8216 Switch Settings

Left Group of Switches
Switch
Position
Action
L1
Reserved for future use
L2
Down
Form Feed by ASCII FF (0C) when possible
UP
Form Feed by multiple ASCII "LF" (OA) only
L3
Down
All data sent to printer, narrow carriage printers will continue printing on the next line.
UP
All data beyond 8 inches is truncated.
L4
Down
Normal Operaton
UP
EBCDIC hexadecimal print of host data.

 

Right Group of Switches
Switch
Position
Action
R1
Down
Normal operations
Up
Self Test Mode
 
Switch
Switch
Emulation Mode
R2
R3
 
DOWN
DOWN
5256 Emulation
DOWN
UP
5224 Emulation (no LAC Support)
UP
DOWN
5225 Emulation (no LAC Support)
UP
UP
Test Mode
 
Switch
Switch
LPI / CPI Control
R4
R5
 
DOWN
DOWN
No LPI/CPI Control
DOWN
UP
Proprinter LPI/CPI codes
UP
DOWN
Epson FX (9pin) LPI/CPI codes
UP
UP
Epson LQ (24 pin) LPI/CPI codes

Right Group of Switches
Switch R6
Switch R7
Switch R8
Cable Address
DOWN
DOWN
DOWN
0
DOWN
DOWN
UP
1
DOWN
UP
DOWN
2
DOWN
UP
UP
3
UP
DOWN
DOWN
4
UP
DOWN
UP
5
UP
UP
DOWN
6
UP
UP
UP
Test Mode