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Control Codes

PcOS Series 80PLUS

Programmer's Guide

International Character Sets

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Rev B 4/13/99

Function

Select character code page

ASCII

[ESC] [ T <n

> <n

Hexadecimal

1BH 5BH 54H <n

> <n

Decimal

<27><91><84><n

> <n

IPCL

&%CP <m

> <m

><m

Description

This command selects character code page <n

> <n

>. The PcOS Series

80PLUS Printer supports many code pages. The following code pages are
supported.

Code

Page

Country Code/

Language Set

Decimal

<nh> <nl>

Hex

<nh> <nl>

Code

Page

Country Code/
Language Set

Decimal

<nh> <nl>

Hex

<nh> <nl>

USA

(Slashed 0)

0,64

0H,040H

866

Cyrillic II-866

3,98

3H,062H

USA

(Unslashed 0)

0,65

0H,041H

869

Greek 869

3,101

3H,065H

British

0,66

0H,042H

874

Thailand

3,106

3H,06AH

German

0,67

0H,043H

895

Kamenicky (MJK)

3,127

3H,07FH

French

0,68

0H,044H

1008

Greek 437

3,240

3H,0F0H

Swedish I

0,69

0H,045H

1009

Greek 928

3,241

3H,0F1H

Danish

0,70

0H,046H

1011

Greek 437 Cyprus

3,243

3H,0F3H

Norwegian

0,71

0H,047H

1012

Turkey

3,244

3H,0F4H

Dutch

0,72

0H,048H

1013

Cyrillic II-866

3,245

3H,0F5H

Italian

0,73

0H,049H

1014

Polska Mazovia

3,246

3H,0F6H

French
Canadian

0,74

0H,04AH

1015

ISO Latin 2

3,247

3H,0F7H

Spanish

0,75

0H,04BH

1016

Serbo Croatic I

3,248

3H,0F8H

Swedish II

0,76

0H,04CH

1017

Serbo Croatic II

3,249

3H,0F9H

Swedish III

0,77

0H,04DH

1018

ECMA-94

3,250

3H,0FAH

Swedish IV

0,78

0H,04EH

1019

Windows East
Europe

3,251

3H,0FBH

Turkish

0,79

0H,04FH

1020

Windows Greek

3,252

3H,0FCH

Swiss I

0,80

0H,050H

1021

Latin

(Windows Turkey)

3,253

3H,0FDH

Swiss II

0,81

0H,051H

1022

Windows Cyrillic

3,254

3H,0FEH

Publisher

0,90

0H,05AH

1024

Hungarian CWI

4,0

4H,000H

Welsh

0,91

0H,05BH

1026

ISO Latin 4
(8859/4)

4,2

4H,002H

437

USA

1,181

1H,0B5H

1027

Ukrainian

4,3

4H,003H

774

Baltic 774

3,6

3H,006H

1028

Roman-8

4,4

4H,004H

850

Multilingual

3,82

3H,052H

1029

ISO Latin 6
(8859/10)

4,5

4H,005H

852

East Europe
Latin II-852

3,84

3H,054H

1030

Hebrew NC (862)

4,6

4H,006H

855

Cyrillic I-855

3,87

3H,057H

1031

Hebrew OC

4,7

4H,007H

857

Turkey 857

3,89

3H,059H

1032

Windows Hebrew

4,8

4H.008H

860

Portugal

3,92

3H,05CH

1033

KBL- Lithuanian

4,9

4H,009H

861

Icelandic-861

3,93

3H,05DH

1034

Windows Baltic

4,10

4H,00AH

862

Hebrew NC
(862)

3,94

3H,05EH

1035

Cyrillic-Latvian

4,11

4H,00BH

863

Canada French

3,95

3H,05FH

1072

Bulgarian

4,48

4H,030H

865

Norway

3,97

3H,061H

Table 5 Code page definition table

NOTE:

The code page field is a 16-bit field that is equivalent to the code page number. For example,

1 * 256 + 181 = 437. For the IPCL command, the page is specified in ASCII as a 4-byte field.

Summary of Contents for PcOS Series 80PLUS

Page 1: ...PCOS SERIES 80PLUS POS Thermal Printer PROGRAMMER S GUIDE Rev B PN 100 01099 ...

Page 2: ......

Page 3: ...Programmer s Guide PcOS Series 80PLUS Change History Rev B 4 13 99 Page i Change History Rev B Clarified Table 1 Updated user defined memory commands Fixed bar code width table Rev A Initial Release ...

Page 4: ... trademark of the International Business Machines Corporation Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement The Series 80PLUS Printer complies with the limits for a Class A computing device in accordance with the specifications in Part 15 of FCC rules which are designed to minimize radio frequency interference during instal...

Page 5: ...ark Declaration of Conformity Product name Thermal Printer Type name Series 80PLUS These printers conform to the following directives and norms Directive 89 336 EEC EN 55022 1995 A1 1995 EN 50082 1 1992 IEC 801 2 1991 IEC 801 3 1984 IEC 801 4 1991 Directive 90 384 EEC EN 45501 1992 EMI and Safety Standards Applied The following standards are applied only to the printers that are so labeled EMC is ...

Page 6: ... 99 WARNING Warnings must be carefully followed to avoid serious bodily injury CAUTION Care must be taken to avoid minor injury to yourself or damage to your equipment NOTES Notes contain important information and useful tips on the operation of your printer ...

Page 7: ...st Mode 9 Description 9 Configuration Ticket 9 Print Tickets 9 Configuration Mode 10 Description 10 Entering Configuration Mode 10 Configuration Options 11 Reference Information 13 Printing Specifications 13 Paper Specifications 14 Paper roll single ply 14 Electrical Characteristics 14 Reliability 14 Environmental Conditions 14 Control Commands 15 Control Codes Overview 15 Nomenclature 15 Emulatio...

Page 8: ...scriptions 64 Print and Feed Commands 64 Line Spacing Commands 66 User Defined Memory Commands 67 Character Commands 73 Panel Button Commands 82 Paper Sensor Commands 82 Print Position Commands 83 Bit Image Commands 88 Status Commands 90 Bar code Commands 97 Macro Function Commands 100 Mechanism Control Commands 102 Miscellaneous Commands 103 Operator Panel Controls 107 Cover Open Button 107 Paper...

Page 9: ... IEEE 1284 114 Appendix B 115 Error Code Diagnosis 115 Description 115 Appendix C 116 ASCII Code Table 116 Appendix D 117 Language Table Code Page Definitions 117 Appendix E 119 Upgrading Changing Printer Firmware 119 Appendix F 120 Ordering Paper 120 Qualified Suppliers for Thermal Paper 120 Ordering Cables 120 ...

Page 10: ...PcOS Series 80PLUS Programmer s Guide Page viii Rev B 4 13 99 ...

Page 11: ... The printer will need to be packed in the original packing material and box and sent to Ithaca Peripherals Information on how to ship the printer will be provided with the return authorization What is in this book Who should read this book This book is intended for system engineers or system integrators It contains the information needed to integrate the Series 80PLUS Printer with a point of sale...

