Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!network!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!hpfcdc!hpldola!hp-lsd!was From: was@hp-lsd.HP.COM (Bill Stubblebine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: OKIDATA Address or m82 info NEEDED Message-ID: <8020024@hp-lsd.HP.COM> Date: 10 Aug 89 14:48:15 GMT References: <4262@portia.Stanford.EDU> Organization: HP Logic Systems Division - ColoSpgs, CO Lines: 65 (e-mail to your system bounced, so I'll try it this way...) > My parents have an old Okidata Microline 82 that they want to connect to > their PC. The problem is that it feeds an extra line all the time. I > know that there is probably a dip switch that needs to be set for CR/NL > mapping but they got the printer from a friend and got no documentation > whatsoever. >From my uL82a manual: (The following refers to the vertical dip switch just to the right of the "Line Feed" button on the front panel - you have to remove the cover to get at this switch.) The switch is arranged as: (TOP) <-- ON OFF --> 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 (BOTTOM) Switch (X=ON) 1 2 3 4 US ASCII (factory preset) (all off) X British X X German X French X X Swedish X X Danish X Dutch X X X Norwegian X X Italian X X Radio Shack TRS-80 Switch ON OFF 5 7-bit data 8-bit data 6 Line feed when No line feed when CR received CR received 7 Print little box Ignore DEL when DEL is received 8 Low speed serial Parallel or optional 488 or high interface active speed serial interface active Hope this helps. Bill Stubblebine Hewlett-Packard Logic Systems Div. 8245 N. Union Blvd. Colorado Springs, CO 80920 was%hp-lsd@hplabs.HP.COM (Internet) ...!hp-lsd!was (UUCP) (719) 590-5568