Programmer's Guide
PcOS Series 80PLUS
Epson Commands
Command Descriptions
Rev B 4/13/99
Page 105
Function
Set peripheral device
[EA]
ASCII
ESC
=
n
Hexadecimal
1BH
3DH
n
Decimal
<
27>
<61>
n
Range
1
≤
n
≤
255
Description
This command selects a device to which the host computer sends data,
using
n
as follows.
Bit
Off/On
Hex
Decimal
Function
0
Off
00
0
Printer disabled
On
01
1
Printer enabled
1-7
-
-
-
Undefined
When the printer is disabled, it ignores all received data with the exception
of the
ESC =, DLE ENQ 1, and DLE ENQ 2 commands.
If ASB is enabled when the printer is disabled by the ESC = command, the
printer transmits a 4-byte status message whenever the status changes.
Function
Real-time request to printer
[E*]
ASCII
DLE
ENQ
n
Hexadecimal
10H
05H
n
Decimal
<
16>
<5>
n
Range
1
≤
n
≤
2
Usage
Epson TM-T8x emulation mode only.
Description
This command responds to a request from the host computer specified by
n.
When an auto-cutter error occurs, the printer can attempt to recover
from it by using this command without turning the printer off.
n
Request
1
Recover from an error, and restart printing from the line where the
error occurred.
2
Recover from an error after clearing the receive and print buffers.