OKIMATE 10 User Manual

THE

PERSONAL

COLOR

PRINTER

SPECIAL

NOTE

This

handbook

will

help

you

install

and

use

your

new

OKIDATA printer. It

contains

everything

you

need

to

know

to

print

with

your

OKIMATE's special features.

Every effort

has

been

made

to

insure

that

the

information

in

this

document

is

complete

, ac-

curate

and

up-to-date. OKIDATA

assumes

no

responsibility

for

the

results

of errors beyond

its

control. OKIDATA also

cannot

guarant

ee

that

changes

in

software and

equipment

made

by

other

manufacturers,

and

referred

to

in

this

handbook,

will

not

affect

the

applicability of

the

information

in

this

handbook.

Copyright

1985 by OKIDAT A. All rights re-

served,

including

the

right

to

reproduce

this

handbook

or

portions

thereof

in

any

form .

Revised

edition

July 1985.

TABLE

OF

CONTENTS

Opening

Moves: Setting Up Your

Printer

...

1

The

Playing Pieces

....

.. ..

....

.......

......

....

. 2

Inserting

the

Control

Module.

.........

......

2

Connecting

the

Commodore.....

....

...... ... 4

Overview

of

the

OKIMA TE 10 ..

.......

......

5

Inserting

Computer

Paper.......

........

......

6

Inse

rting

Single She e

ts..

....

.........

.......

... 8

Loading Ribbon

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

.......

......

.. ..

...

10

Printing a Test

Pattern

......

.......

... ..

....... 12

Beginning

the

Match

.. .

....

.. .. .. ..

....

13

Running

the

Disk

Demonstration..

. . . . . . . .. 14

The

Rules of

the

Gam

e.....

....

......

.. ...

....

14

Using

a Software Package ...

...........

.....

.. 14

A Player's Guide: More

About

Your

Printer ...........

......

.........

.. .. ..

......

15

Using

Paper Clip ..

.....

........

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

17

Using

Word Pro 3 ..

........

....

..........

....

...

19

Using

Easy Script

....

.....

.. ..

........

... 20

Using

Color

Graphics

.....

...

......

.. .. ..

......

22

BASIC

Printing

in a Nutshell

....

......

...... 24

Printing

Listings .. ........ ..........

.......

...... 25

Creating

Special Effects

......

.......

........

.. . 26

Character

Size ....

......

........

..........

....

27

Character

Set .. .. .. ..... ..... .... .

....

... . 27

Reverse Field

....

........

......

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

......

. 28

Indenting/Tabs ......

......

.....

.......

...

........

28

Page

Formatting

........

......

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

. 28

Continuous

Printing

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

........

......

. 28

Fine

Positioning .......

......

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

.. .. .. . 29

Black

and

White

Graphics

......

.........

......

29

Data

Statements

....

.......

...........

...

.. ... 31

Repeating Graphics ..

....

.......

...

.........

....

32

Color

Printing

....

.......

.. ... ....

....

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

32

Color Shading ..

....

......

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

.. .... .. 34

Command

Reference

Chart

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

. 36

Dealing

With

Trouble: Cleaning

and

Maintaining

Your

Printer

........

.........

.. ... 37

Cleaning

Up

.....

....

..........

........

.......

....

38

Replacing

the

Printhead ...........

.. ...

.......

39

Check'Mate .......

.....

....

... .....

.....

.........

. 39

Repair

.......

....

......

....

.. ..

..........

.... .. .

....

46

Ordering

Parts

and

Supplies

......

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

47

Specifications ...

....

.... ....

....

.......

......

... ... 48

Limited

Warranty

....

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

......

...

50

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OPeni"9

Moves

The rules

of

printing

with

your OKIMATE are

easy,

like

learning

the

basic

moves

of

a game. Within the

paoge:;.s~

'

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~~~

you'll be printing away.

~

But the OKIMATE

isn't

all fun and games.

It

gets down to some serious business. As you progress

with

your skills and knowledge, you'll learn the challenge of advanced strategy from special printing effects to color graphics. Follow this handbook to set up your pieces and to learn

the

basic rules.

From

then

on,

it's

your move!

1

The praying Pieces

Before

you

begin,

make

sure you have

the

fol-

lowing:

In

the

printer

box

...

The

OKIMATE 10 printer, of course

In

the

Plug

'N

Print Kit.. .

The

Printer

Handbook

Black ribbon (in

the

clear bag)

Color ribbon (in

the

color bag)

Computer

paper

Commodore

data cable

"Learn

to

Print"

demonstration

and

"Color

Print"

on

disk

Plug

'N

Print

Control

Module for

Commodore

Control

Module locking cover

If

any

of

these

items

is

missing

or damaged,

return

the

complete

package, along

with

your

sales receipt,

to

the

place

of

purchase.

2

Don't plug your printer in just

yet-we'll

tell

you when you can.

Inserting

the

Contro(

ModUCe

l.

Slide

the

module

into

the

slot

until

it

is firmly

in

place.

2.

Carefully

push

the

module

board

with

your

thumb

until

you feel

it's

secure.

3.

Insert

the

module

locking cover as

shown

.

Follow

the

directions

on

the

setup

and

run

the

"Learn to

Print"

demon-

stration

program. In

about

15

minutes

you

can be

printing

in

black

or

in

color.

At

this

point

you

only

need

the

paper and

the

equip-

ment

supplied

with

your

Commodore

Plug

'N

Print kit. (More detailed

information

on

oper-

ating your OKIMATE is provided

in

Chapter

2,

"A

Player's

Guide"

which

begins

on

page

15.)

IMPORTANT: Always

turn

OKIMATE off before inserting or

removing

the

control

module. Directions for removing

the

con-

trol

module

are found on page 44.

3

Connecting

tire

Commodore

Connect

your

OKIMATE to your

Commodore

:

Make

sure

both

the

OKIMATE and

the

Com-

modore are

OFF.

Plug

one

end

of

the

data cable supplied

in

your

Plug

'N

Print

kit

into

the

Commodore

computer

or

the

Commodore

disk drive.

Connect

the

other

end

of

the

cable

into

the

port

on

OKIMATE's

control

module.

4

For a

sample

printout

and

an

on-screen tuto-

rial,

run

the

program

on

your

"Learn to

Print"

disk.

Directions

for

using

the

demonstration

disk follow.

NOTE

TO

VIC 20 OWNERS: When you 're ready

to

run the Learn

to

Print

program

unplu

g any expansion

memory co

nne

cted

to

yo

ur computer.

Overview

of

tile

OKIMATE

10

Here

are

the

locations

of

the

buttons

and

levers you'll be

using

to

load paper

and

ribbon

into

your

printer

:

Paper

Guides

:

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--3=

~

"

"~

":

:

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5

ON

/OFF

Power

Switch

To

get

the

best

printing

from

your

OKI-

MATE,

use

smooth

paper,

like

the

com-

puter

paper

that

came

with

your

Plug

'N

Print

kit.

Smooth

paper

made

especially

for

ribbon-transfer

printers

is

available

at

most

mass

retail

chain

stores, office sup-

ply

stores

and

computer

stores

. Look for

these

brands

:

•

Plain

Paper

for

Thermal

Transfer

Print-

ers

from

Hammermill

Paper

Company

•

Compucolor

Ribbon

Transfer

Paper

from

Schoeller

Paper

Company

•

Rediform

Paper

Company

boxes

marked

"Recommended

for

Thermal

Transfer

Printers"

•

Acetate

sheets

up

to

.005

inch

thick

for

transparencies

.

Paper

is

also

available

from

OKIDATA

Supplies. See page

47

for our toll -free

number

.

6

Insertif19 Computer Paper

1.

Set a

small

stack

of

computer

paper

on

the

table

behind

the

OKIMATE.

2.

Open

the

paper

window.

3.

Open

the

paper

release

for

sprocket

paper.

NOTE: Refer

to

page 9 for the corr e

ct

position of the paper

rollers.

4.

Notice

the

markings

behind

each of

the

paper guides.

If

you

are

using

the

sprocket

paper supplied

with

your

Plug

'n

Print

kit

adjust

the

paper guide so

that

the

0 D

symbol

lines

up

with

the

same

symbol

marked

1/9.5/1

on

the

printer.

Pull

the

paper guide toward you to re-

lease

and

slide

to

the

right or left

to

adjust

to

the

correct paper width.

When

set,

push

the

paper guide

back

to

lock

into

place.

7

5.

Insert

the

paper

behind

the

paper

guides.

6.

Advance

the

paper

with

the

paper ad-

vance knob.

7.

Close

the

paper window.

8.

Use

the

paper advance knob to advance

the

paper to

where

you

would

like

printing

to

start.

