Datamax 7A300007 Rev. 2 manual Printer Controls Reset, Printer Controls Power, Can, Esc @

Printer Controls - Reset

Cancel CAN

This command deletes the entire printer buffer and resets the printer to the power-up default values.

Control Code:	CAN
Hexadecimal:	18
Decimal:	24
Reset printer and load default setup		ESC @

This command initializes all programmable attributes to factory default values. Custom programming, present in flash memory, will be restored as well, overriding the factory defaults.

Note: This command does not clear the print buffer! Use the Cancel (CAN) command to clear the buffer.

This command will not restore any changes that were burned into the flash memory such as: fonts, logos, default power up message or hardware information message. User programmable printer attributes and their factory defaults are shown in the table below:

Attribute	Factory Default
Font	Courier 3
Character set	International
Underline	Disabled
Bold	Disabled
Reverse Printing (White on Black)	Disabled
Double Width	Disabled
Double Height	Disabled
Line spacing	3 dots
Form Feed Length	2030 dots
Vertical Tab distance	203 dots
Horizontal Tab distance	100 dots
Printing direction	Left-to-right
Contrast	2
Sensor Sensitivity	255
Auto Power Down time	99 seconds

Printer Controls – Power

Auto Power Down Command ESC M n m 0 CR

This command configures the printer Auto power-down timer.

In order to conserve battery life, the printer features an auto power down timer. If the printer is in the AUTO POWER DOWN MODE, the power down timer defaults to 99 seconds on initial power up. Refer to the printer User Manual for appropriate dip-switch positions.

The auto power down timer may be set or disabled by sending recognized command strings. The auto power down is re-started upon every character received.

The auto power down timer may be disabled by activating the <RTS> input line, or setting the auto power down timer to zero, the printer lowers the CTS output line and transmits AUXOFF followed by XOFF before power down. On power down the timer reverts to its default settings.

The parameters n1 and n2 may be set to ‘0’ through ‘9’.

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