Epson LX-90 User Manual - IBM PC Jr. 8690 PIC for LX-90 - Page 93

Switch 1, SelecType or an ESCape code.

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Always turn the power OFF (with the switch on the right side of the printer) before you change the setting of any of these switches. Any changes made while the power is on will be ignored until you turn the printer off and back on. So set all switches with the power off. Table D-l shows you the functions of all the switches, and the rest of the appendix explains each of them. Table D-l. DIP switch functions Switch 1 No. ON Function OFF 1-1 Compressed Print mode Pica 1-2 NLQ 1-3 Active Print mode Cut-sheet feeder Draft I Inactive II 1-4 12 inches Page length 11 inches l-5 Inactive Paper end detector Active 1-6 Alternate Character set selection Standard 1-7 Baud rate selection l-8 See Table D-2 Switch 2 No. ON Function 2-1 0 (slashed) Zero character 2-2 Not used 2-3 CR + LF (Automatic line feed 2-4 Mute Beeper Note: The factory setting of all these switches is OFF. OFF 0 CR only Active Switch 1-1 selects pica or condensed printing. ON is condensed; OFF is pica. Regardless of the setting, you can still select condensed with SelecType and either condensed or pica with ESCape codes. Switch 7-2 selects draft or Near Letter Quality. When it is ON, the printer prints in the NLQ mode. When it is OFF, it prints in the draft mode. If the switch is off, you can still select the NLQ mode with SelecType or an ESCape code. Switch 1-3 controls the optional cut-sheet feeder. When it is ON, the cut-sheet feeder is enabled. When it is OFF, the cut-sheet feeder is disabled. Switch 7-4 selects the paper length. When it is OFF, the length is 11"; when it is ON, the length is 12". D-2

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Always turn the power OFF (with the switch on the right side of the
printer) before you change the setting of any of these switches. Any
changes made while the power is on will be ignored until you turn the
printer off and back on. So set all switches with the power off.
Table
D-l
shows you the functions of all the switches, and the rest
of the appendix explains each of them.
Table D-l. DIP switch functions
Switch 1
No. ON
Function
OFF
1-1 Compressed
Print mode
Pica
Draft
1-2 NLQ
1-3
Active
Print mode
Cut-sheet feeder
I Inactive
I
I
1-4
12 inches
l-5 Inactive
1-6 Alternate
1-7
Page length
Paper end detector
Character set selection
Baud rate selection
11 inches
Active
Standard
l-8
See Table D-2
Switch 2
No. ON
Function
2-1
0 (slashed)
Zero character
2-2
Not used
OFF
0
2-3
CR + LF
2-4
Mute
(Automatic line feed
Beeper
CR only
Active
Note:
The factory setting of all these switches is OFF.
Switch
1-1 selects pica or condensed printing. ON is condensed; OFF
is pica. Regardless of the setting, you can still select condensed with
SelecType and either condensed or pica with ESCape codes.
Switch 7-2
selects draft or Near Letter Quality. When it is ON, the
printer prints in the NLQ mode. When it is OFF, it prints in the draft
mode. If the switch is off, you can still select the NLQ mode with
SelecType or an ESCape code.
Switch
1-3 controls the optional cut-sheet feeder. When it is ON, the
cut-sheet feeder is enabled. When it is OFF, the cut-sheet feeder is dis-
abled.
Switch
7-4
selects the paper length. When it is OFF, the length is
11”;
when it is ON, the length is 12”.
D-2