If

you

advance

the

pa-

per so

that

it

is even

with

the

paper

window,

print

will

begin

112

inch

be-

low

the

top of

the

page.

Then

when

you

turn

OKIMATE on,

the

first print-

ing

line

is recorded

into

memory

and

OKIMATE

will

automatically

leave a

112

inch

bottom

and top margin

on

succeeding pages.

8

Insertill9

Si119Ce

shuts

l.

Open

the

paper door.

2.

If

a ribbon is

in

the

printer,

pull

back

the

printhead

to provide clearance be-

tween

the

paper

and

exposed ribbon.

3. Adjust

the

paper guides so

that

the

0

marks

are

just

outside

the

width

of

the

paper-see

illustration.

To

adjust

the

paper guides,

pull

the

guide towards

you

to

unlock

and

slide to

the

right or

left

then

push

back

the

paper guides to

lock

their

position.

4.

Insert

the

paper

behind

the paper

guides,

holding

the

paper upright and

guiding

it

into

the

printer.

5.

Advance

the

paper

with

the

paper ad-

vance knob.

6.

Push

the

printhead

back

to

its

upright

position.

7.

Close

the

paper release and

the

paper

door.

8.

Use

the

paper advance

knob

to advance

the

paper

to

where

you

would

like

printing

to

begin.

9.

Continue

to

advance

the

paper so

that

it

is

even

with

the

paper window.

This

will

allow

printing

to

begin

112

inch

below

the

top

of

the

page-the

dis-

tance

between

the

top edge and

the

first

printed

line

on

a page.

10.

Check

the

position

of

the

paper rollers,

making

sure

they

are evenly spaced be-

tween

the

right

and

left paper guides.

If

both

rollers are

to

the

left or all

the

way

to

the

right,

you

may

have

diffi-

culty

inserting

paper.

9

Correct Position

of Rollers

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Loading

the Ri660n

1.

Remove

the

black

ribbon from

the

clear bag.

2.

Open

the

paper

and

ribbon doors.

IMPORTANT:

If

th

e ribbon is loose, use the blue

thumb

dial to

take up

th

e slack before inserting the cartrid

ge

onto the plat

e.

10

Printhead

_----Printhead

r---

__

Carriage

3.

Remove th

e clip from

the

underside of

the

ribbon

cartridge

.

4. Slide

the printhead

carriage to

the

left

side of

the

printer

.

5. Grasp

the printhead

with

your

thumb

and

index

finger

then

pull

it

towards

you

.

6.

Lower

the

ribbon cartridge

onto

the

plate, slipping

the

exposed ribbon

in

front of

the

printhead

as

shown

below.

7.

Close

the

ribbon door and

then

the

pa-

per door.

IMPORTANT

Insert the ribbon between the posts and printhead exactly

as

shown.

Gently

push the print-

head carriage back

to

its

upright position . The ribbon must be clamped between

the

left post

and

the

printhead

as

shown.

11

Printil19 A

Test

Pattern.

Make sure your OKIMATE on/off

switch

is

still OFF (plugging

the

printer

in

with

it

turned

on

can cause damage). Insert the plug

into

a grounded electrical outlet.

DO

NOT

use a conversion cord ,

like

an extension cord,

which ignores the

ground-OKIMATE

must

always be grounded .

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To

begin the self test,

hold

the select

button

down

and

turn OKIMA

TE

on at the

same

time. Count

to

2 before releasing the select

button

and

OKIMATE will print a test pat-

tern.

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stop the test, turn off your OKIMATE.

12

Bf9innil19 the Match

Let's

tak

e a closer

look

at

the

control center

of

your

OKIMA TE.

The

picture

below re-

veals

the

locations

of

the

levers, lights

and

buttons

you'll be

introduced

to

in

this

chapter.

DARK:

Controls

darkness of print.

Normally

set

this

switch

in

the

center.

SELECT:

This

is

the

PAUSE/RESTAR

T but-

ton.

To

stop

the

printer

while

it

is printing,

press

this

button

and

continue

to

hold

it

down

until

the

printhead

reaches

the

end of

a line.

Once

the

printhead

is

at

the

end of a

line

, release

the

SELECT

button

and the

printer

will

stop

printing. At

that

time, th

e

READY

light

will

blink

slowly indicating

that

printing

has been stopped .

13

The

SELECT

button

has

three

other

func-

tions:

1.

Press to

restart the

printer

after

stopping it.

2. Press

to restart

the

printer

after

changing paper or ribbon.

3. Press along

with

the

ON

button

to

begin a self test.

READY LIGHT: A steady

light

means the

print

er is

ON

and ready

to

receive data.

A

slow

blink means

you 've

either

pressed the

SELECT

button

to stop OKIMATE from print-

ing or

it's

time

to replace paper or ribbon.

A rapid

blink

means OKIMA TE has slowed

down

printing

to

cool.

The

printer

will

auto-

matically resume

full speed

when

the

print-

head

temperature

is lowered.

This

should

happen

infrequently, if

at

all,

when

OKI-

MATE

has

been

continuously

printing.

NOTE:

If

you use the S

ELE

CT

butt

on to stop

print

ing color

graphi cs,

th

e OKIMA TE will first

print

all the colors selected

f

or a lin

e before

sto

pping-blue is the last color to

print

.

Running

the

Disk

Demonstration

There

are

two

programs

on

your

demonstra-

tion

disk-one

is a

combination

demonstra-

tion

of OKIMATE's capabilities and a

tutorial

;

the

other

one

is a color

print

program

that

al-

lows

you

to

print a picture

from a previously

created file. Both programs give

you a chance

to

see

what

OKIMATE can do right away.

The

Learn to

Print

program is

compatible

with

the

Commodore

64, VIC 20, SX-64, Plus/

4,

VIC

16

and

the

Commodore

128*.

Here's

how

you

use

them:

1.

Insert

the

Learn to

Print

disk

into

your

disk drive.

2.

Type:

LOAD

"LEARN",

8

3. Press

the

RETURN

key.

4.

When

you

see

the

READY prompt,

type:

RUN

5.

Press

the

RETURN

key.

After a

minute

or so to load,

the

program will

begin. First

you'll

have

the

opportunity

to see

black

and

white

and color

demonstrations-

the

disk

will

tell

you

when

to

put

the

color

ribbon in. You'll get a hard-copy

sample

of

everything

you

can

do

with

your OKIMA TE.

14

The Rules

of

the

Game

Chances

are

that

you

want

to

use

your OKI-

MATE

to

print

information

from a software

package,

whether it's a record of

your

budget

from a financial program or a

letter

to

Aunt

Mary

on

your

word

processor.

It's

easy to do

because

these

packages

almost

always have a

feature

that

controls

printing, so

that

all you

have

to

do is follow

the

instructions

provided

with

your

software. Keep

in

mind

that

from

the

computer's

point

of view, OKIMATE

works

the

same

way

as

the

Commodore

1525

printer

does, so if OKIMATE 10

isn't

listed,

follow

any

instructions

given

in

your

software

manual

for

the

1525 printer.

• must be in 64 e

mul

ation mod

e.

Using a Software

P~e

There

are so

many

software packages avail-

able for

Commodore

computers

that

we

sim-

ply

can't

provide you

with

specific details on

how

each

one

works

with

OKIMA TE .

However,

we

have

included

setup

procedures

for

three

popular

word processing

packages-

Easy Script, Paper Clip and Word Pro

3-that

may

prove valuable to you .

A

P~er's

Guide

Puzzled about your

OKIMATE

works

with

nearly all

word

processing

packages

and over a dozen graphics packages. Here

we'll

show

how

three popular software packages

work

with

your printer.

There's

also a reference

chart

on

page 36 to

use

as a guide .

15

Most

computers

and

printers

use a standard

numerical

coding

system

called ASCII. Com-

modore

products, however, operate

with

a dif-

ferent

code,

usually

referred

to

as

Commodore

ASCII,

and

this

is

the

same

code

that

your

OKIMATE

with

the

Commodore

Plug

'N

Print

module

uses.

So

be

sure

to follow print-

ing

procedures for

Commodore

ASCII

if

your

software packages

use

different procedures for

each

coding

system.

Some

programs

ask

you

to

select

which

printer

you

have

from a

list

called a

"menu

."

If

the

menu

doesn't

include

OKIMATE 10,

use

Commodore

1525.

Your software

may

give provisions for using

OKIMATE's special features,

like

different

sizes

and

styles

of type,

although

the

flexibil-

ity

of

these

packages often varies. You'll need

to

know

the

special codes

that

control

the

features

you

want-check

the

handy

reference

1G

chart

on

page

36-and

how

your

software

handles

those

codes-check

your

software in-

structions. The

way

printer

control

codes are

handled

dif-

fers from package to package. Some

have

spe-

cial codes

that

go before OKIMATE's codes.

