Compuprint 4247-Z03 Programmer Manual

Compuprint 4247 Serial Matrix Printers

Compuprint 4247 Model X03/Z03 Printers: Programmer Manual

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Contents

Figures ....................................xiii

Tables ....................................xv

The 4247 Model X03/Z03 Serial Matrix Printers ....................xvii

Printer description ................................xvii

Print speeds .................................xvii

Paper paths .................................xvii

Print qualities ................................xviii

Printer interfaces ...............................xviii

Printer datastream emulations ..........................xviii

How to Use This Manual..............................xix

Chapter 1. Personal Printer Data Stream (PPDS) ....................1

Print Job Processing................................1

Page Printing Concept ...............................1

Page Presentation ................................1

Graphic and Control Character Sequences .......................3

PPDS Compatibility ................................4

One-Byte Controls ................................4

Null (NUL) ..................................4

Bell (BEL)...................................4

Backspace (BS) ................................5

Horizontal Tab (HT) ...............................5

Line Feed (LF) .................................5

Vertical Tab (VT) ................................5

Form Feed (FF) ................................5

Carriage Return (CR) ..............................5

Shift Out (SO) / Double-Wide Print .........................6

Shift In (SI) / Condensed Print ...........................6

Device Control 1 (DC1) / Select ..........................6

Device Control 2 (DC2) / Select ..........................6

Device Control 3 (DC3) / Select ..........................6

Device Control 4 (DC4) / Select ..........................7

Cancel (CAN) .................................7

Escape (ESC) .................................7

Space ....................................7

Escape Sequence Controls .............................7

Null (ESC NUL) ................................9

Bell (ESC BEL).................................9

Backspace (ESC BS) ..............................9

Horizontal Tab (ESC HT) .............................9

Line Feed (ESC LF) ...............................9

Vertical Tab (ESC VT) ..............................10

Form Feed (ESC FF) ..............................10

Carriage Return (ESC CR) ............................10

Shift Out (ESC SO) / Doube-Wide Print .......................10

Shift In (ESC SI) / Condensed Print.........................10

Device Control 1 (ESC DC1 / Select) ........................11

Device Control 2 (ESC DC2) / Select 10 CPI

Device Control 3 (ESC DC3) / Deselect .......................11

Device Control 4 (ESC DC4) / Cancel Double-Wide Print .................11

Cancel (ESC CAN) ...............................11

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Auto Underscore (ESC -) ............................12

