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HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
Thismanual isorganized into tenchapters. To learn how to make thebest useof yourprinter
you are urged to read through chapters 1through 5. The remaining chapters maybe treated
as a reference guide for programming operations, etc. It assumes a degree of acknowledge
of the operation of computers (for instance, it assumes you know about hexadecimal
numbers). The chapters are as follows:
Chapter 1
— Introduction
This chapter indicates the some features of the printer, the names and thosefunctions of the
printercomponents. This chapteralso indicates somerequirements to printer, power supply
and Ink Cartridge.
Chapter 2 —
Setting up the printer
This chapter explains how to get the printer unpacked and setup. Read this chapter before
you do anything else.
Chapter 3
— Paper handling
This chapter describes instructions for printing such as selecting paper types, adjusting the
printing gap, installing paper, and removing jammed paper.
Chapter 4 —
Control panel operations
There are a number of controls on the front panel which perform various functions related
to paper handling, print modes and font selection.
After getting set up, read this chapter and try out the procedures in it to find out how the
printer works.
Chapter 5
— DIP switch settings
This chapter explains how to set the DIP switches to make system settings on the printer.
Chapter 6 —
Printer control commands
This chapter explains the different emulations provided by your printer, and the software
commands used to drive it. This section is of use if you are writing or modifying programs
to take advantage of the printer’s features.
Chapter 7
— Download characters
This chapter explains the procedures to create your own characters.
Chapter 8 —
MS-DOS and your printer
Sincethe PS/2 orPC-AT family of computers running under MS-DOS iscurrently the most
popular configuration of microcomputer, we have included a few hints and tips to help you
use your printer with such systems.
Since virtually all PCs are sold with a Microsoft BASIC interpreter, we have also included
some hints, and a sample program in this language to demonstrate the capabilities of the
printer.