Others

have

ways

you

can

assign OKIMATE's

codes

to

characters

you're

not

likely

to use,

such

as

the

@ symbol, so

that

you

can change

printing

styles

with

a single

keystroke.

The

instructions

which

came

with

your software

packages

should

explain

how

it

deals

with

printers.

Remember

that

your

software package

may

not

let

OKIMATE do all

the

things

it's

capa-

ble

of-an

accounting

package, for example,

will

probably

let

you

pick a style

of type for

the

entire

document

but

will

not

allow you to

change features

within

the

document

.

USING

PAPER

CLIP

Tfi£

Setup

1.

Insert

the

Paper Clip

battery

pack

into

the

Commodore

joystick

port

1.

2.

Turn

on

your

computer.

When

READY

appears, type :

RUN <CR

>

3.

Slide

the

Paper Clip

disk

into

drive A.

4.

When

READY appears, type: LOAD

"PRINTER SETUP-D",8 <CR>

NOTE: First

time

installation only.

5.

When

LOAD CHARACTER SET ap-

pears, type: Y <

CR

>

6.

When

FILENAME appears, type:

standard CBM < CR>

NOTE:

The

screen will fill

with

random characters

and will gradually clear .

7.

When

LOAD PREVIOUS

FILE

ap-

pears,type: Y <

CR

>

8.

When

FILENAME appears, type: 1525-

p-alf < CR>

9.

When

'@'?64 appears, hold

down

the

CONTROL

key

and type O.

NOTE: <CR>

means

press the RETURN key .

10.

11.

17

Use

the

CRSR

DOWN

key

to skip to PRINTER INITIALIZE CHARACTERS and

enter

the

following

command

to

turn

off

the

OKIMATE

10

automatic

skip over perforation: Press

the

DEL

key

to erase

the

current

entry.

Type: 27 < CR >

Press

the

DEL key to erase

the

Type: 66 < CR>

Press < CR >

three

times.

When

SECONDARY ADDRESS ap-

pears, press < CR> once.

Use

the

CRSR

DOWN

key to skip to

PITCH

= 12 CHARACTERS PER

INCH

and

enter

the

following

command

to

print

bold:

Press

the

DEL key twice to erase 15.

Type: 29 < CR>

Press

the

DEL key to erase

O.

Type: 14 < CR >

Press < CR>

three

times.

When

SECONDARY ADDRESS ap-

pears press <

CR

> once.

When

the

PITCH = 15

CHARACTERS

PER

INCH

appears, press

the

DEL key

twice

to erase 15. Type: 29 < CR > Press <

CR

> four times.

When

SECONDARY ADDRESS ap-

pears press < CR> once.

NOTE: The remainder of

the

commands are identical

to

th

e Commodore printer and do

not

need

to

be

changed.

12. Use

the

CRSR

DOWN

key to advance to SECONDARY ADDRESS FOR TEXT

and

press

the < CR

> once.

13. Remove

the

Paper Clip disk and

insert

a

formatted

data

disk.

14. Hold

down

the

CONTROL

key and

the

SHIFT

key

and

press

9.

15.

When

FILENAME appears, type : OKI-

MATE 10 < CR >

16.

When

DRIVE # appears, type: 0

18

Creati"9

a.

Document

NOTE: Make sure

the

data disk is still

in

the

disk drive.

1.

Load "P*", 8 <CR>

2.

Press

CONTROL

then

1.

3.

When

FILENAME appears, type: OKI-

MATE 10 < CR >

4.

Press

CONTROL

then

1.

NOTE:

If

creating a new file skip

to

step 6.

5.

When

FILENAME appears, type

the

name

of

the

document

you

want

to edit.

6.

When

you

are preparing your docu-

ment

and

wish

to change

printing

styles, press

the

British

pound

sign key

and

enter

the

change code. For exam-

ple,

if

you

wanted

to change

the

left

margin to 15,

you

would

press

the

Brit-

ish

pound

sign

key

then

type: Im15

Likewise, if

you

wanted

to

print

in

bold,

you

would

press

the

British

pound

sign key and

then

type: pt12

Printi"9

a.

Document

1.

Press

CONTROL

then

O.

2.

When

CONTINUOUS

OUTPUT

ap-

pears, type: N < CR >

NOTE: Type "Y"

if

using roll paper.

3.

When

FILL

VARIABLE BLOCKS ap-

pears, type: N < CR >

4.

When

NUMBER OF COPIES appears,

type: 1 < CR >

5.

When

STARTING PAGE appears, typ e:

1 < CR >

6.

When

GLOBAL appears, type: N

<

CR

>

Exiti"9

Paper

CUp

Press

CONTROL

then

X.

USING

WORD

PRO

3

NOTE: < CR> means press the RETURN key.

1.

Turn

on

your

computer

and

insert the

Word Pro disk.

2.

When

READY appears, type: LOAD

//*//,8

<C

R>

3.

When

READY appears again, typ

e:

RUN

< CR >

4.

Select 8027 from

the

menu

by typing : 8

5.

When

# of LINES appears, type: 329

< CR >

19

6.

When

PRINTER DEVICE appears,

type : 4

7.

When

PRINTER appears, select ASCII

so type : A

8.

When

DISK DRIVE appears, type: 08

9.

Wh

en

the

status

line

appears, press and

release

the

CONTROL

KEY

then

typ

e:/

IMPORTANT: Cursor Down and Skip Over Perforation "off"

commands

must

be given at the beginning of each document.

10. When

the

checkmark

symbol appears,

we're

going to assign

printer

codes

to

locations 0 through

9.

0 = 29: 1 = 15:2 = 145:3 = 17:4 = 14:5 = 146:6 = 18:7 = 27:8 = 66

This

is

what

you

just

entered:

o = condensed

print

1 =

normal

prin t

2

= cursor up

mode

3 = cursor down

mode

4 =

wide

print

5 =

print

black

on

white

6 =

print

white

on

black (reverse)

7 and 8

= stop

automatic

skip over perforation

Entering

Print

Features

in

a Document

Anytime

you

want

to

use

any

of

the

above

codes

in a document,

call

up

the

feature

like

so:

Press

and

release

the

CONTROL

KEY

then

type: i

Enter

the

code

number

for

the

feature

you

want

to perform.

For example, if

you

wanted

to

print a title

in

wide print,

you

would

now

type: 4

< CR >

When

you

wanted

to

return

to

normal

print,

you

would

again press and release

the

CONTROL

KEY,

type: i and

then

type: 1 < CR >

You

can

also change

margin

settings by fol-

lowing

the

checkmark

character

with

the

command

1m

for left

margin

and

rm

for right

margin

and ju for justifying

the

text. There-

fore, if

you

wanted

your

right

margin

to be

70,

your

left

margin

to be

12,

and

the

text

to

be justified,

your

command

line

would

look

like

this

:

lm12:rm70:ju1 < CR >

20

Keep

in

mind, you

will

probably

want

to

change

margin

settings

whenever

you change

character

pitch. Also,

since

the

OKlMATE

10

is

set

up

to perform

an

automatic

skip over

perforation

at

the

bottom

of

the

page and so is

WORD

PRO, you

may

want

to

enter

the

7

and 8 commands

to

turn

off

the

OKIMATE 10

skip over perforation feature

at

the

beginning

of

your

documents.

Printing a Document

After you've created a

document,

simply

press

and release

the

CONTROL

key

then

type: 0

followed by C < CR>

and

OKlMATE

should

begin printing.

USING

EASY

SCRIPT

1.

Put

your

Easy Script disk

in

drive A.

2.

Type: LOAD "0:*

/1,8,1

< CR>

3.

When

Easy Script is loaded,

the

follow-

ing

questions

will

appear:

Text

Width? 40-240 cols.

Disk

or Tape?

Printer

Type? 0-4

4.

The

OKIMA TE 10 has 80 columns, so

type: 80 <

CR

>

5.

If

you're

using

a disk drive, type: D

< CR >

6.

The

OKIMA

TE

10

emulates the

Com

-

modore

printer, so

type

: 0

7.

When

the

edit

mode

screen

is dis-

played,

enter

these

commands:

Press

F3

key

then

type: 0 = 27

Press

F3

key

then

type

: 1 = 66

Press

F3

key

then

type: 2 = 14

Press

F3

key

then

type: 3 =

15

Press

F3

key

then

type: 4 = 29

Press

F3

key

then

type: 5 =

18

Press

F3

key

then

type: 6 = 146

NOTE: You can assign up to 10 values.

8.

