Epson FX Switch, Country, Switch, Special Speeds, Off, Switch, Switch, Switch, Switch, Germany, Table 6-4.International DIP switch settings

When could you use this program? Well, you can print . . .

and if you want to use one of the foreign sets all the time, you can change your printer’s default.

The factory setting of a default international character set-for the USA-is shown in line 1 of Table 6-4. You can change this by resetting some of the FX’s DIP switches. Three switches:

Switch 1-6

Switch 1-7

Switch 1-8

generate eight combinations. Table 6-4 shows the switch settings.Table 6-4. International DIP switch settings

Country	Switch 1-6	Switch 1-7	Switch 1-8
USA	On	On	On
France	On	On	Off
Germany	On	Off	On
United Kingdom	On	Off	Off
Denmark	Off	O n	On
Sweden	Off	On	Off
Italy	Off	Off	On
Spain	O f f	Off	Off

That leaves the Japanese set unaccounted for. If you want the characters for it, you must choose the set by using the ESCape “R” statement.

Special Speeds

You can control the speed of the FX’s printing in a couple of ways. You can set it to print at half its usual speed, and FX-80 users can cause it to print one character at a time, immediately upon input. You turn

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