Printer Configuration
Magnetic Card Reader Control Commands
Command String
Printer Action
ESC M
nn track
CR
Enable MCR with
nn
auto timeout to read
track
track(s)
ESC C
Cancel MCR read process
Graphic Logo and Bar Code Commands
Command String
Printer Action
ESC D L
n
Select Flash Logo Mode
ESC L G
n
Prepare
printer
to load image
ESC L G 0xFF
Loading Logo Complete
ESC L g
n
Print stored logo image
ESC z
n1
n2
L
data
Print Bar Code without visible text
ESC Z
n1
n2
L
data
Print Bar Code with visible text
ESC Q J
n
Reverse Dot Feed
ESC Q Q
n
Set Out of Paper Sensitivity
ESC Q F
m
Set Forward Black Mark Seek
ESC Q B
m
Set Reverse Black Mark Seek
Printer Supervisory and Control Commands
Command String
Printer Action
^V
Battery, Buffer, & MCR Status
^B
Buffer & MCR status
ESC P ^
Print Battery Voltage
ESC P
alpha
Time and date print and control
ESC P (
Firmware version query
ESC P )
Hardware model query
ESC P #
Select Online mode, characters printed as received
ESC P $
Select Buffer mode, characters printed on receipt of EOT (^D)
ESC P
n
Set print contrast
ESC P
n
Set peak power control
ESC M 0 0 0 CR
Disable the power down timer
ESC M
n n
0 CR
Sets the power down timer to
nn
seconds
ESC C
Reset Auto power down to 20 seconds
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