Dip Switch Settings

The SEIKOSHA SL-80AI 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. The Dip switches are loacated at the back of the printer under the plastic lid. 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. For Dip switch 1-7, however, its change is always valid. Switch 1-1 is closest to the Interface with 2-8 closest to the power socket.

Switch	Function Description	On	Off
1-1	Not Used	*1 Error state	OK
1-2	Standard/IBM mode selection	IBM	Standard
1-3	Reserved	Normally OFF	Normally OFF
1-4 1-5 1-6	International Character	see table
1-7	CR code selection in standard mode	CR+LF	Auto Feed
1-8	Character set Selection in IBM mode Download character in Standard mode.	Character Set 2 Invalid	Character Set 1 Valid
2-1	CSF mode selection	Selected	Not selected
2-2	Paper out detection	Invalid	Valid
2-3	Page Length	12 inch	11 inch
2-4	Skip over perforation	*2 Valid	Invalid
2-5	Print character mode	Draft	NLQ
2-6	Slashed or Unslashed zero	Slashed	0
2-7	CR code selection in IBM mode	CR+LF	CR only
2-8	Not Used

*2 If Dip switch 2-4 is turned ON, a skip over perforation area of 1 inch is set.

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

International Character Selection

Country	Dip Switch 1-1	Dip Switch 1-2	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

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