This

is

what

you have entered :

o and 1 =

turns

off OKIMA TE

10

skip over

perfora

tion

2 = double

width

printing

3 =

normal

10 cpi

printing

21

4 = fine

print

17 cpi

5

= reverse

printing

6 =

normal

black

on

white

printing

Creating a Document

1.

Whenever

you

want

to

change

printer

features

in a document,

press

the

F 1

key

and

the

number

you

assigned

to

the

feature

you

want.

For example, if

you

want

to

print

double

width

, you

would

press F 1

and

type : 2

To

return

to

normal

print,

you

would

press

Fl

then

type : 3

2.

To

stop

the

OKIMA TE 10 from performing a skip over perforation, you would

press F 1 then type: 0

and

F 1

then

type: 1

Printing a Document

To

print a document,

follow

thes

e four steps:

1.

Press the

Fl

key.

2.

Typ

e:

0

3. Type: C

4. Type: P

Usif19

CoCor

Graphics

The

Color

Print

program available

with

your

OKIMATE

works

only

with

the

Commodore

64, 128*

and

SX64

model

computers

and a

compatible

graphics software program,

like

Doodle,

Edumate

Light Pen, Koala Pad Super

Sketch, Flexidraw,

Paint

Magic, Chalkboard

and

Sorcerer's Apprentice.

OKIMA TE does a fine job reproducing over two

dozen colors for graphs, bar charts and

pie

charts. Since

it

is very difficult

to

program

your

own

color

pictures

dot

by dot, OKI-

MATE is designed

to

work

with

many

of

the

paint, draw

and

sketch

packages available

in

most

retail

stores.

Use

them

to

create a pic-

ture

on

your

screen

and

then

use

OKIMATE's

Color

Print

program

to

print

the

picture.

Once

you

have

the

right

equipment

(if

you

don't

yet,

try

some

color samples

on

the

OKI-

MATE 10 disk),

here's

how

you

run

OKI-

MATE's

Color

Print

program:

• Co

mmodor

e 128

must

be

in

64 e

mulati

on

mod

e.

22

1.

Insert

the

Learn to

Print

disk

in the

disk drive .

2. Type:

LOAD

"COLOR",

()

3. Press

the

RETURN

key

.

4.

When

the

READY

prompt

appears,

type :

RUN

5. Press

the

RETURN

key

.

After

about a minute, you'll

see

the

main

titl

e

frame.

The

program

will

then

ask

you

if

you

want

instructions.

Answer

"Y"

for

"yes" the

first

time

around. You'll be asked to prepare

the

OKIMATE

with

paper and a black ribbon.

The

program

will

then

print

an

instruction

sheet

explaining

how

to

print

a picture.

The

Color

Print

program is

completely

selfdocumenting, so all you have to do is follow the

directions

on

the

screen

at

each

step

to

choose

the

format

you're

using and

the

pic-

ture

you

want

to

print.

The

program

will

even

tell you

if

OKIMATE

isn't

ready to

print

and

will give you a list of things to check.

If

you

want

to conserve your color ribbon, select just

one example from

the

color program to see

how

OKIMA TE prints colors.

Once you've made your selections and

the

printer is

ready-don't

forget to insert

the

color

ribbon-just

press

the

RETURN key and

watch

OKIMA TE

print

your picture

in

full

color. It will take a

while

because each line

must

print

three times,

but

the

results should

be

worth

the

wait.

23

BASIC

PRINTING

IN

A NUTSHELL

To

print a program

you

need

these

statements:

10

1

Line

number

20

30

0 j EN

Open

channel

to printer

3,

1

Logical file

number-identi-

fies

the

channel-can

be

any

number

from a to 255

4, 0

t

Secondary

address-deter-

mines

the

character set:

o (optional) = upper casel

graphics (cursor up)

7

= upper casellower case

(cursor down) characters

Device

number-the

printer

is

4-if

you have 2 printers,

one will be

5.

See page

45

if

you

want

OKIMATE to be

device

number

5.

PRINT#3'~"TEXT

TO

BE

PRINTED"

Print

to printer-

do

not

use

"?"

to abbreviate

CLOSE 3 Closes channel

to

printer after you've finished printing

Must

be

the

same as logical

file

number

in

OPEN state-

ment

24

Pri~

Listil19s

Use

these

commands

in

the

immediate

mode

(no

line

number):

OPEN

j

3,

J

Logical file

number

(0-255)

CMD3

~

Sends

output

to

printer

instead

of display

screen-READY

prompt

appears on printer

not

screen

LIST

t 1

'"

.

d-

,_

Program Istmg

IS

pnnte

you

can

a1.:)O

use

standard

PRINT

statements

to

control

the

printer

after

CMD

PRINT#3:CLOSE 3

\ /

Both

are

needed

to

close a

channel

after

CMD-

READY

prompt

returns

to screen

If

this

doesn't

work, press

the

RUN

/STOP and

RESTORE keys at

the

same

time

4,

D

·

~

b . .

eVlce

num

er-

pnnter

IS

usually 4

25

o

i

S.econdary

addr

·ess-

o

jddaultj = cursor

up

7 = cursor

down

Creating Special Effects

When you

turn

on

OKIMATE,

it

will print 10

characters per

inch

and 6 lines per

inch

like a standard PICA typewriter. But OKIMATE features a variety of

printing

styles you can use

to

put

extra

flair

into

your

printouts

. All you

have to do is

insert

simple codes

into

your

5 RE

M***O

KIMATE

10 SAMPL

E PRO

GRAM***

10

OPEN

2,4

20

PRINT#2,

"N

ORMAL

WIDTH,

10

CPI"

30

PRII\lT

#2,

CHR$ (2'3

) ;

"FINE

PRI

NT,

17

CPI"

40

PRINT#2,

CHR$ (15) ;

"8ACI-

.(.

TO

NORMAL

"

PRINT#

statement

using

the

CHR$ function,

like this:

20 PRINT#3,

"NORMAL";

CHR$

(M)

;

"WIDE";CHR$(15);"NORMAL

AGAIN"

The

sample program

which

follows will show

you

how

this works using a combination of

OKIMATE's features.

50

PRIr'-lT#2,

CHR$ (14 ) j

"WIDE,

5

CPI";

CHR$ (15 )

;"

BACK

TO

NORMAL"

50

i='

RINT#2,

CHR$ (2'3) ;CHR

$

(1

4 ) ;

"B

OLD,

8.5

CPI "jCHR$

(2'3)

j " 8ACI-< TO

FINE

PRINT"

70

PRIN

T#2,

CHR$

(15) ; "CURSOR

UP FOR

CAPITALS

&

GRAPHICS:

• 0

'!-

...

~,"

80

PR I NT#2,

CHR$ ( 17

) ;

"CURSOR

DOWN

FOR

LOWERCASE

";

CHR$ ( H·5) j "BACK

TO CURSOR

UP"

'30 PRII'H#2,CHR$

(18) ; "RE

VERSE

FIELD"jCHR$(14E.);"

I

\lORMAL";

100

PRINT#2,CHR$(18

)

;CHR$i14 )

;"

MIX

"jCHR$(17)

j"&

MATCH

"jCHR$(145)

jCHR$(15)

j

110

PRINT#2,

"><.

~

. "

120

PRINT#2,

"RE'vERSE

FIE

LD

C(~NCELS

AT

LINE

END"

130 PRINT

#2,CHR$(15

) ;

"iZl5INDENT

FIVE SPACES"

135

PRINT#2,

"B

ACK

TO

NORMAL"

140

CLOSE

2

26

NORMAL

WIDTH,

10

CPI

FINE

PRINT,

17

CPI

BACK

TO

NORMAL

W I

DE.,

5

Ca="

I

BACK

TO

NORMAL

BOLD,

8.

5

CP

I

BACK

TO

FINE

PRINT

CURSOR

UP

FOR

CAPITALS & GRAPHICS: • 0

~.

~

cursor

down

for

lowercase

BACK

TO

CURSOR

UP

1.~=L'J:::II:i:i=-iil.:::II.']

NORMAL.

u

••

:.-=..-:.

1"1

F-..~

••

_.:IE

REVERSE FIELD

CANCELS

AT

LINE

END

INDENT

FIVE

SPACES

BACK

TO

NORMAL

character Size

CHR$(15)

CHR$(29)

CHR$(14)

Normal

- 10 cpi (Characters Per Inch)

This

is

the

default

setting-what

you get

automatically

when

you

tum

on the

printer. Fine - 17 cpi Double

width

- doubles

the

width

of

either

normal or fine print.

