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4. Printing Command Details

ESC i z Print information command

ASCII: ESC i z {n1} {n2} {n3} {n4} {n5} {n6} {n7} {n8} {n9} {n10}

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 7A {n1} {n2} {n3} {n4} {n5} {n6} {n7} {n8} {n9} {n10}

Description

⚫ Specifies the print information.

⚫ Definitions of {n1} through {n10}

{n1}:

Valid flag; Specifies which values are valid

#define PI_KIND 0x02 // Media type

#define PI_WIDTH 0x04 // Media width

#define PI_LENGTH 0x08 // Media length

#define PI_QUALITY 0x40 // Priority given to print quality(Not used)

#define PI_RECOVER 0x80 // Printer recovery always on

{n2}:

Media type

No tape: 00h

Laminated tape: 01h

Non-laminated tape: 03h

Heat-Shrink Tube (HS 2:1): 11h

Heat-Shrink Tube (HS 3:1): 17h

Incompatible tape: FFh

{n3}:

{n3}: Media width (mm)

{n4}: Media length (mm)

For the media of width 24 mm, specify as n3=18h and n4=00h.

n4 is normally 00h, regardless of the paper length.

{n4}:

{n5-n8}:

Raster number = n8*256*256*256 + n7*256*256 + n6*256 + n5

If the media is not correctly loaded into the printer when the valid flag for PI_KIND,

PI_WIDTH and PI_LENGTH are set to “ON”, an error status is returned (Bit 0 of “(2)

Error information 2” is set to “ON”.)

{n9}:

Starting page: 0

Other pages: 1

{n10}:

Fixed at 0