvironmentA,PowersourceB.Powerconsump