When the bottom metal plate is removed by a qualified technician, you can see the control board from the bottom as shown in the above picture. Please be reminded that such operation, if not done by a qualified technician, voids the warranty. There are 3 jumpers and 1 DIP switch as circled in white determine the characteristics of the printer besides some difference in components. Their functions are explained below:

Jumpers vs. interfaces

JP11

JP10

JP9

Serial RS232 interface

1-2 short

2-3 short

Open

Serial RS422 interface

2-3 short

2-3 short

Open

Parallel interface

Open

1-2 short

Short

The 4 position DIP switch works as following:

Switch

ON

OFF

position

 

 

1

Determined by factory setting for printer mechanism

2

used

 

3

Flash ROM exists

Without flash ROM

4

Paper cutting at self test

No paper cutting at self test

The U11 is the font style memory for two byte characters. It is different to each other of different language character set.

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Epson PP4000 manual JP11 JP10, Switch