Page 12: ...lude the current version of this manual program examples test procedures programming instructions and supported print drivers General Description Features The Series 80PLUS Printer is a high quality POS printer that can print on a thermal paper roll The printer has the following features Printing High speed printing approximately 31 8 lines second 1 6 inch feed Low noise thermal printing 72 mm 2 8...

Page 13: ...Programmer s Guide PcOS Series 80PLUS General Information Rev B 4 13 99 Page 3 Self diagnostics are included ...

Page 14: ...DTE device A null model cable is required to interface the printer to another DTE device a PC See the serial port description contained in the communications area later in this manual for more information Parallel The parallel port is a standard 25 pin D shell as defined in the IEEE 1284 A Standard See the parallel port description contained in the communications area later in this manual for more...

Page 15: ...arallel interface requires a straight through 25 pin connector with male termination on the printer end see the interface section for complete pin definition details The serial interface requires a DB25 to DB9 pin or DB9 to DB9 pin null modem crossover cable with a DB9 pin female terminal on the printer end and the appropriate gender connector at the host computer end See the communication section...

Page 16: ...he printer commands used by the host system to activate the cash drawers see Control Code Library later in this manual 1 Plug the cash drawer cables into the connectors on the printer The connectors are standard phone connectors 2 If only one cash drawer is used plug the cable into the connector labeled 1 NOTE The following illustration shows the pin outs for the cash drawer connectors as viewed f...

Page 17: ...Drive Ground 3 Status Switch 4 Drawer Drive 24V Switched 5 Drawer Drive Ground 2 6 Status Switch Ground Table 1 This jumper is for compatibility with earlier Epson printers Pins 3 4 are the default configuration for these jumpers WARNING Use a drawer that matches the printer s specification Using an improper drawer may damage the drawer as well as the printer CAUTION Do not connect a telephone lin...

Page 18: ...let Check the label on the power supply to make sure that the voltage required by the power supply matches that of your electrical outlet Plug in the power supply s cable as shown below Notice that the flat side of the plug faces up NOTE To remove the DC cable connector grasp the connector at the arrow and pull it straight out INSTALLING OR REPLACING THE PAPER ROLL NOTE Be sure to use paper rolls ...

Page 19: ...cket Operating system type and version Current emulation mode M50 M80PLUS Epson TM T8x or Axiohm 7193 Interface configuration Hex dump mode status ON OFF Carriage return control Input buffer capacity Graphic save RAM buffer capacity Nonvolatile EEPROM buffer capacity bit image character set in Epson Axiohm Contents of the EEPROM save buffer bit image character set in Epson Axiohm Start up macro de...

Page 20: ...n the FEED button 4 Wait until the status LED blinks a cover open condition See Appendix B 5 Release the FEED button 6 Load the printer with paper if it is not already loaded 7 Close the cover 8 The Series 80PLUS Printer will print a few lines of instructions followed by Press PAPER FEED to begin 9 If the FEED button is not pressed within five seconds the printer will exit the configuration mode w...

Page 21: ...return default Perform a normal CR by returning the input pointer to the left margin overprint allowed Line feed Translate CR s into LF s Ignore carriage return Ignore all CR s only line feed operations result in print Language Set Code Page Selects the default language set code page depending upon the selected emulation mode EURO Substitution Enabled Enable Euro character substitution in select c...

Page 22: ...ta Receive Error Prints default Ignored Serial Plug and Play Enabled default Disabled For printers equipped with an IEEE 1284 parallel communications interface IEEE 1284 nINIT Line Reset Enabled default Disabled IEEE 1284 nACK Signal Operation Mode 1 Not BUSY precedes ACK low Mode 2 Not BUSY follows ACK low TABLE A Euro Character Substitution Matrix Name Epson IBM Code Page Insertion Point 850 26 ...

Page 23: ...ing the mode of the printing speed Paper feed speed Approximately 135 mm second approximately 5 3 in second continuous printing Line spacing default Mode 4 23 mm 1 6 in or 3 17 mm 1 8 in Programmable by control command Number of characters Alphanumeric characters 255 per code page International characters 67 code pages Character structure Font A 13 x 24 including 2 dot spacing in horizontal Font B...

Page 24: ... spool diameter Inside 12 mm 0 47 in Outside 18 mm 0 71 in Note The paper must not be pasted to the paper roll spool Width 80 mm 0 0 1 0 mm 3 15 in 0 0 0 04 in Thermal sensitive layer faces outward on roll Electrical Characteristics Output power 48 watts maximum average Supply voltage 24 VDC 3 at 2 0 amp maximum average Amp maximum average 2 0 Peak current 4 5 A Standby current 0 2 A Line and load...

Page 25: ... the standard ASCII tables The ASCII table in Appendix C lists all the control codes An example would be ESC which would represent a 1BH or 26 Decimal This encloses an 8 bit value in decimal format The value will be from 0 to 255 An example would be 2 which would represent 02H or 2 Decimal n This indicates a variable parameter In this case a variable parameter n can have a value from 0 to 255 The ...

Page 26: ...ts of other Ithaca PcOS products In some cases an application designed for a Series 50 printer with IBM code sets will function with a PcOS Series 80PLUS Printer in M50 emulation There are however significant differences in the operation of the PcOS Series 80PLUS Printer that may impact existing applications ESC POS The Series 80PLUS printer supports an ESC POS emulation with Epson or Axiohm emula...

Page 27: ...rint buffer if any and resets the next character print position to the left margin A line feed is not performed unless auto feed was active The left margin is defined by the current print station print rotation direction and left margin command Function Line feed ASCII LF Hexadecimal 0AH Decimal 10 IPCL LF Description This command prints the contents of the buffer if any and advances paper one lin...

Page 28: ...mal 1BH 44H n1 n2 n3 ni 00H Decimal 27 68 n1 n2 n3 ni 0 IPCL none Description This command sets tab stops at the character columns specified by n The end of the settings is specified by a 0 All previously set tabs will be cleared by this command There is no restore defaults procedure other than to respecify the tabs Column sizes are in accordance with the current character pitch Setting tabs that ...

Page 29: ...ified No LF None 9 Center justified No LF None 10 Right justified No LF None The power on default is left justified NOTE Lines that have mixed size characters within the line cannot be centered For example a line with mixed single and double high characters cannot be centered If a line of print is to be double high and centered the change to single high must be done after the line terminator for t...

Page 30: ... This command sets the default line spacing to n 216 inch Set n 1 to 255 This command sets the line feed spacing used by LF to values other than 1 8 or 7 72 inch This command takes effect immediately as opposed to the ESC A n command EPOS NOTE Line spacing of n 144 is used Function Set line space 27 216 inch ASCII ESC 0 Hexadecimal 1BH 30H Decimal 27 48 IPCL ST Description This command sets the de...

