Index Braille
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Manual Index Everest
January 2000
Verson 8.20/9.20
8.7
Page numbering selection by ESC sequences
While printing several documents, that should be connected to each other as one document, it is possible
to select continuous page numbering.
To choose continuing number from the of the previous document, send the following ESC-sequence in
the beginning of the file, like a driver:
ESC^Q,0,ESC
To choose a certain page number from the first page of the next document, send the following ESC-
sequence in the beginning of the file, like a driver:
ESC^Q,xxx,ESC
8.8
Remaining copies to print
While printing multiple copies of a document, it is possible to get a message of the number of copies left
to print by the following command:
1. Press Off line.
2. Press Help. The printer will echo the remaining number of copies to print, and at what page
the printout was interrupted: Number of copies #, page #.
Example: Print a document of 10 pages, interrupt in copy no. 3 at page no. 6:
ECHO: “Number of copies 7, page 6. “
8.9
Transparent mode
Command = ESC\n1n2 “text”
n1 and n2 (hex) gives together the total number of characters printed in transparent mode and is
given in the base of 256.
n1 is the number of singular and n2 the multiple number of 256.
When printing transparent mode, first set the printer for 8 dot computer Braille.
Example
Print 1 character; text “A”. Command ESC\1OA
[ESC][\][SOH][NULL]A
Print 257 characters; text “A”. ESC\11AAAA....(257xA)
[ESC][\][SOH][SOH]A....(text string)
Print 260 characters; text “A”. ESC\41AAAA....(260xA)
[ESC][\][EOT][SOH]A....(text string)
