Chapter4 Commodore Print Mode Beginning with this chapter we describe many of the printing fea- tures of the MPS 1000. Although we include programs that demonstrate these features, you don't have to be a programmer to learn about the features from these chapters. How much of the rest of this manual you use depends upon your expertise, your interest, and your software. If you have quite a bit of experience with computers, you may want to skip to Appendix B, which has a full description of the MPS 1000 com- mands. On the other hand, even if you are a computer novice, your software manual may contain all the printing instructions you need. Demonstration Programs Reminder:
to use the MPS 1000 printer ... the printer must be in Commodore mode. DIP switch ·1-1 (accessible at the rear of the printer) must be in the OFF position. IMPORTANT: Never toggle the DIP switches while the printer is turned on. See Appendix D for more infor- mation. Just about any program for a Commodore computer that is designed to produce single-color printed copy will work with the MPS 1000. The demonstration programs included in these chapters are written in the BASIC programming language. Although we know that you will probably not use BASIC for most of your printing, we chose to include these programs because every Commodore computer has built-in BASIC.
You don't need to understand BASIC programming to run these pro- grams. Although we supply a few notes about using Commodore BASIC with a printer in the next section, in most cases all you need to 35