Epson ME100, Service Manual

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EPSON Stylus CX1500/ME100 Revision A
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Control Panel 28
1.5.5 Printer Initialization
There are four kinds of initialization method, and the following explains each
initialization.
1. Power-on initialization
This printer is initialized when turning the printer power on, or printer recognized
the cold-reset command (remote RS command).
When printer is initialized, the following actions are performed.
(a) Initializes printer mechanism
(b) Clears input data buffer
(c) Clears print buffer
(d) Sets default values
2. Operator initialization
This printer is initialized when turning the printer power on again within 10
seconds from last power off, or printer recognized the -INIT signal (negative
pulse) of parallel interface.
When printer is initialized, the following actions are performed.
(a) Cap the printer head
(b) Eject a paper
(c) Clears input data buffer
(d) Clears print buffer
(e) Sets default values
3. Software initialization
The ESC@ command also initialize the printer.
When printer is initialized, the following actions are performed.
(a) Clears print buffer
(b) Sets default values
4. Power-on initialization except I/F
The printer recognized the IEEE 1284.4 “rs” command.
When printer is initialized, the following action is performed.
(a) Initializes printer mechanism
(b) Clears input data buffer
(c) Clears print buffer
(d) Sets default values except I/F