Epson LQ-1500 Printer User Manual


 
any time by sending the appropriate command to the printer. The
functions of the individual switches are summarized in Table 1-2.
Table 1-2. Settings
for
switch 2
Switch
2-1
2-2
2-3
Function
Up
International character sets (see Table 1-3)
Down
Factory
UP
UP
Up
2-4
Form length
12 in.
11 in.
Down
2-5
Skip over perforation
2-6
Bell
2-7
Print mode
2-8
SLCT IN signal
On
Off
Down
Disable
Enable
Down
Letter quality Draft
Down
Fixed
Not fixed Up
Switches 2-1, 2-2, and 2-3--These switches are used to determine the
default international character set. Appendix C shows the characters
that are included in each of the character sets. Table 1-3 shows the
required switch settings for each set.
2-1
UP
UP
UP
Up
Table 1-3. International character set switch settings
2-2
2-3
International character set
UP
UP
U.S.A.
UP
Down
Down
Down
UP
Down
France
Germany
United Kingdom
Down
Down
Down
Down
UP
UP
Down
Down
UP
Down
UP
Down
Denmark
Sweden
Italy
Spain
Switch 2-4.--Switch
2-4
is used to tell the LQ-1500 the size of paper
that you will be using. It uses this information to keep track of the
perforation and the top of the form.
Switch 2-5--The LQ-1500 automatically leaves a top and bottom
margin of 1/2 inch on each page if switch 2-5 is in the up position. The
switch tells the printer to skip over each perforation so that nothing is
printed on top of the perforation. This is especially useful for printing
long program listings. Many word processing programs, however,
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