Set 1/8 Inch Line Spacing (ESC 0) .........................12

Set 7/72 Inch Line Spacing (ESC 1) ........................12

Invoke Text Line Spacing (ESC 2) .........................12

Set Graphics Line Spacing (ESC 3) .........................12

Set Top of Form (ESC 4).............................13

Set Auto Line Feed (ESC 5) ...........................13

Select PC Character Set 2 (ESC 6) .........................13

Select PC Character Set 1 (ESC 7) .........................13

Set 12 CPI (ESC :) ...............................13

Unidirectional Printing (ESC <) ..........................13

Character Font Image Download (ESC =) ......................14

Select n/72 Inch Line Spacing (ESC A) .......................15

Set Vertical Tabs (ESC B) ............................15

Set Page Length (ESC C) ............................15

Set Horizontal Tabs (ESC D) ...........................16

Begin Emphasized Print (ESC E)..........................16

End Emphasized Print (ESC F) ..........................16

Begin Double-Strike Print (ESC G) .........................16

End Double-Strike Print (ESC H) ..........................16

Change Font (ESC I) ..............................16

Relative Move Baseline (ESC J) ..........................17

Normal Density Bit Image Graphics (ESC K) .....................18

Dual Density Bit Image Graphics Type 1 (ESC L)....................18

Begin Skip Perforation (ESC N) ..........................18

End Skip Perforation (ESC O) ...........................18

Proportional Space Mode (ESC P) .........................19

Deselect on Positive Query Reply (ESC Q) ......................19

Set Default Tabs (ESC R) ............................19

Begin Subscript/Superscript (ESC S) ........................19

End Subscript/Superscript (ESC T) .........................20

Set Print Direction (ESC U) ............................20

Double-Wide Continuous Mode (ESC W).......................20

Set Horizontal Margins (ESC X) ..........................20

Dual Density Bit Image Graphics Type 2 (ESC Y) ...................21

High Density Bit Image Graphics (ESC Z) ......................21

Print All Characters (ESC \)............................21

Reverse Line Feed (ESC ]) ............................21

Print Single Character (ESC ^) ..........................22

Continuous Overscore (ESC _) ..........................22

Relative Move Right (ESC d) ...........................22

Relative Move Left (ESC e)............................22

Select Line Scoring (ESC [ -) ...........................22

Set Presentation Highlight (SPH) (ESC [ @) .....................23

Set Font Global (SFG) (ESC [ I) ..........................23

Set Initial Conditions (SIC) (ESC [ K) ........................24

Select Code Page (SCP) (ESC [ T) .........................26

Set Print Quality (SPQ) (ESC [ d) .........................27

4247 Commands ................................28

Select EAN-8 Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 1 PP EM) .................29

Select EAN-13 Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 2 PP EM)

Select UPC-A Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 3 PP EM) .................29

Select MSI Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 4 PP EM) ..................30

Select UPC-E Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 5 PP EM) .................30

Select UPC 2-Digit Bar Code (Magazine) (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 6 PP EM) ..........30

Select UPC 5-Digit Bar Code (Magazine) (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 7 PP EM) ..........31

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Select 2 of 5 INTERLEAVED Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 17 PP EM) ...........31

Select 2 of 5 INDUSTRIAL Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 18 PP EM)............31

Select 2 of 5 MATRIX Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 19 PP EM) .............32

Select CODE 3 of 9 Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 20 PP EM) ..............32

Select CODABAR Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 22 PP EM) ...............32

Select CODE 128 Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 23 PP EM) ...............33

Select POSTNET Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 24 PP EM) ...............33

Print Bar Code Selection (DC4 DC4 ESC ( GS {N1} {DATA1} GS {N2} {DATA2} EM).......34

