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Data Dump Mode
Data dump mode is a special feature that makes it easy for
experienced users to find the cause of communication problems
between the printer and computer. The data dump mode produces
an exact printout of the codes reaching the printer.
1.
Make sure that the printer is loaded with paper and turned off.
2.
Hold down the
SelecType
button while you turn on the printer.
Make sure you hold the button down until the message HEX
DUMP appears on the display.
3.
Run any program that causes the printer to print (either an
application program or a program written in any programming
language). Your printer prints out all of the codes sent to it in
hexadecimal format as shown in the sample below.
0000
1B
52 10
1B
43 45
1B 6B
00
1B
70 00
1B 63 0C
1B
.R..CE.k..p..c..
0001
74
01
1B 32 54
72 6F 75
62 6C
65
20
73
68 6F
6F
t..2Troubleshoo
0002 74 69
6E
67 20 20 20 20 20
0D
0A
54
68 69
73
20
ting ..This
0003 63 68
61
70 74
65 72
20
64 69 73 63 75 73 73
65 chapter discusse
0004
73
20
70
72
6F
62 6C
65 6D 73
20 79
6F 75
20
6D
s problems m
you
0005
61
79 20
65 6E
63
6F 75 6E
74
65 72
20
61
6E
64
ay
encounter and
0006 20 74 68
65
69
72 20 6C
69 68
65 6C
79 20
73
6F
their likely so
0007 6C
75
74 69
6F
6E
73 2E
20 0D 0A 0D 0A 49 66 20
lutions. . . ..If
0008
61
6E 20
65 72
72
6F
72
20
6F
63 63
75 72 73 2C
an error occurs,
0009
20
79
6F
75
72 20
62 65 73
74 20
73 6F
75
72
63
your best sourc
000A
65
20
6F
66 20 69 6E 66
6F
72
6D
61
74
69 6F 6E
e of information
000B 20
0D 0A 69 73
20 74 68
65
20 64 69
73
70
6C
61
..is the displa
000C 79 20
6F
6E 20
74
68
65
20
63 6F
6E 74 72
6F
6C y on the control
000D 20 70
61
6E
65
6C
2E
20
0D
0A
panel. . .
4.
To turn off the data dump mode and stop printing, press
ON LINE
to set the printer off line. (If you press
ON LINE while a
page is
being printed, the
ON LINE
light flashes until the page is ejected
and the printer goes off line.) To exit the data dump mode, turn
off the printer or hold down the
RESET
button until INITIALIZE
appears on the display.
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