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3-81STARCommandSpecications
Rev. 0.70
ESC 4
[Name] Specifywhite/blackinversionandredcolorprinting
[Code] ASCII ESC 4
Hexadecimal 1B 34
Decimal 27 52
[DenedArea] ---
[InitialValue] White/blackinversioncancelled/blackcolorprintingspecied
[Function] The following shows the details of this command. They vary according to the model.
Spec. 1
•Specieswhite/blackinvertedprinting(onlyonmodelsthatdonothandletwocolorprinting)
Subsequentcharactersareprinted,includingthecharacterpitch,withwhiteandblackinverted.
Printing is uni-directional. (SP2000, BD100)
Precautions for Use of This Command
(1)ThiscommandisenabledforANKcharactersonly.White/blackisnotinvertedforKanjicharactersand
blockgraphiccharacters.
(2) Do not use this command when ANK fonts are set to 5 x 9 (3P=1) (Print quality is not guaranteed.)
(3)WhentheANKfontsettingis5x9(2P=1),andcharacterspacingissettoanoddnumber,thegap
betweencharacterswillopen,sosetthecharacterspacetoanevenvalue.
•Speciesredcolorprinting(onlyonmodelsthathandletwocolorprinting)
Subsequentcharactersareprintedinred.Redandblackcharacterscanbemixedonthesameline.
Thiscommandisenabledforallprintdata(ANKcharacters,Kanjicharactersandbitimages).
When switched to red colored, printing is uni-directional.
Spec. 2
Thiscommandfunctionisbasedontheselectionofred/blacksubstitutefunction.
Thered/blacksubstitutefunctionisselectedbythememoryswitchorthecommand<ESC><GS>“4”mn.
Fordetailsonselectingthered/blacksubstitutefunctionusingacommand,seetheexplanationof<ESC>
<GS>“4”mnbelow,andfordetailsonselectingthered/blacksubstitutefunctionusingthememoryswitch,
seetheprinterspecicationsmanual.
ESC 5
[Name] Cancelwhite/blackinversion/specifyblackcolorprinting
[Code] ASCII ESC 5
Hexadecimal 1B 35
Decimal 27 53
[DenedArea] ---
[InitialValue] Cancelwhite/blackinvertedprinting/specifyblackprinting
[Function] The following shows the details of this command. They vary according to the model.
Spec. 1
Cancelswhite/blackinvertedprinting(onlyonmodelsthatdonothandletwocolorprinting)
Cancelswhite/blackinvertedprinting
Speciesblackprinting(onlyonmodelsthathandletwocolorprinting)
Cancelsredcolorprintingandprintssubsequentdatainblack.
Spec. 2
Thiscommandfunctionisbasedontheselectionofred/blacksubstitutefunction.
Thered/blacksubstitutefunctionisselectedbythememoryswitchorthecommand<ESC><GS>“4”mn.
Fordetailsonselectingthered/blacksubstitutefunctionusingacommand,seetheexplanationof<ESC>
<GS>“4”mnbelow,andfordetailsonselectingthered/blacksubstitutefunctionusingthememoryswitch,
seetheprinterspecicationsmanual.
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