ActionPrinter-3000 Impact Printer

The LQ-200 and the AP-3000 have two 8-position DIP switches. These switches are located inside the cartridge slot cover at the right rear corner of the printer.

Table 1

Switch	Feature	ON	OFF
SW 1-1	International Character set	See Table 3 and 4
SW 1-2	and	See Table 3 and 4
SW 1-3	Graphics character set	See Table 3 and 4
SW 1-7	Character Table	Graphics	Italics
SW 1-8	Cut Sheet Feeder	Valid	Invalid

Table 2

Switch	Feature	ON	OFF
SW 1-4	Font Selection	See Table 5
SW 1-5	Font Selection	See Table 5
SW 1-7	Character Table	Graphics	Italics
SW 1-8	Cut Sheet Feeder	Valid	Invalid

Table 3

Switch	Feature	ON	OFF
SW 2-1	Page Length/CSF Page Length	See Table 6 and 7
SW 2-2	Page Length/CSF Page Length	See Table 6 and 7
SW 2-3	Auto Line Feed	Valid	Invalid
SW 2-4	Input Buffer Size	8K byte	1K byte
SW 2-5	Graphics Print Direction	Bidirectional	Unidirectional

Table 3 International character sets (DIP switch 1-7 OFF

Page Length	SW 2-1	SW 2-2	SW 1-8
11 inches	OFF	OFF	OFF
12 inches	ON	OFF	OFF
8.5 inches	OFF	ON	OFF
11.7 inches	ON	ON	OFF

When DIP switch 1-8 is off, A4 size (61 lines) is the default CSF page length.


Table 7 Cut Sheet Feeder page length

CSF page length	SW 2-1	SW 2-2	SW 1-8
A4 size (61 lines)	OFF	OFF	ON
	OFF	ON	ON
Letter size (65 lines)	ON	OFF	ON
	ON	ON	ON

When DIP switch 1-8 is on, 11 inches is the default page length.


Table 8 Character spacing

Character spacing	SW 2-7	SW 2-8
10 cpi	OFF	OFF
12 cpi	ON	OFF
17 cpi	OFF	ON
20 cpi	ON	ON