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Gemini industries Printer User Manual (128 pages)

Brand: Gemini-industries | Category: Dot matrix printers | Size: 6.60 MB |

English

Table of contents

Your Gemini

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User’s Manual

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Table of Contents

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INTRODUCTION

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Paper separator

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Paper gulde

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Gemini User’s Manual

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PAPER AND RIBBON

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Paper and Ribbon

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Tractor frame

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Release lever

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Gemini User’s Manuai

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LOADING SPROCKET-FED PAPER

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Mounting the Tractor Unit

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Clamp lever

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Tractor cover

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LOADING THE RIBBON

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Used up

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ADJUSTING THE GAP BETWEEN

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THE PRINT HEAD AND PLATEN

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_& - -M-u,“‘=

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._s. M

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GEMINI SELF=TEST

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Self- Test

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WHAT THE SELF-TEST MEANS

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Se/f-Test

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TAKE A CLOSER LOOK

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INTERFACING GEMINI

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WITH YOUR COMPUTER

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INTERFACE OPTIONS

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The DIP Switches

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Computer

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>>

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User’s Manual

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AMPHENOL

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“off” before

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SERIAL INTERFACE

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INITIALIZATION

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TALKING TO YOUR PRINTER

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The ASCII Code

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Function Codes

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Transmitting the Codes

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The Problem with BASIC

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GETTING “ONLINE”

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Getting Ready to Diwe In

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Run the Reference Program

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On the Other Hand. .

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ANALYZING THE PROGRAM

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“PRSET”

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Putting Gemini to Work

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WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE

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The BASIC Solution

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Software Patching Setvices

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The Creative Solution

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WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

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THE FUNDAMENTALS OF

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DOT MATRIX PRINTING

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by one-half dot on the

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Geminl User’s Manual

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J = 0 TO M

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100 NEXT J

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INTRODUCTION TO DOT GRAPHICS

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Graphic Control Codes

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Firing the Pins

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Example Graphics Program

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Gem/n/ User’s Manual

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30 FOR L - 1 TO 2

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GEMINI’S FULL RANGE OF

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PRINTING CAPABILITIES

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Spanish

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MONETARY COMMUNICATION

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Mathematical Operations

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Printing Equations

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Printing Capabilities

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BLOCK GRAPHICS

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The Building Blocks

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Creating Graphic Drawings

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Upgrading Our Design

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GEMINI’S DOT GRAPHICS

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The Concept

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The Program

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Analyzing the Program

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Figure 7-4a

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CONCLUSION

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DOWNLOADABLE CHARACTERS AND

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CUSTOM COMMANDS

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Gemini User’s Manual

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QE!! Print our new svmbo:

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