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4.1
4-2
4.2.1
4.2.2
4.2.3
4.2.4
4.2.5
4.2.6
4.3
4.3.1
4.3.2
4.3.2.1
4.3.2.2
4.3.2.3
4.3.2.4
4.3.3
4.3.4
4.4
4.4.1
4.4.2
4.4.3
4.4.4
4.5
4.5.1
4.5.2
4.5.3
4.6
4.6.1
4.6.2
4.7
4.8
4.9
4.9.1
4.9.2
4.10
4.10.1
4.10.2
4.11
TABLE
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CONTENTS
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Title Page
SECTION IV. THEORY OFOPERA
nON
General
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4-1
Power Supply
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4-2
Input Voltage Selection and Rectification
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:
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4-3
Soft-Start Circuit
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,
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4-4
Blocking OscillatorCircuit
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4-5
Reference Sensing Circuit
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4-5
Secondary Filtering and Regulation Circuits
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4-5
Power-Good Circuit
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4-6
Terminal ControllerSubsystem
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4-6
TMS 9980 Microprocessor
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4-7
Terminal ControllerMemory
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4-7
Read Only Memory
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4-7
Nonvolatile Memory
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4-7
Random Access Memory
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4-8
Programmable Read Only Memory (Optional)
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4-8
Memory Control Logic
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4-8
SystemClock and Interrupt Logic
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4-8
OperatorInterlace
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4-8
Keyboard/Switch Scan
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4-9
Keyboard Matrix
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4-9
Terminal Status Display and Indicators
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4-10
Keyboard Interface
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4-10
Communications Interface
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4-12
Interface Signals
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4-12
Signal-Level Conversion
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4-12
Asynchronous Communication Controller
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4-12
Ribbon Drive Subsystem
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4-12
Ribbon MotorDrive
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4-12
Ribbon MotorDirection
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4-13
Terminal Controller/PrinterController Interface
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4-13
Printer Controller Subsystem
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4-15
PaperDrive Subsystem
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4-16
PaperMotorDriver Circuit
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4-16
Paper-Out Detection
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4-17
Printhead Carriage Drive Subsystem
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4-17
Printhead Positioning
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4-17
Carriage Jam Detection
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4-19
CharacterPrinting
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4-19
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