Reinitialize Printer (DC4 DC4 ESC @) ........................34

Set Vertical Spacing n/144 Inch (DC4 DC4 ESC 1 NN) .................34

Set Vertical Spacing 12 Lines/30mm (DC4 DC4 ESC 3 1) ................34

Set Vertical Spacing 3 Lines/30mm (DC4 DC4 ESC 3 3) .................34

Set Vertical Spacing 4 Lines/30mm (DC4 DC4 ESC 3 4) .................35

Set Vertical Spacing 6 Lines/30mm (DC4 DC4 ESC 3 6) .................35

Set Vertical Spacing 8 Lines/30mm (DC4 DC4 ESC 3 8) .................35

Eject Single Sheet or Form Feed (DC4 DC4 ESC 5) ..................35

Set 15, 17.1, 20 CPI (DC4 DC4 ESC A) .......................35

Load or Park Fanfold from a Rear Path (DC4 DC4 ESC N) ................35

Load or Park Fanfold from a Front Path (DC4 DC4 ESC T) ................36

Select Emulation (DC4 DC4 ESC Y) ........................36

Select AFTA in Column (DC4 DC4 ESC Z) ......................36

Select Resident Font (DC4 DC4 ESC g) .......................36

Request to Read Configuration (DC4 DC4 ESC h) ...................36

Printer Configuration Response (DC4 DC4 ESC h) ...................37

Write Configuration Response (DC4 DC4 ESC i) ....................37

Write Configuration Acknowledgement (DC4 DC4 ESC i) .................37

Select Print Quality (DC4 DC4 ESC p)........................37

Buffer Terminating Conditions ............................38

Chapter 2. Epson FX-1050 Data Stream .......................39

Print Job Processing ...............................39

Page Printing Concept ..............................39

Page Presentation ................................39

One-Byte Controls ................................41

Null (NUL) ..................................41

Bell (BEL) ..................................41

Backspace (BS) ................................42

Horizontal Tab (HT)...............................42

Line Feed (LF) ................................42

Vertical Tab (VT)................................42

Form Feed (FF) ................................42

Carriage Return (CR) ..............................42

Shift Out (SO) / Double-Wide Print .........................43

Shift In (SI) / Condensed Print ...........................43

Device Control 1 (DC1) / Select ..........................43

Device Control 2 (DC2) / Cancel Condensed Print ...................43

Device Control 3 (DC3) / Deselect .........................43

Device Control 4 (DC4) / Cancel Double-Wide Print ...................44

Cancel (CAN) .................................44

Space (SP) ..................................44

Delete Character (DEL) .............................44

Escape Sequence Controls

.............................44

Escape (ESC).................................46

Null (ESC NUL) ................................46

Bell (ESC BEL) ................................46

Backspace (ESC BS) ..............................47

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Horizontal Tab (ESC HT).............................47

Line Feed (ESC LF) ..............................47

Vertical Tab (ESC VT) ..............................47

Form Feed (ESC FF) ..............................47

Carriage Return (ESC CR) ............................48

Shift Out (ESC SO) / Double-Wide Print .......................48

Shift In (ESC SI) / Condensed Print.........................48

Device Control 1 (ESC DC1) / Select ........................48

Device Control 2 (ESC DC2) / Cancel Condensed Print .................48

Device Control 3 (ESC DC3) / Deselect .......................48

Device Control 4 (ESC DC4) / Cancel Double-Wide Print .................49

Cancel (ESC CAN) ...............................49

Set Intercharacter Spacing (ESC SP) ........................49

Master Select (ESC !) ..............................49

Cancel MSB Control (ESC #) ...........................49

Set Absolute Print Position (ESC $) .........................50

Select User-Defined Set (ESC %) .........................50

Define User-Defined Characters (ESC &).......................50

Select Graphics Mode (ESC *) ..........................51

Auto Underscore (ESC –) ............................51

Select Vertical Tab Channel (ESC /).........................51

Set 1/8 Inch Line Spacing (ESC 0) .........................51

Set 7/72 Inch Line Spacing (ESC 1) ........................52

Set 1/6 Inch Line Spacing (ESC 2) .........................52

Set n/216 Inch Line Spacing (ESC 3) ........................52

Select Italic Mode (ESC 4) ............................52

Cancel Italic Mode (ESC 5) ............................52

Printable Code Area Expansion (ESC 6) .......................53

Cancel Printable Code Area Expansion (ESC 7) ....................53

Copy ROM into Ram (ESC : NUL) .........................53

Select Unidirectional Mode (one line only) (ESC <) ...................53

Set MSB to 0 (ESC =)..............................53

Set MSB to 1 (ESC >)..............................53

Reassign Graphics Mode (ESC ?) .........................53

Initialize Printer (ESC @) ............................54

Select n/72 Inch Line Spacing (ESC A) .......................54

Set Vertical Tabs (ESC B) ............................54

Set Page Length (ESC C) ............................55

Set Horizontal Tabs (ESC D) ...........................55

Begin Emphasized Print (ESC E)..........................55

End Emphasized Print (ESC F) ..........................55

Begin Double-Strike Print (ESC G) .........................55

End Double-Strike Print (ESC H) ..........................56

Printable Code Area Expansion (ESC I) .......................56

Perform n/216 Inch Line Feed (ESC J) .......................56

Select Single Density Graphics Mode (ESC K).....................56

Select Double Density Graphics Mode (ESC L) ....................56

Select 12 CPI (ESC M)

Begin Skip Perforation (ESC N) ..........................57

End Skip Perforation (ESC O) ...........................57

Select 10 CPI (ESC P) .............................57

Select Right Margin (ESC Q) ...........................57

Select Character Set (ESC R) ...........................57

Begin Subscript/Superscript (ESC S) ........................58

End Subscript/Superscript (ESC T) .........................58

Set Print Direction (ESC U) ............................58

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Double-Wide Continuous Mode (ESC W).......................59

