twaldron@halley.UUCP (Terry Waldron) (08/08/90)
> From cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rutgers!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!ists!terry Fri Jul 6 11:58:46 PDT 1990 > Article 741 of comp.periphs.printers: > Path: halley!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rutgers!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!ists!terry > >From: terry@ists.ists.ca (Terry Lim) > Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,ont.general > Subject: Facit 4510 -- any others out there? > Message-ID: <10037@ists.ists.ca> > Date: 5 Jul 90 21:35:46 GMT > Reply-To: terry@ists.ists.ca (Terry Lim) > Followup-To: comp.periphs.printers > Organization: Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science > Lines: 16 > Xref: halley comp.periphs.printers:741 > > I'm looking for information about a dot-matrix printer called the > Facit 4510. It doesn't seem to respond to common sets of escape > sequences, including Epson. However, there is a rotary switch > which appears to select proportional spacing. In case you're > wondering, I purchased this used and it came without a manual. > > I hope there's someone out there who can tell me which widely > available printer this little box emulates, or even what the > codes on the rotary switch all mean. (I figured out 10, 12, 17 > and PS). Ideally, I'd love to have a copy of the manual. > > I also need to know what kind of ribbons to buy -- none of the > ones I've tried fit. > > Terry Lim > terry@ists.ists.ca > Terry, I saw your plea for help and my response is below. I hope it is enough to get you off the ground. Good luck with your studies. Tandem Computers Terry Waldron 14231 Tandem Blvd. Austin, TX 78728 512-244-8312 Facit 4513/14 (Which I hope works for you) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Switch 1 1 on Software pitch and font commands override rotary switch setting off Rotary switch setting override software pitch and font commands 2 on Lines/inch - 6 off - 8 3 4 off off Skip Zone - 0 off on - 1/2 inch on off - 1 inch on on - 1 1/2 inch 5 Off Line length - 80 characters (132) on - 40 characters (80) 6 7 8 off off off Form length - 12 inch off off on - 11 2/3 inch off on off - 11 inch off on on - 8 1/2 inch on off off - 8 1/3 inch on off on - 8 inch on on off - 5 1/2 inch on on on - 5 inch ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Switch 2 1 off CR=line terminator LF=new line on CR or LF=new line 2 off Word length - 7 bits on - 8 bits 3 4 5 SERIAL INTERFACE off off off Baud rate - 110 bps (auto 2 stop bits) off off on - 300 off on off - 600 off on on - 1200 on off off - 2400 on off on - 4800 on on off - 9600 on on on - Parallel interface mode 6 7 8 Epson FX mode IBM mode (*) (SW3 / 1-2) (SW3 / 1-2) off off off National Set - US Character set 1 off off on - Swedish/Finnish Character set 2 off on off - Danish/Norwegion Character set 2 (N/D) off on on - German Character set 2 on off off - British Character set 2 on off on - Italian Character set 2 on on off - French/Belgian Character set 2 on on on - Spanish Character set 2 (*) IBM character set 1 and IBM character set 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Switch 3 1 2 off off Mode - FX X-ON/X-OFF Protocol No Download (*) off on - FX X-ON/X-OFF Protocol Download (*) on off - FX ETX/ACK Protocol No Download (*) on on - IBM X-ON/X-OFF Protocol No Download (*) 3 off Parity (*) - off (parity bit not added) on - on (parity bit added) 4 off Parity - Even on - odd (*) Protocol relevant only for serial interface Note: All current switch settings will be printed out in self-test mode. Self-test mode: Hold LF switch down while powering on the printer until printing begins. Hex Print Mode : Rotary switch in the HX position when powering on the printer. Must turn power off and rotate switch to disable. Transparency Mode: Rotary switch in TM position when powering on the printer. Will on recognize basic charaters and CR & LF. Must turn power off and rotate switch to disable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Serial Defaults Switch 1 Switch 2 Switch 3 1 - on 1 - off 1 - off 2 - off 2 - on 2 - off 3 - off 3 - on 3 - off 4 - off 4 - on 4 - off 5 - off 5 - off 6 - off 6 - off 7 - on 7 - off 8 - off 8 - off ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Parallel Defaults Switch 1 Switch 2 Switch 3 1 - on 1 - off 1 - off 2 - off 2 - on 2 - off 3 - off 3 - on 3 - off 4 - off 4 - on 4 - off 5 - off 5 - on 6 - off 6 - off 7 - on 7 - off 8 - off 8 - off The printer uses Data Products ribbons: Vendor Number 6375