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Last modified on 16 July 2014, at 07:17

Amstrad/Schneider DMP2000 Printer

Amstrad's second printer, the successor to the DMP1 printer.

General Specifications

For (detailed) general information about Amstrad/Scheider printers, see:

DMP4000 Mechanics.jpg

The built-in font

The font is stored so that each byte is a column of the character. And stored so that the rom is read in incrementing order in order to draw the char.

  • DMP 2000 Font

  • The font with position markers

  • The pure font

Pictures

  • DMP 2000

  • The beast

  • DMP2000 in natural surroundings

  • The service manual

  • DMP2000/DMP3000 Schematic

  • DMP2000 PCB Top

  • DMP2000 PCB Bottom

  • The ribbon that was never enough

  • DMP-2000 Launch (ACU, October 1985)

Riteman Plus

There are (at least some) relations to Riteman+ plus printers:

  • The DMP2000 accepts Riteman ribbon cassettes
  • The shape of the case of DMP2xxx/DMP3xxxx series does resemble the Riteman models (although it isn't identical; the front of the Ritemans has a short horizontal edge, then followed by what looks like as a steeper diagonal edge - look at the photos to see for yourself)
  • Unknown if the Riteman's internal PCB, mechanics, and Firmware do have relations to Amstrad models.
  • According to the ACU review: the DMP2000 is "based on" the "Riteman F".
  • Riteman C+/F+ from C.Itoh Electronics Corp

  • Riteman C+ for Commodore

  • Riteman F+ (front)

  • Riteman F+ (back)

Add-ons

Hardware Notes

The mainboard contains a uPD7811 CPU (marked "Amstrad 40036") with built-in 4K ROM, which contains reset/irq vectors and draft character set. Most of the actual program code and the NLQ character set are located in a separate 16K ROM/EPROM. The same mainboard (with additional ROM) is also used in DMP3000 models.

Manuals

Downloads

  • DMP2000 ROM Image (16K EPROM, not including the 4K ROM located inside of the CPU) (dumped from a spanish printer, but should be same for all countries)
  • DMP2000 ROM Image (Schneider) (16K EPROM, not including the 4K ROM located inside of the CPU)

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