
chapter 4
PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS
The printer has two emulationmodes:Standardmode and IBM mode.
In standardmode,the printeremulatesthe functionsof the
The emulationis changedby means of EDS switch
Thischapterdescribestheprinter’scontrolcommands.Somecommandsare commontoboththestandardandIBMmodes.Inthedescriptionsofthecom- mands, all commandswill be categorizedby function.The name of each commandis followedby a table like the one below:
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<ESC> | “X” “1” | 27120 | 49 | IB | 78 | 31 |
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<ESC> | “X” <1> | 27120 | 1 | IB | 78 | 01 |
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| Std. Standardmode (EDS switch | ||||
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ASCII: |
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Decimal: | Givesthe commandin decimalcharactercodes. |
Hexadecimal: Gives the command in hexadecimal character codes.
Parametersfor whichvaluesmustbe suppliedare indicatedby italicletters such as n.
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