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Lexmark Forms Printer 2580, Technical Reference

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Code Page 1053  ........................................................................................3-40
Code Page 1098  ........................................................................................3-41
Code Page 1116  ........................................................................................3-42
Code Page 1198  ........................................................................................3-43
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Code Page 1862  ........................................................................................3-49
Code Page 1866  ........................................................................................3-50
Code Page 2852  ........................................................................................3-51
Code Page 2866  ........................................................................................3-52
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Code Page 4852 .........................................................................................3-54

Code Page Table ............................................................. A-1

Summary of Contents for Forms Printer 2580

Page 1: ...diamond design are trademarks of Lexmark International Inc registered in the United States and or other countries 2008 Lexmark International Inc All rights reserved 740 West New Circle Road Lexington...

Page 2: ...re trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the United States and other countries PCL is a registered trademark of the Hewlett Packard Company PCL 3 PCL 5 and PCL 6 are Hewlett Packard Company s...

Page 3: ...ommands 2 6 Set Print Direction 2 6 Continuous Double Wide Printing 2 6 Deselect Printer 2 7 Stop Printing 259X only 2 7 Print Position Commands 2 8 Relative Move Inline Forward n 120 2 8 Automatic Li...

Page 4: ...ble Strike Mode 2 29 Start Superscript or Subscript Printing 2 30 Cancel Superscript and Subscript Printing 2 30 Score Select 259X only 2 30 Continuous Underscore 2 31 Continuous Overscore 2 31 Graphi...

Page 5: ...3 13 Code Page 850B 3 14 Code Page 851 3 15 Code Page 852 3 16 Code Page 853T 3 17 Code Page 855 3 18 Code Page 856 3 19 Code Page 857 3 20 Code Page 858 3 21 Code Page 860 3 22 Code Page 861 3 23 Co...

Page 6: ...Page 1116 3 42 Code Page 1198 3 43 Code Page 1250 3 44 Code Page 1251 3 45 Code Page 1257 3 46 Code Page 1852 3 47 Code Page 1855 3 48 Code Page 1862 3 49 Code Page 1866 3 50 Code Page 2852 3 51 Code...

Page 7: ...fault settings stored in flash memory User default settings stored in NVRAM Printer s current settings stored in RAM Factory Factory defaults cannot be modified User The SIC command has the ability to...

Page 8: ...e following table describes the valid init values and their affect on the printer default settings initialization macro settings and download font Format ESC K n1 n2 init id parm1 parm 2 parm 24 Decim...

Page 9: ...d Cleared 254 FE Initialized to the user default setting Then updated to updated to reflect parm values in SIC command NVRAM updated to reflect parm values in SIC command Initialized to the user defau...

Page 10: ...ported in Native mode Not valid when Proprinter III mode ON is selected in Setup 258X only This id allows the user to select the Emulation mode with parm 1 2580 2581 2590 2591 197 C5 Supported in Epso...

Page 11: ...LF after CR Auto LF after CR 2 Form Length 12 inches 11 inches 1 Slashed Zero Zero Slashed Zero not slashed 0 Character Set Set 2 Set 1 2 Valid only for Ids Dec 3 22 35 36 Hex 03 16 23 24 7 Discard b...

Page 12: ...d 3 Macro 0 00 No change No change 1 01 Macro 1 Macro 1 2 02 Macro 2 Macro 2 3 03 Macro 3 Macro 3 4 04 Macro 4 Macro 4 5 254 05 FE No Change No Change 255 FF Disable Macro Disable Macro Notes Macro 1...

Page 13: ...No Change Note Values 06 through FF are not supported for id hex C5 because corresponding fonts are not available for the 258X printers 5 Pitch 0 00 No Change No Change 1 01 10 pitch 10 pitch 2 02 12...

Page 14: ...2 850 850 3 03 860 860 4 04 863 863 5 05 865 865 6 06 437G 437G 7 07 813 813 8 08 851 851 9 09 853T 853T 10 0A 857 857 11 0B 869 869 12 0C 920 920 13 0D 1053 1053 14 0E 861 861 15 0F 1004 1004 16 10 8...

Page 15: ...66 6 06 1855 1855 7 07 1852 1852 8 08 2852 2852 9 09 3852 3852 10 0A 4852 4852 11 0B 1250 1250 12 0C 1251 1251 13 0D 912 912 14 0E 915 915 15 0F 1866 1866 16 10 858 858 17 255 11 FF No Change No Chang...

Page 16: ...3 0D 2866 2866 14 0E 771 771 15 0F 929 929 16 10 773 773 17 255 11 FF No Change No Change 6 Code Page XNLS Arabic 0 00 No Change No Change 1 01 437 437 2 02 850 850 3 03 864 864 4 04 1046 1046 5 05 10...

