Since the Brother printer requires certain escape sequences to include a CTRL-I, the escape sequences in the Brother Manual may have to be modified in order to avoid interface cards from "trapping" the CTRL-I in the card. This occurs in the following situations:
1. Apple IIe with Super Serial Card -- add the following IN FRONT OF THE NORMAL SEQUENCE: <CTRL-I> Z RETURN
2. Apple IIc -- add the following IN FRONT OF THE NORMAL SEQUENCE: <CTRL-I> Z
3. Apple IIe with Apricorn parallel card and parallel Brother printer add the following IN FRONT OF THE NORMAL SEQUENCE: <CTRL-I> <CTRL-A>
Also, Brother's 10-pitch command requires a carriage return as part of the sequence, which does not appear to ever get to the printer. Instead, use the "set to switch command" (<ESC>S) to get back to 10-pitch.
BEST DIP SWITCH SETTINGS FOR APRICORN PARALLEL CARD
| Switch | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| ON | X | - | - | - |
| OFF | - | X | X | X |
These settings force an 80-column mode and turn off the screen while printing, just like the serial card does.
APPLEWORKS PRINTER CODES TO USE:
Interface Cards (version 1.2) -- none
10-pitch -- <ESC>S
12-pitch -- <ESC><CTRL-_><CTRL-K>
15-pitch -- Super Serial Card: <CTRL-I>Z<RETURN><ESC><CTRL-_><CTRL-I>
IIc: <CTRL-I>Z<ESC><CTRL-_><CTRL-I>
Parallel Card: <CTRL-I><CTRL-A><ESC><CTRL-_><CTRL-I>
6-LPI -- Super Serial Card: <CTRL-I>Z<RETURN><ESC><CTRL-6><CTRL-I>
IIc: <CTRL-I>Z<ESC><CTRL-6><CTRL-I>
Parallel Card: <CTRL-I><CTRL-A><ESC><CTRL-6><CTRL-I>
8-LPI -- <ESC><CTRL-6><CTRL-G>
| Bold Begin: <ESC>F | Bold End: <ESC>& |
| Subscript Begin: <ESC>U | Subscript End: <ESC>D |
| Superscript Begin: <ESC>D | Superscript End: <ESC>U |
| Underline Begin: <ESC>E | Underline End: <ESC>R |