Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdcad!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!DMZRZU71.BITNET!mat6013 From: mat6013@DMZRZU71.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Epson FX-80+ status printout Message-ID: <8710262135.aa20066@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> Date: Wed, 28-Oct-87 22:44:48 EST Article-I.D.: SMOKE.8710262135.aa20066 Posted: Wed Oct 28 22:44:48 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 31-Oct-87 15:26:07 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 28 A while ago I discovered a hidden feature of Epson FX-80+ dot matrix printers: While trying to understand what the first (zero) position in SelecType mode does (the handbook isn't very clear about that but now I know it resets the other key selectable modes) I triggered a status printout as shown below: PRINT MODES : Condensed =0 Enlarged =0 Elite =0 Emphasized =0 Double striked=0 Underlined =0 Superscript =0 Subscript =0 PAGE LENGTH : 12" SKIP LINE LENGTH : 1" followed by a form feed. To be more exactly, it happened after checking some of the other positions and leaving SelecType. But I was unable to do it again because I'm not sure what I really did. I talked to local dealers and technicans at Epson Deutschland without any result (they all heard about this the first time) - maybe someone out there in netland knows something, or maybe it's just an internal debugging feature caused by a malfunction ? Matthias Kapffer