Chapter 2 Configuring The ANSI Emulation
Configuring The ANSI Emulation
Control codes transmit information other than printable characters to the printer. They occupy the first 32 locations on the ASCII code chart (shown in Appendix A) and are represented by two- or
NOTE: Commands and control codes sent from a host system generally override previous settings that result from the configuration menus. However, any configuration settings from host control codes will be gone once the printer is powered off (or reset to the default values), unless you have saved them to memory using the configuration menus. The User’s Manual describes the configuration menu option for saving changes.
Control Codes
ACK (Acknowledge 06H)
A received ACK is ignored. A transmitted ACK is used as part of the serial interface ETX/ACK protocol. Upon the end of transmission of a block of data terminated with an ETX, the host stops sending data until the printer interface sends an ACK back to the host.
BEL (Bell 07H)
Receipt of a BEL code causes the beeper to sound for approximately 1 second.
BS (Backspace 08H)
A BS permits overprinting of characters. This command moves the character position one character width to the left. If the current print position is at column one, this command is ignored.
CR (Carriage Return 0DH)
If configured CR=CR+LF, the line will print, the paper will advance to the next line, and the print position will move to column one.
If configured CR=CR, the print position is set at column one of the current line. Any subsequent printable data preceding a paper motion command will overstrike previously printed data. If it is set to ignore by the panel, then the CR will be ignored.
DC1 (Device Control-1 11H)
Switches the printer from local to
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