Appendix A. Printer Information

This appendix describes the supported character sets and DIP or Mode Select switch settings for some supported printers.

Supported Character Sets

Printer

Supported Character Set

Notes

 

 

 

Hewlett-Packard ThinkJet

Roman-8

All unsupported characters are printed as

hyphens.

 

 

 

 

 

Hewlett-Packard DeskJet

ECMA 94

All unsupported characters are printed as

hyphens.

 

 

 

 

 

Epson FX1050

Extended Graphic Character and

Emulates an IBM Proprinter XL.

downloaded fonts

 

 

 

 

 

Epson LQ1050

Extended Graphics Character

All unsupported characters are printed as

hyphens.

 

 

 

 

 

Switch Settings

Set the following DIP or Mode Select switches to ensure optimal printer performance.

Hewlett-Packard ThinkJet

Refer to the manual that came with your printer for the location of the Mode Select switches.

Mode Select

Setting

Description

Switch

 

 

 

 

 

1

Down (off)

CR does CR only

 

 

 

2

Down (off)

LF does LF only

 

 

 

3

Down (off)

No perforation skip

 

 

 

4

Any

1483 overrides form length

 

 

 

5

Down (off)

Hewlett-Packard control sequence mode

 

 

 

6

Down (off)

Roman-8 character set

 

 

 

7

Down (off)

Roman-8 character set

 

 

 

8

Down (off)

Roman-8 character set

 

 

 

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IBM 1483DSV manual Appendix A. Printer Information, Supported Character Sets, Switch Settings, Hewlett-Packard ThinkJet