Epic 3000
Programmer’s Guide
Programming Codes
100-14362
Rev A
Page 163
Miscellaneous Printer Control
[ESC] 8
Disable paper out sensor
ASCII
[ESC] 8
Hexadecimal
1BH 38H
Decimal
<27> <56>
IPCL
&%PF
EPOS
none
Description
The [ESC] 8 command temporally disables the paper out sensor. The
printer does not stop printing or go off-line when it senses it is out of paper. The inquire
commands still return paper out status.
[ESC] 9
Enable paper out sensor
ASCII
[ESC] 9
Hexadecimal
1BH 39H
Decimal
<27> <57>
IPCL
&%PO
EPOS
none
Description
The [ESC] 9 command enables paper sensing and is intended to reverse
the effect of the disable paper out sensor command. If the printer is out of paper when
the command is issued, it goes off-line.
[ESC] X
Set left/right print margins
ASCII
[ESC] X <n
1
> <n
2
>
Hexadecimal
1BH 58H <n
1
> <n
2
>
Decimal
<27> <88> <n
1
> <n
2
>
IPCL
none
EPOS
[ESC] l, [ESC] Q
Description
The [ESC] X <n
1
> <n
2
> command sets left and right print margins in
characters from the home position. Where n
1
= left margin and n
2
= right margin, the
absolute position depends on the current print pitch. If the left and right margins are set
to the right of the current horizontal position, the new margins become valid in the same
line. If the left margin is set to the left of the current horizontal position and the right
margin set to the right of the current horizontal position, the right margin setting becomes
valid in the same line, but the left margin setting becomes valid in the next line. When
the left and right margins are set to the left of the current horizontal position, both left
and right margin settings appear to become valid in the next line because an auto-CR is
performed by the subsequent data.
