MP-5300AI

Dip Switch Settings

The SEIKOSHA MP-5300AI printer uses the following Dip Switch settings. Please refer to the printer manual for details of how to set these printers up.

Note: The printer must be turned off before you can change any of the switches. The current DIP Switch settings cannot be printed on this printer.

If you have been printing, allow the Print head to cool down before touching it. When setting the switches (below), open the printer cover, remove the ribbon cassette and replace the printer cover. The DIP switches are only read after the initialisation process either by turning the printer on or by receiving the INITIAL signal via the Parallel Interface.

Switch Function Description On Off
1-1

1-2

1-3

International Character see table  
1-4 Page Length 12 inches 11 Inches
1-5 Standard/IBM mode Selection IBM Standard
1-6 Character set Selection in IBM mode

Download character in Standard mode.

Character Set 2

Valid

Character Set 1

Invalid

1-7 CR Code Selection CR + LF AUTOFEED
1-8 Slashed or Unslashed zero Slashed 0

Note 1 : Standard and IBM modes are selected only by using DIP switch 1-5. There is no control code to designate Standard or IBM mode.

Note 2 : In Standard mode, DIP switch 1-6 determines whether a download character is valid or not. When a download character is valid the communication buffer is decreased from 6kb to 3kb

International Character Selection

Country Dip Switch

1-1

Dip Switch Dip Switch

1-3

U.S.A ON ON ON
France ON ON OFF
Germany ON OFF ON
U.K ON OFF OFF
Denmark OFF ON ON
Sweden OFF ON OFF
Italy OFF OFF ON
Spain OFF OFF OFF

Dip Switch Bank2

CSF mode selection

DIP Switch Selected Not Selected
2-1 ON OFF

If Dip Switches 2-4 & 2-5 are OFF (Parallel) then switches 2-2 through to 2-8 (Serial protocol) are ignored 

Serial protocol selection

DIP Switch 1200 bps 2400 bps 4800 bps 9600 bps
2-2 OFF ON OFF ON
2-3 OFF OFF ON ON

Serial protocol selection

DIP Switch Parallel Serial

Ready/Busy

Serial

XON/XOFF

Serial

ETX/ACK

2-4 OFF ON OFF ON
2-5 OFF OFF ON ON

Parity selection

DIP Switch No Parity Odd Parity Even Parity
2-6 ON or OFF OFF ON
2-7 OFF ON ON

Serial data length

DIP Switch 7 bits 8 bits
2-8 ON OFF

The following Test Prints are available on this printer. Turn Power on whilst holding down the following switch.

LF Switch Self Test ASCII Draft