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Hexadecimaldump
This feature is usefid for programmerswho are debuggingprintingpro-
grams and want to see the actual codes the printer is receiving.(Some
computerschangethecodestheprogrammerintended.)
Inthismode,alldatareceivedwillbeprintedinahexadecimaldumpformat,
ratherthan the controlcodesbeingactedon as commandcodes.
Thismodeis accessedwiththefollowingprocedure:
1.
2.
3.
While holdingboth the(PAPER FEED)and (
‘EJMCT
lbuttons down,
turn powerON. A beeptonewill be heard.
Beginprinting.In placeof the usualprintoutyou will get a formatted
dumpshowingexactlywhatdatatheprinterreceives.Eachlinepresents
sixteencharacters,theirhexadecimalcodestotheleftandprintablechar-
actersprintedon the right.
At the end of the hexadecimaldump, set the printer off-linewith the
<
ON LINE
)
button.Thisis necessaryto printthelast line.
ThefollowingBASICprogramis a simpletestyoucan run inhexadecimal
mode:
10 FOR I =0 TO 255
20 LPRINT CHR$(I ) ;
30 NEXT I
40 LPRINT
50 END
If your systempasses the codesdirectlyto the printer withoutchanging
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