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●We can guess from this that the paper is probably - international A4 size.

. If you use this feature with fanfold paper, only the top message will be printed.

●The printer is ready to start printing normally after it has printed the bottom message.

Hexadecimal dump mode

This feature is most useful for programmers and sup- port staff who need to check that the printer is really receiving the expected data. In this mode, the printer does not act on so-called “control codes”; codes which cause the printer to perform an action such as feeding paper. Characters are printed in the following way:

A space is printed with its hexadeci

								. .
					mal value (20).
								72	65	20	77 72		69	7		I f	YOU	a	re		wr i t-i
6E	67	20	79	6F				6F	77	6E	20	70	72	6F	67				own		prog
72	61	6D	73					73	65	6E	64	20	6F	75	74				send			out
70 75 74								68	65	20 70 72			69 6E 74
65 72 2C 20 69 74 20 69								73	20 73		6F	6D	65 74 69			er ,	i t	i	s	someti
60	65	73	20	75	73	65	66	75	6C	20	74	6F	20	70	72	mes	usef		U1		to	pr
69	6E	74	20	6F	75	74	20	74	68	65	20	72	61	77	20	Int	out		the		raw
64	61	74	61	20	74	68	61	74	20	74	68	65	20	70	72	data th#			t	the		pr
69	6E	74 65		72	20	69	73	2.0	72	65	63	65	69	76	69	inter	is			receivi
6E	67	2E	OA 57 68 65 6E					20	79	6F	75	20	70	65	72	ng	.When			you		per

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Non-printable (con%l) characters are

sh&vn as periods, and printed with their

hexadecimal values.

Printable characters are printed with their hexadecimal values on the left, and the characters on the right. This kind of format is familiar to anyone who has used the MS-DOS DEBUG command.

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