Page 31: ...ts the specified line spacing into effect It will remain in effect until another line spacing command is issued Function Feed n lines at current spacing ASCII ESC d n Hexadecimal 1BH 64H n Decimal 27 100 n IPCL FL m1 m2 Description This command prints the contents of the buffer if any and performs n line feeds at the current line spacing This command does not change the default line spacing value ...

Page 32: ...er s Guide Vertical Motion Page 22 Rev B 4 13 99 Function End auto line feed ASCII ESC 5 0 Hexadecimal 1BH 35H 00H Decimal 27 53 0 IPCL CA Description This command ends auto line feed mode NOTE This command overrides the configuration setting ...

Page 33: ...ity for the application programmer The PcOS Series 80PLUS printer has extended the IBM code page selection command to allow character sets as well as normal IBM code pages to be selected All characters in code pages as well as character sets are addressed as 0 to 255 Characters below 32 must be addressed with the ESC n command Code pages may be changed at any time and are active for all features i...

Page 34: ... Serbo Croatic I 3 248 3H 0F8H 76 Swedish II 0 76 0H 04CH 1017 Serbo Croatic II 3 249 3H 0F9H 77 Swedish III 0 77 0H 04DH 1018 ECMA 94 3 250 3H 0FAH 78 Swedish IV 0 78 0H 04EH 1019 Windows East Europe 3 251 3H 0FBH 79 Turkish 0 79 0H 04FH 1020 Windows Greek 3 252 3H 0FCH 80 Swiss I 0 80 0H 050H 1021 Latin Windows Turkey 3 253 3H 0FDH 81 Swiss II 0 81 0H 051H 1022 Windows Cyrillic 3 254 3H 0FEH 90 ...

Page 35: ...time the printer character set is comprised of 256 characters Each character is addressed by an 8 bit value generally referred to as a character code For example if you want to print an A it would be addressed by sending a 65 decimal to the printer There are 65 predefined code pages or character maps that assign characters to a particular address built into the printer However there are times when...

Page 36: ... 67 IPCL EU Description This command allows an application to replace any character in the currently active character set with the Euro character The character to be replaced is defined by n For example if the currently active character set is CP 850 multilingual and the 0D5H character is to be the Euro character 1BH 5BH 43H 0D5H will replace the character at 0D5H with the Euro symbol ...

Page 37: ...l 1BH 3AH Decimal 27 58 IPCL F2 Description This command sets 12 characters per inch cpi print pitch Function Begin 17 cpi character pitch ASCII SI Hexadecimal 0FH Decimal 15 IPCL F1 Description This command sets 17 characters per inch cpi print pitch Function Set specified character pitch ASCII ESC P n Hexadecimal 1BH 5BH 50H n Decimal 27 91 80 n IPCL F n Description This command sets character p...

Page 38: ...set commands set the intervalue to 0 Each value of n adds 1 180 inch to the space between characters Function Set left right print margin ASCII ESC X n1 n2 Hexadecimal 1BH 58H n1 n2 Decimal 27 88 n1 n2 IPCL none EPOS ESC l ESC Q Description This command sets left and right print margins in characters from the home position Where n1 Left margin n2 Right margin The absolute position depends on the c...

Page 39: ...Double wide and double high fonts are available However because the font is rotated double wide font will make the characters taller and double high font will make the characters wider The current pitch sets the spacing between lines If 8 cpi is set the printer will produce the equivalent of 8 lines per inch rotated print Print pitches greater than 15 cpi are very small and difficult to read This ...

Page 40: ...per line is reached and the printer performs an auto print Function Cancel one line double wide print ASCII DC4 Hexadecimal 14H Decimal 20 IPCL MN Description This command cancels one line double wide mode set by the SO command and allows single and double wide characters to be printed on the same line Function Multiline double wide and double high print ASCII ESC W n Hexadecimal 1BH 57H n Decimal...

Page 41: ...10 xxxx Height multiplier 0 0000 No change 1 0001 Single high 2 0010 Double high xxxx Line spacing 0 0000 No change 16 0001 Single line feed 32 0010 Double line feed Where m bits 76543210 xxxx Width multiplier 0 0000 No change 1 0001 Single wide 2 0010 Double wide Function Begin underline ASCII ESC 1 Hexadecimal 1BH 2DH 01H Decimal 27 45 1 IPCL MU Description This command begins underline print mo...

Page 42: ...n End enhanced print ASCII ESC H Hexadecimal 1BH 48H Decimal 27 72 IPCL CE EPOS ESC G 0 Description This command cancels enhanced print mode and returns to the currently selected font Function Begin emphasized print ASCII ESC E Hexadecimal 1BH 45H Decimal 27 69 IPCL MM EPOS ESC E 1 Description This command is the same as enhanced print Function End emphasized print ASCII ESC F Hexadecimal 1BH 46H ...

Page 43: ...ne has an entry in the table There is room for 23 lines in the table The minimum spacing and default is 1 80 inch between lines If a LF is used to specify the line spacing it overrides the default table and sets spacing to 1 80 inch If ESC J n is used n specifies the spacing in n 216 inch including white space The intercharacter spacing is adjusted with the normal line spacing commands The ESC 3 n...

Page 44: ... longest line entered but by the line length set by the ESC s command If input extends past the end of a line the print will line wrap If X 3 or 11 270 rotated print mode is entered The print will be rotated 270 according to the currently stored format parameters If X 7 or 15 270 rotated print mode is entered The print will be rotated 270 according to the currently stored format parameters This co...

Page 45: ...CII ESC r 3 Hexadecimal 1BH 72H 03H Decimal 27 114 3 IPCL R3 Function Begin 270 rotated print with line formatting ASCII ESC r 7 Hexadecimal 1BH 72H 07H Decimal 27 114 7 IPCL R7 EPOS ESC T 1 Function Begin 180 rotated print ASCII ESC r 2 Hexadecimal 1BH 72H 02H Decimal 27 114 2 IPCL R2 Function End rotated print ASCII ESC r 0 Hexadecimal 1BH 72H 00H Decimal 27 114 0 IPCL R0 EPOS ESC 0 Description ...

Page 46: ...acing for each rotated print line Where ni is the line number mi is the spacing in 1 80 inch from the previous line For the first print line the distance is calculated from the margin An ni value of 0 is used to terminate the command Any unspecified spacing will be set to 1 These values will be used as a template for all subsequent rotated print On power up all spacing is preset to 1 80 inch for a...

Page 47: ...n 2 Hexadecimal 1BH 4BH n 1 n 2 Decimal 27 75 n 1 n 2 IPCL none Description This command prints n1 256 n2 bytes of single density graphics 60 dpi Function Print half speed double density graphics 120h x 72v dpi ASCII ESC L n 1 n 2 Hexadecimal 1BH 4CH n 1 n 2 Decimal 27 76 n 1 n 2 IPCL none Description This command prints n1 256 n2 bytes of double density graphics 120 dpi at half speed allowing ful...

