Portrait Mode
This is a suggested way of document handling:
1. ESC f (x) (y): Set up document wait time
xTime the printer should wait from receiving a print line for the
document station until the document is inserted.
If the document has not been detected by the time the wait time
ends, a document error is sent to the system but the system
continues to wait for a document to be inserted.
yDelay from the time the document is detected until it is grabbed by
the printer (the start of document printing):
vSide insertion - closes the document throat.
vFront insertion - pulls the document into the printer and feeds it
to the Topof Form.
2. ESC c 0 X'04': Select document station - normal print mode:
The document present indicator blinks until a document is detected, when it
stays on continuously.
vIf the document is inserted from the front, it is fed to the first print
position after the document wait time. Then commands in the printer
buffer begin executing.
vIf the document is inserted from the side, printing starts at the location
where it was inserted.
The document throat must be open to insert the document from the side.
Manually, open the throat by pressing and then releasing both buttons.
Youcan also open it with these commands - ESC q or ESC < X'01'.
If a document is not detected within the wait time (specified in the ESC f
command), the printer sends error status to the system, and continues to
wait.
Note: The system can either cancel the print buffer, thereby deleting all
data in the print buffer, or wait for a document to be inserted.
The printer appears to be hung until an action is taken.
3. Send print lines to be printed in this station.
4. Final handling.
Youhave an option on final handling, finish printing and either eject the
document or open the document throat to allow manual removal of the
document:
4a. FF: Print and Eject Document.
Finish printing and eject the document.
4b. ESC q or ESC < X'01': Open Document Throat
Finish printing and release the document from the printer’s rollers.
Note: The document station stays selected - the printer will wait for
another document until the station is changed.
Landscape Mode
Notes on landscape printing:
vLines you send to print start at the bottom of the form, against the right stop, and
continue to the top of the form, to a maximum of 80 mm from the bottom of the
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