The DIP Switches Several tiny switches called DIP (for Dual In-Line Package) switches are in the back of your MPS 1000 printer. They control a number of important printer functions. For most uses they can be left as they were set at the factory, but you may want to change some settings. The design of the MPS 1000 gives you easy access to the switches. You can see them in the back of the printer as indicated in Figure 1-23. g gg Figure 1-23. DIP switch location Always turn the power OFF (with the switch on the right side of the printer) before you change the setting of any of these switches. Any changes made while the power is on will be ignored until you turn the printer off and back on.
So set all switches with the power off. In Table 1-1 and 1-2 we show you the functions of all the switches in each mode. DIP switch 1-1 controls the mode of the MPS 1000. If switch 1-1 is OFF, that is, when the printer is in its Commodore mode, the fol- lowing Table 1-1 applies: 22