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Grex Hardware Item 80: Help with dip switch settings for Epson LX-80?
Entered by regordon on Sat Nov 26 18:26:04 UTC 1994:

Help with dip switch settings LX-80?
I have just come into an Epson LX-80 but can't make it respond.
When I turn it on it prints out "Data Dump Mode" and then just
sits there.  I suspect that the dip switches on the back are 
set wrong but since I don't have a manual I don't know what are
the correct settings.  Can anybody help??  Muchimas gracias.
                               Ted Gordon  (regordon)

8 responses total.

#1 of 8 by regordon on Sun Nov 27 04:31:09 1994:

Make that muchisimas gracias

#2 of 8 by rcurl on Sun Nov 27 07:45:01 1994:

I can tell you what they are for a Star SG-10. It has two DIP switches
of 8 and 4 switches respectively. Would this help?

#3 of 8 by regordon on Mon Nov 28 03:42:47 1994:

The LX-80 has the same 8 and 4 switch setup so I'm willing to try 
the settings you use.  After all it's better than trying 2 to the 
12th power settings.

#4 of 8 by rcurl on Mon Nov 28 06:54:15 1994:

Here goes nothing (as they say....). I could e-mail this, but I'd
be interested in any differences others notice from other printers:

        ON                      OFF
1-1     11" page                12" page
1-2     Char set #1 (IBM)       Char set #2 (IBM mode)
1-3     10 CPI (pica)           17 CPI (condensed)
1-4     Normal                  NLQ
1-5     Ignore d/l char's       Enable d/l char's
1-6     USA
1-7     USA
1-8     USA     (these are for Int. character sets)

2-1     Paper-out detect        No paper-out detect
2-2     STAR mode               IBM mode
2-3     LF from host            Auto LF with CR
2-4     Std. buffer             Optional buffer

Good luck!

#5 of 8 by regordon on Tue Nov 29 01:45:35 1994:

Well I tried but she no work.  I set all #1 switches to on, 2-1 and 2-4 
also on and 2-2 and 2-3 off.  Same result.  One more item of interest -
I performed the printer test that comes with the MSD diagnostic on DOS 6
and it prints out the hex numbers for the characters alongside the stuff
it is printing. eg:
0000  0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4d 69 63 72 6f  ....       Micro
0000  73 6f 66 74 20 44 69 61 67 6e 6f 73 74 69 63 73  soft Diagnostics
etc etc
Anybody have any ideas??

#6 of 8 by regordon on Thu Dec 1 05:37:17 1994:

yeah, I do.  And it's all fixed.  The problem was switches allright,
the online switch, LF switch and FF switch.  They were all frozen 
closed.  Once freed the printer works perfectly.  Milagro!

#7 of 8 by rcurl on Thu Dec 1 07:14:04 1994:

What did you do, kick it? 8^]

#8 of 8 by regordon on Sat Dec 3 03:53:17 1994:

No, Rane, I cleaned them and then used the ubiquitous WD-40 to lubricate
the switches (thanks to a suggestion from the equally ubiquitous Carl
Miller)

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