Epson 4500 Printer User Manual


 
Using the Data Dump Mode
2. If the printer is on, switch it off, then hold down the FORM FEED
and
LINE FEED
buttons at the same time you turn on the printer.
3. Run any program that causes the printer to print (either an
application program or one in any programming language). Your
printer prints out all the codes sent to the printer, as shown below.
(In order to print the last line, you will have to take the printer off
line.)
1B 40 1B 52 00 1B 74
01 1B 50 1B 70 00 .@.R..t..6..P.p.
20 20 54 68 69 73 20
6’ 6E 20 65 78 61 This is an exa
6D 70 6C 65 20 6F 66
61 74 61 20 64 mple of a data d
75 6D 70 20 70 72 69
75 74 2E 20 54 68 “mP printout. Th
69 73 20 66 65 61 74
5 20 6D 61 6B 65 73 is feature makes
0A 20 20 20 20 20 69
5 61 73 79 20 66 6F it easy fo
On the left side of the printout all the codes are printed in
hexadecimal format. On the right side of the printout all printable
characters are printed, and others, such as control codes, are
represented by dots.
Using the Printer
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