Star Micronics LC24-20 Printer User Manual


 
Set printer off-line
Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal
std.
<DC3>
19 13
IBM
<ESC>
‘“Q” II
27 81 H
IB 51 11
Sets the printer off-line. The printer disregards all subsequent
‘charactersand commands except<DC 1>,which returnsit to the on-
line. The printer’s ON LINE indicator does not go off.
In the IBM mode, the value of n should be 36, 81, or 180.
Set printer on-line
Mode
ASCII
Decimal Hexadecimal
Both ]
<DCI>
17 11
Returns the printer on-line state, allowing it to receive and process
all subsequentcharacters and commands. This command is ignored
if the printer was set off-line by pressing the 1
ON LINE
I
button
on the control panel.
Stop printing
Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal
IBM
<ESC> “j” 27 106 IB 6A
Prints theentire contentsof the inputbuffer, then sets theprinter off-
line. The ONLINE indicator on the control panel goes off.
Bell
Mode ASCII Decimal
Hexadecimal
Both
<BEL> 7
07
Sounds a brief beep tone from the printer.
Bi-directional printing
Mode ASCII
Decimal Hexadecimal
Both
<ESC>
“u” <0> 27 85 0
IB 55 00
Causes subsequent printing to be done in the normal bi-directional
mode, which is faster than uni-directional printing.
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