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THE

PERSONAL

COLOR

PRINTER

OKIDATA

has

made every effort

ensure that the information

this handbook

complete, accurate and up-to-date. OKIDATA does

not

assume

responsibility for the results

errors beyond its control,

and cannot guarantee that changes

software and equipment

made

other manufacturers and referred

this handbook will

not affect the applicability

the information

it.

OKIDATA

reserves

the right

change any or all

the specifications

referred

this handbook.

©Copyright

1986

right

reproduce this handbook or portions thereof

any form.

First

edition

June

1986.

OKIDATA

a registered trademark

Oki

America, Inc.

OKIDATA est une marque deposee de Oki

America,

Inc.

OKIMATE

a registered

U.S.

trademark

Oki Electric Industry

Company, Ltd.

Blazing

Paddles

a registered trademark

Baudville.

Commodore 64, Commodore SX64, and Commodore 128 are regis-

tered trademarks

Commodore

Business

Machines,

Inc.

Doodle

a registered trademark

City Software.

EASY

SCRIPT

a registered trademark

Commodore Electronics.

Edumate

a registered trademark

Futurehouse Incorporated.

Flexidraw

a registered trademark

Inkwell

Systems.

Hitchhiker's Guide

the Galaxy

a registered trademark

Info-

com, Inc.

Koala

Pad

a registered trademark

Koala Technologies Corp.

Musicale

a registered trademark

Waveform,

Inc.

PaperClip

a registered trademark

Batteries Included, Inc.

Paint Magic

a registered trademark

Datamost.

Printshop

a registered trademark

Broderbund,

Inc.

Super Sketch

a registered trademark

Personal Peripherals.

WordPro 3

Plus

a registered trademark

Professional Software,

Inc.

TABLE

CONTENTS

SECTION 1: MEET YOUR

OKIMATE-

Setting

your

printer

and using it

with

software

packag

What

You Ge

.. .................................... 2

tting

Started ..................................... 3

Setting Up ........................................... 4

ing

Computer

Paper ...................... 5

the

Ribbon ..

...

......

...

....

.........

Printing

the

Self

Test

....

.. ..

........

....

...

Connecting

the

Commodore

.....

.. .. .

....

About

OKIMATE ... .... ... ... .

....

... ... .

....

OKIMATE

Controls

...

....

...

..... .

.......

.... . 16

Choosing Paper

.....

.. .. ... ..

...

...... ...

...

.. ... 17

Inserting Single Sheets

........

...

... .:

....

serting

Roll

Paper ..

....

.....

...

..........

...

.. . 20

Printing

with

OKIMATE.... ... .

.....

....

.... 22

Software Packages ... .. ... ... .... ... .

...

.. .

...

... 23

PaperClip ..

.........

...

....

...

...... ...

......

.. 25

EASY

SCRIPT

......

...

...........

...

.....

Word

Pro

Plus

.. ..

....

.... ..

...

..... ..

....

. 32

OKIMATE

Color

Screen Print ... ..

........

... .

SECTION 2: PRINTER

CARE

AND

PROBLEM-

SOLVING-

Cleaning and servicing

your

OKIMATE.

Cleaning

the

Printer ...

.....

... ...

.....

...

... .. 37

Replacing

the

Printhead

....

... ...... ... ...

....

Problem-Solving ... ..

...

.. ..

...

.... .... ..... .....

....

Service

Information

.. .

....

... ..

....

...

..........

SECTION 3: PROGRAMMER'S

REFERENCE

GUIDE-

optional

guide

for

programmers.

Writing

Your

Own

Print Programs .... .

...........

Printing

Commands

.....

...

......

... .

...

.....

...

Character Sets:

Cursor Up/

Down

... .

...

.. .

...

.....

...

Character Size ....

...

.. .... .. .... .....

...

.. ..

...

Double-Width

Characters

......

.....

......

....

Print Quality .. ... ..

...

...........

.. .

.....

...

Italics

...

....

.. .. ..

........

...

....

...

.. .. .. ... .. ... 54

Super- and Subscripts.. .

......

....

.. .. .... ..

...

.. 54

Underlining .. .

.....

...

...... .........

......

.....

Reverse Print ... .

......

.. .

.....

.. ...... ..

...

....