Combine

codes

lik

e this: CHR$(15);CHR$(14) - Wide print: 5 cpi CHR$(29);CHR$(14) - Bold print: 8.5 cpi To

cancel double width, use either one of theseCHR$(15) to

return

to

normal

print

or

CHR$(29) to

return

to fine

print

27

character

Set

CHR$(145) Cursor Up characters -

upper

case charac-

ters,

numerals, punctuation

and graphics

characters

CHR$(17) Cursor

Down

characters -

upper

and lower

case characters,

numerals

and

punctuation

NOTES:

The

secondary address

in

your

OPEN

stat

ement

deter-

mines which character

set

the

printer

will use.

To

print Cursor Up: OPEN 3,4,0 or OPEN 3,4

To

print Cursor Down: OPEN 3,4,7

Keep in

mind

that

these codes are controlled on

the

screen

independently

of

the

printer. (On

the

screen you

switch

from

Cursor Up to Cursor

Down

mode

by pressing

the

Commodore

and Shift keys at

the

same time.)

This

can be a

little

confus-

ing-what

you see

on

the screen is

not

necessarily

what

you'll

get from

the

printer.

If

you're programming

for

a Cursor Down

printout, we

recommend

that

you set the screen to reflect

the

Cursor

Down

display.

Reverse

Fidd

CHR$(18)

Reverse field - prints

white

characters

against a black background

CHR$(146) Reverse field off - returns to standard

black-on-white printing

NOTE:

This

feature is

automatically

cancelled at the end of the line.

Put

CHR$(l8)

at

the

beginning of each line you want

to

print

in reverse field.

Indenti"9/Tabs

CHR$(161;lnn"

Indent -starts

printing

at

column

num-

ber

"nn"

NOTES;

1.

This

command

can

be

used

at

the beginning of a line to in-

dent

or

in

the

middle of a

line

to tab.

2.

The

columns

are

as wide as a

character-I

110

inch

in

nor-

mal print,

1117

inch

in

fine print.

28

Ptlg

e

Fonnatti"9

CHR$(13) CHR$(27);

CHR$(10h CHR$(n);

NOTES:

Line Feed - advances

the

page by

one

line

Fine Line Feed - advances page by nl144

inch

1.

n can be any

number

between 0 and 255. When n is

0,

the

line feed is

2561144

inch

.

2.

This

code should go

at

the

end of a line and a semicolon

must

always follow it.

CHR$(12)

Form Feed (New Page) - advances

the

pa-

per to the first printing line of

the

Continuous

Printi"9

CHR$(27);"A"

Automatic

Skip

ON -when

the

printer

comes to

within

112

inch

of

the

bottom

of an

11

inch

page,

it

automatically

skips to the first

print

line

of

the

CHR$(27);"B"

Automatic

Skip OFF -

the

printer prints

continuously

without

skipping

NOTES :

The

printer

will perform an

automatic

skip unless

you add

the

automatic

skip off

command

to

your program.

This

feature

may

interfere

with

some word processing packages

that

perform

their

own

page formatting. For

more

information on

how

to

tum

off

automatic

skip when you're using a word pro·

cessor, see page 43.

Fim

Positionill9

This feature lets you

start

printing

at

a

specific distance from

the

left margin. This

distance is measured

in

dot columns,

which is 1/60" wide for normal print. (There are 480 dot columns on a line.)

NOTE:

If

you're

usin

g fin e print or bold print, the distance

from

th

e left margin will be measured

in columns that

are

1110

3"

wide. The procedure is the same,

but

keep

in

mind

that

th

ere are 824 dot

column

s on a line of fine print.

Suppose you

wanted

to

start

printing

at

the

180th column,

which

would be three inches

from the margin . Add this command:

PRINT#3,CHR$(27);CHR$(16);

Follow the

command

with

two codes

which represent

the

number

of dot columns . Take

the

number

of dot columns (180

in

our exam-

ple) and divide

it

by 256.

The

quotient is

the

first code;

the

remainder is

the

second. First

divide 180 by 256, like this:

J

quotient

256)180

- 0 subtract 180 remainder

29

Now, take

the

quotient

and

the

remainder

and add

them

to your

print

statement,

fol-

lowed by your text:

PRINT#3,CHR$(27);CHR$(16); CHR$

(0) ; CHR$

(150)

; "TEXT

...

"

BCack

and White Graphics

You can use OKIMATE

with

any graphics

program

that

can produce a

printout-just

by

following the directions for

the

Commodore

1525

in

your software manual. You can also

program graphics directly,

but

it

takes a

little

bit of paperwork.

The first step is to

map

out

your image on a

piece

of

graph paper. OKlMATE

prints

graph-

ics

in

columns of seven dots, so divide your

picture, like ours',

into

seven-row strips .

The numbers on

the

left

show

the

value of

each dot position

in

a column. Starting

at

the

left column add

the

values for each position

that contains a dot.

Then

add

the

umn

to

the

right and so on

until

you have a

total value for each of

the

seven columns.

- -

--

- - - -

---

--------

----

---

--

---

-

---

----

- - - -

GRAPHIC

DETAILS

-------------

10

OPEN

3,L;

20

PRINT#3,CHR$(5);CHR$(255);CHR$(19L;);CHR$(196); CHR$

(200)

; CHR$

(205) ; CHR$

(22L;)

;

30

PRINT#3,CHR$(192)

;CHR$(15)

Will gi

ve you

thi

s:

~

Now

take

each

column

and add

128

to the to-

tals .

Then

you're

ready to

put

everything to-

gether

in a print

statement

.

First

comes

CHR$(8),

which

tells OKIMATE

to

print

graphics; follow this

with

the

data we

calculated above.

If

you

want

to combine

graphics

with

text, enter CHR$(IS) to re

turn

to

normal

text

printing

.

Be sure

to

add

CHR$ (15) when you're fin-

ished printing graphi

cs

-oth

erwise OKlMATE

wi

ll

stay

in

graphics

mod

e until you turn

it

off.

You 'll

end

up

with

static

if

you try to

print

text.

30

Value

2 4

8 16 32 64

Column total

Plus128

Total

Rows

2 3 4 5 6 7

0 0

0

0 0

10 0

I

C)

0 0 0

r,

I

C)

If'

\..../

I

\,../

127

66

68

72

80

96

64

255 194 196 200 208 224 192

MAKING

A

DATA

STATEMENT

-----------

10

DATA

255,19~,196,200,205,22~,192

20

FOR

1=1

TO

7

3D

READ

G

~O

G$=G$

+ CHR$(G)

50

60

OPEN

3,~

70

PR1NT#3,CHR$(5);G$;CHR$(15)

50

CLOSE

3

Will give you this:

b..

Data. Statements

Writing graphic

data

the

way

we

just

did can

be a

little

tedious. You can

make

things a

lot

easier for yourself by reading

the

information

from a

data

statement.

Keep

in

mind

that

the

31

OKIMATE can

print a maximum

of 480

graphic

columns

in

one

line.

If

you send

more

than

that,

printing

will

continue

at

the

left

margin of

the

------------------------

WORTH REPEATING

10

OPEN

3,L;

20

L$=

CHR$(8)+CHR$(26)+CHR$(30)+CHR$(221)+CHR$(15)

