Data Dump Mode

3.Run any program. Your printer prints out all the codes sent to the printer in hexadecimal format as shown below.

Data

Dump

Node

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0000

18

40 1B 52 00 1B

74

01

16

36

12 LB 50 20 20

20

.@.R..t..6..P

 

OO1O

20

20

54

68

69

73

20

69

73

20

61

6E

20

65

78

61

This

is an

exa

0020

60

70

6C

65

20

6F

66

20

61

20

64

61

74

61 20

64

mple of a data d

0030

75

6D

70

20

70

72

69

6E

74

6F

75

74

ZE

20

54

68

ump

printout.

Th

0040

69

73

20

69

73

20

66

65

61

74 75

72

65

20

6D

61

is

is

feature

ma

0050

6B

65

73

20

69

74

20

65

61

73

79

20

66

6F

72

20

kes

it

easy for

On the printout’s left side, the codes are printed in hexadecimal format. On the right side, printable ASCII characters are printed normally, but non-printable control codes (00 to 1F hex) are portrayed by dots.

4.To cancel the data dump mode, press the ON LINE button to set the printer off line. Then turn off the printer.

By comparing the characters printed in the text field on the right side of the data dump printout (see Step 3) with the printout of hex codes, you can check which codes are being sent to the printer. If characters are printable, they appear as their true ASCII characters. Non-printable codes, such as control codes, are represented by dots.

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