Star Micronics 8 Series manual Putting the printer online or offline, Bell

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CONTROLLING THE PRINTER

Putting the printer online or offline

You can send<XOFF>and <XON>controlcodes(describedin Chapter2 under“SerialInterface”)to putyourprinterofflineandthenonlineagain.If youareusingaparallelinterface,anydatayourcomputersendsafteryouput the printerofflinewill not be printed.

To put the printerofflinesend this controlcode:

<XOFF> (sometimesshownas <DC3>)

To-putthe printerback online,eitherpress ONLINEon the front panelor send this command:

<X( IN> (sometimesshownas <DC1>)

If the printer is alreadyonlinewhen you send the <XON> command,the printerwill cancelany incompleteline of print.

Reset

TheEX-800emulationresetcommandreturnstheprintertoitsdefaultinitial parameters.Whenyousendthiscommandattheendof apnnt job theprinter will reset its parametersonly afterpreviouscommandshavefinished.You should,however,taketheprecautionof puttinga formfeedbeforethe reset, to make sure you lose no print data.

To reset the Star LaserPrinter8, send this command:

<ESC>@

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Whenyou send the Bellcontrolcodethe Star LaserPrinter8 will soundits beeperfor ha~fa second(assumingyou haven’tturnedit off with the front panel menu):

<BEL>

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