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chapter 8<br />

PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS<br />

The printer has two emulation modes: Standard/Epson mode and IBM mode.<br />

In Standard/Epson mode, theprinter emulates the functions of theEpson LQ-<br />

860/850. In IBM mode, the printer emulates the IBM Proprinter X24E/24P<br />

and P!Y1printer. Additional command codes are included as a superset of<br />

these emulations.<br />

The emulation is changed by means of EDS switch A-1. When it is ON, the<br />

printer will be in Standard/Epson mode, and when OFF, the printer will be<br />

in IBM mode (see Chapter 5).<br />

In addition, when the EDS switch A-2 is ON, the printer automatically<br />

changes the emulation by means of software control.<br />

This chapter describes the printer’s control commands. Some commands are<br />

common to both the standard and IBM modes. In the descriptions of the<br />

commands, all commands will given by functions.<br />

Mode ]ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal I Description<br />

Std. “X” 27 120 1 \ IB 78 01 Select LQ characters<br />

Mode:<br />

ASCII:<br />

Decimal:<br />

Indicates the mode in which the command is recognized.<br />

Std. Standard/Epson mode (EDS switch A-1 is ON.)<br />

IBM IBM mode (EDS switch A-1 is OFF.)<br />

Both Both Standard/Epson and IBM modes<br />

Indicates the ASCII coding of the command. Control<br />

characters are enclosed in pointed brackets: For example,<br />

means character code 1.<br />

Gives the command in decimal character codes.<br />

Hexadecimal: Gives the command in hexadecimal character codes.<br />

Parameters for which values must be supplied are indicated by italic letters<br />

such as n, m or d.<br />

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