Printer User's Manual

chapter 4

PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

Theprinterhastwoemulationmodes:StandardmodeandIBMmode.

In standardmode,theprinteremulatesthefunctionsof theEpsonLQ-860.

In IBM mode,the printeremulatesthe IBMPropnnter X24E.Additional

commandcodesare includedas a supersetof theseemulations.

The emulationis changedby means of EDS switchA-1. When ON, the

printerwillbe in standardmode,andwhenOFF,theprinterwillbe in IBM

mode(see Chapter3). It is notpossibleto changethe emulationmodeby

meansof softwarecontrol.

Thischapterdescribestheprinter’scontrolcommands.Somecommandsare

commontoboththestandardandIBMmodes.Inthedescriptionsofthecom-

mands,all commandswillbe categorizedby function.Thename of each

commandis followedby a tablelikethe one below:

Mode

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC> “X” “1”

27120 49 IB 78 31

27120 1 IB 78 01

Mode:

ASCII:

Decimal:

Hexadecimal:

Indicatesthemodeinwhichthecommandisrecog-

nized.

Std. Standardmode(EDSswitchA-1 on)

IBM IBMmode(EDS switchA-1 off)

Both BothstandardandIBMmodes

Indicates the ASCII coding of the command.

Controlcharactersareenclosedin pointedbrack-

ets:For example,<1>meanscharactercode 1.

Givesthe commandin decimalcharactercodes.

Gives the command in hexadecimal character

codes.

Parametersforwhichvaluesmustbe suppliedareindicatedbyitalicletters

suchas n.