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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!scd.hp.com!cupnews0.cup.hp.com!hppad.waterloo.hp.com!rypma
  3. From: rypma@waterloo.hp.com (Ted Rypma)
  4. Subject: Re: Thinkjet printer
  5. Sender: news@waterloo.hp.com (NetNews)
  6. Message-ID: <BuE5GH.B5t@waterloo.hp.com>
  7. Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 01:57:53 GMT
  8. References: <Tsehay_Demeke-100992101735@shinobu.its.rpi.edu>
  9. Organization: HP Panacom Div Waterloo ON Canada
  10. X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1.3 PL5
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  12.  
  13. Tsehay Demeke (Tsehay_Demeke@rpi.edu) wrote:
  14. : I would like to know the switch settings for RS-232 interface thinkjet.
  15. : I appreciate if you tell me what each dip-switches stand for.
  16.  
  17. The serial ThinkJet has two sets of switches next to one another, labelled
  18. "Modes" and "RS232". The Modes has 8 bits, RS232 has 5.
  19.  
  20. First the Modes:
  21.  
  22.     1 - CR definition. UP:   do CR/LF when CR received
  23.                DOWN: do CR only when CR received
  24.  
  25.     2 - LF definition. UP:   do CR/LF when LF received
  26.                DOWN: do LF only when LF received
  27.  
  28.     3 - Perf skip.     UP:   1 inch perf skip
  29.                DOWN: no perf skip
  30.  
  31.     4 - Page length    UP:   12 inch
  32.                DOWN: 11 inch
  33.  
  34.     5 - Control seq    UP:   ALternate mode (Epson MX-80/100, IBM Graphics)
  35.                DOWN: HP mode
  36.  
  37.     6,7,8              Character set select
  38.  
  39.                 6     7     8               Character set
  40.                ----------------             -------------
  41.                down  down  down             [HP]Roman-8
  42.                 up   down  down             US ASCII
  43.                down   up   down             Swedish
  44.                 up    up   down             IBM 8 (PC-8)
  45.                down  down   up              French
  46.                 up   down   up              German  
  47.                down   up    up              United Kingdom
  48.                 up    up    up              Spanish
  49.  
  50. Now the RS232:
  51.  
  52.     1 - Handshake mode UP:   Hardware handshake (DTR)
  53.                DOWN: XON/XOFF (DC1/DC3)
  54.  
  55.     2,3                Parity setting and character size
  56.  
  57.                 2     3              Parity       Bits in char
  58.                ----------            ------       ------------
  59.                down  down            None         8 (or 0 + 7-bit)
  60.                down   up             Odd          7
  61.                 up   down            Even         7
  62.                 up    up             One's        7
  63.  
  64.     4,5                Baud rate setting
  65.  
  66.                 4     5              Speed
  67.                ----------            -----
  68.                down  down             9600
  69.                down   up             19200
  70.                 up   down             2400
  71.                 up    up              1200
  72.  
  73. Ted Rypma
  74. HP Panacom Division
  75.  
  76. (and, no, I'm not responsible for any errors!)
  77.