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Subject: Re. Help-LQ lots o'text
Date: 22 Dec 1995 19:57:43 -0500
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In article <8.48373433.Celestial.Haven@chaven.com>,
The.Apprentice@chaven.com writes:

>	I need the DIP switch settings for an Imagewriter LQ.
>

ImageWriter II & II LQ DIP Switch Settings

    The settings for SW-1 1-8 have to do with printout format and should
be
the same for IIgs and IIe.  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. 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.)

    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-     19200 (on IW-II LQ)     300 (on IW-II)
DOWN    UP-       1200
UP          DOWN- 2400
DOWN    DOWN- 9600
 
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
card
wants to use XON/XOFF handshaking, set #3 DOWN.

If you have the 32K Memory Option, LocalTalk card, etc. installed, SW-4 #4
should be set DOWN. Otherwise, it should be set UP (the usual setting).

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.)

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.)

SW-3 1-5 (only on the 'LQ)  are factory-set to optimize printer operation
and should be left alone by the user.

SW-3 6-8 (only on the 'LQ)  control vertical allignment of dots in
bidirectional printing mode. '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  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.

>
>   I also need help.  Why doesn't the LQ want to print large documents? 
The 
>damn thing keeps screwing up at page 5 or so...
>

    I do not know. This sounds more like a problem with the software doing
the printout.
Possibly, some buffer is over-writing something it should not.