Epson FX-980 User Manual

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Changing Printer Settings From the Printer’s Control Panel

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Auto CR (carriage return)

This setting is available only in IBM 2380 Plus emulation mode.
When auto carriage return is on, each line feed (LF) code or
ESC J code is accompanied by a carriage return code. This moves
the print position to the beginning of the next line. If the printer
adds an extra line after every carriage return, select

Off

.

Baud rate

When you use the serial interface, you need to set the baud rate
or serial data transfer speed in bits per second (bps). The printer
communicates with your computer at the specified rate.

Parity

Set the parity (a method of error detection) for serial data transfer
if you are using the serial interface.

Check your computer manual or application program for the
correct parity setting. Your computer and printer should always
be set to the same parity setting.

IBM character table

This setting is available only in IBM 2380 Plus emulation mode.
When you select

Table 1

, hex codes 00H to 1FH and 80H to 9FH

of the character tables are used for the control codes. When you
select

Table 2

, hex codes 00H to 1FH are used for the control codes

and 80H to 9FH are used for characters. See Appendix C for
character samples.

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