Editing Amstrad PCW 9512 User Manual (French)

The '''''PCW9512 Ordinateur Personnel Traitement de Texte – Manuel de l'utilisateur''''' is the French-language user manual for the [[Amstrad PCW 9512]], copyright 1987 Amstrad plc and Locomotive Software, adapted and published in France by Amstrad France. The hosted scan has 722 PDF pages, image only, with no text layer. In part 1 the printed page numbers run seven behind the PDF page numbers (printed p. 37 is PDF p. 44).

== Contents ==
The manual is in three parts.

Part 1, ''Le PCW9512'':
* Chapter 1, Mise en marche (setting up), p. 1: the cardboard transit insert in the drive; freeing the print head and ribbon cassette of the daisywheel printer; connecting the printer; copying the LocoScript 2 master disc
* Chapter 2, Utilisation de votre PCW (using the PCW), p. 13: loading software, cleaning (p. 16), paper handling, changing the ribbon (pp. 23–24), changing the daisywheel (pp. 24–25)
* Annex I, Extensions, p. 27: add-ons, among them the CPS8256 interface and other printers
* Annex II, Résoudre les problèmes (troubleshooting), p. 37: the machine, the disc drive, starting up, the printer

Part 2, ''LocoScript'': a LocoScript 2 course in three stages of sessions, from p. 45.

Part 3, ''CP/M, BASIC et LOGO'': CP/M Plus, Mallard BASIC and Dr. Logo.

== What it settles ==
* Transit packing: a piece of card in the drive (removed by pressing the eject button), a polystyrene block over the ribbon cassette, and a clip, pulled out by its plastic tie, that holds the print head at the far left of the carriage (pp. 3–4).
* The printer cable ends in a 14-pin DIN plug marked for the PCW9512. The printer must not be unplugged with the PCW switched on (p. 5).
* The power switch is on the back of the machine (p. 6).
* Clean the screen and case with an anti-static aerosol, never with an alcohol-based cleaner (p. 16).
* Ribbon cassettes are ordered as the cassette for the Amstrad PCW9512. A daisywheel is changed with the daisywheel adjustment lever inside the printer, and simply laid in place: it is not set to any particular character (pp. 23–25).
* When the ribbon runs out, the printer stops and the PCW waits; fit a new ribbon and press Exit to continue. Paper does not autoload unless the paper release lever is pushed back (p. 41).
* Start-of-day discs for the PCW8256, PCW8512 or CPC6128 cannot be used on the PCW9512 (p. 39).

== What this manual does not contain ==
There is no service information: no circuit diagrams, adjustments or parts lists. Amstrad's service manual for the later [[Amstrad PCW 9512+ Service Manual|PCW 9512+]] covers a related daisywheel printer and the later 3.5-inch model's boards.

== Pages that cite this document ==
* [[Amstrad PCW 9512]], [[Amstrad PCW 9512 Maintenance Guide]], [[Amstrad PCW 9512 Troubleshooting Guide]]
* [[Amstrad PCW 9256 Maintenance Guide]] (cleaning)

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== Related pages ==
* [[Amstrad PCW 8256 / PCW 8512 User Guide]]
* [[Amstrad PCW 9512+ Service Manual]]
* [[Amstrad PCW Hardware Reference (John Elliott)]]

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