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== Buttons ==

=== DMP1 ===
 Buttons
   None (for Self-test: connect Centronics Port Pin 35/TEST to GND)
 LEDs
   PowerLED (blinks on error)

=== NLQ1 ===
 Buttons
   Online
   LF
 LEDs
   PowerLED (red)
   Error (red)
   Online (green)

=== DMP2xxx/3xxx ===
 Buttons
   Online             Pause/Continue (FF and LF can be used only when Paused)
   FF                 Form Feed (scroll to next page/eject page)
   LF                 Line Feed (scroll to next line)
   PowerOn+LF+Online  Select NLQ mode
   PowerOn+LF         Self-test (print test page until power-off or paper-out)
   PowerOn+FF+LF      Enter Hex-dump debug mode (print all codes in hex) (DMP2xxx/3xxx)
 LEDs
   Online
   Paper Out
   Power On

== DIP Switch Settings ==

=== DMP1 ===

{|{{Prettytable|width: 700px; font-size: 2em;}}
|colspan=5|'''DMP1 DIP Switches'''
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| ||''Function''||''Off = High = 1''||''On = Low = 0''||''Software''
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|DS1-1||International characters Bit0||colspan=2 rowspan=3|
7=off:off:off=USA (default)<br>
6=off:off:on=France<br>
5=off:on:off=Germany<br>
4=off:on:on=Italy<br>
3=on:off:off=United Kingdom<br>
2=on:off:on=Denmark<br>
1=on:on:off=Sweden<br>
0=on:on:on=Spain
|rowspan=3|Cannot be changed by software
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|DS1-2||International characters Bit1
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|DS1-3||International characters Bit2
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|DS1-4||CR Function||CR only (default)||CR & LF||Affects chr(0Dh)
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=== NLQ401 ===

{|{{Prettytable|width: 700px; font-size: 2em;}}
|colspan=5|'''NLQ401 DIP Switches'''
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| ||''Function''||''Off = High = 1''||''On = Low = 0''||''Software''
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|DS1-1..8||Reserved||colspan=3|DS1 is not installed, DS1-1..7 floating (without pull-up), DS1-8 hardwired to GND (On)
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|DS2-1||Page length||11 inch (default)||12 inch||Can be also changed via ESC "C" (at least on Epsons, no idea if on NLQ401, too?)
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|DS2-2||International characters Bit0||colspan=2 rowspan=2|
0=on:on=France<br>
1=on:off=Germany<br>
2=off:on=United Kingdom<br>
3=off:off=USA (default)
|rowspan=2|Can be also changed via software ?
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|DS2-3||International characters Bit1
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|DS2-4||Zero character||Slashed (default)||Unslashed||Affects chr(30h)
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|DS2-5||1 inch skip perforation||Invalid/Disable (default)||Valid/Enable||Can be also changed via ESC "N"/ESC "O" (at least on Epsons, no idea if on NLQ401, too?)
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|DS2-6||Not used||Unused ||Unused (default)|| -
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|DS2-7||CR Function||CR+LF||CR only (default)||Affects chr(0Dh)
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|DS2-8||SLCT IN Exchange||External||Internally fixed (default)||?
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|}

