BP-5500

Dip Switch Settings

The SEIKOSHA BP-5500 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. There is no facility to print the current DIP Switch settings.

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 ON OFF
1-1

1-2

 Serial Parity and Parallel selection See table 2  
1-3 Parity error Execution Ignore Data Print *
1-4

1-5

 Baud Rate. See table 3  
1-6

1-7

 Serial Protocol See table 4  
1-8 7 or 8 bit selection See table 5  
       
2-1 CR Code selection CR+LF CR only
2-2 LF Code selection LF+CR LF only
2-3 Skip over perforation Valid Invalid
2-4 Standard/IBM mode selection IBM Standard
2-5

2-6

2-7

 Standard Mode: International character selection

IBM Mode: Sw 2-7 only (2-5&2.6 ignored)

 see Table 6

  
2-7 Character Set selection (IBM mode only) Character Set 2 Character Set 1
2-8 VT code is or is not a print command Vertical tab only Print + Vertical Tab

Note 1: EPSON and IMB modes are selected only by using DIP switch 2-4. There is no control code to designate EPSOn or IBM mode.

Dip Switch Bank 1

Parity selection

DIP Switch Parallel No Parity Odd Parity Even Parity
1-1 OFF ON OFF ON
1-2 OFF ON ON OFF

Serial transfer rates

Dip Switch 1200 BPS 2400 BPS 4800 BPS 9600 BPS
1-4 OFF ON OFF ON
1-5 OFF OFF ON ON

Serial protocol selection

DIP Switch X-ON/X-OFF (I) X-ON/X-OFF (II) ETX/ACK READY/BUSY
1-6 ON OFF ON OFF
1-7 OFF ON ON OFF

Data length

DIP Switch 7 bits 8 bits
1-8 ON OFF

International Character Selection

Only available in Standard mode

Country Dip Switch

2-5

 Dip Switch

2-6

 Dip Switch

2-7
U.S.A OFF OFF OFF
FRANCE OFF OFF ON
GERMANY OFF ON OFF
U.K OFF ON ON
DENMARK ON OFF OFF
SWEDEN ON OFF ON
ITALY ON ON OFF
SPAIN ON ON ON

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

ON LINE Self Test ASCII
LF+FF Hexadecimal dump

To exit from the self test mode or current Dip Switch settings, press the ON-LINE switch or turn the power off. To exit from Hexadecimal dump mode either turn the printer off or send an INITIAL signal via the Parallel Interface.