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< >N sclccts c h a r a c te r set # 2 , w h ic h is fo r c o m p u te r s w ith a n 8 -b it in te rfa c e
(the m o st c o m m o n k in d ). O F F selects c h a r a c te r set # 1 , fo r c o m p u te r s w ith
a 7 bit in te rfa ce .
S w itch 1-8: D o y o u w a n t a n a u to m a tic line feed?
II yo u leave th is sw itc h a t th e O N p o s itio n , a s e p a r a te lin e-feed c o d e is re-
< I ini (*<l lo o b ta in a lin e feed.
II you m ove th is sw itc h to th e O F F p o s itio n , th e p r in te r p e rfo rm s b o th a
i m ila g e re tu rn a n d line feed e a c h tim e it receives a c a r ria g e -re tu rn co d e.
M usi c o m p u te r sy stem s se n d a lin e feed c o d e , o r b o th a c a rria g e r e tu r n a n d
line feed, a t th e e n d o f e a c h line, so th is sw itc h s h o u ld be le ft O N .
II yo u g e t d o u b le lin e sp a c in g w h e n y o u e x p e c t single sp a c in g , o r i f lines
o v e r p r in t e a c h o th e r, try c h a n g in g th e se ttin g o f th is sw itch.
S w itch 2-1: D o e s y o u r s o ftw a re d o w n lo a d new c h a r a c te rs to th e p rin te r?
I o d o w n lo a d c h a r a c te r s th is sw itc h m u s t be O F F . T h e p r in te r th e n uses
ils R A M m e m o ry f o r s to rin g c h a r a c te r p a tte r n s a n d p ro v id e s o n ly a o n e-lin e
p rin t b u ffer. I f y o u le av e th is sw itc h O N th e p r in te r uses its R A M m e m o ry
us a n in p u t b u ffe r, a llo w in g th e c o m p u te r to se n d d a t a fa s te r th a n th e p r in te r
p rin ts.
S w itches 2-2 to 2-4: D o y o u w a n t a n in te r n a tio n a l c h a r a c te r set?
In te rn a tio n a l c h a r a c te r sets d iffe r in th e ir a s s ig n m e n t o f 14 c h a r a c te r codes.
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i t
th e
c h a r a c te r ta b le s a t th e b a c k o f th is m a n u a l. W ith th e D IP sw itch es
y o u c a n select o n e o f e ig h t c h a r a c te r sets a s follow s:
Country 2-2
2-3
2-4
Country 2-2 2-3 2-4
U .S .A . O N O N O N D e n m a rk I * O N O N
O F F
1 'ra n e e
O F F
O N O N S w eden O F F O N O F F
( ie rm a n y O N O F F O N Ita ly O N O F F O F F
E n g la n d O F F O F F O N
S p a in I O F F O F F O F F
* D e n m a r k /N o rw a y w h e n sw itc h 1-6 is O F F a n d sw itc h 1-7 is O N .