User`s manual
System
2800
User's
Manual
CA)
Printers
Printer
drivers
are
present
on
the
system
disk
for
QumejDiablo
protocol
printers,
Centronics
protocol
printers,
and
standard
serial
(Teletype
or
Decwriter)
type
printers.
You
can
choose
anyone
of
these
drivers
during
the
configuration
procedure.
Alternately,
you
can
set
CP/M
up
to
make
use
of
one
of
Vector
Graphic's
own
printers,ยท
called
"system
printers."
The
software
driver
for
a
Vector
Graphic
system
printer
is
contained
on
a
PRQv1
installed
within
the
canputer
at
the
time
the
printer
is
attached.
If
you
are
using
such
a
printer,
you
must
select
the
"system
printer
ll
option
during
the
configuration
procedure.
This
will
make
use
of
whatever
Vector
Graphic
printer
happens
to
be
attached.
If
you
have
no
printer,
then
you
should
select
the
"no
printer"
option.
(B)
Automatic
:Paging
The CP/M
logical
lister
is
the
software
pathway
used
by
PIP
printed
output,
assembler
printed
output,
and
applications
program
printed
output.
The
logical
lister
routine
does
NOT
normally
insert
any
page
breaks
in
the
output
stream,
so
that
IF
the
software
which
originated
the
output
AlSO
does
not
insert
any
page
breaks,
then
the
output
will
print
on
top
of
the
perforations
of
continous
form :P3per. The
Z8M
assembler
does
insert
page
breaks,
so
that
you
do
not
have
to
worry
about
it.
The sarre
is
true
for
some
applications
programs.
Ibwever,
if
the
program
generating
the
printed
output
does
NOT
insert
page
breaks,
then
there
is
a way
for
you
to
request
that
the
logical
lister
do
this.
This
is
part
of
the
configuration
procedure.
Remember,
you
only
want
to
enable
this
"auto
paging"
if
the
program
generating
the
printed
output
does
NOT
in
itself
take
care
of
page
breaks.
'
This
is
particularly
useful
when
writing
applications
programs
that
have
printed
output.
If
you
use
the
automatic
paging
option
in
the
CP/M
configuration
procedure,
you
do
not
have
to
build
a
line-counter
and
paging
capabili
ty
into
your
application
program.
You
must
be
careful
however
if
you
do
this.
As
mentioned
above,
the
ZSM
assembler
which
comes
on
the
Vector
Graphic
CP/M
System
Disk
DOES
do
automatic
paging
itself.
If
you
choose
automatic
paging
in
the
conf
igura
tion
procedure
f
then
the
printer
will
skip
an
EX"TRA
page
each
time
it
goes
to
a
new
page
when
printing
Z8M
assembler
output.
Therefore,
before
printing
assembler
output,
you
must
rerun
the
configuration
procedure
and
disable
the
automatic
:P3ging
option.
(C) Form
length
ccrnmands
Sore
printers
can
recognize
form
length
ccmmands
such
as
the
Sprint
3 and
the
Vector
MF.
If
your
printer
is
able
to
do
this
and you
want
to
use
this
feature,
you
can
respond
by
typing
Y
to
this
question.
The
program
will
then
ask
you
to
input
the
form
length
in
inches
(usually
11",
the
default
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