Page 17: ...Page XNLS OKI 0 00 No Change 1 01 437 2 02 850 3 03 860 4 04 863 5 05 865 6 06 437G 7 07 813 8 08 851 9 09 853T 10 0A 857 11 0B 869 12 0C 920 13 0D 1040 14 0E 1041 15 0F 850B 16 255 10 FF No Change 7...

Page 18: ...0 No Change No Change 1 01 4 inch 4 inch 2 02 5 inch 5 inch 3 03 6 inch 6 inch 4 04 7 inch 7 inch 5 05 8 inch 8 inch 6 06 13 6 inch 2581 only 13 6 inch 2591 only 7 255 07 FF No Change No Change 11 Bot...

Page 19: ...shed Zero slashed 2 02 Zero not slashed Zero not slashed 3 255 03 FF No Change No Change 16 Character Set 0 00 No change No change 1 01 Set 1 Set 1 2 02 Set 2 Set 2 3 255 03 FF No Change No Change 17...

Page 20: ...Ignore FF 2 02 Honor FF 21 TOF Read 0 00 No Change No Change 1 01 TOF Read Disable TOF Read Disable 2 02 TOF Read Enable TOF Read Enable 22 Tractor 0 00 No Change No Change 1 01 Tractor 1 Tractor 1 2...

Page 21: ...e following control codes Table 2 1 Control Codes Code Name Symbol Description Value Dec Value Hex Beeper BEL Sounds the printer beeper for approximately 1 second 7 07 Backspace BS Causes the printer...

Page 22: ...mode This mode is canceled by the receipt of ESC ESC W n CR LF VT FF DC4 CAN or auto wrap 14 0E Condensed Printing SI Condenses printing from 10 characters per inch cpi to 17 1 and 12 cpi to 20 15 0F...

Page 23: ...mmand Parameters A command parameter sets the value for a command This value stays constant until either a different value resets the command or a command resets the printer to its default values For...

Page 24: ...equences utilize the following format Format ESC BEL Decimal 27 7 Hexadecimal 1B 07 Table 2 2 Escape Sequence Equivalents to Control Codes Code Nem Format ESC Decimal 27 Hexadecimal 1B Beeper BEL 7 07...

Page 25: ...Codes in 2 5 Draft document Cancel Double Wide Printing by Line DC4 20 14 Cancel Data CAN 24 18 Table 2 2 Escape Sequence Equivalents to Control Codes Continued Code Nem Format ESC Decimal 27 Hexadec...

Page 26: ...be either of the following 1 dec 01 hex Unidirectional 0 dec 00 hex Bi directional Continuous Double Wide Printing This command selects or cancels a double wide printing mode that is not canceled by...

Page 27: ...rinting and causes the printer to go into OFF LINE mode Pressing the Start Stop key returns the printer to ON LINE mode Format ESC Q n Decimal 27 81 n Hexadecimal 1B 51 n Model Decimal Hexadecimal Pro...

Page 28: ...overscoring are in effect the space of the move is underscored overscored unlike the case of a horizontal tab The unit of measure is 1 120 inch The position will be moved relative to the current prin...

Page 29: ...r one line in the reverse direction Format ESC Decimal 27 93 Hex 1B 5D Caution This command is not recommend Repetitive use of this command can cause a paper jam Set Vertical Units 259X only For 259x...

Page 30: ...follows Select 1 8 Line Spacing This command ESC zero sets the line spacing at 1 8 inch between each line which is 8 lines per inch lpi Select 7 72 Line Spacing This command sets the line spacing at 7...

Page 31: ...Line Spacing ESC 2 USAGE NOTE The value for n must be between 1 and 85 Start Text Line Spacing This command activates the line spacing designated by the Set Line Spacing for Text ESC A printer command...

Page 32: ...with the printer command HT Horizontal Tabulation USAGE NOTES Set the tabulation stops in ascending order n1 n28 The last digit in the sequence must be 0 to terminate the command Horizontal tabs are s...

Page 33: ...no tab position is set the printer performs a single line feed If the next vertical tab position is greater than the form length or form length minus skip perforation the VT does a line feed An automa...

Page 34: ...1 through 255 decimal 01 through FF hexadecimal Cancel Automatic Perforation Skip This command cancels Set Automatic Perforation Skip ESC N Proportional Space Mode This command turns proportional spa...

Page 35: ...on becomes the new top of form Automatic Perforation Skip is canceled Set Form Length in Lines This command sets the form length to a specified number of lines USAGE NOTES The value of n must be from...

Page 36: ...ormation Reference will be updated when document is finalized Select Character Set 2 Selects character set 2 for printing Character set 2 contains characters and symbols that are used in English and n...

