In English

Publisher: Commodore Business Machines, Inc., July, 1989

Commodore PN-314998-01

Table of Contents

1. GENERAL INFORMATION	1-1
1.1 INTRODUCTION	1-1
1.2 PRINTER IDENTIFICATION	1-3
1.3 UNPACKING	1-4
2. PRESENTATION OF THE PRINTER	2-1
2.1 OPERATOR COMMANDS AND INDICATORS	2-1
2.2 FUNCTIONS	2-4
2.2.1 OPERATOR CONSOLE	2-4
2.2.2 PAPER RELEASE LEVER	2-5
2.2.3 PAPER FEED KNOB	2-5
2.2.4 RIBBON TENSION KNOB	2-6
2.2.5 INTERFACE CONNECTORS	2-6
2.3 ELECTRO-MECHANICAL GROUPS	2-7
3. INSTALLATION	3-1
3.1 RIBBON CARTRIDGE INSERTION	3-1
3.2 INSERTION OF THE SHEET FEED	3-2
3.3 INSERTION OF SINGLE SHEETS	3-2
3.4 MOUNTING THE SPROCKET	3-3
3.5 INSERTION OF CONTINUOUS FORM	3-5
3.6 PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER FUNCTION	3-6
3.7 AVAILABLE PARAMETER SETTINGS	3-7
3.8 EXAMPLE OF PROGRAMMING FOR CONNECTION TO COMMODORE C64/C128	3-8
3.8.1 COMMODORE COMMANDS and NATIONAL CHARACTERS TABLES	3-8
3.8.2 EPSON FX-80 COMMANDS and NATIONAL CHARACTERS TABLES	3-9
3.8.3 IBM PROPRINTER COMMANDS and NATIONAL CHARACTERS TABLES	3-9
3.8.4 IBM GRAPHICS-PRINTER COMMANDS and NATIONAL CHARACTERS TABLES	3-10
3.9 EXAMPLE OF PROGRAMMING FOR CONNECTION TO AMIGA AND IBM COMP	3-10
3.9.1 EPSON FX-80 COMMANDS and NATIONAL CHARACTERS TABLES	3-11
3.9.2 IBM PROPRINTER COMMANDS and NATIONAL CHARACTERS TABLES	3-11
3.9.3 IBM GRAPHICS-PRINTER COMMANDS and NATIONAL CHARACTERS TABLES	3-12
4. SELF-TEST AND TESTING	4-1
4.1 SELF-TEST	4-1
4.1 OPERATOR TEST	4-2
5. FAULT TRACING GUIDE	5-1
6. GENERAL PWOER SUPPLY AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS	6-1
6.1 MAINS POWER AND VDC VOLTAGE	6-1
6.2 CONNECTIONS	6-3
6.3 LIST OF SIGNALS	6-4
7. CHANGING THE MAIN PARTS	7-1
7.1 REMOVAL OF THE CASING	7-1
7.2 REMOVAL OF ELECTRONIC BOARD	7-2
7.3 REMOVAL OF MAINS GROUP	7-3
7.4 REMOVAL OF CARRIAGE TRANSPORT MOTOR AND ENCODER	7-4
7.5 REMOVAL OF PRINT GROUP AND TIMING BELT	7-5
7.6 REMOVAL OF PRINTHEAD	7-6
7.7 REMOVAL OF PLATEN AND PRESSURE ROLLER TRAY	7-7
7.8 REMOVAL OF PAPER PRESENT PHOTOSENSOR	7-8
7.9 REMOVAL OF PAPER FEED MOTOR	7-9
8. ADJUSTMENTS	8-1
8.1 ADJUSTMENT OF PRINTHEAD-PLATEN DISTANCE	8-1
8.2 ADJUSTMENT OF THE STROBE DISK OF THE CARRIAGE	8-2
8.3 ADJUSTMENT OF THE PAPER DETECTOR PHOTOSENSOR	8-3
9. SPARE PARTS CATALOGUE	9-1
APPENDIXES
A. TEHCNICAL CHARACTERISTICS	A-1
B. PROGRAM EPROM AND CHARACTER GENERATOR	B-1
C. CENTRONICS PARALLEL INTERFACE	C-1
D. COMMODORE SERIAL INTERFACE	D-1
E. COMMAND CODES	E-1
E.1 Summary of IBM PROPRINTER Command Codes	E-2
E.2 Summary of IBM GRAPHICS-PRINTER Command Codes	E-3
E.3 Summary of EPSON FX-80 Command Codes	E-4
E.4 Summary of COMMODORE MPS 801 (ESC Extended) Command Codes	E-6
F. CHARACTER TABLES	F-1
F.1 IBM CHARACTER TABLES	F-1
F.2 EPSON CHARACTER TABLES	F-5
F.3 COMMODORE CHARACTER TABLES	F-6