Epson LQ-860 User Manual page 209

Problem
Printed characters
are not what you
expected
(continued).
Graphic characters or
lines are being printed
instead the selected
of
italic characters.
The wrong
international
characters are being
printed.
Solution
The wrong character table is selected. If
your application program is capable of
sending control codes, specify the italic
character table using ESC t 0.
You can also select the italic character
table by changing a DIP switch setting. To
do this, turn off the power, set DIP switch
l-4 to off; then turn on the power. See
Chapter 3.
The wrong international character set is
selected. If your application program is
capable of sending control codes, specify
the desired international character set
using ESC R
n. See
ESC R in Chapter 9.
You can also select the international
character table by changing DIP switch
settings. To do this, turn off the power
and set DIP switches l-l, l-2, and l-3 to
the correct positions for the character set
you want. See Chapter 3. You can check
the current DIP switch settings by
running the self test.
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