Chapter 7

PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

The printer has two emulation modes: Standard mode and IBM mode.

In standard mode, the printer emulates the functions of the Epson EX-SOO/ EX-1000. In IBM mode, the printer emulates the IBM Proprinter III. Additional command codes are included as a superset of these emulations.

The emulation is changed by means of Memory Switch mode. When the Emulation option is set to [STANDARD], the printer will be in standard mode, and when [IBM], the printer will be in IBM mode (see Chapter 6). It is not possible to change the emulation by means of software control.

This chapter describes the printer’s control commands. Some commands are common to both the standard and IBM modes. In the descriptions of the commands, all commands will given by functions. The name of each command is followed by a table like the one below:

Mode ASCII

 

 

Decimal

Hexadecimal

<ES0

“XI’ “1

 

27120

49

1B

70

31

Std.

“X” <l>

 

 

 

 

 

 

<ESC>

 

27120

1

1B

70

01

Mode:

 

Indicates the mode in which the command is recog-

 

 

nized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Std.

Standard mode

 

 

 

 

 

IBM

IBM mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

Both

Both standard and IBM modes

 

ASCII:

 

Indicates the ASCII coding of the command. Con-

 

 

trol characters are enclosed in pointed brackets: For

 

 

example, <l> means character code 1.

 

Decimal:

Gives the command

in decimal character codes.

Hexadecimal: Gives the command inhexadecimal character codes.

Parameters for which values must be supplied are indicated by italic letters such as n, m or d.

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Star Micronics XR-1520, XR-1020 manual Printer Control Commands

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