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Setup Menus, Controls, and Indicators
Multiple Pairs
The %%-%% data string turns on exclusion mode but is not sent to the
Exclusion Mode
printer. Nothing is sent to the printer unless it is within the Multiple Pairs NDS.
The %%+%% data string turns off the exclusion mode and is not sent to the
printer. Any data following will be sent unchanged.
Data In=
%%-%%comment%%1B47426F6C641B48%%end%%+%%
(40 characters in)
Data Out =
<esc>GBold<esc>H (8 characters out)
Result:
<esc>G puts printer into enhanced mode, ‘Bold’ is printed
enhanced (Bold) and <esc>H takes printer out of enhanced
mode.
Single Terminator The NDS (%%) is not sent to the printer. Each pair of characters following the NDS
(%%) are combined into single bytes of data (ASCII esc, G, B, etc.) which are sent to
the printer until the ending NDS is reached. The ending NDS is not sent to the printer.
Any data following will be sent unchanged.
Data In =
%%1B47426F6C641B48%
Data Out =
<esc>GBold<esc>H (8 characters out)
Result:
<esc>G puts printer into enhanced mode, ‘Bold’ is printed enhanced
(Bold) and <esc>H takes printer out of enhanced mode.
Hex Dump
Each data byte is printed out as a pair of characters showing its ASCII value in hex
format. Two spaces separate each pair. No normal printing will be done until the
Menu selection is changed out of Hex Dump mode.
Data In =
%%1B47426F6C641B48%%end
Printed
25 25 31 42 34 37 34 32 36 46 36 43 36 34 31 42 34 38
Output=
25 25 65 6E 64 (92 characters printed out)
Page Orientation
To select the page orientation, highlight Page Orientation, then press the Enter key to
toggle between Portrait (the default) and Landscape.
This option is only available if you selected 1808 or LaserJet as the attached Printer
Type on the Offline Printer menu (Figure 3-7 on Page 3-15).
Leaving the Online Printer Menu
To leave the Online Printer menu, use the Left and Right Arrow keys to display another
online setup menu, or press the Reset key to exit from Online Setup mode.
