From - Wed Sep 17 16:57:27 1997 Path: netaxs.com!news-xfer.netaxs.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-sea-19.sprintlink.net!news-in-west.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!151.164.1.34!swbell!not-for-mail From: Rubywand Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Imagewriter II LQ INFO NEEDED ! Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 04:02:17 +0000 Organization: Southwestern Bell Internet Services, Richardson, TX Lines: 128 Message-ID: <341F5649.184E@swbell.net> References: <5vmk30$ek@freenet-news.carleton.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-207-193-8-205.hstntx.swbell.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02E (Win16; I) Xref: netaxs.com comp.sys.apple2:122300 Simon C.Hall writes ... > > .... > I'm looking for the Pinouts to a GS from a LQ.? Is this just a straight thru > cable? .... > No. Pins 1 & 2, 3 & 5, and 6 & 8 are swapped from one end of the cable to the other. > Part 2 is can you tell me the DIPSWITCH setting's ? > The Imagewriter II manual I have does seem to be differant ? > Yes; while a number of settings are the same; there are some differences between IW-II and IW-II LQ in DIP switch settings as well as which DIP switches are present. DIP Switch Settings In Imagewriter manuals, "SW-1" refers to DIP switch module 1. Each such module has several individually numbered switches. For example SW-1 #5 refers to switch #5 on the SW-1 module. When a switch is UP it is open. When a switch is Down it is closed. The settings for SW-1 #1-#8 have to do with printout format. On SW-1 all of the switches are normally open (UP) except #6 which is closed (DOWN). These settings work for printouts under Appleworks and several other programs which take care of page breaks. For tasks like listing a program, doing a hex dump in the monitor, etc. you may want SW-1 #5 to be DOWN. (This enables automatic skipping over perforations between pages). Character Set SW-1 #1 #2 #3 American U U U default Italian D U U Danish U D U British D D U German U U D Swedish D U D French U D D Spanish D D D Form Length SW-1 #4 11 inches U default 12 inches D Auto Perforation Skip SW-1 #5 No U default Yes D Character Pitch SW-1 #6 #7 10 cpi U U 12 cpi D U default 17 cpi U D 160 dpi D D (proportional) Line Feed with Carriage Return SW-1 #8 No U CR only Yes D CR plus LF The settings for SW-2 #1-#6 are concerned with hardware interfacing. #1 and #2 set the baud rate the printer will expect: #1 #2 UP UP- 300 (on IW-II) 19200 (on IW-II LQ) 'LQ default DOWN UP- 1200 UP DOWN- 2400 DOWN DOWN- 9600 IW-II default You should set the switches to match the speed of your printer interface. SW-2 #3 is usually set UP to enable DTR hardware handshaking. If your interface wants to use XON/XOFF handshaking, set #3 DOWN. If you have the 32K Memory Option, LocalTalk card, etc. installed, SW-2 #4 should be set DOWN. Otherwise, it should be set UP (the usual setting). IW-II: SW-2 #5-#6 on the IW-II are factory-set to optimize hammer firing and should be left alone by the use (On my IW-II #5 is DOWN and #6 is UP.) 'LQ: SW-2 #5-#7 on the IW-II LQ are used to set the number of cut sheet feeder bins attached to the printer. (The standard default setting for SW-2 #5-#7 is UP UP UP.) 'LQ: SW-3 #1-#5 (only on the 'LQ) are factory-set to optimize printer operation and should be left alone by the user. 'LQ: SW-3 #6-#8 (only on the 'LQ) control vertical allignment of dots in bidirectional printing mode. The 'LQ Allignment Test With printer OFF, press Select, Line Feed, Form Feed. Hold them pressed, turn ON printer, and release buttons after printer head starts to move. The printout shows four possible switch settings with six lines of vertical bar printouts for each setting. Settings are indicated like this: 1 0 0 (which means DOWN UP UP). An asterisk by a setting means it is the current setting. Set the switches to the setting which best lines up the vertical bars in the printout. Rubywand