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dump Command - Enable Dump Mode
Description This command allows the advanced program
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mer to force a user diagnostic “data dump”
mode. Sending the dump command to the
printer allows the programmer to compare ac
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tual data sent to printer with the host program.
Send data to the printer after the dump com
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mand has been issued to evaluate program and
printer control data. The printer will process all
data bytes into ASCII character data , range
0-255 decimal (00-FF hexadecimal).
Press the printer’s Feed button until “Out of
Dump” is printed or power cycle the printer to
terminate the dump mode.
Syntax dump
Parameters None
Use the “Dump Mode” character map in Appendix A
of the EPL2 programmer’s manual to interpret the
dump mode data (characters printed on the labels)
back into ASCII data.
Graphics data dump may be large and require multi-
ple labels to print.
Set the image buffer width with the q command to
match the media width prior to issuing the dump
command.
Press the Feed button to view dump data that ex
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ceeds a single label’s print area. Repeat to view more
dump data.
Pressing the Feed button after the dump data is fin
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ished printing will cause the printer to exit the dump
mode.
Example:
dump¿
980352-001 Rev.A
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