FUNCTIONS OF THE DIP SWITCHES

Theprinteris deliveredwithallDIPswitchsetto theONposition.Theseare thestandardsettings.Bychangingthe settings,youcan altervariousprinter functionsto match your requirements.The followingquestionswill help you makethe right settings.

Switch

Function

 

ON

OFF

1-1

Pagelength

 

11inches

12inches

1-2

AutoCR

 

Yes

No

1-3

Printingarea

 

A type

B type

1-4

Autosheetfeeder

 

Inactive

Active

1-5

Paper-outdetector

 

Enabled

Disabled

1-6

Printermode

I

Standard

IBM

 

Characterset

 

Italics

Graphics

1-7

(Standardmode)

 

 

 

 

Characterset

 

 

 

 

 

Set#2

Set#l

 

(IBMmode)

 

I 1-8 I

AutoLF

I

No

I

2-1

UsageofRAM

 

Buffer

Download

H

 

 

 

 

2-2

 

 

 

 

2-3

Internationalcharacterset

 

 

2-4

 

 

 

 

Switch l-l: Is the page lengthof your paper 11inchesor 12 inches?

LeavethisswitchONif youwillbeusing1l-inch forms.Moveit to theOFF positionif you will be using 12-inchforms.

Switch 1-2: Do you want an automaticcarnage return?

Leave this switch ON. The printer will automaticallyperform a carnage returnby movingto theleft marginateach linefeed. Evenif yoursoftware sendsa separatecarnage-returncode,an extracarnagereturndoesno harm becausetwo consecutivecarriageRtums arethesameasone.Veryfewpro- gramsrequirethis switchto be OFF.

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