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ENGLISH
This equipment conforms to
ECC
Directive 82/499 regarding the
prevention and elimination
of
radio frequency disturbances
(D.M.
10
April 1984).
WARNING:
This equipment has been certified
to
comply with the
limits for a Class B computing device, pursuant
to
subpart}
of
Part 15
of
the
Federal Communications Commissions rules. It
alsc>
complies
with
Standard CI08.8-MI983
of
the Canadian Standards Association's
regulations. These rules and regulations are designed
to
provide rea-
sonable protection againstradio and television interference
in
a resi-
dential installation.
If
not
installed properly,
in
strict'accordance with
the
manufacturer's instructions, it may cause interference.
If
you
sus-
pect
interference, you cantestthis equipment
by
turning
it
offand on.
If
this equipment does. cause interference, correct it by doing any
of
the
follqwing: ' ,
, • ReOrient
the
receiving antenna
or
AC
plug.
• Change
the
relative positions
of
the computer and the receiver.
• Plug
the
computer
into a different outlet
so
that the computer
and receiver are
on
different circuits.
CAUTION:
Only peripherals with shield-grounded cables (computer
Input-output devices, terminals, printers, etc.), certified to comply
with
ClassBlimits, can
be
attachedto thisdevice. Operationwithnon-
certified equipment may result
in
communications interference.
Your house
AC
wan
receptacle must
be
a three-pronged type
(AC
ground).
If
not, contact an electrician
to
install the properreceptacle.
If
a multi-connector
box
is'
used
to
connect
the
computer and peri-
pherals
to
AC,
the
groundmust
be
common
to
all units.
If
necessary, contact
your
dealer
or
an experienced radio-television
technician for additional suggestions.
You
mayfind thefollOwing
FCC
booklet helpful: "How
to
Identify and Resolve Radio-TV Inteference
Problems." The booklet is available from the
U.S.
Government Printing
Office, Washington,
DC
20402, stock no. 004-000-00345·4.
Copyright © 1989
by
Commodore Electronics limited.
AU
rights reserved
This manual contains copyrighted and proprietary information. No
part
of
this
publication can
be
reproduced, stored
in
a retrieval system,
or
transmitted
in
any
form
or
by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording
or
other-
wise,
without
the
prior
written
permission
of
Commodore Electronics limited.
Commodore and the Commodore logo are registered trademarks
of
Commodore
Electronics
limited
Commodore
64
and Commodore 128 are registered trademarks
of
Commodore
Electronics limited.
Amiga is a registered trademark
of
Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
PClO, PC20, PC40, PCI0-III, PC20-III, PC30-III, PC40-III, Colt and Colt 286 (i.e.,
Commodore PC) are registered trademarks
of
Commodore Electronics limited.
GW
BASIC@
is a registered trademark
of
MicroSoft Corporation.
mM®
is a registered trademark
of
International Business Machines Corporation.
I.B.M.
Proprinter and
I.B.M.
Graphics Printer are trademarks
of
International
Busi-
ness Machines Corporation.
Epson®
is
a registered trademark and FX80 is a trademark
of
Epson America, Inc.
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Table
of
Contents
I
Chapterl
Chapter
2
Chapter
3
Chapter
4
Chapter
5
Chapter
6
Chapter
7
ChapterS
Chapter
9
ChapterlO
Appendix
A
AppendixB
AppendixC
AppendixD
AppendixE
AppendixF
AppendixG
AppendixH
APPendixI
AppendixJ
AppendixK
AppendixL
AppendixM
AppendixN
Appendix
0
Introduction
to
the
MPS
1230 Printer 1
Parts Description 7
Installing
the
Ribbon, Paper and Paper Feed
Mechanisms 13
Connecting
the
MPS
1230
to
Your Computer 29
Connecting
the
MPS
1230
to
the
Commodore
64/128
29
Connecting
the
MPS
1230
to
the
Amiga
and
Commodore
PC
31
MPS
1230 Printer Operations 35
Selecting
Printer
Settings for the Commodore
64/128
43
Selecting Printer Settings for
the
Amiga
and
Commodore
PC
51
MPS
1230 Control Codes and Escape
Sequences 61
Commodore Serial National CharacterTables
93
I.B.M.
and Epson National Character Tables
111
Graphics POOting
on
the
MPS
1230 Printer 121
Commodore Serial Mode 121
I.B.M.
Proprinter and
Graphics Printer Emulation Modes 128
Epson
FX
80
Emulation Mode 132
Technical Specifications 138
Hardware Interfaces 140
Graphics Layout Combinations 143
Control
Code
and
Escape
Sequence Summary 145
Individual Command Code and Escape Sequence
Tables 150
PET
ASCII
Uppercase/Graphics Character
Table 159
PETASCII
Upper/Lowercase Character Table 161
ASCII
Character Table 163
Epson Standard Character Table 165
Epson Graphics-Character Table
167
I.B.M.
Graphics-Character
Set 1 169
I.B.M.
Graphics-Character
Set 2 171
I.B.M.