Page 37: ...x printers The command is ignored if any other value is entered Table 2 4 Print Mode Values Printer Model Decimal Hexadecimal Print Mode 258X 0 00 Draft Resident 1 01 Fast DP 12 cpi Resident 2 02 NLQ...

Page 38: ...2 cpi Prestige Normal 18 12 LQ 17 cpi Courier Normal 3 03 LQ Proportional Normal 4 04 10 cpi Draft Download 12 0C 12 cpi Draft Download 20 14 17 cpi Draft Download 6 06 10 cpi LQ Download 14 0E 12 cpi...

Page 39: ...nd is ignored if an unavailable code page is specified To calculate Hc Lc for a code page that is not shown Divide the code page number such as 437 by 256 The whole number result is the Hc value The r...

Page 40: ...e the number of characters that you want to print For example for each character n1 n2 n3 that you want to print you must input the decimal or hexadecimal digit for that character Use the Code Page Ta...

Page 41: ...ality as follows Format ESC d n1 n2 m Decimal 27 91 100 n1 n2 m Hexadecimal 1B 5B 64 n1 1n m Table 2 5 Set Print Quality m parameter values Printer Model Decimal Hexadecimal Quality 258X 0 00 No chang...

Page 42: ...D is valid data size parameters Hs LS Sm are ignored The size parameters Hs Ls and Sm specify the pitch They are valid when font ID Hf and Lf is not valid Nul data is ignored See Table 2 12 Global Fon...

Page 43: ...mal Bold Italic Bold Italic 5 10 DW DH 0 244 0 245 00 F4 00 F6 00 F5 10 0 11 0 46 0 18 0 57 00 0B 00 2E 00 12 00 39 12 1 235 0 85 0 108 0 92 0 116 01 EB 00 55 00 6C 00 5C 00 74 15 1 236 0 223 259X 0 2...

Page 44: ...258X 12 1 143 0 87 0 110 0 109 01 8F 00 57 00 6E 00 6D 15 1 142 0 222 0 220 01 8E 00 DE 00 DC 17 1 141 0 255 01 8D 00 FF 20 1 140 1 25 259X 01 8C 01 19 259X 24 259X 1 32 01 20 Proportional spacing 0 1...

Page 45: ...c Normal Bold Italic Bold Italic 5 10 DW DH 10 0 25 00 19 12 1 208 01 D0 15 1 209 01 D1 17 1 1 210 01 D2 20 1 211 01 D3 24 1 35 01 23 Proportional spacing 0 199 00 C7 Table 2 10 Global Font Id Orator...

Page 46: ...Values Hexadecimal Hs Ls Values Decimal Hs Ls Values Hexadecimal Hs Ls Values 24 CPI Subscript 0 00 0 65 00 00 00 41 20 CPI Subscript 0 00 0 78 00 00 00 4E 0 66 0 77 00 42 00 4D 17 1 CPI Normal 0 79 0...

Page 47: ...ot supported m1 controls start and stop of the character modes See the table below for values m3 controls line spacing and character height It as two parts a high order half byte and a low order half...

Page 48: ...Stop Italic Print 4 04 Start Outline Print 259X only 8 08 Stop Outline Print 259X only 16 10 Start Shadow Print 259X only 32 20 Stop Shadow Print 259X only m3 Chracter Height Line Space 0 00 Unchanged...

Page 49: ...e Mode This command selects and cancels the double strike mode Double strike print results in a darker print because the printhead strikes the character twice To select double strike mode To cancel do...

Page 50: ...only For 259x printers only This command selects forms of overscore underscore and strikethrough USAGE NOTES To cancel this command designate type as Dec 255 or ex FF n1 and n2 specify the number of p...

Page 51: ...o begin Continuous Underscore USAGE NOTE The value of n can be either of the following 1 dec 01 hex Underscore ON 0 dec 00 hex Underscore OFF Continuous Overscore This command begins and ends continuo...

Page 52: ...Hn When a value is represented by two parameter bytes value A Ln Hn X 256 Calculate values of A less than 256 Hn is 0 Ln is the value To calculate values of A equal to or greater than 255 Divide the...

Page 53: ...5 Print Wire Mapping 259X only Dot Position Bit Number Decimal Hexadecimal Top 7 128 80 1 2 If dots 7 and 6 print wire 3 is also used 6 64 40 4 5 5 32 20 6 7 If dots 5and 4 print wire 8is also used 4...

Page 54: ...at a horizontal resolution of 120 dots per inch dpi USAGE NOTES The command discards all data that goes beyond the current margin Text and graphics can be printed on the same line Each vertical dot co...

Page 55: ...ot matrix graphics to the printer Format ESC g n1 n2 m data Decimal 27 91 103 n1 n2 m data Hex 1B5B 67 n1 n2 m data USAGE NOTES This command allows selection of eight modes for both emulated 8 wire gr...

