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8. Hexadecimal Dump
This feature allows experienced users to see exactly what data is coming to the
printer. This can be useful in finding software problems.
When you go into the hex dump function, the printer prints all commands and
other data in hexadecimal format along with a guide section to help you find
specific commands.
To use the hex dump feature, follow these steps
1
Please turn printer off.
2
Please turn printer on while press down “Feed” button.
3
Press the FEED button three times when the Self Test printed.
4
Now printer had entered into Hexa dump mode.
5
Run any software program that sends data to the printer. The printer prints
”Hexadecimal printing mode…” and then all the codes it receives in a
two-column format. The first column contains the hecadecimal codes and the
second column gives the ASCII characters that correspond to the codes.
Hecadecimal Dump
1B 21 00 1B 26 02 40 40 .!..& . @ @
1B 25 01 1B 63 34 00 1B .%..c4 ..
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 ABCDEFGH
A period (.) is printed for each code that has no ASCII equivalent.
6
Turn off the printer.
7
Turn on the printer.
