Printer Switches; Talking To Another Printer - GE TermiNet 300 Beginner's Manual
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BEGINNERS GUIDE
GEK-35970
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put
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(10
chdrJcters per second). It
would
ooviolJsly be to your advantage
to
go
dt
a
taster
rate, since this results in receiving
'nore information from the computer in a (Jiven
time. (Tne ;Aark II conputer wi 11
run
at
30
c
[1 d
r act e r s
per
s e co n
d ;
call
you r
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reoresentative for instructions for
sign
on
It'
30 chdracters per second).
t-or now 1 et us re:oernber that this 5wi tcn 'nust
tJe
in
the
s~=jme
:Josition at the transmitting
dna
receivinq orinter.
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=: 5v\ I T C H
1 f the L I
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ESP ACE
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sin the
1
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sit ion ,
your
Printer
will
live
you Single spcJcing
(vertically). If it is
in
the
2
position,
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s
switch
does
rl"t,
tlffect
the'
Si.FI,jls
sent
to
a remote
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of
tilis
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ten,
pre s sin
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the
L F key will s end on
1
y
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LinetpeJ character to the remote printer.
AJTO L. F.
sv~
ITCH.
The
AUTO
L.F.
switcn deter'nines whether or
not
you r
P
r in t e r
s
'J
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pI
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mat
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1 i
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aft e r
you
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d
R f-:
r:J
R N.
T his s wit c h
is
on
the
top
riqnt of thp KPybodrd. (See
FicJure
1).
If
it is in
the
:.);~
:h.Jsi ti on,
a
linefped
is
5u~plied
immediately after each
RET
URN.
I
f i t i
5
i n
t n e
0 F F
po
5
i t i on ,
the
aut
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rn
d
tic
lin
e
fee d
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i
11
no t
0
c cur aft era
RcTURi~
.
If the AJT() L.F. Switch is on,
not
only
is
the
linefeed
silnal
sunplied
to
your own
Printer, it
is
(':1150
sent to any printer
that
mi~nt
be
co~nectej
to your Printer.
NOTE.
t{
e
1
d
r d 1 e s
5
0
f
' - ' "
h
i c h
p
0
sit ion the
AUTn
L.F.
Switcn
is
in,
your
Printer
will not sunply a linefeed
ChdrJcter when
d
q~TURN
is receivea
fro~
your [3pe
~edder
or
from
d
remote :Jrinter.
ALL CAP S S
~\j
I T C H
Tne
ALL
CAPS
switch
is located on tne top
1 eft
0
f the key boa rd. (5 e e
F i (] u r e i ) •
IJ~
i t h
this
switch
in the
().~
position, all letters
caused by keyboard action will print
out
in
u~per
case,
and the
~eys
marked:
{
}
and'
wi 11 print out as \
[
]
"
and
@
resoectively.
Tnis
feature
causes
your
Printer's output to
resemble
tOdt
of
some
other
teleprinters.
,~ith
the ALL CAPS switch
in the Or=F oosition, the keyboard will
cause
printing like a standard typewriter.
TALKING TO ANOTHER PRINTER
Calling another printer is similar to calling
a
time
sharing
comouter,
however,
the
following points should be noted.
1.
Check
the
positions
of
the
TRANSPARENCY
and INHIBIT switches on
your Printer. They should be as S:lown
below.
(If
your
Printer
is
not
equiDped
with
either
of
these
switches, ignore the instructions for
it).
a. TRANSPARENCY switch must
be
in
the
OFF
position.
b.
INHIBIT switch must
be
in
the
NORM
position.
2. Before calling another printer,
your
Printer
must
be
runnin9
in
the
ON
LINE
:llode.
J.
Various
types
of
interfacing
equipment
may
be
used oetween your
Printer and the remote printer.
This
e
qui
p rn
e n t i s
des c rib e Joe low. I t i s
important to remember that regardless
of the equipment
used,
one
printer
must
be
in tne oriQinate mode while
the other one is in the answer mode.
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