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A review of the Southwest Technical Products Corp. 40-character dot matrix impact printer.
BYTE Mar 1977 (v.2#3) pg. 18

A guide to Baudot machines. Part 1. Description of available devices, with emphasis on Teletype brand models.
BYTE Apr 1977 (v.2#4) pg. 12

A printer program to operate the IBM Selectric printer from a 6800 microprocessor.
BYTE Jun 1977 (v.2#6) pg. 140

A guide to Baudot machines. Part 3. A test box to check the working condition of a teleprinter.
BYTE Jun 1977 (v.2#6) pg. 154

Assembly-language program interfaces the OSI 6522 parallel port to a Comprint 912 electrostatic printer.
BYTE Apr 1981 (v.6#4) pg. 310

Modify your "Paper Tiger" printer for different paper thickness. Cut a hole in the case to reach the paper thickness adjustment without removing the cover.
BYTE Mar 1982 (v.7#3) pg. 158

Epson MX-80 print-control program for the Apple II. Controls the print of an Epson MX-80 printer equipped with the Graftrax-80 option.
BYTE Mar 1982 (v.7#3) pg. 166

Program to output any of a number of Hershey characters as text. Written in Microsoft BASIC-80. Requires a modified DECwriter equipped with the Selanar Graphics II attachment.
BYTE Mar 1982 (v.7#3) pg. 172

Lowercase descender program for the Epson MX-70 printer attached to an Apple II computer.
BYTE Mar 1982 (v.7#3) pg. 248

An underline filter for matrix printers. How to use the half-line vertical spacing on many matrix printers to improve the appearance of an underline.
BYTE Mar 1982 (v.7#3) pg. 300

Printer test program to check Epson MX-80 printers for the ghosting problem.
BYTE Jul 1982 (v.7#7) pg. 432

Braille writing in Pascal. How to make a line printer write in braille. Includes the program to convert standard English into standard Form I braille.
BYTE Sep 1982 (v.7#9) pg. 250

A peek into the IBM PC. Expanding the printer character set. An assembly-language program enables an Epson printer to display all 256 characters used by the IBM Personal Computer.
BYTE Mar 1983 (v.8#3) pg. 331

Overcoming compatibility problems between the WORDSTAR word processing software and some printers.
BYTE Sep 1983 (v.8#9) pg. 411

The art of benchmarking printers. New tests of speed are needed for dot-matrix and daisywheel units.
BYTE Feb 1984 (v.9#2) pg. 193

How to update your EPSON MX-80 (or derivative) printers to output near letter quality characters.
HANDS-ON ELECTRONICS Apr 1987 (v.4#4) pg. 44

Updating the Okidata ML92 printer to make it compatible with IBM PC's.
HANDS-ON ELECTRONICS Jun 1987 (v.4#6) pg. 43

Profile of the Axiom EX-800 electrostatic printer. Includes software and patches for driving the printer from an Altair 680b microcomputer.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #15 Mar 1978 pg. 100

Report on the Centronics 779 printer based on use of the printer and study of related technical manuals.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #34 Oct 1979 pg. 120

Using five-level (Baudot) Teletype machines (Model 15 & 28) with a TRS-80 computer as inexpensive printers.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #37 Jan 1980 pg. 36

Uppercase/lowercase utility program for the TRS-80. Includes options for printer echo, upper case only, upper/lower case, and automatic line feed.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #39 Mar 1980 pg. 38
Correction KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #44 Aug 1980 pg. 212

BASIC routine allows the TRS-80 "screen printer" option to be used with a non-Radio Shack printer (such as a Centronics Microprinter P1).
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #39 Mar 1980 pg. 100

Questions and answers for beginners. Part 3. Printers and terminals.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #44 Aug 1980 pg. 154

Thoughts on the SWTP computer system. Part 15. A closer look at the 6809 and its Motorola BASIC, a discussion of multiprogramming, and two interrupt-driven printer programs.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #46 Oct 1980 pg. 117

Give character to your PET printer. How to create user-defined characters on the 2022 and 2023 printers. These printers use a 6x7 cell matrix to form characters.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #48 Dec 1980 pg. 218

A print utility for CP/M. Permits the simple entry of "PRINT FILENAME N" to produce N copies of the named file.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #50 Feb 1981 (v.5#2) pg. 150

