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chapter 4
PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS
Theprinterhastwo emulationmodes:Standardmodeand IBMmode.
IiIstandardmode,theprinteremulatesthefunctionsof theEpsonLX-850.
In IBM mode, the printer emulates the IBM Propnnter III. Additional
commandcodesare includedas a supersetof theseemulations.
TheemulationischangedbymeansofDIPswitch1-1.WhenON,theprinter
will be in standard mode, and when OFF, the printer will be in IBM
emulationmode(see Chapter3). It isnotpossibleto changethe emulation
modeby meansof softwarecontrolor thefrontcontrolpanel.
Thischapterdescribestheprinter’scontrolcommands.Somecommandsare
commontoboththestandardandIBMmodes.Inthedescriptionsofthecom-
mands,all commandswill be categorizedby function.The nameof each
commandis followedby atableliketheonebelow:
Mode ASCII
Decimal Hexadecimal
std.
<ESC> “X” “l” 27120 49
IB 78 31
<ESC> “X” <1>
27120 1
IB 78 01
Mode: Indicatesthemodeinwhichthecommandisrecog-
nized.
Std. Standardmode(DIPswitch 1-1on)
IBM IBMmode(DIPswitch1-1off)
Both BothstandardandIBMmodes
ASCII:
Indicates the ASCII coding of the command.
Controlcharactemare enclosedin pointedbrack-
ets:For example,<1>meanscharactercode 1.
Decimal: Givesthecommandin decimalcharactercodes.
Hexadecimal: Gives the command in hexadecimal character
codes.
Parametersforwhichvaluesmustbesuppliedareindicatedbyitalicletters
suchas n.