Page 48: ... 120 dpi 8 100 dpi 2 120 dpi 9 200 dpi 3 240 dpi 10 101 dpi 4 80 dpi 11 203 dpi 5 72 dpi 12 13 14 16 not supported 6 90 dpi Function Reassign graphic mode ASCII ESC m n Hexadecimal 1BH 3FH m n Decimal 27 63 m n IPCL none Description This command reassigns graphic mode m to resolution n Possible values for m are K L Y or Z Resolutions n are 0 to 7 as follows Where m 0 60 dpi Default for K 7 144 dpi...

Page 49: ... Decimal 27 75 n 1 n 2 Description This command prints n1 256 n2 bytes of graphics where m specifies the density Where m 0 Single density graphics 60 dpi 1 Double density graphics 120 dpi 2 Double density half speed graphics 120 dpi 3 High density graphics 240 dpi 4 5 CRT II Screen 72 dpi 6 CRT I Screen 90 dpi 7 Dual plotter 144 dpi 8 100 dpi 9 200 dpi 10 101 dpi 11 203 dpi ...

Page 50: ...e buffer is complete and or printed The nonvolatile memory has a limited number of write cycle operations For this reason the number of saves should be limited The buffer should not be saved on a transaction by transaction basis Once a day should be the limit The buffer is 24K bytes long All commands3 and print data are placed in the buffer and both must be included in the 24K limit There is no in...

Page 51: ...ng characters and commands will be recorded Function Stop graphic save record ASCII ESC g 2 Hexadecimal 1BH 67H 02H Decimal 27 103 2 IPCL GE EPOS ESC g 2 Description This command stops recording graphic save information The buffer is not saved into nonvolatile memory Function Stop graphic save record and save ASCII ESC g 3 Hexadecimal 1BH 67H 03H Decimal 27 103 3 IPCL GW EPOS ESC g 3 Description T...

Page 52: ... digits Interleaved 2 of 5 This is a high density self checking continuous numeric bar code It is mainly used where fixed length numeric fields are required The data field must be an even number of characters If an odd data field is sent to the PcOS Series 80PLUS Printer it will be zero padded Due to space limitations only 20 characters can be printed NOTE Interleaved 2 of 5 does not read well in ...

Page 53: ...13 This is a fixed length numeric continuous code that employs four element widths The printer supports EAN 13 a superset of UPC that encodes 12 digits Typically the format starts with a number set digit which defines how the next 6 digits are encoded The next 5 digits have fixed encoding The last is a check digit The printer will print an EAN 13 bar code with the 12 digits sent to it and generate...

Page 54: ...cimal 1BH 71H n Decimal 27 113 IPCL none Function Returns a status to the host when it is processed Response Serial IEEE 1284 Parallel non IEEE 1284 SOH n Not supported via PE Description This command can be placed in the print data and when processed by the printer will return a progress status marker The value of n can be any 8 bit value It is returned to the host unaltered The intent is for it ...

Page 55: ...SC v Hexadecimal 1BH 76H Decimal 27 118 IPCL FC Cut EPOS ESC m or ESC i Description This command cuts receipt tape and is only active in receipt mode It will cut the receipt tape above the current print line NOTE This command is only effective on printers with a knife Function Print suppress and data pass through ASCII ESC n Hexadecimal 1BH 3CH n Decimal 27 60 n IPCL none Description This command ...

Page 56: ... will not function NOTES Once disabled the Y5 command will not be a valid IPCL code IPCL commands are not available in Epson and Axiohm modes ESC y 6 and 7 enable and disable the real time status inquire processing The ESC y control commands are not processed as they are received but are buffered then processed Because of this any ENQ commands sent after a disable may be answered In addition ENQ s...

Page 57: ...8 Description This command opens Cash Drawer 1 Function Extended M50 cash drawer commands ASCII BEL Hexadecimal 07H Decimal 7 Description This command opens Cash Drawer 2 Function Extended M50 cash drawer commands ASCII ESC Hexadecimal 1BH 2BH Decimal 27 43 Description This command opens Cash Drawer 1 Function Extended M50 pass through ASCII ESC d or ESC RS and ESC Hexadecimal 1BH 23H or 1BH 64H o...

Page 58: ...his makes the design of the host application easier because the response can be identified and always follows the same format The printer will always accept serial data even if the printer is off line It is possible to send inquire commands to the printer even if it is off line Because ENQ commands are processed before they go in the buffer the printer will respond even if the printer is busy prin...

Page 59: ...e ENQ s may not be accepted Function Inquire Cash Drawer 1 status ASCII ENQ 1 Hexadecimal 05H 01H Decimal 5 1 Function Cash Drawer 1 status Response ACK 1 06H 01H Cash Drawer 1 is closed NAK 1 15H 01H Cash Drawer 1 is open The cash drawer status is defined as open circuit being drawer closed Function Inquire Cash Drawer 2 status ASCII ENQ 2 Hexadecimal 05H 02H Decimal 5 2 Function Cash Drawer 2 st...

Page 60: ...e cover open status ASCII ENQ 8 Hexadecimal 05H 08H Decimal 5 8 Function Inquire whether the cover is closed Response ACK 8 06H 08H The cover is closed NAK 8 15H 08H The cover is open Function Is the buffer empty Clear IEEE 1284 buffer ASCII ENQ 9 Hexadecimal 05H 09H Decimal 5 9 Function This command allows the host to know when the print buffer is empty If IEEE 1284 is active this command also cl...

Page 61: ...y the host any remaining buffered data will be cleared When the printer receives a reset command the printer will go off line and or busy until the reset is completed In serial mode the printer can have information in its high speed buffer that was received after the reset but before the reset was processed If the host application continues to send information to the printer after a reset command ...

Page 62: ...determine if the printer has been power cycled and needs to be reinitialized The ENQ 10 command and the INIT signal on the parallel port will both cause the printer to return power up status Function Inquire printer state ASCII ENQ 15 Hexadecimal 05H 11H Decimal 5 15 Function This command returns the current printer state Response ACK 15 n r1 r2 Where 15 is the echo of command ID n is the number o...

Page 63: ... Bit 5 0 Bit 6 1 always Bit 7 0 always r2 Bit 0 1 Bit 1 Cover is closed Bit 2 Buffer is empty Bit 3 Printer power has been cycled does not affect state of power cycled flag Use ENQ 11 to reset Bit 4 Printer is waiting in error mode Bit 5 0 Bit 6 1 always Bit 7 0 always r3 Bit 0 1 Receipt station is selected Bit 1 0 Bit 2 0 Bit 3 0 Bit 4 Undefined Bit 5 Printer is blocking print The cover is open o...

Page 64: ...requested If more than one bit is active the result status on the PE signal is not defined The response to dynamic responses is the same as to inquire commands That is if cash drawer status is to be sensed the PE or ACK NAK will be the same as for inquire commands Function Enable dynamic response ASCII ESC w n Hexadecimal 1BH 77H n Decimal 27 119 n IPCL none Where n defines the features that cause...

Page 65: ...stics ASCII GS 7FH Hexadecimal 1DH 7FH Decimal 29 127 IPCL none Description These commands are used by Ithaca Peripherals to help adjust and test the printer There is no guarantee that these commands are valid and or stable They are not intended for use by the end user In no case should this command sequence be sent to the printer by an application ...

