updated March 18, 2002

Appendix F. Emulation Support for Epson Single-Station Printer

Commands Supported in Emulation Mode . . . .

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. . . 169

Commands with Limited Support in Emulation Mode

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. . . 171

Commands Not Supported in Emulation Mode . . .

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172

Connectivity Differences

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172

The SureMark single-station printers in SBCS mode can emulate an Epson single-station printer. Emulation mode provides full support for most Epson commands. However, some commands are supported partially and a few commands are not supported at all. This section describes the commands that have each of the three levels of support and also lists the connectivity differences between an Epson single-station printer and the SureMark single-station printers.

Commands Supported in Emulation Mode

The commands listed in Table 20 are supported in Epson emulation mode. However, there will be some differences in the printed output, because of different dot pitches in the print heads and the minimum distance that the paper feed motors can move the paper. These differences will appear when there are a number of printed lines, and the method of aligning the data is different.

Examples of the printed differences that might occur:

vLogos will appear smaller in emulation mode. The logo will still contain the same number of dots in the width and height. However, because the SureMark print head has a finer dot pitch, the logo will appear smaller. If text is aligned around the logo, the text on receipts that are printed in emulation mode might not line up the same as receipts that are printed on the Epson printer.

vIf one line is aligned using spaces and another line is aligned using the relative position commands, the data might appear misaligned. The commands, such as the relative position and margin commands, that use the minimum unit of motion values are based on a fraction of an inch, which eliminates the differences in the dot pitch. Tabs and spaces are subject to pitch differences.

Table 20. Commands Supported in Epson Emulation Mode

 

Hex Command

ASCII Command

Description

 

 

 

 

9

 

HT

Tab

 

 

 

 

0A

 

LF

Line feed

 

 

 

 

0C

 

FF

Print and return to standard mode

 

 

 

 

0D

 

CR

Print and carriage return

 

 

 

 

1B

20 n

ESC SP n

Set right-side character spacing

 

 

 

 

1B

21 n

ESC ! n

Select print mode

 

 

 

 

1B

24 nL nH

ESC $ nL nH

Set absolute print position

 

 

 

 

1B

25 n

ESC % n

Select or cancel user-defined character

 

 

 

set

 

 

 

 

1B

26 y c1 c2...

ESC & y c1 c2...

Define user-defined characters

 

 

 

 

1B

2A m nL nH dl..k

ESC * m nL nH dl...k

Select bit-image mode

 

 

 

 

1B

32

ESC 2

Select default line spacing

 

 

 

 

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