Dual Density Bit Image Graphics Type 2 (ESC Y) ...................59

High Density Bit Image Graphics (ESC Z) ......................59

Set Relative Position (ESC \) ...........................60

Set Letter Quality Justification (ESC a) .......................60

Select Vertical Tabs in Channels (ESC b).......................60

Relative Move Right n/120 (ESC d) .........................60

Relative Move Left n/120 (ESC e) .........................60

Set 15 CPI (ESC g) ..............................61

Feed Paper n/216 Reverse (ESC j) .........................61

Select NLQ Font (ESC k) ............................61

Set Left Margin (ESC l) .............................61

Turn Proportional Mode On/Off (ESC p) .......................61

Quiet Printing (ESC s)..............................61

Select Character Table (ESC t) ..........................62

Double High Printing (ESC w) ...........................62

Select NLQ or DP Print Quality (ESC x) .......................62

4247 Commands ................................62

Select EAN-8 Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 1 PP EM) .................63

Select EAN-13 Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 2 PP EM) ................64

Select UPC-A Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 3 PP EM) .................64

Select MSI Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 4 PP EM) ..................64

Select UPC-E Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 5 PP EM) .................65

Select UPC 2-Digit Bar Code (Magazine) (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 6 PP EM) ..........65

Select UPC 5-Digit Bar Code (Magazine) (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 7 PP EM) ..........65

Select 2 of 5 INTERLEAVED Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 17 PP EM) ...........66

Select 2 of 5 INDUSTRIAL Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 18 PP EM)............66

Select 2 of 5 MATRIX Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 19 PP EM) .............66

Select CODE 3 of 9 Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 20 PP EM) ..............67

Select CODABAR Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 22 PP EM) ...............67

Select CODE 128 Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 23 PP EM) ...............67

Select POSTNET Bar Code (DC4 DC4 ESC ! NN 24 PP EM) ...............68

Print Bar Code Selection (DC4 DC4 ESC ( GS {N1} {DATA1} GS {N2} {DATA2} EM).......68

Reinitialize Printer (DC4 DC4 ESC @) ........................69

Set Vertical Spacing n/144 Inch (DC4 DC4 ESC 1 NN) .................69

Set Vertical Spacing 12 Lines/30mm (DC4 DC4 ESC 3 1) ................69

Set Vertical Spacing 3 Lines/30mm (DC4 DC4 ESC 3 3) .................69

Set Vertical Spacing 4 Lines/30mm (DC4 DC4 ESC 3 4) .................69

Set Vertical Spacing 6 Lines/30mm (DC4 DC4 ESC 3 6) .................69

Set Vertical Spacing 8 Lines/30mm (DC4 DC4 ESC 3 8) .................70

Eject Single Sheet or Form Feed (DC4 DC4 ESC 5) ..................70

Set 15, 17.1, 20 CPI (DC4 DC4 ESC A) .......................70

Load or Park Fanfold from a Rear Path (DC4 DC4 ESC N) ................70

Load or Park Fanfold from a Front Path (DC4 DC4 ESC T) ................70

Select Emulation (DC4 DC4 ESC Y) ........................71

Select AFTA in Column (DC4 DC4 ESC Z) ......................71

Select Resident Font (DC4 DC4 ESC g) .......................71

Request to Read Configuration (DC4 DC4 ESC h) ...................71

Printer Configuration Response (DC4 DC4 ESC h)

...................71

Write Configuration Response (DC4 DC4 ESC i) ....................72

Write Configuration Acknowledgement (DC4 DC4 ESC i) .................72

Select Print Quality ...............................72

Buffer Terminating Conditions ............................72

Unsupported Command Processing..........................73

Chapter 3. Intelligent Printer Data Stream ......................75

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Overview ...................................75