30

PRINT#3,L$;"GRAPHICS";L$

L;o

CLOSE

3

Will give

you

this:

~~~GRAPHICS~~

Repeating Graphics

If

you're

creating a decorative border, bar

chart or

similar

graphics, you'll find

the

re-

peat graphics

command,

CHR$(8liCHR$(26j,

very useful.

The

repeat

command

repeats one

column

of

dots up to 255 times.

Just follow

the

CHR$(8)jCHR$(26)

command

with

the

number

of repetitions in CHR$

form,

then

the

graphic information. Putting

CHR$(O)

after

the

repeat command will create

256

repetitions

.

32

Co

Cor

Printing

The

easiest way to get a color

printout

with

your OKIMA TE is to use

the

Color

Print

pro-

gram

on

your disk. First you create your illus-

tration

with

your graphics package and

then

you save

it

on

a separate disk.

the

OKIMA TE Color

Print

program and re-

quest to

print

your

own

creation from

the

menu. Be

sure to have your color ribbon

in

then

insert

the

disk where your picture is

saved.

OKIMA TE will

print

your

picture

in

vivid colors. You can also

write

your

own

programs to

print

characters or graphics

in

color,

but

it's

a

THE

SPECTRUM

-------------

10

EM$

=CHR$(27):EM$ =EM$+CHR$(25):REM

ALIGN

COLOR

RIBBON

20

OPEN

3,t;

3D

PRINT#3,EM$;"

t;0

PRINT#3,"

t;

50

PRINT#3,"

t;

60

CLOSE

3

t;

TEXT

COLORS:

5

ORANGE

YELLOW

GREEN

8

BLACK"

TEXT

COLORS:

RED

ORANGE

1t;

PURPLE

BLACK"

TEXT

COLORS:

19

GREEN

PURPLE

BLACK

BLUE"

rather complicated process. Here we'll explain how

the

color printing

system

works and

how

to use

it

in

BASIC programs.

The

color ribbon consists

of

three color

strips-yellow,

magenta, and

cyan-plus

a

black and clear

marker

strip. OKIMA TE uses

the non-printing

marker

strip to align

the

rib-

bon.

The

color strips are for printing.

The

printhead passes over each line three

times, once for each color strip. After

the

third pass, OKIMA TE looks for

the

alignment

command

to reset

the

ribbon to the first

NOTE:

In

the color program above th e blue

numbers

indicate

the number of spaces

to

insert. For example, line

SO

uses 4

spaces followed

by

text then 19 spaces.

33

color. Like

an

artist

mixing

colors on a pal-

ette, OKIMATE can

print

in

a variety

of

colors just

by

mixing

the

three primary colors

on the paper.

Every color printing program

must

include

these codes

at

the

beginning of

the

first

print

statement:

CHR$(27)

;CHR$(25)

This tells OKIMATE to look for

the

align-

ment

marker and to

set

the

ribbon

at

the

be-

ginning

of

the

first color, yellow. Therefore,

anything printed

in

the

statement

appears

in

yellow.

The

following print state-

ment

data appears

in

magenta and

the

third

appears

in

cyan

.

At

the

end

of

the

third

print

statement, add

CHR$(

13)

to

return

the

printhead to

the

left

and to advance

the

paper one line.

The

statement

must

again begin

with

the

alignment

command,

CHR$(27)iCHR$(25).

Don't forget to insert the color ribbon before trying this print sample!

Co

Cor

Sfuufif19 (For

E~perts

Only)

The

program

you

just

did printed seven

colors,

but

OKIMATE

isn't

limited to

that. By

combining

dot

graphics and color printing,

you

can

create a variety of resolutions and

hues.

The

secret

to

reproducing

the

colors

in

our

program

on

page 35 is a checkered graphic

pattern

that

combines

color dots

with

white

spaces.

34

When you

print

this

pattern

in

color, you get

a light shade of

that

particular color, since

the

color you choose is mixed

with

white. For ex-

ample, a checkered red gives you a

pink

shade.

By

combining light colors

with

other

light colors, you can create dozens of colors. The

program

we've

provided will give you a

printout

of 26 colors.

It

uses three subroutines to create solid blocks of color, checkered patterns and

white

spaces.

The

data

statements

in

lines 4000, 4010 and 4020

list

the

possible

combinations of yellow,

magenta

and cyan us-

ing

these

subroutines:

5

10

cD 3D 35 L;O 50 60

70

50

90

1000 1005 1010 COOO c010 cOcO COC5 c030 3000 3010 L;OOO L;010 L;OCO L;030 L;OL;O L;050

DO-IT-YOURSELF COLOR

------------

REM

COMMODORE

COLOR

DEMO

OPEN

3,L;

READ

Y,M,C PRINT#3,CHR$(c7);CHR$(c5); PRINT#3,CHR$(5); ON Y GOSUB

1000,COOO,3000

ON M GOSUB

1000,COOO,3000

ON C GOSUB

1000,COOO,3000

PRINT#3,CHR$(c7)

;CHR$(10);CHR$(1L;);

IF

y=o

THEN

PRINT#3,CHR$(15):CLOSE

3:END

GOTO

cD

PRINT#3,CHR$(c6)

;CHR$(c50);CHR$(c55);

PRINT#3,CHR$(13)

;

RETURN

FOR

X=1

TO

1c5 PRINT#3,CHR$(c13);CHR$(170); NEXT

X PRINT#3,CHR$(13); RETURN PRINT#3,CHR$(13); RETURN

DATA

1,1,1,c,1,1,3,1,1,c,c,1,3,1,c,c,3,1,3,c,1,3,3,1,3,c,c,3,3,c,1,c,1

DATA

c,1,c,c,c,c,1,1,3,c,1,j,3,1,3,c,3,c,c,c,3,3,c,3,1,c,c,1,c,3,1,3,3

DATA

c,3,3,1,1,c,1,3,1,1,3,c,O,O,O REM:1=SOLID

COLOR

REM:c=

HALF-TONE

REM:3 =

WHITE

(SKIP

COLOR)

35

OKIMATE

10

COMMODORE

COMMAND

REFERENCE

CHART

Function

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Function

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Character

sizes:

Formatting

(cont.)

Normal

15

OF

CR

and

one

line feed

10

OA

Wide

15

14

OF

OE

Perforation

skip

on

2765

1B

41

Fine 29

lD

Perforation

skip

off

2766

IB 42

Bold 29 14

lD

OE

Tabbing

16

n

IOn

Color

printing

: Graphics:

Align

ribbon

272

5

IB

19

Start

8

08

End of

line

13

OD

Stop

15

OF

Cursor

mode:

Repeat

26 n 1A n

Cursor

up

145

91

Reverse field:

Cursor

down

17

11

Reverse image

18

12

Fine

line

spacing 27 10 n

1B

OA

n

Re

turn

to

normal

146

92

Formatting:

Starting

position

:

Advance

to

new

page

12

OC

Dot

column

27

16

n1

n2

1B

10

n1

n2

Carriage

return

13

OD

Character

col

umn

16

nl

n2

10

n1

n2

NOTE: The lower case " n" given

with

some of the

command

s represents a variabl e

number.

36

37

DroU"9

with

n-0u6Ce

You'll find

that

with

the

recommended

periodic

cleaning

of

the

printhead,

your

OKIMATE is

the

best

deal

in

town.

But if

it's

in

the

cards

that

you

someday

have

problems

with

your

printer,

this

section

is

designed to give you a hand.

You

don't

have

to

be a com-

puter

ace

to

handle

the

minor

problems

listed

here.

However

for

problems

you

can't

deal

with,

don't

gamble

on

fixing

them

yourself,

use

the

repair

and

warranty

information

on

page 50.

CCeani"9

up

Wipe

the

OKIMATE paper

window

with

a

clean, damp, lint-free

cloth whenever ribbon

ink

or

dust

begins

to

accumulate.

Clean

your

OKIMATE

printhead

after every

ribbon change

or

whenever

you

notice

the

print

fading

or

missing

dots.

l.

Tum

off

your

OKIMATE.

2.

Unplug

your

OKIMATE.

3.

Open

both

the

paper and ribbon doors.

4.

Remove

the

ribbon cartridge, returning

the

printhead

to

its

upright position.

5.

Unsnap the

printhead

lock lever, leav-

ing

the

printhead

in

its

upright posi-

tion.

38

6.

Grasp

the

tab

attached

to

the

printhead

and

lift

the

printhead

out

of

the

assem-

bly.

7. Wipe

the

dark surface of

the

printhead

with

a clean, lint-free

cloth

that

has

been dipped

in

alcohol or

an

alcohol-

based

typewriter

cleaning solution.

8.

Wipe off all

ink

and paper lint.

9.

Replace

the

printhead-make

abso-

lutely

certain

that

the

black

thermal

surface faces towards

the

paper.

10. Close

the

printhead

lock

lever.

11.

Replace

the

ribbon cartridge.

12.

Close

the

paper and ribbon doors.

RepCacing

tile.

Printh.ead

If

you

notice

the

characters

or

graphics

printed

by your OKIMATE are

not

fully

formed,

with

one

or

more

dots

consistently

missing,

your

printhead

may

need replacing.

Clean

the

printhead

first, according

to

the

di-

rections

on

page 38

and

then

if

the

problem

still

persists, replace

the

printhead. (Ordering

information

is

on

page 47.)

To

replace

the

printhead,

remove

it

following

the

steps

described

in

"Cleaning

Up"

on

page

38 .

Insert a new

printhead

in

its

place-mak-

ing

absolutely

certain

that

the

dark

thermal

side of

the

printhead

faces

the

paper and

the

printhead

carriage is

in

its

upright

position.

39

CIUck'

Mate

Use

this

handy

troubleshooting

guide if

you

have any

problems

with

your

printer:

What

happens

if

. . .

·

..

the

printer

doesn't

work

and

