Special Speeds - Epson FX Series User Manual

When could you use this program? Well, you can print . . .
and if you want to use one of the foreign sets all the time, you can
change your printer's default.
The factory setting of a default international character set-for the
USA-is shown in line 1 of Table 6-4. You can change this by resetting
some of the FX's DIP switches. Three switches:
Switch 1-6
Switch 1-7
Switch 1-8
generate eight combinations. Table 6-4 shows the switch settings.
Table 6-4. International DIP switch settings
That leaves the Japanese set unaccounted for. If you want the characters
for it, you must choose the set by using the ESCape "R" statement.

Special Speeds

You can control the speed of the FX's printing in a couple of ways.
You can set it to print at half its usual speed, and FX-80 users can cause
it to print one character at a time, immediately upon input. You turn