Physical Medium.................................75

IPDS Coordinate Systems .............................76

X and Y Medium Coordinate System ........................76

Logical Page Layout ..............................77

I and B Coordinate System ............................78

Processing IPDS Commands ............................79

IPDS Command Format ..............................80

Acknowledge Requests and Replies .........................81

Acknowledge Reply (ACK) ............................82

Host Acknowledgment Requests ..........................83

Printer Acknowledgment Replies ..........................83

IPDS Data ...................................84

Mixing Rules ..................................85

IPDS Operating States ..............................86

Home State .................................86

Page State ..................................86

Overlay State .................................87

Page Segment State ..............................88

A Summary of the IPDS States and Commands .....................89

A Typical IPDS Command Sequence .........................91

Printer Initialization and Preparation Sequence.....................93

Page Segment Sequence ............................94

Overlay Sequence ...............................95

Page Sequence ................................96

Error Handling .................................97

Chapter 4. IPDS Programming Information ......................99

IPDS Initialization Defaults .............................99

Parameter Values ...............................100

Command Format ................................100

Supported IPDS Command Codes for the 4247 Printer ..................101

Command Function Sets .............................102

Device Control Function Set Commands .......................102

No Operation (NOP) ..............................103

Sense Type and Model (STM) ..........................103

Set Home State (SHS) .............................106

Acknowledge Reply (ACK)............................106

Load Font Equivalence (LFE) ..........................107

Code Page ID Values .............................109

Load Copy Control (LCC) ............................110

Logical Page Descriptor (LPD) ..........................111

Logical Page Position (LPP) ...........................113

Deactivate Font (DF) ..............................114

End Page (EP) ................................114

End (END) .................................114

Execute Order Home State (XOH) .........................114

Execute Order Any State (XOA)..........................124

Text Function Set Commands ...........................133

Load Equivalence (LE) .............................133

Write Text (WT)................................134

Image Function Set Commands

Write Image Control (WIC) ...........................142

Write Image (WI) ...............................144

End (END) .................................144

Graphics Function Set Commands..........................144

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Drawing Order Coordinate System.........................144

Graphic Medium Presentation Space ........................145

Graphic Window ...............................146

Graphic Block Area ..............................146

Positioning the Graphic Window in the Graphic Block Area................147

Write Graphics Control (WGC) ..........................148

Write Graphics (WG)..............................159

Related Drawing Orders .............................177

Bar Code Function Set Commands .........................180

Write Bar Code Control (WBCC) .........................181

Write Bar Code (WBC) .............................190

Code 128 Character Set (EBCDIC) .........................192

Overlay Function Set Commands ..........................193

Begin Overlay (BO) ..............................194

Delete Overlay (DO) ..............................194

Include Overlay (IO) ..............................194

Page Segment Function Set Commands .......................195

Begin Page Segment (BPS) ...........................195

Include Page Segment (IPS) ...........................195

Deactivate Page Segment (DPS) .........................196

Loaded Font Function Set Commands ........................196

Load Symbol Set (LSS) .............................196

Chapter 5. IPDS Exception Reporting Codes .....................199

Command Reject - X'80' .............................199

Intervention Required - X'40' ............................199

Equipment Check - X'10' .............................200

Data Check - X'08' ...............................200

Specification Check-Bar Code - X'04'.........................200

Specification Check-Graphics - X'03' .........................202

Specification Check-General - X'02' .........................204

Conditions Requiring Host Notification - X'01' ......................213

Chapter 6. Print Samples and IPDS Coding Example ..................215

Text Print Samples ...............................215

Bar Codes ..................................216

Graphics Patterns ................................217

Graphics Example ................................218

IPDS Coding Example ..............................223

Appendix A. Code Pages ............................231

EBCDIC Code Pages ..............................231

USA/Canada/Canadian Bilingual .........................233

Canadian French ...............................234

Austrian/German ...............................235

Belgian Old .................................236

Brazilian ..................................237

Danish/Norwegian...............................238

Finnish/Swedish ...............................239

Italian ...................................240

Japanese English ...............................241

Portuguese .................................242

Spanish/Spanish Speaking ...........................243

English (UK)/Ireland

..............................244

Japanese Katakana ..............................245

French/French Azerty .............................246

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Arabic ...................................247

