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Atari 1029 Documentation

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The Atari 1029 documentation below is the owner's manual for the Atari 1029 Programmable Printer.

Atari Programmable Printer 1029 owner's manual

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The owner's manual for the 1029 is Atari Corp.'s user guide for the printer, part number C025907-001 Rev. A, © 1984, printed in Japan. The hosted scan has 48 PDF pages, most of them showing a two-page spread, and runs from the cover to printed page 50. It is the English edition, which gives the power supply as standard 110 V AC.

Contents

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Section Page
Meet the Atari 1029 printer 1
Hooking it up 3
Loading paper: fanfold paper (7), single-sheet printing (11) 7
Ready to print 13
The Atari 1029 printer and Atari BASIC: LPRINT (15), LIST "P:" (17), OPEN (18), CLOSE (19), escape codes (20), underlining (20), elongated characters (21), international characters (22), using the CHR$ function (23), graphics (25) 15
The Atari 1029 printer and AtariWriter: international characters (33), underlining (34), elongated characters (35) 33
Troubleshooting: print quality (37), paper jams (37), "It just won't work!" (38), error indicator (38), preventative maintenance (38) 37
Technical points 41
ASCII character tables 43
International character tables 47
Atari 1029 escape codes 49

What this manual does not contain

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  • Any service information. There is no schematic, parts list, disassembly procedure or adjustment beyond the user's print head adjustment lever.
  • Any statement of who built the printer. The Seikosha origin given on the Atari 1029 page comes from the comp.sys.atari.8bit FAQ.
  • A 220 or 240 V specification. The technical points page gives only 110 V AC.

Pages that cite this manual

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  • Atari 1029: specifications, controls, setting up, self test, faults and maintenance

Download: Atari 1029 Programmable Printer Manual.pdf