Epson 8900 Series manual Introduction

Introduction

This chapter describes the Texas Instruments Model 855 word processing (WP) emulation mode. The Model 855 WP emulation mode allows the Model 8900 Series Printer to accept and respond to commands similar to those for a daisy-wheel printer. This mode allows the printer to emulate most functions of the Model 855 Printer operating in its WP mode with the following considerations.

qThe Model 855 WP emulation supports all Model 8900 global commands.

qYou can select ribbon color with the command sequence ESC c n or ESC r n.

qFactory selected power-up defaults for the Model 855 WP emulation are:

—Processing mode — DP (The WP mode must be selected after power-up.)

—Auto LF — NO

—The last form setting change made via the control panel is retained and restored at power-up.

qThe Model 855 WP emulation uses standard pitch and point for superscript and subscript characters.

qThe standard character set is the IBM PC2 Character Set.

qThe escape sequence to select mosaic graphics by setting the MSDB to 1 is ESC v.

qThe escape sequence to cancel mosaic graphics by setting the MSDB to 1 is ESC =.

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