Greek (Old) .................................248

Hebrew Bulletin................................249

International 5/Swiss/Belgian ...........................250

Greek/Latin (ISO 8859-7) + euro .........................251

Korean ...................................252

Thai ....................................253

Latin 2/ROECE ................................254

Icelandic ..................................255

Greek New + euro ..............................256

Cyrillic ...................................257

Yugoslav (Old) ................................258

OCR-A ...................................259

OCR-B ...................................260

Latin 9 (ISO 8859) + euro ............................261

Cyrillic Multilingual...............................262

Latin-5 Turkey ................................263

Farsi....................................264

Baltic Multilingual ...............................265

Estonian ..................................266

USA/Canada + euro ..............................267

Austrian/German + euro ............................268

Danish/Norwegian + euro ............................269

Finnish/Swedish + euro .............................270

Italian + euro ................................271

Spanish/Spanish Speaking + euro .........................272

English/UK + euro...............................273

French + euro ................................274

International 5/Belgian New + euro ........................275

Icelandic + euro ...............................276

ASCII Code Pages ...............................277

USA (Personal Computer) A-54 ..........................278

Greek (MS DOS) ...............................279

Greek/Latin (ISO 8859-7) ............................280

Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1) ..............................281

PC Multilingual ................................282

Old Greek ..................................283

Latin 2/ROECE ................................284

Latin 3 (PC) .................................285

Cyrillic (PC) .................................286

Latin 5-Turkey + euro .............................287

PC Multilingual + euro .............................288

Portuguese .................................289

Icelandic ..................................290

Hebrew...................................291

Canadian French ...............................292

Arabic ...................................293

Danish/Norwegian...............................294

PC Data, Cyrillic, Russian ............................295

Greek New + euro ..............................296

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Thai

OCR-A ...................................298

OCR-B ...................................299

Latin 2 (ISO 8859-2) ..............................300

Latin 3 (ISO 8859-3) ..............................301

Latin 4 (ISO 8859-4) ..............................302

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Cyrillic (ISO 8859-5) ..............................303

Latin 8 (ISO 8859-8) ..............................304

Latin 5 (ISO 8859-9) ..............................305

Baltic Multilingual ...............................306

Estonian ..................................307

Latin 9 (ISO 8859-15) + euro...........................308

Urdu....................................309

Arabic Extended ...............................310

Latin 6 (ISO 8859-6) ..............................311

Farsi (Personal Computer)............................312

Estonian (Personal Computer) ..........................313

Latvian (Personal Computer) ...........................314

Lithuanian (Personal Computer)..........................315

Central Europe Latin 2 .............................316

Cyrillic Windows + euro .............................317

Epson FX-series Code Pages ...........................318

Extended Graphics Character Table ........................318

Italic Character Table..............................319

Epson Extended Character Variables ........................320

Appendix B. Application Paper Source Selection ...................321

Application-controlled paper-source selection ......................321

PSF usage - z/OS and System i .........................321

System i media selection (other than FORMDEF) ...................321

Use of 'FORMS' parameters - z/OS and System i ...................322

Using 4247 with System i Host Print Transform ....................322

Appendix C. 4247 Bar Code and OCR Printing Options .................323

Bar Code Printing Options Charts ..........................323

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Printing .....................325

OCR Symbols ................................325

OCR Scanning ................................326

Appendix D. Configuration Menu Lockout ......................327

Appendix E. Interfaces .............................329

The Parallel Interface ..............................329

Signals Description ..............................329

Operating Phases ...............................329

Parallel Interface Signals ............................330

Parallel Interface Signals Behaviour ........................331

The Serial Interface ...............................335

Serial Interface Signals .............................336

LAN Interface Port ..............................336

USB Interface Port ..............................336

Appendix F. Network Interface Technical Reference ..................337

4247 Network Configuration Parameters .......................337

Managing a Single Printer Configuration Using the 4247 Internal Webpage ...........339