Graphics-All
Characters 173
International Character Sets 17';
Printer SelfTest (Auto-Diagnostics)
176
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Introduction
to
the
MPS
1230
Printer
"Output" is an important
part
of
any system. Acomputersystem has
three basic components: input, processing and output. The
key-
boardand disk drive supply the input
to
the system. The computer,
or
CPU
does the processing. A printer outputs information. A
computer
is
helpful in making you more productive in your
work
and a printer provides valuable hard copy. The
MPS
1230 printer
completes your computer system. and
is
a valuable asset
when
presenting ideas or. "output"
to
others. The
MPS
1230
not
only
providesyou with
the
valuable benefit
of
hard copy output,
it
does
so withflexibility and
high
performance.
The
MPS
1230Printer
The Commodore®
MPS
1230 is a compact, desktop, dot-matrix
printer.
The printer operates at a speed
of
120 characters
per
second and
has
a tabulation
(tab)
speed
of
200 characters
per
second.
1
Uses
and
Benefits
You'll most likely
be
using your
MPS
1230 printer
to
print letters,
proposals and reports from your
word
processor.
If
you're in busi-
ness, you'll
be
outputting figures from your spreadsheet
or
data
base.
If
you're a student
or
avid computer hobbyist,
the
MPS
1230
comes
in
handy
when
printing your program listings from your
computer. And,
if
you're an artist, the
MPS
1230 provides the
vehicle
with
which
to
print designs and ideas from painting
or
drawingprograms,
or
images that you have createdwithyour own
programs.
Using
CommercialSoftware
Since most
of
you will
be
using
the
MPS
1230 with commercial
software packages,
one
filct should
be
dear.
In
order
for the
word
processor,
or
any
other
package that
processe~
t:ext,
to take advan-
tage
of
the
MPS
1230 special printingfeatures,the designers
of
the
programwould have had
to
program these specialfeatures into the
software
when
it was
written
Otherwise, these features such as
bold
print, may
not
be
supported.
Certain computers have special programs, called printer drivers,
that
allowyou
to
selectprinters and certain characteristics outside
of
the
application software package itself. The Amiga® for example,
allows
you
to
select a printer driver through Preferences, so that
regardless
of
the application you are· using, the Amiga usually
knows
how
to
take advantage
of
a printer's special output features.
A
printer
driver, however,
is
not
shippedwith the
MPS
1230.
Your
Own
Programs
You may take advantage
of
the
MPS
1230 special features by speci-
fying
the
command codes and escape sequences in the output
commands
of
your
own
programs. See Chapter
7,
MPS
1230 Con-
trol Codes and Escape Sequences, for more information
Selecting
Printer Settings _
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Many printers require the user to do
too
much work, simply to
[-.
print
a document., The
MPS
1230 removes much
of
the burden _
through
the
Set
Up
procedure. This interactive procedure prompts
you
to
selectsettings andfeatures
of
the
MPS
1230. Onceyou enter [
this
mode
of
operation, the printer prints a selection
on
the page,
then
scroUs
the
paper up so you can see it. It waits for you to
confirm
the
selection by pressing the line feed (LF) key or decline
the
selection
by
pressing
the
form feed (FF) key
on
theprinter. The [
printer
continues
to
prompt you until all selections have been
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satisfied You may also exit
the
Set Upp;rocedure at
any
time
by
pressing
the
Local key. Once
yolJ.
exit
the
Set
Up
prQ<;equre, the
selectionS you·
~ve
made take effect
if
you cQnfiimed
.the
param-
..
eters, otheryvisethey"are cancelled
Aliy'
r~~g
~ered
prompts revert
to
the
most recently saved
values~
See Cliapter
5,
Selecting Printer Settings for
the
Commodore 641128
if
you are
using a Commodore
64/128
or
Chapter6, Selecting PrinterSettings
for"
the
Amiga
and Commodore
PC,
if
you
have· an
AmiW\"or
Com-
modore
PC
(or
compatible).
MPS
1230
Printer
Ports
The
MPS
1230 printer is equipped
with
two types
of
ports: serial
andparallel. The serial
port
allows
the
MPS
1230
to
connect
to
the
Commodore
64
and
Commodore 128. Here's
what
the serial
port
looks like:
Printer
Serial
Port
The parallel
port
enables the
MPS
1230
to
connect to
the
Amiga
and Commodore
Pc.
The parallel
port
looks like this:
Printer
Parallel
Port
The Commodore
PC
refers to
the
entire series
of
I.B.M.-compatible
Commodore Personal Computers including
the
PClo,
PC20, PC40,
PClO-III, PC20-III, PC30-III, PC40-III, Colt and Colt 286.
3
Printer
Features
The
wide
choice
of
printing features include Near Letter Quality
(N.LQ.)
print
modes, six differentcharacter pitches, bold and un-
derline type, double width characters, superscripts and subscripts.
Here are some examples:
This
is
standard
draft
mode.
This
is
N.L.Q.
mode.
Tn_t_?
is
under!
ine
printing.
Special
Print
Features
The N.LQ.
print
mode provides a noticeable improvement
of
print
quality,
in
both
alphanumeric and graphic modes.
In
N.LQ. mode,
theprintmatrixiseffectivelydoubled,from 9 x 9
to
18x 9 dotsand
the
characters feature an almost continuous profile; however, the
printspeed is reduced.
The Draft
print
mode
provides fast printouts
of
documents that
do
not
require a particularly high quality ofprinting.
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