Changing the Printer’s Default Settings
While you can often change the printer’s settings through your software or printer driver, you may sometimes need to change one or more of the printer’s default settings from the printer’s control panel using the Default Setting mode. The table below lists the settings and available options. For detailed descriptions, see your Reference Guide.
Setting | Options (default in bold) |
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Page length for tractor | Length in inches: 3, 3.5, 4, 5.5, 6, 7, 8, 8.5, 11, 70/6, |
| 12, 14, 17 |
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Skip over perforation | On, Off |
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Auto tear off | On, Off |
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Auto line feed | On, Off |
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Print direction | |
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Software | ESC/P, IBM 2380 |
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0 slash | On, Off |
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High speed draft mode | On, Off |
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I/F (interface) mode | Auto, Parallel, Serial, USB |
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Auto I/F wait time | 10 seconds, 30 seconds |
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Baud rate | 19200, 9600, 4800, 2400, 1200, 600, 300 BPS |
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Parity | None, Odd, Even, Ignore |
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Data length | 8 bit, 7 bit |
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Parallel I/F bidirectional | On, Off |
mode |
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Packet mode | Auto, Off |
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Character table | Italic, PC 437, PC 850, PC 860, PC 863, PC 865, PC |
| 861, BRASCII, Abicomp, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC |
| 858, ISO |
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International character | Italic U.S.A., Italic France, Italic Germany, Italic U.K., |
set for italic table | Italic Denmark 1, Italic Sweden, Italic Italy, Italic |
| Spain 1 |
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Manual feed wait time | 1 second, 1.5 seconds, 2 seconds, 3 seconds |
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Buzzer | On, Off |
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Auto CR (in IBM PPDS | On, Off |
emulation mode) |
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IBM character table | Table1, Table 2 |
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