Specifications
~
B
Installation,
Use,
and
Maintenance Manual
2~.
After
connecting
and
turning
on
the
printer,
you
have
to
configure
the
Personalized
CP/M
2 System
Diskette
to
w:>rk
with
this
system.
First,
mount
the
Personalized
CP/M
2 System
Diskette
i~
drive
A
(right-hand
drive).
If
you
just
turned
the
system
on
after
connectirg
the
printer,
boot up
CP/M
from
this
diskette
by
depressirg
B.
If,
however,
the
system has been on
all
along,
then
just
depress
control-C
after
the
A)
prompt.
This
is
the
so-called
·warm
boot·,
which
tells
the
system
a
new
CP/M
diskette
is
in
drive
A.
'!hen, following
the
A>
prompt,
type
CONFIG
(return).
Answer
the
first
question
by choosing
the
appropriate
printer
option.
(IMPORTANT:
If
you
are
using
the
Sprint
3,
select
the
System
Printer
option.)
After
selecting
a
printer
option,
go
through
the
rest
of
the
COnfiguration without
selecting
any
of
the
special
options.
The
fastest
way
to
do
this
is
to
depress
the
RETURN
key
after
the
next
two
questions,
and
then
to
depress
Y
when
you
are
asked whether
to
save
the
configuration
on
disk.
Note:
if
you
wish
to
understand
IOOre
of
what
can
be done with
CONFIG,
read
section
3.7
of
the
CP/M.
2
Introductory
Manual.
If
you
get
an
error
message
regarding
the
disk
system,
remount
the
diskette
in
drive
A,
and
while
you
are
at
it,
make
sure
there
is
no
wri
te-protect
tab
on
the
diskette.
('!his
tab
is
a
piece
of
metallized
tape
over
the
cutout
on
the
right
edge
of
the
diskette,
described
in
Section
2.6
of
the
CP/2 Introdu::tory Manual.)
Then
try
the
CONFIG
procedure
again.
21.
The
best
way
to
test
the
printer
is
to
print
several
pages
of
material
on
it.
To
do
this,
first
turn
the
printer
on
and
load
continuous
fan-fold
paper
having
II-inch
page
length.
If
the
printer
is
wide
enough,
use
standard
l4-inch
wide
fan-fold
paper.
If
you
are
using a
printer
having an
add-on form-feed
tractor
(su::h
as
the
Vector
Sprint
3),
and
if
you
are
not
familiar
with
it,
do
not
try
to
use
the
form-feed
tractor
mechanism (which
usually
comes
in
a
separate
carton)
at
this
time.
Simply
roll
the
paper
up,
as
you would
with
an
ordinary
typewriter.
Make
sure
that
the
paper
is
loaded so
that
the
print-heoo,
when
at
the
left
edge
of
the
printer,
lines
up
just
to
the
right
of
the
sprocket
holes
on
the
left
edge
of
the
paper.
Make
sure
the
ribbon and
printwheel
(if
any)
are
in
place,
and
that
the
cover
is
on.
If
the
printer
has
a
character
spacirg
switch
on
its
front,
set
it
for
12
characters
per
inch..
(Sprint
3
has
no
such
swi
tch.)
Then,
following
the
A>
prompt
type
PIP
I.ST:=DUMP.PRN
(return).
The
canputer
will
read
this
sample
file
fran
the
diskette
and
then
print
it
out.
It
will
use up 5
sheets
of
paper.
Make
sure
that
the
printer
spaces
down
to
the
top
of
each
new
sheet.
(Note
that
it
should
do
this,
even
thotgh
you
did
not
specify
the
Autanatic Paging
option
in
the
CONFIG
routine.
This
is
because
the
form-feed
commands
are
within
the
DUMP.ERN
text.)
Make
sure
that
each
line
is
even along
the
left
margin and
that
the
characters
in
the
line
are
level
and
evenly
spaced.
No
lines
should
print
past
the
right
margin, even
if
the
printer
is
set
for
l~-characters
per
inch.
Make
sure
that
the
characters
are
printed
completely and
evenly.
(If
they
are
not,
it
is
probably because
the
printwheel
or
the
ribbon
is
not
loaded
properly).
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Rev.
A 1/17,188