Setup Menus, Controls, and Indicators

Multiple Pairs The %%-%% data string turns on exclusion mode but is not sent to the Exclusion Mode printer. Nothing is sent to the printer unless it is within the Multiple Pairs NDS.

The %%+%% data string turns off the exclusion mode and is not sent to the printer. Any data following will be sent unchanged.

Data In= %%-%%comment%%1B47426F6C641B48%%end%%+%% (40 characters in)

Data Out = <esc>GBold<esc>H (8 characters out)

Result: <esc>G puts printer into enhanced mode, ‘Bold’ is printed enhanced (Bold) and <esc>H takes printer out of enhanced mode.

Single Terminator The NDS (%%) is not sent to the printer. Each pair of characters following the NDS

(%%)are combined into single bytes of data (ASCII esc, G, B, etc.) which are sent to the printer until the ending NDS is reached. The ending NDS is not sent to the printer. Any data following will be sent unchanged.

 

Data In =

%%1B47426F6C641B48%

 

Data Out = <esc>GBold<esc>H (8 characters out)

 

Result:

<esc>G puts printer into enhanced mode, ‘Bold’ is printed enhanced

 

 

(Bold) and <esc>H takes printer out of enhanced mode.

Hex Dump

Each data byte is printed out as a pair of characters showing its ASCII value in hex

 

format. Two spaces separate each pair. No normal printing will be done until the

 

Menu selection is changed out of Hex Dump mode.

 

Data In =

%%1B47426F6C641B48%%end

 

Printed

25 25 31 42 34 37 34 32 36 46 36 43 36 34 31 42 34 38

 

Output=

25 25 65 6E 64 (92 characters printed out)

Page Orientation

To select the page orientation, highlight Page Orientation, then press the Enter key to toggle between Portrait (the default) and Landscape.

This option is only available if you selected 1808 or LaserJet as the attached Printer Type on the Offline Printer menu (Figure 3-7 on Page 3-15).

Leaving the Online Printer Menu

To leave the Online Printer menu, use the Left and Right Arrow keys to display another online setup menu, or press the Reset key to exit from Online Setup mode.

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IBM 1483DSV manual Orientation, Leaving the Online Printer Menu