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Chapter 8
Customizing the Printer
This chapter describes the factory default settings of the printer and the steps you
follow to customize these settings for your particular printing needs.
You will find that the factory default settings provide features to meet most of
your printing needs. With these settings, your printer emulates any Canon BJ
printer and the IBM Proprinter X24E. This means you can use the printer with
any software application that supports these printers.
Make sure the printer's settings match the requirements of your software
application. If you have a unique printing requirement, you can customize the
printer by changing the DIP switch settings as described in this chapter.
Your printer defaults to BJ-10 mode and provides numerous printing features in
this mode. If your software application is designed to print only on an Epson LQ
printer, you can use the DIP switches to change the printer control mode to Epson
LQ.
You can also enable automatic emulation switching, which allows the printer to
switch between BJ-10 mode and Epson LQ mode.
The DIP switches are located under the cover on the left side of the printer.
Factory Default Settings
The following table shows the factory default settings of the printer:
Function Setting
Printer control mode BJ-10
Character Pitch 10 characters per inch (cpi)
Line spacing 6 lines per inch (lpi)
Print quality High quality (HQ) mode
Beeper Enabled
Automatic carriage return (CR) Disabled (no CR with line feed)
Automatic line feed (LF) Disabled (no automatic LF after CR)
Slashed zero Disabled (zero not slashed)
Vertical tab stops No vertical tabs set
Horizontal tab stops Column 9 (then every 8th column)
Vertical margins Top margin = first print line
Bottom margin = page length
Horizontal margins Left margin = 0
Right margin = maximum print width
Page length 11 inches
Horizontal print position Letter
Print direction Bi-directional
Font typeface Courier
Character set Character Set 1
Code page 437 (IBM USA)
Buffer Input = Approx. 41.2 KB
Download = 0 KB
Text scale mode Disabled
Envelope mode Disabled