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Table 1-32. Print Direction Mode Characteristics

 

Black and White PrintingYMCK Printing (color)

 

 

 

Auto

￿ Throughput and quality is better.

￿ Throughput is better.

 

 

￿ Color quality with special paper is

 

 

worse.

 

 

(Because Color correction depends on

 

 

the print direction.)

Bi-D

￿ Throughput is the best.

￿ Throughput is the best.

 

￿ Print quality may be down.

￿ Color quality with special paper is

 

 

worse.

 

 

(Because Color correction depends on

 

 

the print direction.)

Uni-D

￿ Throughput is worse.

￿ Throughput is worse.

 

￿ Print quality is the best.

￿ Color quality is the best.

Table 1-33. Printing Direction and ESC U Command

 

 

 

Character ModeRaster Graphics Mode

 

 

 

(for DOS)(for Windows / Mac) *

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESC U 0

Auto

Bi-D

 

Auto

ESC U 1

Auto

Uni-D

 

 

ESC U 2

Auto

Auto

 

 

Auto

Auto

 

 

ESC U 0

Bi-D

Bi-D

Default

Bi-D

ESC U 1

Uni-D

Uni-D

Setting Mode

 

ESC U 2

Auto

Auto

 

 

Bi-D

Bi-D

 

 

ESC U 0

Uni-D

Bi-D

 

Uni-D

ESC U 1

Uni-D

Uni-D

 

 

ESC U 2

Uni-D

Auto

 

 

Uni-D

Uni-D

*: Printing direction is controlled by driver with Windows/Mac environment.

When the banner mode is selected by default setting or remote command, the function is as described in Table 1-34.

Table 1-34. Vertical Print Position in the Manual Insertion

 

 

 

Function

 

Trigger

 

Banner mode Off

Banner mode On

 

 

 

(manual insertion operation)

 

 

 

 

Command

FF

1. Case that page length is set by

Advances to the top-margin position

 

 

 

ESC (C

of the next page.

 

 

 

Eject

 

 

 

2.

Case that page length is not set

 

 

 

 

by ESC (C

 

 

 

 

Advances to the top-margin

 

 

 

 

of the next page

 

 

ESC EMR

No operation

No operation

Switch

FF

Eject

Advances to the top-margin position

 

 

 

 

of the next page.

 

Eject

Eject (maximum 44 inches)

Advances to the top-margin position

 

 

 

 

of the next page.

Data

Over the page length

1.

Case that page length is set by

No operation

 

set by command

 

ESC (C

 

 

 

 

Eject

 

 

 

2.

Case that page length is not set

 

 

 

 

by ESC (C

 

 

 

 

No operation

 

 

Over the paper

Eject

Eject

 

length

 

 

 

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