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While you can often set the default settings through your application software or
printer driver, you may need to change a default setting from the printer's control
panel using the default setting mode. Table 1 below lists the default settings (in
bold) and options you can select in this mode.
Table 1. Printer Settings
Settings Options
Page length for tractor Length in inches: 3, 3.5, 4, 5.5, 6, 7, 8,
8.5, 11, 70/6, 12 14, 17
Skip over perforation On, Off
Auto tear-off On, Off
Auto line feed On, Off
Print direction Bi-D, Uni-D, Auto
Software ESC/P2, IBM 2390 Plus
0 slash 0, Ø
High speed draft On, Off
I/F mode Auto, Parallel, Optional
Auto I/F wait time 10 seconds, 30 seconds
Parallel I/F bi-directional mode On, Off
Packet mode Auto, Off
Auto CR (IBM 2390 Plus)* On, Off
A.G.M. (IBM 2390 Plus)* On, Off
Character table* Standard model:
Italic, PC 437, PC 850, PC 861, BRASCII,
Abicomp, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1,
PC 858, ISO 8859-15,
All other models: Italic, PC 437,
PC 850, PC 437 Greek, PC 853,
PC 855, PC 852, PC 857, PC 864,
PC 866, PC 869, MAZOWIA,
Code MJK, ISO 8859-7 ISO Latin 1T,
Bulgaria, PC 774, Estonia,
ISO 8859-2, PC 866 LAT, PC 866 UKR,
PC APTEC, PC 708, PC 720,
PC AR864, PC 860, PC863, PC 864,
PC 861, BRASCII, Abicomp,
Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC 858,
ISO 8859-15, PC 771
International character set for
Italic table Italic U.S.A., Italic France, Italic
Germany, Italic U.K., Italic Denmark1,
Italic Sweden, Italic Italy, Italic Spain1
Font OCR-B, Orator-S, Script C,
Roman T, Sans Serif H
Manual Feed wait time 1 second, 1.5 seconds,
2 seconds, 3 seconds
Buzzer On, Off
Roll paper On, Off
*These settings take effect only when IBM 2390 Plus emulation is selected.
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