C-Itoh, Model 8510 Printer, Centronics interface (parallel)

Switches and vars inside the case:

SW1
+---------------+
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | -open
+---------------+
VR2 VR1 8 1
/-\ /-\ frontpanel
| | | | |
\-/ \-/ SW2 |
IMPRES. ALIGN. +---------------+ V
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | -open
+---------------+
8 1

SW1: Pin
1 \ National character set. 000=Japan, 010=USA,
2 } 110=UK, 001=Germany, 101=Swedish
3 /
4 0=66 lines/page, 1=72 lines/page
5 0=DC1, DC3 effective; 1=ignored
6 1=line feed for too-long line
7 1=CR emulated when LF, VT, FF recieved
8 0=CR does only cr; 1=CR forces LF too

SW2: Pin
1 1=zero has a line through it
2 0=multiple-line buffer
3 unused
4 unused
5 0=10 cpi, 1=proportional -- font at power-up
6 0=8-bit data, 1=7-bit data
7 1=selected at power-on
8 0=bidirectional printing

VR1/ALIGN. : adjust to make bidirectional printing line up

horizontally. Print a pattern with the | character,
and adjust so they fall exactly in line.

VR2/IMPRES.: adjust if printing is too faint. The book does not

describe how this is done, as a worn ribbon will
also give faint printing.

Selection of Optional Functions * As shipped

Switch Status Result/Function

2-1 X Slashed Zero
O * Un-Slashed Zero

2-2 X Device Address Effective

O * Inneffective

2-3 O * Device Address 1

2-4 O /

2-3 X Device Address 2

2-4 O /

2-3 O Device Address 3

2-4 X /

2-3 X Device Address 4

2-4 X /

2-5 O * 10 CPI character

2-5 X Proportional character

2-6 X 7 bit data

2-6 O * 8 bit data

2-7 X Power-On Selected

2-7 O * Power-On Deselected

2-8 X Unidirectional Print

2-8 O * Bidirectional Print

Note: Up to four printers may be connected through the same cable to

the host. The device address allows selection of each printer.
Switches 2-2/3/4 relate to this capability. The printers are
selected by escape sequence sent by the host as follows:

ESC a Select printer 1

ESC b Select printer 2
ESC c Select printer 3
ESC d Select printer 4
ESC ' Deselect all printers