NCR 7197 II SERIES, Owner'S Manual

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7197 Series II Owner’s Guide Chapter 6: Commands
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Select Page Mode
ASCII: ESC L
Hexadecimal: 1B 4C
Decimal: 27 76
Switches from Standard Mode to Page Mode. After printing has been completed either by
the Print and Return to Standard Mode (FF) command or Select Standard Mode (1B 53) the
printer returns to Standard Mode. The developed data is deleted after being printed.
This command sets the position where data is buffered to the position specified by Select
Print Direction in Page Mode (1B 54) within the printing area defined by Set Print Area in
Page Mode (1B 57).
This command switches the settings for the following commands (which values can be set
independently in Standard Mode and Page Mode) to those for Page Mode.
1. Set Right-Side Character Spacing (1B 20)
2. Select 1/6-Inch Line Spacing (1B 32)
3. Set Line Spacing (1B 33)
It is possible only to set values for the following commands in Page Mode. These
commands are not executed.
4. Select or Cancel 90 Degree Clockwise Rotation (1B 56)
5. Select Justification (1B 61)
6. Select or Cancel Upside Down Printing (1B 7B).
7. Set Left Margin (1D 4C)
8. Set Print Area Width (1D 57)
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Example:
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MSComm1.Output = Chr$(&H1B) & Chr$(&H4C)
Exceptions:
The command is enabled only when input at the beginning of a line.
The command has no effect if Page Mode has previously been selected.
In 7193 Emulation Mode, (1B 4C…) is used for double density graphics.