LQ-500 Impact Printer

The LQ-500, L-750, and L-1000 have two 8-position DIP switches.
These switches are located inside the cartridge slot cover at the right rear corner of the printer.

Country	SW 1-1	SW 1-2	SW 1-3
USA	ON	ON	ON
France	ON	ON	OFF
Germany	ON	OFF	ON
United Kingdom	ON	OFF	OFF
Denmark	OFF	ON	ON
Sweden	OFF	ON	OFF
Italy	OFF	OFF	ON
Spain	OFF	OFF	OFF

Font	SW 1-4	SW 1-5
Roman	OFF	OFF
San Serif	ON	OFF
Slot	OFF	ON
Draft	ON	ON

Switch	ON	OFF
SW 1-6	Condensed	10 Pitch
SW 1-7	Graphic Characters	Italic Characters
SW 1-8	CSF Enabled	CSF Disabled
SW 2-1	12" Page Length	11" Page Length
SW 2-2	CSF Page Length 65 Lines (A4) 62 (L-750 only)	CSF Page Length 61 Lines (Letter) 58 (L-750 only)
SW 2-3	1" Skip over Perf	Skip over Perf Inactive
SW 2-4	CR Produces CR + LF	CR Only
SW 2-5	8K Input Buffer User Defined Characters Disabled	1K Input Buffer User Defined Characters Enabled
SW 2-6	Bidirectional Graphics	Unidirectional Graphics

Character Pitch	SW 2-7	SW 2-8
10 Pitch	OFF	OFF
12 Pitch	ON	OFF
15 Pitch	OFF	ON
Proportional	ON	ON

Note: Unidirectional graphics is the printer default. Placing switch 2-6 in the ON position allows selection of Bidirectional graphics after an ESC U O is sent.