chapter 4
PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS
me printerhas two emulationmodes:Standardmodeand IBMmode.
In standardmode,theprinteremulatesthe functionsof theEpsonFX-850
or EX-800for colorprint.
In IBM mode, the printer emulatesthe IBM Proprinter III. Additional
commandcodesare includedas a supersetof theseemulations.
The emulationis changedby means of EDS switchA-1. When ON, the
printerwillbein standardmode,andwhenOFF,theprinterwillbe in IBM
mode (see Chapter3). It is not possibleto changethe emulationmodeby
meansof softwarecontrol.
Thischapterdescribestheprinter’scontrolcommands.Somecommandsare
commontoboththestandardandIBMmodes.Inthedescriptionsofthecom-
mands,all commandswillbe categorizedby function.The name of each
commandisfollowedby a tableliketheonebelow:
IModel ASCII
/ Decimal
I Hexadecimal I
std.
<ESC>“X” “1” 27120 49 IB 78 31
<ESC>
“x” <1>
27120 1 IB 78 01
Mode:
ASCII:
Decimal:
Hexadecimal:
Indicatesthemodeinwhichthecommandisrecog-
nized.
Std. Standardmode(EDS switchA-1 on)
IBM IBMmode(EDSswitchA-1 off)
Both BothstandardandIBMmodes
Indicates the ASCII coding of the command.
Controlcharactersareenclosedin pointedbrack-
ets:For example,<1>meanscharactercode 1.
Givesthe commandin decimalcharactercodes.
Gives the command in hexadecimal character
codes.
Parametersforwhichvaluesmustbe suppliedareindicatedby italicletters
suchas n.
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