.. 55

Formatting

Commands

...

......

....

........

.... .. ..

Top

orm

and Page Length

...

....

......

...

Form

Feed

.. ...... .. ... .. .

.....

..... ...

...

....

.... 56

Carriage Return

..................................

Line Spacing

......................................

Starting Position

..................................

Other Commands

...................................

Skip-Over Perforation

............................

Resetting

the

Printer

.............................

Testing Your Programs

...........................

Advanced Features

.................................

7-Dot

Graphics

...................................

24-Dot

Graphics

..................................

Color Printing

...........

.........................

APPENDIX A: Function Switch Settings

A-1

APPENDIX

Commodore

Character

Sets

B-1

APPENDIX C:

Command

Summary

C-1

APPENDIX D: Specifications

D-1

Section

1: Meet

\bur

OKIMAI'E

Your

OKIMATE

printer

can

print almost anything

you

create on your Commodore computer screen:

letters, reports, charts, and

graphic designs (in black or

color). It

can

underline

phrases, print them

ital-

ics,

or write them

eye-

catching headlines. With its

superscripts and subscripts,

OKIMATE

can

foot-

notes, exponents

for

math

problems, and chemical

formulas.

This

printer

handbook

ex-

plains

all

you need

know about setting

up and printing

with

OKIMATE.

Just

read

through these first

few

pages,

and OKIMATE will

soon print its self-test pattern, and demonstrate

its printing style

for

you.

What

'-bu

Get

Your OKIMATE and its accessories come in

two

separate boxes.

sure you have all

these

items:

the printer

box:

0 An OKIMATE

printer

In the

Plug

'n Print box:

D Plug 'n Print

control

module

Control

module

locking

cover

D Data cable

D Black ribbon (in clear bag)

D Color ribbon (in color bag)

Computer

paper

0 OKIMATE Color Screen

Print disk

[2]

This printer

handbook

If any

these items are missing

damaged,

please return

the

complete package, along

with

your sales receipt,

the

store

where

you pur-

chased your OKIMATE printer.

Getting Started

Before you begin setting up your OKIMATE, take

a quick look at the printer

you

can

become famil-

iar with the components and printer controls

shown here. We'll explain each

them

detail later on.

Paper advance knob

Paper guide

/OFF switch

Paper door I

Paper window

Paper lever

Control panel

Ribbon door

Locking cover

The CONTROL

PANEL

buttons

let you activate

the

printer and

control

darkness. The

READY

light

tells you

the

printer

ready

print, and signals you

there's a printing prob-

lem, such

running

out

ribbon or paper.

The

PAPER

DOOR and

PAPER

WINDOW

open

allow

you

insert paper and reach

the

printhead. Open

the

RIBBON

DOOR

change

the

ribbon.

You

can manually advance paper

with

the

PER

ADVANCE KNOB.

The

PAPER

LEVER

disengages

the

friction-feed

mechanism

you can insert paper easily.

The CONTROL MODULE serves

the

inter-

face between

your

computer

and OKIMATE.

This fits

into

thr

MODULE

SLOT

, and

cov-

ered by

the

LOCKING

COVER

. The locking

cover also serves

tool

for

removing

the

control module.

The

PAPER

GUIDES

adjust

accommodate

different

sizes and types

paper. The left

guide allows you

set

your

margin

when

ing

computer

paper.

The

OFF

SWITCH turns on

the

power

the

printer and sets

the

location

the

top

form.

Setting

Now you're ready

t up

, and get a

quick printing demonstration by running its self

test.

Don't plug

your printer or attach it to your

computer yet. We'll tell you when you

can.

Follow these

steps

insert the

Plug

'n Print

module:

SLIDE

THE

CONTROL

MODULE

INTO

THE

SLOT GROOVES.

SHOULD

FIT

TIGHTLY.

INSERT

THE

MODI

~OCKING

COVER.

IMPORTANT: Always turn

off

and unplug your OKIMATE before in-

serting or removmg the control module.

See

page A-2 for

d1rect1ons

for

remov1ng

the control module.

Inserting Computer Paper

HESE

BLACK

ROLLERS

MUST

EVEN

WITH

THE WHITE ROLLERS

THE

PAPER

WINDOW

rr~

Make sure these rollers are even every time

you load paper!

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