chapter 4

PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

me printerhas twoemulationmodes:Standardmode andIBM mode.
In standardmode,the printeremulatesthefunctionsof the EpsonFX-850
orEX-800 forcolor print.
In IBM mode, the printer emulatesthe IBM Proprinter III. Additional
commandcodesare includedas asupersetof theseemulations.
The emulationis changedby means of EDS switchA-1. When ON, the
printerwillbe in standardmode,andwhen OFF,theprinter willbe inIBM
mode(see Chapter3). It is not possibleto changethe emulationmodeby
meansof softwarecontrol.
Thischapterdescribestheprinter’scontrolcommands.Somecommandsare
commontoboththestandardandIBMmodes.Inthedescriptionsofthecom-
mands,all commandswill be categorizedby function.Thename of each
commandisfollowedby atable likethe one below:
IModel ASCII /Decimal IHexadecimal I
std. <ESC>“X” “1” 27120 49 IB 78 31
<ESC> “x” <1> 27120 1 IB 78 01
Mode:
ASCII:
Decimal:
Hexadecimal:
Indicatesthemodeinwhichthecommandisrecog-
nized.
Std. Standardmode(EDS switchA-1 on)
IBM IBMmode (EDSswitchA-1 off)
Both Bothstandardand IBMmodes
Indicates the ASCII coding of the command.
Controlcharactersareenclosedin pointed brack-
ets:For example,<1> meanscharactercode 1.
Givesthe commandindecimal charactercodes.
Gives the command in hexadecimalcharacter
codes.
Parametersforwhichvaluesmust besuppliedare indicatedbyitalicletters
suchas n.
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