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Printer Control Codes PcOS Series 90PLUS Programmer's Guide
Station Control
Page 60 Rev Q 11/07/05
Function Select paper-error operation
ASCII
[ESC] p <n>
Hexadecimal
1BH 70H
Decimal
<27> <112>
IPCL &%PE <m
1
> <m
2
>
EPOS [ESC] c 3 <n>
Description
The [ESC] p <n> command selects the operation of the receipt paper-status
sensor.
Where n bits: n IPCL
76543210
----xxxx
paper length to fault
0
----0000
immediate
1
----0001
1 foot
15
----1111
15 feet
yyyy----
mode
0 00-15
0000----
no fault generation
(Paper error is disabled.
Paper-error off is for
validation-only printers).
16 16-31
0001----
immediate fault after n feet
32 32-47
0010----
paper low warning, then
fault with visual warning
Note
The default mode is specified in the printer configuration.
Typical values for Mode 2 are 8 feet (244 cm) with 1-ply, 4 feet (122 cm)
with 2-ply, and 2 feet (61 cm) with 3-ply paper.
Function Disable the paper out sensor
ASCII
[ESC] 8
Hexadecimal
1BH 38H
Decimal <27> <56>
IPCL &%PF
EPOS none
Description
The [ESC] 8 command is intended to temporarily disable the paper out
sensor. The printer will not stop printing or go off-line when it senses that it
is out of paper. The [ENQ] command will still return paper out status.
Function Enable the paper out sensor
ASCII [ESC] 9
Hexadecimal
1BH 39H
Decimal
<27> <57>
IPCL
&%PO
EPOS none
Description The [ESC] 9 command is intended to reverse the effect of the disable paper
out sensor command. If the printer is out of paper when this command is
issued, it will go off-line.