Appendix D

Using Your P-80

with the Geneva™ PX-8™

Since your P-80is a portable printer, it is a suitable companion for any portable computer. With the P-80, you can print anywhere, thus eliminating the need to wait until you have access to a desktop printer.

The Geneva is one example of a portable computer. It comes with a pre-installed utility ROM capsule with CP/M-80™ and a pre- installed BASIC ROM capsule. Additional ROM capsules containing Portable WordStar™, Portable Calc, and Portable Scheduler’” are also included. Instructions on how to print data from each of these software applications can be found in their accompanying documenta- tion. Check the index under printing for the appropriate pages.

P-80 and WordStar

To print the desired results from some of these programs such as WordStar, some modifications may be necessary. For example, the P-80 stops printing when no paper is in contact with the paper-out sensor (a reed switch located on the paper guide).

The paper-out sensor keeps the printer from printing after the paper has run out, but it also keeps you from printing page numbers near the bottom of the page. To compensate for this, you can either change the page length or footing margin, place your page numbers near the top of the page, or omit the page numbers. All of these can be done by using dot commands in WordStar. See Chapter 7 in your Geneva

Portable WordStar Reference Manual.
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