Page 66: ... 20H Space character 32 255 20H 0FFH Printable characters ESC EM B n 1BH 19H 42H BH m 1 Bar code height n 0 Restore Defaults n 1 to 9 Number of passes 0 11 per pass 43 ESC m n 1 n 2 1BH 2AH Print Epson 9 pin graphics in mode m 38 ESC n 1BH 21H CS m 1 m 2 m 3 m 3 Select International Character Set 23 ESC n 1BH 2DH CU n 0 MU n 1 Underline n 0 End n 1 Begin 31 ESC 0 1BH 30H ST Set 1 8 line space 20 E...

Page 67: ...3 Do a fine line feed n 216 inch n 0 no line feed n 1 255 20 ESC K n 1 n 2 1BH 4BH Single density graphics n1 0 255 n2 0 3 len n1 256 n2 37 ESC L n 1 n 2 1BH 4CH Double density half speed graphics n1 0 255 n2 0 3 len n1 256 n2 37 ESC P n 1BH 50H RI n 2 RF n 1 RN n 0 Rotated font n 0 Normal n 1 Rotated 90 7 x 9 n 2 Rotated 270 7 x 9 n 5 Rotated 90 5 x 7 n 7 Rotated 270 5 x 7 29 ESC R 1BH 52H HV Res...

Page 68: ...0 Interleave 2 of 5 n 1 Code 39 n 2 Code 128 n 3 UPC A n 4 EAN 13 42 ESC d n 1BH 64H FL Feed n lines at the current spacing 21 ESC g n 1BH 67H GP n 0 GS n 1 GE n 2 GW n 3 Graphic save buffer control where n 0 Print buffer n 1 Clear and start save n 2 End save n 3 End save and store to nonvolatile memory 41 ESC q n 1BH 71H None Buffer marker query 44 ESC r n 1BH 72H R0 n 0 R1 n 1 R2 n 2 R3 n 3 Rota...

Page 69: ...omplete compatibility the Series 80PLUS must be configured specifically for either Epson TM T8x emulation or Axiohm 7193 emulation The current emulation mode can be obtained at any time by performing a self test and may be changed at any time via the Configuration Mode Command Name Origin Command Name is the name of the command Origin specifies which printer command set the command comes from Orig...

Page 70: ...t image from a PCX file 68 GS 0 1DH 30H Print user defined bit image 69 GS 1 1DH 31H Erase a single entry from the nonvolatile memory pool 69 GS 5 1DH 35H Erase all entries from the nonvolatile memory pool 69 GS 1DH 2AH Define single user defined bit image 70 GS 1DH 2FH Print single user defined bit image 71 GS 6 1DH 36H Save user definable character set 71 GS 7 1DH 37H Select user definable chara...

Page 71: ...d Name Page ESC c 3 1BH 63H 33H Select paper sensor s to output paper end signals 82 ESC c 4 1BH 63H 34H Select paper sensor s to stop printing 82 Print Position Commands Command Name Page ESC 1BH 24H Set absolute print position 83 ESC 1BH 5CH Set relative print position 83 ESC a 1BH 61H Select justification 83 HT 09H Set horizontal tab positions 85 ESC D 1BH 44H Set horizontal tab positions 85 GS...

Page 72: ...H 66H Select font HRI characters 100 Macro Function Commands Command Name Page GS 1DH 3AH Start end macro definition 100 GS 1DH 5EH Execute macro 101 GS _ 1DH 5FH Delete start up macro definition 101 Mechanism Control Commands Command Name Page GS V 1DH 56H Select cut mode and cut paper 102 ESC i 1BH 69H Partial knife cut 102 EM 19H Full knife cut 102 SUB 1AH Partial knife cut 102 BEL 07H Sound bu...

Page 73: ...s Supported Commands Rev B 4 13 99 Page 63 ESC 1BH 3DH Set peripheral device 105 DLE ENQ 10H 05H Real time request to printer 105 ESC 1BH 27H Copy user defined storage buffers 106 ESC L 1BH 4CH Select page mode 106 ESC S 1BH 53H Select standard mode 106 ...

Page 74: ... EA ASCII CR Hexadecimal 0DH Decimal 13 Default Epson TM T8x CR is ignored Axiohm 7193 This command functions the same as LF Description The table below describes the operation of the LF command based upon its default setting in configuration mode Paper Automatic line feed enabled Automatic line feed disabled Paper roll Functions same as LF Ignored Function Print and feed paper EA ASCII ESC J n He...

Page 75: ...n Print and return to standard mode in page mode E ASCII FF Hexadecimal 0CH Decimal 12 Description FF prints the data in the print buffer collectively and returns to standard mode The buffer data is deleted after it is printed This command returns the values set by the ESC W command to the default values The value set by the ESC T command is maintained This command is enabled only in page mode Thi...

Page 76: ...he vertical motion unit set by GS P is used When page mode is selected the vertical or horizontal motion unit set by GS P is used for the print directions set by ESC T Function Add n extra dot rows A ASCII SYN n Hexadecimal 16H n Decimal 22 n Range 0 n 12 Default TM T8x n 23 6 lines inch with vertical motion unit 1 360 Axiohm n 2 7 6 lines inch with vertical motion unit 1 152 Description This comm...

Page 77: ...ile memory remaining can be obtained by performing a printer self test Each image is uniquely identified by the name given to it by the name parameter The name of the bit image can be from one to 15 bytes long and contain any alphanumeric characters as well as the space The format of the bit image is identical to that defined by the GS command The GS command must be entered in standard mode only a...

Page 78: ... ASCII GS name 0 PCX graphics file Hexadecimal 1DH 2EH name 0 PCX graphics file Decimal 29 46 name 0 PCX graphics file Range name a 15 byte maximum length name to identify the image Description GS defines a bit image for storage in the nonvolatile memory pool See GS command for more information The source of the bit image is a PCX file GS will accept PCX file versions 2 5 2 8 and 3 0 If the PCX fi...

Page 79: ...to print the stored bit image named MY IMAGE PRINT 1 CHR 29 CHR 48 REM Enter the GS 0 command PRINT 1 MY IMAGE CHR 0 REM Enter the image name Function Erase a single entry from the nonvolatile memory pool ASCII GS 1 name 0 Hexadecimal 1DH 31H name 0 Decimal 29 49 name 0 Range name a 15 byte maximum alphanumeric name to identify the image Description GS 1 deletes a single entry bit image or charact...

Page 80: ...tal direction is x x 8 The number of dots in the vertical direction is y x 8 If x x y x 8 exceeds the size of the buffer the image will be truncated d indicates bit image data Data d specifies a bit printed to 1 and not printed to 0 After a downloaded bit image is defined it may be saved to the nonvolatile EEPROM storage buffer using the ESC command where it will remain indefinitely Otherwise the ...

