Star Micronics LC-15 user manual Printer Control Commands, Ascii

chapter 4

PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

The printerhas two emulationmodes:Standardmode and IBM mode.

In standardmode,theprinteremulatesthe functionsof theEpsonFX-1050. In IBM mode, the printer emulates the IBM Proprinter XL. Additional commandcodesare includedas a supersetof these emulations.

Theemulations changedbymeansof DIPswitch1-6.WhenON,theprinter will be in standard mode, and when OFF, the printer will be in IBM emulationmode (see Chapter3). It is not possibleto changethe emulation modeby meansof softwarecontrolor the frontcontrolpanel.

Thischapterdescribestheprinter’scontrolcommands.Somecommandsare commonto boththestandardandIBMmodes.Inthedescriptionsofthecom- mands,allcommandswillbegivenby function.Thenameofeachcommand is followedby a tablelike the one below:

Mode ASCII				Decimal		Hexadecimal
Both	<ESC>	“X”	“l”	27120	49	IB	78	31
	<ESC> “X”		<1>	27120	1	IB	78	01
	Mode:			Indicatesthemodein whichthecommandis recog-
				nized.
				Std. Standardmode (DIP switch 1-6on)
				IBM IBM mode (DIP switch 1-6off)
				Both Bothstandardand IBM modes
	ASCII:			Indicates the ASCII coding of the command.
				Controlcharactersare enclosedin pointedbrack-
				ets: For example,<O>meanscharactercode O.
	Decimal:			Givesthe commandin decimalcharactercodes.

Hexadecimal: Gives the command in hexadecimal character codes.

Parametersfor whichvaluesmustbe suppliedare indicatedby italicletters such as n.

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