Epson￿

Commands￿

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Notes

 

 

Function

(ASCII, Decimal, Hexadecimal)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set page format

ASCII: ESC (c n1 n2 t1 t2 b1 b2

Set the top and bottom margins for the

 

 

 

Dec: 27 40 99 n1 n2 t1 t2 b1 b2

currently selected paper mode.

 

 

 

Hex: 1B 28 63 n1 n2 t1 t2 b1 b2

n1=4, n2=0: specifies the number of pa-

 

 

 

 

rameters (in bytes) to follow.

 

 

 

 

Top margin=(t1 + [t2 x256]) x (basic unit

 

 

 

 

in inches)

 

 

 

 

Bottom margin=(b1 +[b2 x256]) x (basic

 

 

 

 

unit in inches)

 

 

 

 

The default of basic units 1/360 inch.

 

 

 

 

Skip Over Perforation feature is deacti-

 

 

 

 

vated by this command.

 

 

Set Skip Over Perforation

ASCII: ESC N n

Activates Skip Over Perforation feature

 

 

area

Dec: 27 78 n

and sets it for n lines at the current line

 

 

(bottom margin)

Hex: 1B 4E n

spacing. When Perforation Skip area is

 

 

 

 

entered, printer will automatically feed

 

 

 

 

paper down to top of form on next page.

 

 

 

 

Once this command is entered, the Skip

 

 

 

 

Over Perforation setting will remain the

 

 

 

 

same even if line spacing is changed.

 

 

 

 

n=1 to 255

 

 

Cancel Skip Over Perfora-

ASCII: ESC O

Deactivates Skip Over Perforation. Com-

 

 

tion

Dec: 27 79

mand overrides menu.

 

 

 

Hex: 1B 4F

 

 

 

Cut Sheet Feeder ￿

 

 

 

 

Option￿

 

 

 

 

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Controls Cut Sheet Feeder accessory.

 

 

Cut Sheet Feeder Control

ASCII: ESC EM n

 

 

 

Dec: 27 25 n

n=1: Select bin 1

 

 

 

Hex: 1B 19 n

n=2: Select bin 2 (if present)

 

 

 

 

n=73 (ASCII "I"): Insert sheet

 

 

Character Sets

 

n=82 (ASCII "R"): Eject sheet

 

 

Copy ROM Character Set

ASCII: ESC : 0 n 0

Copies the designated character set to

 

 

to RAM Character Set

Dec: 27 58 0 n 0

the user defined set in RAM:

 

 

 

Hex: 1B 3A 00 n 00

n=0: Roman

 

 

 

 

n=1: Swiss

 

 

 

 

n=2: Courier

 

 

 

 

n=3: Prestige

 

 

 

 

n=7: Orator

 

 

 

 

n=122: Swiss Bold

 

 

 

 

n=124: Gothic

 

 

 

 

n=126: MENU setting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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