Page 81: ...acter set has been defined this command will be ignored When saving an image the printer will go off line and will return on line when completed Please be sure to adhere to flow control provided by the communication interface Once a character set has been saved to the nonvolatile memory pool it is read only Any attempt to redefine a character when this set is selected will cause a new character se...

Page 82: ... host n 1 Query total nonvolatile memory pool size Transmits the total amount of nonvolatile memory pool storage to the host in the format d31 24 d23 16 d15 8 d7 0 n 2 Query remaining nonvolatile memory pool size Transmits the remaining amount of nonvolatile memory pool storage to the host in the format d31 24 d23 16 d15 8 d7 0 n 3 Request the name of the first memory entry Transmits the NULL term...

Page 83: ...ser defined character set as defined below Table of n Hex Decimal Function 00 0 Selects Code Page 437 and turns off user defined set 01 1 Selects user defined character set in the RAM buffer 02 2 Selects Code Page 850 and turns off user defined set 41 65 Selects user defined character set in nonvolatile EEPROM buffer If the user defined character set in RAM is selected and the set does not exist a...

Page 84: ...he final code x specifies the number of dots in the horizontal direction d is the dot data for the characters The dot pattern is in the horizontal direction from the left side Any remaining dots on the right side are blank The allowable character code range differs between Epson and Axiohm emulation See Range above The data to define a user defined character is y x bytes Set a corresponding bit to...

Page 85: ...n CWI 54 Danish I 4 Serbo Croatic I 24 Kamenicky MJK 55 Swedish I 5 Serbo Croatic II 25 ISO Latin 4 8859 4 56 Italian 6 Multilingual 26 Turkey_857 57 Spanish I 7 Norway 27 Roman 8 58 Japanese 8 Portugal 28 Hebrew NC 862 60 Norwegian 9 Turkey 29 Hebrew OC 61 Danish II 10 Greek 437 38 Windows Hebrew 62 Spanish II 11 Greek 928 39 KBL Lithuanian 63 Latin American 12 Greek 437 CYPRUS 41 Publisher 64 Fr...

Page 86: ...4 3 250 3H 0FAH 79 Turkish 0 79 0H 04FH 1019 Windows East Europe 3 251 3H 0FBH 80 Swiss I 0 80 0H 050H 1020 Windows Greek 3 252 3H 0FCH 81 Swiss II 0 81 0H 051H 1021 Latin 5 Windows Turkey 3 253 3H 0FDH 90 Publisher 0 90 0H 05AH 1022 Windows Cyrillic 3 254 3H 0FEH 91 Welsh 0 91 0H 05BH 1024 Hungarian CWI 4 0 4H 000H 437 USA 1 181 1H 0B5H 1026 ISO Latin 4 8859 4 4 2 4H 002H 774 Baltic 774 3 6 3H 00...

Page 87: ...Character Code Table 0 Page 0 PC437 U S A and Standard Europe 1 Page 1 PC850 Multilingual 2 Page 2 PC850 Multilingual 3 Page 3 PC860 Portuguese 4 Page 4 PC863 Canadian French 5 Page 5 PC865 Nordic 255 Page 255 Space page Function Select print mode s EA ASCII ESC n Hexadecimal 1BH 21H n Decimal 27 33 n Range 0 n 255 Description This command selects print mode s using n as follows Bit Off On Hex Dec...

Page 88: ...Epson Commands PcOS Series 80PLUS Programmer s Guide Command Descriptions Page 78 Rev B 4 13 99 ...

Page 89: ...n Function Turn double strike mode on off E ASCII ESC G n Hexadecimal 1BH 47H n Decimal 27 71 n Range 0 n 255 Description This command turns double strike mode on or off When the LSB is 0 double strike mode is turned off When the LSB is 1 double strike mode is turned on Function Turn upside down printing mode on off E ASCII ESC n Hexadecimal 1BH 7BH n Decimal 27 123 n Range 0 n 255 Description Thi...

Page 90: ...2 Hexadecimal 1BH 12H Decimal 27 18 Description This command rotates characters 90 counterclockwise It remains in effect until the printer is reset or until a clear printer 10 set cancel upside down print 1B 7B or set cancel rotated print 1B 56 command is received This command is enabled only in standard mode In page mode an internal flag is activated and this command is enabled when the printer r...

Page 91: ...ite black reverse mode is turned on Function Select double wide characters A ASCII DC2 Hexadecimal 12H Decimal 18 Description This command prints double wide characters The printer is reset to single wide mode after a line has been printed or a Clear Printer 10 command is received Function Select single wide characters A ASCII DC3 Hexadecimal 13H Decimal 19 Description This command prints single w...

Page 92: ...ulation mode the ESC command will reenable the panel buttons Paper Sensor Commands Function Select paper sensor s to output paper end signals E ASCII ESC c 3 n Hexadecimal 1BH 63H 33H n Decimal 27 99 51 n Range 0 n 255 Description This command selects the paper sensor s to output paper end signals and is only available with a parallel interface It is ignored with a serial interface Each bit of n i...

Page 93: ...tion unit If graphics follow this command the distance in dots from the beginning of the line to the print position is nL nH 256 horizontal motion unit 2 Function Set relative print position EA ASCII ESC nL nH Hexadecimal 1BH 5CH nL nH Decimal 27 92 nL nH Range 0 nL 255 0 nH 255 Description This command sets the print starting position based on the current position and the distance from the curren...

Page 94: ...Epson Commands PcOS Series 80PLUS Programmer s Guide Command Descriptions Page 84 Rev B 4 13 99 ...

Page 95: ... depending upon factors such as character pitch expansion and rotation Function Set left margin E ASCII GS L nL nH Hexadecimal 1DH 4CH nL nH Decimal 29 76 nL nH Range 0 nL 255 0 nH 255 Description This command sets the left margin using nL and nH The left margin is set to nL nH 256 horizontal motion unit from the beginning of the line In standard mode this command is enabled only when input at the...

Page 96: ...l motion unit Printing area width dxL dxH x 256 x horizontal motion unit inches Printing area height dyL dyH x 256 x vertical motion unit inches The default settings are as follows xL xH yL yH 0 and dxL 0 dxH 2 dyL 126 dyH 6 This command is enabled only in page mode If this command is entered in standard mode an internal flag is activated and the command is enabled when the printer selects page mo...

Page 97: ...lute vertical print position in page mode E ASCII GS nL nH Hexadecimal 1DH 24H nL nH Decimal 29 36 nL nH Range 0 nL 255 0 nH 255 Description GS nL nH sets the absolute vertical print starting position for buffer character data in page mode to nL nH 256 vertical or horizontal motion unit inches This command is effective only in page mode Function Set absolute vertical print position in page mode E ...

Page 98: ...ty dpi Density dpi Amount of Data K 0 8 dot single density 8 68 102 nL nH 256 1 8 dot double density 8 68 203 nL nH 256 32 24 dot single density 24 203 102 nL nH 256 3 33 24 dot double density 24 203 203 nL nH 256 3 The nL and nH indicate the number of dots of the bit image in the horizontal direction The number of dots is calculated by nL nH 256 If the bit image data input exceeds the number of d...