Tip: Use a paint roller tray as the paper catcher for the Paper Tiger 460 printer.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #58 Oct 1981 (v.5#10) pg. 38

Cool down the Heath H-14 matrix printer. Fan-cooled base for the printer keeps the print head from overheating.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #58 Oct 1981 (v.5#10) pg. 130

Design and print your own character font on a dot matrix printer. The program shown produces the "magnetic ink" style found on checks.
MICROCOMPUTING Jul 1982 (v.6#7) pg. 104

What you didn't know about the NEC Spinwriter. Learn how to generate matchless business graphics. Includes programs for the Commodore computer.
MICROCOMPUTING Oct 1982 (v.6#10) pg. 32

Do-it-yourself CP/M utilities. (1) MX-80 printer control for 80/132 characters per line. (2) Screen erase.
MICROCOMPUTING #76 Apr 1983 (v.7#4) pg. 96

Printer initialization routine for a PET/CBM program using a Commodore printer.
MICROCOMPUTING #78 Jun 1983 (v.7#6) pg. 27

Convert the Epson MX-80 printer into a powerful graphics printer by installing the Graftrax-80 chip. Includes a BASIC program to make high-resolution screen dumps to the printer.
MICROCOMPUTING #80 Aug 1983 (v.7#8) pg. 40

Tip: Use inexpensive adding machine tape in the Epson HX-20 printer. By "rolling your own" you will get rolls that cost $.07 each instead of $4.95 each.
MICROCOMPUTING #80 Aug 1983 (v.7#8) pg. 98

Simple repair and maintenance procedures to get the most out of your IBM Selectric typewriter.
MICROCOMPUTING #81 Sep 1983 (v.7#9) pg. 30

Program for formatting printed numeric output from the Atari 400 or 800 computer.
MICROCOMPUTING #82 Oct 1983 (v.7#10) pg. 112

Commodore-64 machine language utility to get a hard copy of the C-64 screen contents.
MICROCOMPUTING #86 Feb 1984 (v.8#2) pg. 32

How to control the Epson MX-80 printer with Pascal commands.
MICROCOMPUTING #87 Mar 1984 (v.8#3) pg. 42

A simple program that will let you dump your Kaypro screen to a printer anytime you want.
MICROCOMPUTING Oct 1984 (v.8#10) pg. 108

How to rejuvenate worn computer printer ribbons using WD-40.
MODERN ELECTRONICS [2] Oct 1986 (v.3#10) pg. 53
Added Info MODERN ELECTRONICS [2] Jan 1987 (v.4#1) pg. 79

Laptop computer enhancements. (1) Battery-powered fluorescent lamp provides adequate lighting for using liquid-crystal-display screens. (2) Printer stand features a pull-out shelf on which to set the laptop computer when printing. (3) Improving the tractor-feed mechanism on printers to eliminate jams when using "clean-perf" paper.
MODERN ELECTRONICS [2] Jan 1987 (v.4#1) pg. 50

How to buy a microcomputer printer. A review of various types of machines.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [1] Nov 1979 (v.16#5) pg. 63

Printer alarm circuit sounds an audible alarm whenever a computer printer shuts off due to any error.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Dec 1990 (v.7#12) pg. 23

Troubleshooting your computer printer. Looks at impact dot-matrix, wheel, thermal dot-matrix, ink-jet dot-matrix, power supplies, I/O, etc.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Dec 1990 (v.7#12) pg. 65

Wooden stand for a small printer lets paper feed from the bottom and refolds the paper after printing.
POPULAR SCIENCE Apr 1987 (v.230#4) pg. 112

Printers for personal computers. How they work.
RADIO-ELECTRONICS Mar 1979 (v.50#3) pg. 53

Upgrade your budget printer. A look at installing some of the upgrade kits currently available for the Epson MX-80 and Smith-Corona TP-1 (or TP-2) printers.
RADIO-ELECTRONICS May 1984 (v.55#5) pg. 12 (ComputerDigest)

Retrofitting printers. Tips on upgrading the various Epson MX, FX and RX printers, the IBM Graphic Printer, and others by installing a replacement ROM.
RADIO-ELECTRONICS Aug 1986 (v.57#8) pg. 6 (ComputerDigest)

Okidata upgrade. How to upgrade the Okidata ML82 printer.
RADIO-ELECTRONICS Oct 1986 (v.57#10) pg. 12 (ComputerDigest)

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