Introduction - Epson 8133 User Manual

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Bit Images and
User-Defined Characters
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A Bit-Image example 35
Problems with APPLESOFT
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Bit-Imaging with word processors
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Printing the Hi-Res Screens
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Commands affecting image size 42
Rotating the image 43
Commands used to mix HGR and HGR2 43
Commands to produce special effects 44
Commands which affect the print density 45
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Printing with Appleworks
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Setting up for your printer 49
Printing wide spreadsheets 50
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Printing with Applewriter II
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Printing from Basic
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Listing to the printer 53
Using the printer with BASIC programs
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Breaking a program 56
Printing monitor listings 56
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Use of the Printer with Logo
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Listing LOGO programs 57
Printing text and using the control codes 58
Printing copies of the graphics screen 60
Overcoming aspect ratio problems 60
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Using the Printer with Pascal
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Directories and program listings
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Using the printer as a PASCAL file 62
Interface commands in PASCAL
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Screen dumps 63
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Using the Printer with CP/M
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Connector Pin Assignment Tables
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INTRODUCTION
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This manual covers the installation and use of the Epson # 8133
INTERFACE - a parallel printer interface card for the APPLE II,
APPLE II+ and APPLE Ile. (It is not suitable for the APPLE Ile.)
It is compatible with the ESC/P™ standard which Epson has produced
for its printers.
• Epson ESC/P command sequences can be used.
• It has a set of mnemonic commands which is compatible with
control codes used by other printer cards such as the Grappler
interface. These commands use the APPLE software <CTRL>-1
sequence.
• The enhanced graphics features allow bit imaging, even with word
processors.
• The complete ASCII character set from
O to 255 can be sent to the
printer, even from a word processor file.
• There are sophisticated graphics commands for high-resolution
screen dumps with options for enlargement either horizontally or
vertically (or both) and rotation. Screens can be mixed and enhanced
using a variety of dot-densities and shading.
• High-resolution screen dumps can be produced with solid black
areas without fine gaps.
• Text screens can be dumped.
• Both DOS 3.3 and ProDOS are supported.
• It is fully compatible with PASCAL and CP/M, including graphics
screen dumping.
• Full compatibility is maintained with programs like AppleWorks.
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