AppleWorks IIe: NEC 3510 Letter Quality Printer Setup

This article gives the AppleWorks and Apple IIe settings for connecting to a NEC 3510 Letter Quality Printer.

Apple IIe

1. Super Serial Interface Card settings

Switch1
Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Closed (On)
-
-
-
x
-
X
X
Open (Off)
X
X
X
-
X
-
-

Switch2
Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Closed (On)
X
x
-
-
-
-
x
Open (Off)
-
-
X
X
X
X
-

Note: Jumper block points to TERMINAL


2. AppleWorks settings:

a. Carriage: 11"
b. Linefeed after carriage return: YES
c. Underlining: The NEC 3510 LQP makes an underlines by printing the character, backspacing one character, and printing the underline.
d. Special Codes

Check the printer manual for additional codes:
Description
Begin
End
Boldface
Esc *
Carriage Return
Underline
Esc -
Esc '
Superscript
Esc ;
Esc :
Subscript
Esc :
Esc ;
Proportional Spacing 1
Esc H
Esc I



Cabling
Super Serial Interface Card
NEC 3510
DB-25
DB-25
2
2
3
3
7
7
19
19



NEC 3510 Switch settings:

Front Panel
Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Closed (On)
-
-
X
-
X
-
-
-
Open (Off)
X
X
-
X
-
X
X
X


Back Panel
Position
1
2
3
4
Closed (On)
-
-
-
-
Open (Off)
X
X
X
X

(9600 baud, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit)
Published Date: Feb 19, 2012