EPSON Stylus PHOTO 810/820/830

Revision B

1.4.5 Printer Initialization

There are four kinds of initialization method, and the following explains each initialization.

1.Power-on initialization

This printer is initialized when turning the printer power on, or printer recognized the cold-reset command (remote RS command).

When printer is initialized, the following actions are performed.

(a)Initializes printer mechanism

(b)Clears input data buffer

(c)Clears print buffer

(d)Sets default values

2.Operator initialization

This printer is initialized when turning the printer power on again within 10 seconds from last power off, or printer recognized the -INIT signal (negative pulse) of parallel interface.

When printer is initialized, the following actions are performed.

(a)Cap the printer head

(b)Eject a paper

(c)Clears input data buffer

(d)Clears print buffer

(e)Sets default values

3.Software initialization

The ESC@ command also initialize the printer.

When printer is initialized, the following actions are performed.

(a)Clears print buffer

(b)Sets default values

4.Power-on initialization except I/F

The printer recognized the IEEE 1284.4 “rs” command.

When printer is initialized, the following action is performed.

(a)Initializes printer mechanism

(b)Clears input data buffer

(c)Clears print buffer

(d)Sets default values except I/F

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