Datamax 7A300007 Rev. 2 Select Emulation ESC E n, ’Neil Line Print mode, Emulation Language

Emulation

The printer’s default mode of operation of Datamax-O’Neil Printers is the Datamax-O’Neil Printer Command Language (ExPCL). The emulations offered by Datamax-O’Neil Printers allow compatibility with printing systems and software created for printers offered by other mobile printer’s manufacturers. The Datamax-O’Neil printers offer the following emulations:

O’Neil: Line Print Mode and Easy Print Mode

Zebra: CPCL Line Print Mode.

To select a temporary emulation mode the user must use the following command:

Select Emulation ESC E n

This command selects emulation mode n by which future commands will be interpreted as described in the following table. The selected mode will be in effect until another Select Emulation command is received or the printer is manually reset by cycling power on the printer.

Once the emulation has been selected, please refer to the section of this manual that describes the commands available for that emulation.

Example: The following escape sequence will set the printer to O’Neil Emulation.

Escape Sequence:	ESC	E	O
Hexadecimal:	1B	45	4F
Decimal:	27	69	79
			n	Emulation Language
			N	Datamax-O’Neil Printer Command Language
			O	O’Neil Emulation Line Print Mode
			Z	O’Neil Emulation EZ Print Mode
			C	CPCL Emulation

The following table details the behavior of the printer to enter and exit the emulation mode.

Getting From ( Mode Name)	Regular Mode(Datamax-O’Neil)			Line Print Mode	Easy Print Mode
Regular Mode ( Datamax-O’Neil )				Esc E O	ESC	E	Z
O’Neil Easy Print Mode	ESC	E	N	{LP}
O’Neil Line Print Mode	ESC	E	N		ESC	E	Z

Note: O’Neil EZ Print Mode and CPCL emulation are not supported in version 1.0.1

O’Neil Line Print mode

O’Neil Printers can operate in one of two modes: Easy Print mode and Line Print Mode. Only two commands are implemented in the Easy Print mode – {LP} which is the command which brings the printer from Easy Print Mode to Line Print Mode and the other command is ESC E N (N for Normal Datamax-O’Neil Mode) which brings the Datamax-O’Neil printer out of the Emulation into its regular Datamax-O’Neil command mode.

The table below details the list of supported commands of the O’Neil Line Print Mode emulation.

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