Cognitive Solutions B780, A776 manual Select peripheral device for multi-drop, Initialize printer

38 Chapter 5: Programming commands

Select peripheral device (for multi-drop)

ASCII	ESC = n
Hexadecimal	1B 3D n
Decimal	27 61 n
Value of n:	bits 0 and 1 only:
	0	= printer only
	1	= printer only
	2	= peripheral device only
	3	= printer and peripheral device both
Default:	printer only

Selects the device to which the host computer sends data.

Related Information

When the printer is disabled by this command, it ignores transmitted data until re-enabled by same command.

Initialize printer

ASCII	ESC @
Hexadecimal	1B 40
Decimal	27 64
Default:	Character pitch:	15.6 CPI
	Column width:	44 characters
	Extra dot rows:	3
	Character set:	Code Page 437
	Printing position:	Column One

Clears the print line buffer and resets the printer to the default settings for the start-up configuration (refer to Default settings above).

Single-wide, single-high, non-rotated, and left-aligned characters are set, and user-defined characters or logo graphics are cleared. (Flash memory is not affected.) Tabs reset to default. Receipt selection state is selected.

A776: Slip set to 42 column pitch

B780: Slip set to compressed pitch

Set slip paper eject length

ASCII	ESC C n
Hexadecimal	1B 43 n
Decimal	27 67 n
Value of n:	0 to 255
Exception

This command is ignored.

Set unidirectional print on impact station

ASCII	ESC U n
Hexadecimal	1B 55 n
Decimal	27 85 n
Value of n:	Only the lowest bit of n is used
	0	Unidirectional printing is turned off
	1	Unidirectional printing is turned on
Default of n:	0	For text printing
	1	For Page Mode printing

A776 (B780) Programming Guide A776-PG00001 C 12/09