=== DMP2xxx/DMP3xxx/DMP4000 ===

{|{{Prettytable|width: 700px; font-size: 2em;}}
|colspan=5|'''DMP2000/DMP2160/DMP3000/DMP3160/DMP4000 DIP Switches'''
|-
| ||''Function''||''Off = High = 1''||''On = Low = 0''||''Software''
|-
|DS1-1||International characters Bit0||colspan=2 rowspan=3|
0=USA,
1=France,
2=Germany,
3=United Kingdom,
4=Denmark,
5=Sweden,
6=Italy,
7=Spain
|rowspan=3|Can be also changed via ESC "R"
|-
|DS1-2||International characters Bit1
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|DS1-3||International characters Bit2
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|DS1-4||CR Function||CR only (default)||CR & LF||Affects chr(0Dh)
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|DS1-5||Paper out sensor||Enable||Disable||Can be also changed via ESC "8"/ESC "9"
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|DS1-6||Page length||11 inch||12 inch||Can be also changed via ESC "C"
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|DS1-7 DMP2xxx||Code Unit||8 units (MSB=CentronicsPin9)||On=7 units (MSB=0) "set this for Apple computers"||Can be also changed via ESC "#"/ESC "="/ESC ">"
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|DS1-8 DMP2xxx||Default Character Set||Epson Standard||Epson NLQ||Can be also changed via ESC "x"
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|DS1-7 DMP3xxx,DMP4000||Default Character Set Bit0||colspan=2 rowspan=2|Charset (3=Epson Standard, 2=Epson NLQ, 1=IBM #1, 0=IBM #3)||rowspan=2|Can be also changed via ESC "x" and ESC "m"
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|DS1-8 DMP3xxx,DMP4000||Default Character Set Bit1
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|DS2-1||Zero character||Unslashed||Slashed||Affects chr(30h)
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|DS2-2||Default skip perforation||Disable||Enable||Can be also changed via ESC "N"/ESC "O"
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|DS2-3||Buffer mode||Character||Graphics||?
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|DS2-4||Buffer mode||Character/Graphics (use DS2-3 setting)||Download (=UserDefCharset)||Must be On for ESC "&"
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|DS2-5||SLCT IN signal||Not sent||Automatically sent||?
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|DS2-6||Alarm beeper||Disable||Enable||Affects chr(07h) and/or Paper-Out alarm (?)
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|DS2-7||Default typeface||Condensed off||Condensed on||Can be also changed via SI and DC2
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|DS2-8||Default typeface||Bold off||Bold on||Can be also changed via ESC "E" and ESC "F"
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|DS2-9||Do not use|| || ||
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|DS2-10||Do not use|| || ||
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|colspan=5|'''DMP3250di Extra RS232 DIP-switches'''
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|DS3-1||Baudrate Bit0||colspan=2 rowspan=3|0=9600, 1=4800, 2=2400, 3=1200, 4=600, 5=300, 6=200, 7=150 bps
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|DS3-2||Baudrate Bit1
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|DS3-3||Baudrate Bit2
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|DS3-4||Parity On/Off||Enable||Disable
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|DS3-5||Parity Even/Odd||Odd||Even
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|DS3-6||Data Bits||7bit||8bit
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|DS3-7||Stop Bits||1bit||2bit
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|DS3-8||Handshake Bit0||colspan=2 rowspan=2|0=Hardware (printer sends RTS),<br>1=Software (printer sends XON/XOFF),<br> 2=Software (computer sends ETX, printer responds by ACK),<br>3=Reserved)
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|DS3-9||Handshake Bit1
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|DS3-10||Interface||Centronics/Parallel||Serial/RS2322
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|}

=== LQ3500/LQ5000 ===

{|{{Prettytable|width: 700px; font-size: 2em;}}
|colspan=5|'''LQ3500/LQ5000 DIP Switches'''
|-
| ||''Function''||''Off = High = 1''||''On = Low = 0''||''Software''
|-
|DS1-1||International characters Bit0||colspan=2 rowspan=3|
0=USA,
1=France,
2=Germany,
3=United Kingdom,
4=Denmark,
5=Sweden,
6=Italy,
7=Spain
|rowspan=3|Can be also changed via ESC "R"
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|DS1-2||International characters Bit1
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|DS1-3||International characters Bit2
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|DS1-4||Page length||11 inch||12 inch||Can be also changed via ESC "C"
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|DS1-5||Skip perforation||Disable||Enable||Can be also changed via ESC "N"/ESC "O"
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|DS1-6||Alarm beeper||Disable||Enable||Affects chr(07h) and/or Paper-Out alarm (?)
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|DS1-7||Default Character Set||Standard/Draft||LQ Letter Quality||Can be also changed via ESC "x"
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|DS1-8||SLCT IN signal||Not sent||Automatically sent||?
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|DS2-1||Paper out sensor||Enable?||Disable?||Can be also changed via ESC "8"/ESC "9"
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|DS2-2||CR Function||CR only (default)||CR & LF||Affects chr(0Dh)
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|DS2-3||Zero character||Unslashed||Slashed||Affects chr(30h)
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|DS2-4||Reserved|| - || - || -
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|DS2-5||Character Set||Epson||IBM#2||...
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|DS2-6||Unused|| - || - || -
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|DS2-7||Auto loading||Enable||Disable||...
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|DS2-8||Reserved|| - || - || -
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|colspan=5|'''LQ3500di/LQ5000di Extra RS232 DIP-switches'''
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|DS3-1||Baudrate Bit0||colspan=2 rowspan=3|0=9600, 1=4800, 2=2400, 3=1200, 4=600, 5=300, 6=200, 7=150 bps<br>
default = 9600 = all off
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|DS3-2||Baudrate Bit1
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|DS3-3||Baudrate Bit2
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|DS3-4||Parity Even/Odd||Odd||Even
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|DS3-5||Parity On/Off||Disable||Enable
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|DS3-6||Data Bits||8bit||7bit
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|DS3-7||Handshake Bit0||colspan=2 rowspan=2|3=off:off=Parallel/Centronics<br>2=on:off=Serial/XonOff<br>1=off:on=Serial RTS read/busy<br>0=on:on=Serial Etx/Ack
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|DS3-8||Handshake Bit1
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|}