SATO CL608VA, CL612VA manual Clear Print Jobs & Memory, Command Structure ESC*a, Special Note

Section 4. Programming Reference

Clear Print Job(s) & Memory

Command Structure <ESC>*a

a= If the “a” parameter is not included with this command and the printer is in the multi-buffer mode, this command clears all print jobs in the printer memory, including the current print job.

a= If “a” is included with this command, it specifies the internal memory section to be cleared

TTo clear the custom character memory & To clear the form overlay memory

X To clear all internal memory

	Example:	<ESC>*
		<ESC>*X
	Placement:	This command should be sent to the printer as an
		independent data stream.
	Default:	None
Command Function	To clear individual memory or buffer areas of the printer.
Input to Printer	<ESC>A
	<ESC>*
	<ESC>Z
Printer Output	There is no printer output as a result of this command. The current
	print job in the buffer will be terminated and all other print jobs in the
	buffer cleared.
Special Note	1. See Memory Card Functions for variations of this command used to
	clear data from the memory card (page 4-80).

2. It is not necessary to clear the printer’s memory between each print job.

3. The primary purpose of this command is to clear all print jobs in the multi-buffer mode. The “a” parameter can be used in either the multi-buffer or single job mode to clear specific parts of the memory.

4. When the “a” parameter is used, the section of memory specified will not be cleared until the label is printed.

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