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2 ANSI Emulation
Overview
This chapter describes the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) host
control codes that are supported on your printer. “Emulation” refers to the
ability of a printer to execute the commands of a particular printer control
language. A printer control language is the coding system used to convey,
manipulate, and print data. In this manual, the terms “emulation”, “printer
protocol”, and “printer control language” are synonymous.
In the ANSI emulation mode, the printer can print files coded for the ANSI
printer control language. To select the ANSI emulation as the active printer
emulation, refer to your User’s Manual.
The ANSI emulation provides many adjustable parameters. The default
parameter values for this emulation are shown in Table 1. You can modify
these parameter values in two ways:
• The ANSI host control codes. A set of ANSI control code commands
can be sent to the printer from an attached host computer via the printer
I/O port. This chapter describes these ANSI control code commands.
• The printer configuration menus. You can modify a subset of the ANSI
emulation parameters using the configuration menus and the control
panel keys, as described in your User’s Manual.
NOTE: A parameter value set by a host control code overrides a value set
from the printer control panel.
Configuration values selected from the menus or via host control codes can
be saved to memory so that they will not be lost when you power off the
printer. The menu selection for saving a configuration to memory is described
in your User’s Manual.
ANSI Emulation Default Settings
The ANSI factory settings are shown in Table 1 on page 24. Table 2 on page
25 lists additional factory settings for parameters provided by the LinePrinter
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formatting menus. (The EMULATION menu options are described in
the User’s Manual). Host control codes can override many of the settings for
these menu options.