Page 99: ...k Description See ESC for a complete description of graphics mode commands Function Select 8 dot double density bit image mode A ASCII ESC L nL nH d1 k Hexadecimal 1BH 4CH nL nH d1 k Decimal 27 76 nL nH d1 k Usage Axiohm 7193 emulation mode Description See ESC for a complete description of graphics mode commands Function Select 8 dot double density bit image mode A ASCII ESC Y nL nH d1 k Hexadecim...

Page 100: ...On Hex Decimal Function 0 Off 00 0 Drawer kick out connector status disabled On 01 1 Drawer kick out connector status enabled 1 Off 00 0 On line off line status disabled On 02 2 On line off line status enabled 2 Off 00 0 Error status disabled On 04 4 Error status enabled 3 Off 00 0 Paper roll sensor status disabled On 08 8 Paper roll sensor status enabled 4 7 Undefined Bit Off On Hex Decimal Statu...

Page 101: ...ror occurred On 40 64 Automatically recoverable error occurred 7 Off 00 0 Not used fixed to Off Second byte error information Bit Off On Hex Decimal Status for ASB 0 1 Not used fixed to Off 2 3 Off 00 0 Paper roll sensor paper present On 0C 12 Paper roll sensor paper not present 4 Off 00 0 Not used fixed to Off 5 6 Undefined 7 Off 00 0 Not used fixed to Off Third byte paper sensor information Bit ...

Page 102: ...ick out connector status Bit Off On Hex Decimal Status 0 1 Not used fixed to Off 2 3 Off 00 0 Paper roll sensor paper present On 0C 12 Paper roll sensor paper not present 4 Off 00 0 Not used fixed to Off 5 6 Undefined 7 Off 00 0 Not used fixed to Off Paper sensor status n 1 49 Bit Off On Hex Decimal Status 0 Off 00 0 Drawer 1 or 2 connector status is low On 01 1 Drawer 1 or 2 connector status is h...

Page 103: ... used fixed to Off 1 Off 02 2 Not used fixed to On 2 Off 00 0 Drawer 1 or 2 kick out connector status is low On 04 4 Drawer 1 or 2 kick out connector status is high 3 Off 00 0 On line On 08 8 Off line 4 On 10 16 Not used fixed to On 5 6 Undefined 7 Off 00 0 Not used fixed to Off Printer status n 1 Bit Off On Hex Decimal Status 0 Off 00 0 Not used fixed to Off 1 On 02 2 Not used fixed to On 2 Off 0...

Page 104: ...rror occurred 6 Off 00 0 No automatically recoverable error occurred On 40 64 Automatically recoverable error occurred 7 Off 00 0 Not used fixed to Off Error status n 3 Bit Off On Hex Decimal Status 0 Off 00 0 Not used fixed to Off 1 On 02 2 Not used fixed to On 2 3 Off 00 0 Paper roll near end sensor paper adequate On 0C 12 Paper roll near end sensor paper near end 4 On 10 16 Not used fixed to On...

Page 105: ...decimal 1BH 75H n Decimal 27 117 n Range See table below Usage Axiohm 7193 emulation mode definition parallel printer Description This command sends status data to the host system and is available only on parallel printers It is intended for situations when the host computer requires status but is not capable of IEEE 1284 bidirectional communications When this command is sent to the printer the pr...

Page 106: ...pond with a NULL character 00 Hex indicating a no fault condition If the printer has one of the error conditions indicated in the table below it will go busy and not respond Bit Status 0 Signifies 0 Receipt paper Present 1 Receipt cover Closed 2 Receipt paper Present 3 Knife OK 4 Not used 5 Print head OK 6 Input voltage OK 7 Not used Function Transmit printer status E ASCII ESC v Hexadecimal 1BH 7...

Page 107: ...rizontal size of the bar code n specifies the bar code width as follows Binary level Bar Code n Module Width mm for Multilevel Bar Code Thin element width mm Thick element width mm 1 0 125 0 125 0 375 2 0 250 0 250 0 625 3 0 375 0 375 1 000 4 0 500 0 500 1 250 5 0 625 0 625 1 625 6 0 750 0 750 2 000 Multilevel bar codes are UPC A UPC E JAN 13 EAN 13 JAN 8 EAN 8 Code 93 and Code 128 Binary level ba...

Page 108: ...Epson Commands PcOS Series 80PLUS Programmer s Guide Command Descriptions Page 98 Rev B 4 13 99 m selects a bar code system as follows ...

Page 109: ... 73 Code 128 2 n 255 0 d 127 Description for 1 d indicates the character code to be printed A null 00 Hex character ends the bar code definition Description for 2 n indicates the number of bytes of bar code data to be processed immediately following n d indicates the character code to be printed The following apply to both GS k m d1 dk NUL and GS k m n d1 dn 1 If the horizontal width exceeds the p...

Page 110: ...lect font for HRI characters E ASCII GS f n Hexadecimal 1DH 66H n Decimal 29 102 n Range n 0 1 48 49 Description This command selects a font for the HRI Human Readable Interpretation characters used when printing a bar code n selects a font from the following table n Font 0 48 Font A 13 24 1 49 Font B 10 24 Macro Function Commands Function Start end macro definition E ASCII GS Hexadecimal 1DH 3AH ...

Page 111: ...eats this operation r times When Bit 5 of m is set the current macro definition is saved into the printer s nonvolatile EEPROM memory as a start up macro without executing it This macro definition will be executed upon power up using the parameters specified by this command If the printer is powered up into self test mode the macro definition will not be executed A saved macro definition can be de...

Page 112: ...t mode 1 49 Partial cut 65 66 Feeds paper cutting position n vertical motion unit and performs a partial cut Function Partial knife cut EA ASCII ESC i Hexadecimal 1BH 69H Decimal 27 105 Description This command performs a partial knife cut Function Full knife cut EA ASCII EM Hexadecimal 19H Decimal 25 Description This command is implemented the same as partial knife cut ESC i Function Partial knif...

Page 113: ...on Initialize printer EA ASCII ESC Hexadecimal 1BH 40H Decimal 27 64 Description This command clears the data in the print buffer and resets the printer to the mode that was in effect when the power was turned on Function Clear printer A ASCII DLE Hexadecimal 10H Decimal 16 Usage Axiohm 7193 emulation mode only Description This command clears the print line buffer without printing and sets the pri...

Page 114: ...plemented returns zero Bit Off On Hex Decimal Function 0 Off 00 0 Not used fixed to Off 1 On 02 2 Auto cutter equipped 2 3 Undefined 4 Off 00 0 Not used fixed to Off 5 6 Undefined 7 Off 00 0 Not used fixed to Off n 2 Type ID Function Generate pulse EA ASCII ESC p m t1 t2 Hexadecimal 1BH 70H m t1 t2 Decimal 27 112 m t1 t2 Range m 0 1 48 49 0 t1 255 0 t2 255 Description This command outputs the puls...

Page 115: ...Q 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...

