protech PA-6722, Manual

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In standard mode, the printer uses the vertical motion unit (
y
).
In page mode, this command functions as follows, depending on the starting
position of the printable area:
(1) When the starting position is set to the upper left or lower right of the
printable area using ESC T , the vertical motion unit (
y
) is used.
(2) When the starting position is set to the upper right or lower left of the
printable area using ESC T , the horizontal motion unit (
x
) is used.
The maximum line spacing is 150mm {5.9 inches }. When the setting value
exceeds the maximum, it is converted to the maximum automatically.
ESC L
[Name] Select page mode
[Format]
ASCII ESC L
Hex. 1B 4C
Decimal 27 76
[Range] N/A
[Description]
Enabled only when input with the top of line.
Invalid when input by page mode.
Returns to standard mode after the following commands are issued.
a. FF (Print and recover to page mode)
b. ESC S (Select standard mode)
Character expansion position has the starting point specified by ESC T
(Character print direction selection in page mode) in the printing region
designated by the ESC W (Set print region in the page mode) command.
This command switches the settings for the following commands the values
of which can be set independently in standard mode and page mode to
those for page mode
a. Set space amount: ESC SP, FS S
b. Set line feed amount: ESC 2, ESC 3
The following commands are enabled only when in page mode.
a. ESC V :Specify/cancel character 90 degree clockwise rotation
b. ESC a :Position alignment
c. ESC { :Specify/cancel upside-down printing
d. GS W :Set print region width
The following command is ignored in page mode.
a. GS (A :Test print
The following commands are invalid in page mode.
a. FS p :Print NV bit image
b. FS q :Define NV bit image
c. GS v 0 :Print raster bit images
d. GS L :Set left margin
Recover to standard mode using ESC @ (initialize printer).
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