Setting Up Your Printer

2.4.1 Setting the Baud Rate

For all modes of operation, you must set the baud rate of the interface. On the back of the Printer, you will find a single eight- position DIP Switch, positions 1, 2, and 3 control the setting of the baud rate.

The following table provides the position of the three switches and the corresponding baud rate that can be obtained by each setting.

Baud

9600

4800

2400

1200

600

300

9600 Test

SW-1

off

off

off

 

off

on

on

on

SW-2

off

off

on

 

on

off

off

on

SW-3

off

on

off

 

on

off

on

on

 

 

 

Table 2-2

Baud Rate

 

 

The Printer can accept 7- or 8-bit data, while ignoring parity. It also requires at least one stop bit. This configuration assures the highest degree of compatibility with most serial devices, even if the data format arrangement of the host cannot be modified. Switch SW-4, located on the back of the Printer, selects the word length.

SW-4Data BitsParityStop Bits

on

7

none

2

off

8

none

1

Table 2-3 Word Length

Note: It will be necessary to select the 8-bit mode if you want to access the foreign language characters. These characters are available in fonts 1 through 6 and 9.

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