Page 116: ...mmand is enabled only when input at the beginning of a line in standard mode it has no effect in page mode Standard mode is selected as the default The following commands are not effective in page mode ESC V ESC a ESC GS L and GS W If these commands are processed in page mode an internal flag is activated Function Select standard mode E ASCII ESC S Hexadecimal 1BH 53H Decimal 27 83 Description ESC...

Page 117: ...ions Depending on the state of the printer and when the button is pressed the functions of the line feed button are as follows When the printer is in the normal operational state and the panel button is depressed for a short duration the printer will feed the paper to a point exposing the last printed line to the user Further depression of the button will result in the activation of the 5 3 inches...

Page 118: ...80PLUS Programmer s Guide Page 108 Rev B 4 13 99 The power error LED indicates a power on state during normal operation The LED will flash when the printer enters any error state See Appendix B for the printer flash code definitions ...

Page 119: ... in the mechanism The switches monitor the printer with respect to the availability of paper and the position of the cover and cutter mechanism Cutter Switch Paper Out Switch Cover Open Switch Paper Out Switch Mechanical switch used to indicate the presence of paper Cover Open Switch Mechanical switch used to indicate a closed or opened cover Cutter Position Switch Mechanical switch used to indica...

Page 120: ...ee Chapter 4 for information on using the remote configuration 2 Upon exiting remote configuration or subsequently powering the unit on off the printer will print the following HEXADECIMAL DUMP 3 Run any software program that sends data to the printer The printer will print all the codes it receives in a two column format The first column contains the hexadecimal codes and the second column gives ...

Page 121: ...ed below RS 232C Interface The RS 232C interface uses the RTS CTS DTR DSR or XON XOFF protocol For RTS CTS changes in the RTS CTS signal coordinate the information flow For DTR DSR changes in the DTR DSR signal coordinate the information flow For XON XOFF data characters transmitted between the host computer control communication data flow The RS 232C version of the Series 80PLUS Printer offers th...

Page 122: ...rface parameters Connectors The following illustration shows the RS 232C communication connector and pin assignments The connector is a 9 pin male D shell connector and is located in the hollow cavity under the printer Pin Signal Name Signal Function PC Host 9 pin Cross Connect Pin 1 Received line signal detector Not used 2 Serial receive Input signal to receive data from the host system 3 Tx 3 Se...

Page 123: ... 6 DCD 1 TXD 3 RXD 2 GND 5 RTS 7 CTS 8 Nine pin Female PC DTR 4 DSR 6 DCD 1 TXD 3 RXD 2 GND 5 RTS 7 CTS 8 Nine pin Female Printer DTR 20 DSR 6 DCD 8 TXD 2 RXD 3 GND 7 RTS 4 CTS 5 Twenty five pin Female PC DTR 4 DSR 6 DCD 1 TXD 3 RXD 2 GND 5 RTS 7 CTS 8 Nine pin Female Printer PN 10 2021 PN 10 2020 ...

Page 124: ...e next byte 4 The printer acknowledges receipt of the data byte by Pulsing ACK L 5 The printer removes Bush H to allow continuation of data flow NOTE Definition and timing of the parallel IEEE 1284 interface is beyond the scope of this manual For a complete description of this interface refer to the IEEE 1284 Specification This table describes the pin settings for the parallel interface Pin 1 Stro...

Page 125: ...LED is ON for 0 5 second LED is ON for 0 1 second _ LED is OFF for 0 5 second _ LED is OFF for 0 1 second IN ORDER OR PRECEDENCE Error Condition Present Graphical Representation Verbal Description QSM RAM ERROR ______ _ _ _ _ _ _ ______ 7 quick flashes RAM ERROR ______ _ ______ 2 quick flashes EEPROM VERIFY ERROR ______ _ _ _ _ _ ______ 6 quick flashes CHECKSUM VERIFY ERROR ___ ___ 5 quick flashes...

Page 126: ...F 2A 42 4A 74 J 6A 106 j 0B 11 VT 2B 43 4B 75 K 6B 107 k 0C 12 FF 2C 44 4C 76 L 6C 108 l 0D 13 CR 2D 45 4D 77 M 6D 109 m 0E 14 SO 2E 46 4E 78 N 6E 110 n 0F 15 SI 2F 47 4F 79 O 6F 111 o 10 16 DLE 30 48 0 50 80 P 70 112 p 11 17 DC1 31 49 1 51 81 Q 71 113 q 12 18 DC2 32 50 2 52 82 R 72 114 r 13 19 DC3 33 51 3 53 83 S 73 115 s 14 20 DC4 34 52 4 54 84 T 74 116 t 15 21 NAK 35 53 5 55 85 U 75 117 u 16 22...

Page 127: ... 04BH 0 0 7 5 NA 76 Swedish II 0 76 0H 04CH 0 0 7 6 15 77 Swedish III 0 77 0H 04DH 0 0 7 7 16 78 Swedish IV 0 78 0H 04EH 0 0 7 8 17 79 Turkish 0 79 0H 04FH 0 0 7 9 18 80 Swiss I 0 80 0H 050H 0 0 8 0 19 81 Swiss II 0 81 0H 051H 0 0 8 1 20 90 Publisher 0 90 0H 05AH 0 0 9 0 64 91 Welsh 0 91 0H 05BH 0 0 9 1 NA 437 USA 1 181 1H 0B5H 0 4 3 7 0 774 Baltic 3 6 3H 006H 0 7 7 4 74 850 Multilingual 3 82 3H 0...

Page 128: ...0 1 8 42 1019 Windows East Europe 3 251 3H 0FBH 1 0 1 9 49 1020 Windows Greek 3 252 3H 0FCH 1 0 2 1 50 1021 Latin 5 Windows Turkey 3 253 3H 0FDH 1 0 2 2 51 1022 Windows Cyrillic 3 254 3H 0FEH 1 0 2 4 52 1024 Hungarian CWI 4 0 4H 000H 1 0 2 5 54 1026 ISO Latin 4 4 2 4H 002H 1 0 2 6 56 1027 Ukrainian 4 3 4H 003H 1 0 2 7 66 1028 Roman 8 4 4 4H 004H 1 0 2 8 58 1029 ISO Latin 6 4 5 4H 005H 1 0 2 9 67 1...

Page 129: ...lities supplied by Ithaca Peripherals These utilities give you the ability to upgrade the capabilities of your printer when newer versions of firmware become available as well as load customized versions of it to meet your specific needs All the process requires is that the Series 80PLUS printer be connected to a host PC and the appropriate software utility then run the entire process takes less t...

Page 130: ...zaki Specialty Papers Inc Cummings Street Ware MA 01082 U S A Tel 413 967 6204 Fax 413 967 5723 Ordering Cables To order cables use the following part numbers 10 2020 9 pin female to 9 pin female serial interconnect 10 2021 9 pin female to 25 pin female serial interconnect 10 2022 9 pin female to 25 pin male serial interconnect 253 9800007 25 pin male to 25 pin male parallel interconnect All of th...

Page 131: ...PN 100 01087 Rev B 4 99 ...

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