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

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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