Hexadecimal dump

This feature is useful for programmers who are debugging printing pro- grams and want to see the actual codes the printer is receiving. (Some computers change the codes the programmer intended.)

In this mode, all data received will be printed in a hexadecimal dump format, rather than the control codes being acted on as command codes.

This mode is accessed with the following procedure:

1.While holding both the(PAPER FEED)and( SEJ&l~“’ )buttons down, turn power ON. A beep tone will be heard.

2.Begin printing. ln place of the usual printout you will get a formatted dump showing exactly what data the printer receives. Each line presents sixteen characters, their hexadecimal codes to the left and printable char- acters printed on the right.

3.At the end of the hexadecimal dump, set the printer off-line with the ( 0N LINE ) button. This is necessary to print the last line.

The following BASIC program is a simple test you can run in hexadecimal mode:

10 LPRINT WIDTH “LPT1:“.255

20 FOR I=0 TO 255

30 LPRINT CHR$(I);

40 NEXT I

50LPRINT

60END

If your system passes the codes directly to the printer without changing them, you will get a printout like Figure 2-5.

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

OA

08

OC

OD

OE

OF

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

1A

1B

1C

1D

1E

1F

.,,.____.,..__..

 

 

 

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

2A

ZB

2C

2D

2E

2F

!“#$%a’()*+,-./

 

 

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

3A

38

3C

3D

3E

3F

0123456789:;<=>?

 

 

40

41

42

43

44

45

46

47

48

49

4A

48

4C

4D

4E

4F

QABCDEFGHIJKLMNO

 

 

50

51

52

53

54

55

56

57

58

59

5A

58

5C

50

5E

5F

PQRSTUVWXYZ

[\I

^-

60

61

62

63

64

65

66

67

68

69

6A

6B

6C

60

6E

6F

‘abcdefghijklmno

 

 

70

71

72

73

74

75

76

77

70

79

7A

78

7C

70

7E

7F

pqrstuvwxyz(;)-.

 

 

80

81

82

83

84

85

86

87

88

89

8A

8B

8C

8D

8E

8F

._.__....___....

 

 

 

90

91

92

93

94

95

96

97

98

99

9A

9B

9C

9D

9E

9F

.,___.._,.._._..

 

 

 

A0

Al

A2

A3

A4

A5

A6

A7

A8

A9

AA

AB

AC

AD

AE

AF

. . . .

. . . . . . . .

BO

Bl

RZ

B3

84

B5

B6

B7

B8

89

BA

BB

BC

BD

BE

BF

 

 

 

.

CO

Cl

C2

C3

C4

C5

C6

C7

C8

C9

CA

CB

CC

CD

CE

CF

. . . . . . . . .

 

. . . .

DO

01

D7

03

04

D5

D6

07

D8

D9

DA

DB

DC

DD

DE

DF

. . . . . . . . . . . .

EO

El

EZ

E3

E4

E5

E6

E7

E8 E9 EA EB EC ED EE EF

.._.___.__,_._._

 

 

FO

Fl

F2

F3

F4

F5

F6

F7

F8

F9

FA

FB

FC

FD

FE

FF

. . .

. . .

. . .

OD

OA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

QW.S2-5. Sample hexadecimal dump

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