Hexadecimaldump
Thisfeature is usefidfor programmerswho are debuggingprinting pro-
grams and want to see the actualcodes the printer is receiving. (Some
computerschangethecodes theprogrammerintended.)
Inthismode,alldata receivedwillbeprintedinahexadecimaldumpformat,
ratherthan thecontrolcodesbeing actedonas commandcodes.
Thismode isaccessedwith thefollowingprocedure:
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Whileholding boththe(PAPER FEED)and (‘EJMCT lbuttons down,
turnpower ON.Abeeptone willbe heard.
Beginprinting.In place ofthe usualprintoutyou will getaformatted
dumpshowingexactlywhatdatatheprinterreceives.Eachlinepresents
sixteencharacters,theirhexadecimalcodestotheleft andprintablechar-
actersprintedon the right.
At the end of thehexadecimaldump, setthe printer off-linewith the
<ONLINE )button.This isnecessaryto print thelastline.
ThefollowingBASICprogramis asimpletestyou canrun inhexadecimal
mode:
10 FOR I=0 TO 255
20 LPRINT CHR$( I ) ;
30 NEXT I
40 LPRINT
50 END
If yoursystem passesthe codes directlyto the printer withoutchanging
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