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From: JXS118@psuvm.psu.edu (Jeff Siegel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: EPSON FX-80 foreign characters?
Message-ID: <91036.233743JXS118@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 6 Feb 91 04:37:43 GMT
Organization: Penn State University
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I have an Epson FX-80 printer which I aquired minus the manual (naturally)
Someone a while back was kind enough to send me the dip-switch table for the
printer, but I still can not get it to print any foreign characters
(characters in the 128-255 range)

I have dip switches 1-6, 1-7, 1-8 on as indicated for the foreign character
set. I know the FX-80 does not produce the same character set that is on an
IBM PC in the range 128-255, but I would think that it would have SOME foreign
characters. My roommate needs to print a paper in Spanish...

I checked the printer cable to make sure the MSB of the data was getting to
printer.

Any help would be appreciated.