Ithaca PcOS Series 80PLUS, Programmer'S Manual

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Epson Commands PcOS Series 80PLUS Programmer's Guide
Command Descriptions
Page 86 Rev B 4/13/99
Function Set column [A]
ASCII ESC DC4 n
Hexadecimal 1BH 14H n
Decimal < 27> <20> n
Range 1
≤
n
≤
44 (Standard pitch)
1
≤
n
≤
57 (Compressed pitch)
Description This command prints the first character of the next print line in column n .
It must be sent for each line not printed at column one. The value of n is
set to one after each line.
Function Set printing area in page mode [E]
ASCII ESC W x
L
x
H
y
L
y
H
dx
L
dx
H
dy
L
dy
H
Hexadecimal 1BH 57H x
L
x
H
y
L
y
H
dx
L
dx
H
dy
L
dy
H
Decimal <27> <87> x
L
x
H
y
L
y
H
dx
L
dx
H
dy
L
dy
H
Range 0
≤
x
L
, x
H
, y
L
, y
H
, dx
L
, dx
H
, dy
L
, dy
H
≤
255
(except for dx
L
= dx
H
= 0 or dy
L
= dy
H
= 0)
Description ESC W sets the size and position of the printing area in page mode as
follows:
Horizontal starting position = [(x
L
+ x
H
x 256) x (horizontal motion unit)]
Vertical starting position = [(y
L
+ y
H
x 256) x (vertical motion unit)]
Printing area width = [(dx
L
+ dx
H
x 256) x (horizontal motion unit)] inches
Printing area height = [(dy
L
+ dy
H
x 256) x (vertical motion unit)] inches
The default settings are as follows: x
L
= x
H
= y
L
= y
H
= 0 and
dx
L
= 0, dx
H
= 2, dy
L
= 126, dy
H
= 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 mode.
Function Set print direction in page mode [E]
ASCII ESC T n
Hexadecimal 1BH 54H n
Decimal <27> <84> n
Range 0
≤
n
≤
3, 48
≤
n
≤
51
Description ESC T n sets the print direction and starting position in page mode
specified by n as shown below. The default setting is n = 0. 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 returns to page mode.
n
Print Direction Starting Position
0, 48 Left to right Upper left (A in figure)
1, 49 Bottom to top Lower left (B in figure)
2, 50 Right to left Lower right (C in figure)
3, 51 Top to bottom Upper right (D in figure)