Page 56: ...High resolution for ESC K 9 09 120 24 High resolution for ESC L 11 0B 180 24 12 0C 360 24 13 0D 120 48 14 0E 180 48 16 10 360 48 Note The graphics data is organized by byte For 8 wire modes it is arr...

Page 57: ...6 Advances the paper in a vertical movement a distance of n 216 inches relative to the current print position Format ESC J n Decimal 27 74 n Hex 1B 4A n USAGE NOTES n is a value from 1 to 255 decimal...

Page 58: ...on page 2 39 The variable s denotes the space width adjustment and affects the barcode printing width s specifies space width adjustment and is used for each spaces to match optical conditions There...

Page 59: ...al 259X 24 wire 258X 9 wire 0 00 default 2 dots 0 015 in 0 021 in 1 01 2 dots 0 012 in 0 017 in 2 02 2 dots 0 015 in 0 021 in 3 03 3 dots 0 021 in 0 030 in 4 04 4 dots 0 026 in 0 038 in Notes When m 1...

Page 60: ...es lower byte V2 specifies upper byte Bar length is controlled by multiple value of a unit of 1 2160 inch Values for V1 V2 are Table 2 19 Barcode Space Width Adjustment s Decimal Hexadecimal 3 253 FD...

Page 61: ...l the input data is rounded to the multiple value shown b Barcode height is fixed to the values shown Table 2 21 Barcode Control Flags Bit Description Decimal Hexadecimal Effect b1 Check Digit 0 00 No...

Page 62: ...d length data in hexadecimal If an undefined value is found in the data string the printer will ignore all the received barcode data with a length defined as n1 n2 Valid n1 n2 values are listed in the...

Page 63: ...r more buttons on layer 2 of the control panel while turning the printer on as described in the following table Note Buttons must be held until the printer initializes Character Support Control Panel...

Page 64: ...formation 5 Verify by printing a test page a Turn the printer off b Hold down the LineFeed button on the control panel while turning on the printer insert graphic c The test page will indicate the cur...

Page 65: ...Code page samples 3 3 Draft document Code Page 437...

Page 66: ...Code page samples 3 4 Draft document Code Page 437G...

Page 67: ...Code page samples 3 5 Draft document Code Page 449P...

Page 68: ...Code page samples 3 6 Draft document Code Page 708...

Page 69: ...Code page samples 3 7 Draft document Code Page 720...

Page 70: ...Code page samples 3 8 Draft document Code Page 771...

Page 71: ...Code page samples 3 9 Draft document Code Page 773...

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Page 74: ...Code page samples 3 12 Draft document Code Page 813...

Page 75: ...Code page samples 3 13 Draft document Code Page 850...

Page 76: ...Code page samples 3 14 Draft document Code Page 850B...

Page 77: ...Code page samples 3 15 Draft document Code Page 851...

Page 78: ...Code page samples 3 16 Draft document Code Page 852...

Page 79: ...Code page samples 3 17 Draft document Code Page 853T...

Page 80: ...Code page samples 3 18 Draft document Code Page 855...

Page 81: ...Code page samples 3 19 Draft document Code Page 856...

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Page 103: ...Code page samples 3 41 Draft document Code Page 1098...

Page 104: ...Code page samples 3 42 Draft document Code Page 1116...

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Page 106: ...Code page samples 3 44 Draft document Code Page 1250...

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Page 115: ...Code page samples 3 53 Draft document Code Page 3852...

Page 116: ...Code page samples 3 54 Draft document Code Page 4852...

Page 117: ...matter which convention is used Code Page refers to the commonly used code page number IBM Code Page refers to the code page number commonly used by IBM Op Panel Menu refers to the code page identifie...

Page 118: ...861 861 861 PC Iceland 3 93 03 5D 258x 259x 863 863 863 PC Canadian 3 95 03 5F 258x 259x 258x only 865 865 865 PC 865 D N 3 97 03 61 258x 259x 258x only 1004 1004 1004 IBM PC OS 2 3 236 03 EC 258x 259...

Page 119: ...42 103 2A 67 258x 259x 1866 10866 UKR Ukraine 42 114 2A 72 258x 259x 258x 259x Greek 437G 10437 437G PC 437 Greek 40 197 28 C5 258x 259x 258x only 813 813 813 ISO 8859 7 Greek 3 45 03 2D 258x 259x 258...

Page 120: ...Hebrew 7 42 110 2A 6E 258x 259x OKI 850B 11850 850B 850B 46 74 2E 4A 258x only 1040 1040 BRASCII BRASCII 4 16 04 10 258x only 1041 1041 Abicomp Abicomp 4 17 04 11 258x only Table A 1 Code Page Table...

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