the

READY

light

is

not

on~

Check

the

data

cable

and

the

Plug

'N

Print

control

module

connections.

Make

sure

both

your

printer

and

computer

are

switched

on.

·

..

the

READY

light

blinks

slowly~

Your

printer

is

out

of paper or ribbon. Replen-

ish

the

supply

and

press

the

SELECT

switch

when

ready

to

continue.

·

..

the

READY

light

blinks

rapidly

and

the

printer sl

ows

down~

The

printhead

has

overheated.

Do

not

shut

off

power-the

printer

will

automatically

resume

full speed

when

it

cools .

·

..

printing

becomes

faded or

blurred~

The

printhead

needs cleaning. Follow

the

steps

in

"Cleaning

Up"

on

page 38.

...

my

printout

looks

like

this!

pJ

c.:

I '

1",

"

~

\- i ',', t . t:: - .. "

<-='\

0

(.:

~~Pt.::;" (-

: :~,:) t;'i~t"E

...

-: 1

.~

iC~

'

rj l.:.

:;!~:.

-j

;

C.

.,

Improper ribbon feeding causes

the

OKIMA TE

to

print

on

used ribbon. Make sure

that

the

ribbon is inserted as

shown

on page

11.

The

ribbon

must

pass

between

the left post and

the

ribbon grip pad.

40

Make sure

the

paper release lever is

in

the

open position for computer paper.

This

will

reduce

the

number

and

the

thickness

of

the

white

lines

in

graphics but, keep

in

mind,

some

thin w hi

te lines are normal.

·

..

m y printout

looks lik

e thist

g

".

r- " 1 - ,,' ,

~

.:::.---:,,-,,'

___

_ ',.L J.. , I . "J .

'-;-.~

'

:::s

..

-.~

, .='. '-, t::' . '.

::;

_.

~

,'

'=-

{.

.,;:.

', -

,::,:::

.

_>,~

"'HTr.::

'

BOLD

PRINT.

Your paper

isn't

feeding

properly-check

the

paper

path

to

make

sure

nothing

is

preventing

the

paper from advancing freely

into

the

printer.

If

something

is laying

on the paper or

if

the

paper gets caught, a full

line

feed

may

not

occur.

41

Your paper is too

rough-textured

for

the

OKIMA TE.

The

example

shown

was

produced

using 25

%

cotton

bond

paper. See page 6 for

our

recommendations

for paper available

in

15,000 office

supply

and

stationery

stores or

order direct by

phone

using

our

toll-free

num-

ber.

·

..

my

printout

looks

like

thist

~~C~fi;l~EL!~E

THIRD LINE FOURTH

LINE

Improper

line

feeding

between

the

first and

second lines

usually

occurs

when

you finish

loading paper, advance

it

too far

then

use

the

paper advance

knob

to back up

the

paper.

The

resulting

slack

may

cause

the

incomplete line

feed after

the

first

line

is printed. To prevent

this, always finish paper loading

with a for-

ward

movement

of

the

paper advance knob.

42

no

M"Jf1pnpST!

!Vt

..

.!)C

K!

MNnpnpST!

!Vl..Jl(V

!

M"Jf1pnpST!

!Vt..Jl(V?

""'Nnpn

PST!

!Vt..J}(

V?

r .

NnpnpST!

!VWl(V?

r~

f1pnpST!

!vt

..

j}(V?

r~l

·

DnpST!

!vt-.!XV?

r~l""

·

If

one

dot

consistently

doesn't

print, try

cleaning

the

printhead

(directions are

on

page

38).

If

that

doesn't

solve

the

problem,

then

the

printhead

needs to be replaced. Call

the

toll-free

number

on

page 47 to order,

then

fol-

low

the

directions for

printhead

replacement

on

page 39.

·

..

my

printout

looks

like

this!

The

perforation

skip

feature, explained

on

page 28,

may

interfere

with

your

picture

if

printing

doesn't

start

at

the

top of

the

page.

Before

printing

a picture,

turn

your

OKIMATE

off,

adjust

your

paper,

then

turn

your

OKI-

MATE

back

on.

...

I'm

using a word processing package and

my

OKIMATE performs unnecessary line

or

page skips!

43

When

your OKIMATE gets

to

within

112"

of

the

bottom

of

an

11" page,

it

automatically

skips to

the

that

it

won't

print

over perforations

on

computer

paper. How-

ever, since

some

word processing packages al-

low for this,

it

can interfere

with

the

page

formatting features,

throwing

off

the

page

arrangement. There are

two

ways to correct

this

problem:

1.

Set

the

page

length

of

your

document

to be no

more

than

60 lines.

Be

sure to

take

into

account

any top or

bottom

margins your word processor adds.

2.

Use

this

short

BASIC program to

turn

off OKIMATE's

automatic

skip feature. Before loading your word processing package,

enter

the

following:

OPEN3,L;:PRINT#3,CHR$(27);"B": CLOSE3

[ENTER]

3. Add

the

control codes

to

the

beginning

of

your

documents

for

turning

off auto-

matic

skip.

Instructions

for doing this

with

three popular

word

processing

packages begin

on

page 17.

Use

these

examples as a guide for

the

package

you're

using.

Then

load

your

word processing package.

... my

color prints are

mostly

yellow

and

red?

You

have

the

color ribbon

installed

wrong.

Make

sure

the

ribbon passes

between

the

left

post

and

the

ribbon grip pad. See page

11

for

instructions.

...

the color ribbon "slips" at the

end

of each

line, printing

the

wrong color on the right

edge

of

the image?

The

gripper, located to

the

left of

the

print-

head,

has

accumulated

ink. Clean

it

according

to

the

directions for

printhead

care on page

38.

...

dull patches appear in black printing

or

brown patches appear in color printing?

You

have

the

DARK control

set

too high

and

the

ink

is

not

transferring properly. Just

lower

the

setting

and

your

printouts

should

be fine.

... the colors on

my

printout don't

match

the

screen?

44

OKIMATE'S colors are

not

exactly

the

same

as

the

Commodore's

screen

colors,

although

we've

matched

them

as closely as possible.

Two

of

the

Commodore

gray shades, gray 1

and

gray

2,

do

have a slight

blue

tint

on

the

OKIMATE.

. . . paper loading

is

difficult?

Make

sure

the

paper guides are properly

set

for

the

width

of

the

paper

you've

inserted.

Align

the

sprocket

holes

with

the

round

markers

on

the

paper guides.

Then

check

the

paper rollers.

They

should

be

evenly

spaced

between

the

left

and

right

paper guides.

. . . I

want

to

remove

the

control

module

from

the printer?

Turn

both

the

OKIMA TE

and

the

COMMO-

DORE off.

Disconnect

the

power

cord

and

the

data cable.

Remove

the

locking

cover

and

in-

sert

the

tabs

in

the

cover

into

the

slots

on

the

module.

Holding

on

to

the

cover,

gently

slide

the

module

out

of

the

printer.

Don't

use

the

ports

to

pull

the

module

out,

they

may

snap

off.

... I have

more

than one printer!

You

can

make

your OKIMA TE device 5 by

changing

jumper

plug SPI

on

your Plug

'N

Print

control

module.

Here's

how:

1.

Tum

off your OKIMA TE and your

COMMODORE

.

2.

Disconnect

the

data cable.

3. Remove

the

module

locking cover.

45

4.

Insert

the

tabs

in

the

locking cover

into

the

slots

in

the

module

and

gently

slide

the

module

out.

5.

Unsnap

the

plastic cover

on

the

con-

trol

module

and find

the

jumper

plug

labeled

SP

1.

6.

Grasp

the

white

plug and

pull

it

up.

7.

Insert

the

white

plug

on

the

side la-

beled 1/5."

8.

Snap

the

plastic cover

back

into

place.

9.

Slide

the

control

module

back

into

OKIMATE.

10.

Reconnect

the

data

cable.

11.

Make

sure

you

address OKIMATE as

device 5

in

your programs .

. . .

my

documents are doubled spaced

and

I

want single spacing!

Some software packages add

their

own

line-

feeds

at

the

end

of a line. Follow

the

direc-

tions above to change

jumper

plug SP2

to

off-which

stops OKIMA TE from performing

a

linefeed-eliminating

step 11.

·

.. I have

questions or problems

not an-

swered here?

Whom

you

call depends

on

the

nature

of

your

problem.

If

you

are

missing

an

item

in

your

Plug

'N

Print

Kit,

take

the

entire

kit

back

to

the

place of purchase.

If

you

require

service

on

your OKIMATEIO

printer, call 1-800-0KIDATA (in

New

Jersey, call 609-235-2600) and, if necessary, we'll refer

you

to

send

the

printer

to one of our

three

service centers.

If

you

are

instructed

to ship

your

printer, here's

what

you'll

need to do:

How

to

Pack

What

to

Ship

Use

the

original

carton

and styro-

foam

if possible.

Otherwise

pack

your

printer

in

a strong, corrugated cardboard box and surround it

with

at

least

three

inches of

crumpled

newspaper.

Send

th

e printer,

the

operating

module

(plugged

into

the

side of

the

printer), and a

print

sample

