These three kinds of initialization have slightly different effects. In particular, ESC @ resets the typestyle to the current SelecType setting; the other two methods reset the typestyle according to the default settings selected by the SelecType settings. Also, ESC @ does not initialize the printer mechanism, clear the input data buffer, or clear the user-defined character set.

Default Settings

The following table shows the default conditions that become valid when the printer is initialized.

I Item

 

 

I

Reset to:

I

 

Top of form position

Current paper position

 

 

Left

and right

margins

SelecType

setting

 

 

Line

spacing

 

l/6-inch line spacing

 

 

Vertical tab positions

Cleared

 

 

 

Horizontal tab

positions

Every eight characters

 

 

VFU channel

 

Channel 0

 

 

 

Font

selection

 

Reset to the current SelecType setting

 

 

User-defined

characters

Hardware:

Cleared

 

 

 

 

 

Software:

Deselected only

 

In addition, the data buffer is cleared when the printer is initialized by turning on the power or by sending an INIT signal.

Note: The user-defined character set is not cleared when the printer is initialized by ESC @.

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Technical Specifications