identifying

your

problem-if

possi-

ble. Please

include a written

de-

46

How

to

Ship Where

to

Ship

Service Centers

Repair

Warranty

scription

of

your

problem, what

software

you're

using

and

your

phone

number.

DO

NOT

SEND YOUR RIBBON CARTRIDGE, DATA

CABLE, DISKS

OR

TAPES.

A DATED SALES RECEIPT MUST

BE

INCLUDED FOR WAR-

RANTY

REPAIRS.

Prepaid

Send to

the

OKIDATA Service

Center

recommended

by

our

Cus-

tomer

Service Representative.

There's a listing

on

page 50.

All

warranty

repair service

must

be performed by

an

Authorized OKIDATA Service Center. (Read the

Limited

Warranty

information

on

page 50 for additional informa-

tion

.)

All repairs performed by

an

OKI-

DATA

Service

Center

are war-

ranted

for

30

days.

If

you

have

questions

concerning operating

the

OKIMATE

that

are

not

addressed

in

this

handbook, call 1-800-0KIDA T A

between

8

a.m and 7

p.m

EST and a

Customer

Service

Representative

will

be happy to assist you.

onferiJl9

Parts and

Supp(w

Now

you

can order OKIMATE 10 supplies

and

spare parts by

phone

and charge

them

to

your

VISA or MasterCard.

The

following

items

are available :

• PAPER

• RIBBONS

• REPLACEMENT PRINTHEADS

• "LEARN

TO

PRINT"

DEMONSTRA-

TION

ON

CASSETTE TAPE FOR

COMMODORE

VIC 20

AND

64 ONLY.

To

order, call toll-free 1-800-524-0338 or if

calling from

New

Jersey dial 1-800-624-1076.

Operators are

on

duty

Monday

through

Friday

from 8:30 a.m.

until

9:00 p.m. EST.

47

Print Method

Method: Format:

Characters

Character

size:

Lower case:

Character

pitches:

(CPI

= characters

per inch; CPL

=

characters

per

line)

Line spacing: Reverse printing: Special characters:

Graphics

Density: Printline: Line spacing:

Thermal

Transfer

Dot

Matrix

Unidirectional printing

9H x

9V

dots

True, bclow-the-line

descenders

Wide print:

5 CPII40 CPL

Bold print: 8 CPII66 CPL

Text

print:

10

CPI180 CPL

Fine print:

17

CPII136 CPL

6 or 8 Lines per

inch Yes Graphic characters

60H x

72V

dots per inch

480H x

7V

dots

141144" or variable n1144"

48

Speed

Text

:

Graphics:

Paper

Type:

Paper feed:

Width: Special features:

Printhead

Print

clements:

Dot

type:

Replacement:

Speed-60

characters per

second

Throughput-240

words per

minute

Speed-18

characters per

second

Thermal

or

smooth

paper

recommended

on

page

6.

feed for

computer

paper and friction feed for single sheets

or roll paper

5" to 10"

Paper

out

detector

9

Top of page

setting

(skip

over perforation)

with

automatic

top and

bottom

margins

on

computer

paper

Square dots for full coverage

Snap

in-No

tools required.

Warranty

and

Repair Information

LIMITED

WARRANTY

Okidata, Division

of

OKI AMERICA, In

c.

I"Okidata") warrants this OKIMATE Printer to be free from defect in material and workmanship

and will remedy any

such

defect according to

the

terms of

the

Limited Warranty.

This

limited warranty does

not

extend to printer ribbon, a consumable item. Okidata will repair lor at

its

option, replac

e)

at no charge any

defective componentls) of

the

OKIMATE Printer for ninety

190)

days from

the

date of purchase.

This

Limited Warranty extends

to

the

original purchaser only.

To

make

request or claim for service under this Limited

War-

ranty,

the

original purchaser

must

return the Okidata product,

sh

ipping prepaid, in the original shipping container or equiva-

l

ent

, to

Okidata

or an

Okidata

authorized service or repair cen-

ter and

assume

the risk

of

loss or damage in

transit

to Okidata.

Proof

of

purchase for the product showing the date

of

purchase,

dealer's

name

, Iserial number) and

item

purchased must accom-

pany any request for work to be performed under this Limited Warranty.

---

This

Limited Warranty shall not apply

if

the product has been

damaged due to abuse,

misuse

, misapplication, accident, or as a

result of service or modification by any

other

than

an author-

ized Okidata repair center. THERE

ARE

NO

EXPRESS WARRANTIES OTHER

THAN

THOSE

ON

THE

FACE

HEREOF

AND

DESCRIBED ABOVE.

NO

WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN-

CLUDING, BUT

NOT

LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED

WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE SHA

LL

EXTEND BEYOND THE WARRANTY PERIOD DESCRIBED ABOVE OF NINETY DAYS.

Some states do

not

allow

limitations

on how long an

implied warranty lasts, so the above

limitation

may

not

apply

to you. OKIDATA SHA

LL

NOT

BE

RESPONSIBLE OR

LIABLE

FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIA L DAMAGES OR

LOSS

ARISING FROM THE

USE

OF THIS PROD-

UCT. Some states do not allow the exclusion or

limit

ation of

incidental or consequential damages, so

the

above exclusion

may

not

apply

to

you.

This

Limited Warranty applies to this product

when

sold in the

continental

Unit

ed

States. Additional information on ob

tainin

g

service under this Limited Warranty is available by contacting

Okidata

at

any of

the

repair centers listed below.

OKIDATA SERVICE CENTERS

WEST

834 Auburn

Court Fremont, CA 94536

1415)

657-0600

MIDWEST

1155A

W.

Dundee

Road

Arlington Heights,

IL

60004

1312)

253-8055

EAST

III

Gaither Drive

Mt

. Laur el,

NT 08054 1609

) 235-2600

This

warranty for this product when purchased outside

of

the continental United States may vary.

Contact

your Okidata Dealer

for

warranty service information.

This

warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have

other

rights which vary from state to state.

50

Ribbon

Typ

e:

Ribbon :

Ribbon life:

Special featur es:

Controls

Power:

Select:

Ready lamp:

Print

darkn

ess:

Paper

handlin

g:

Black or color Single-strike

Easy load, "clean hands "

cartridge

120K characters

in

black.

About

35K characters or 10

screen prints

in

color.

Ribbon near-end detector Ribbon-saving (ribbon does

not

advance

when

multiple

spaces are printed) .

ON

/OFF

switch

PAUSE/RESTART

push

button

Indicates READY/

NOT

READY to print

Slide

switch

Typewriter-like paper release

lever and paper advanc e

knob

49

Color

Ribbon: Tex

t: Screen print: Color graphics:

Physical

Size: Weig

ht

:

Power:

Features

Includes everything you

need

to

print

.

3 colors

7 colors 16 screen colors

40-50 or

mor

e

J3

"L x

7S

'W

x 2.2S"H

7lbs. 115 volts AC, 40

watts

Commodore

control

modul

e

Data

cable Black ribbon Color ribbon Learn -

to-

Prin t software

package

on

disk

Color

Print

software package

on disk

Printer

Handbook

Thermal

transfer paper

Specifications subject

to

chan

ge

without

notice.

Commodore is a r

egiste

red tr ademark of

Commodo

re Business

Machines, Inc.

Doodle is a registered trademark of

City

Software

Koala Pad is a registered trademark of Koala T

echnologies

Cor

p.

Federal Conununications Conunission

Radio

Fr~

In:tetference

Statement

WARNING :

This

equipment

complies

with

the

limits

for a

Class B

computing

device in accordance

with

the

specifications

in Subpart

J of

Part

15 of FCC Rules.

These

specifications are

designed to

minimiz

e radio frequency

int

erference in a residen-

tial installation;

how

ever,

ther

e is no guarantee

that

radio or

television interference will

not

occur in any

particular

installa-

tion.

If

this equipment

does cause interference to radio or tele-

vision reception,

which

can be de

termined

by

turning the

equipment

off and

on

when

the

radio or television is on,

the

user is encouraged to

try

to correct the

interf

erence

by

one

or

more of

the

following measures:

• Reorient

the

radio

or

television receiving

antenna.

• Relocate

the

print

er

with

respect to

the

receiv e

r.

• Mov e

the

print

er away from

the

receiver.

• Plug

the

printer

into

a different

outlet

so

that

the

printer and

the

receiver are

on

different branch circuits.

If

necessary, the user

should

consult

the

dealer or

an

experi-

enced radio/television tec

hnician

for additional suggestions.

Th

e user may find

the

following

booklet

prepared by

the Fed-

eral

Communications

Commission

helpful:

"How to Identify

and

Resolve Radio -TV

Int

erference Prob-

lems ".

This

booklet is available from

the

u.S.

Government

Printing

Office, Washington,

DC

20402 by ordering Stock No. 004 -

00000345-4.