Configuration Password.............................339

Storing and Saving Settings ...........................339

Managing Multiple Printers Using the 4247 Remote Printer Management Utility .........339

4247 Network Interface Summary ..........................339

IBM systems - LAN printing technical support documents on the world-wide-web ........342

32815, Configuring a *LAN 3812 SNMP Device Description ...............342

19934440, Recommended SNMP Port Number Values for *LAN 3812 SNMP Device Descriptions 343

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8983237, Configuring a Remote Output Queue (RMTOUTQ) ...............343

18762910, Configuring a *LAN 3812 Device Description that Uses the LPR Print Driver

(TSPLPRD) Exit Program ...........................343

IPDS Services Facility (PSF) printing ........................343

Appendix G. LAN Interface MIB Support ......................345

Appendix H. The Remote Printer Management Utility..................355

Operating System Compatibility ...........................355

Software Installation and Documentation .......................355

Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

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1. The Physical Medium .............................76

2. The X

3. The Physical-Logical Page Relationship ......................77

4. The X and Y Coordinate System and the Logical Page .................78

5. The I and B Coordinate System on the Logical Page .................79

6. An Example of the IPDS Data Stream .......................79

7. A Sample Page Constructed on an IPDS Printer ...................85

8. The Relationship between Home State, Page State, and Block States ...........87

9. The Relationship between Home State, Overlay State, and Block State...........88

10. The Relationship between Home State, Page Segment State, and Block States .......89

11. The Complete IPDS State Diagram ........................91

12. Using the Load Page Descriptor Command to Specify the Logical Page ..........113

13. Using the Logical Page Position Command to Position ................113

14. Using the Set Media Size Command to Specify the Physical Medium ...........116

15. Exception Handling Control ..........................130

16. The Graphics X and Y Coordinate System .....................145

17. The Graphic Medium Presentation Space and Its Limits ................146

18. The Graphic Window within the Graphic Medium Presentation Space ...........146

19. The Graphic Block Area on the Physical Medium ..................147

20. Graphic Block Area Position Control and the Graphic Block Area.............149

21. Graphic Output Control and the Graphic Block Area .................151

22. Graphic Data Descriptor and the Graphic Medium Presentation Space ..........153

23. Scale-to-Fit Mapping .............................154

24. Center-and-Trim Mapping ...........................155

25. Position-and-Trim Mapping...........................156

26. Specifying the Bar Code Block Using the Bar Code Area Position Field ..........182

27. Specifying the Bar Code Block Size Using the Bar Code Output Control ..........184

28. Specifying the Bar Code Medium Presentation Space Size. Using the Bar Code Data Descriptor 188

29. An Example of Overlay Nesting .........................193

30. Print Sample from an IPDS Application Program ...................223

31. Mode Centronics ..............................334

32. Mode IEEE 1284 ..............................335

Medium Coordinate System ......................77

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Tables

1. Valid IPDS Command Codes for the 4247 Printer ...................81

2. IPDS Command Code Summary for the 4247 Printer .................89

3. An Example of an IPDS Command Sequence ....................92

4. IPDS Initialization Defaults ...........................99

5. Front and Rear with no linking .........................115

6. Related Drawing Order ............................177

7. Code 128 Character Set (EBCDIC) .......................192

8. Exception Reporting Group Codes ........................199

9. IPDS Coding Example ............................223

10......................................318

11. Bar Code Printing Options for Non-UPC Family Bar Codes ...............323

12. Bar Code Printing Options for UPC Family Bar Codes ................325

13. OCR Symbol Subsets ............................326

14. SYSTEM GROUP - RFC 1213 .........................345

15. INTERFACE GROUP - RFC 1213 ........................345

16. ADDRESS GROUP - RFC 1213.........................345

17. HOST RESOURCES - RFC 1213 ........................346

18. PRINTER - RFC 1759 ............................347

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The 4247 Model X03/Z03 Serial Matrix Printers

The 4247 Model X03/Z03 printers are professional, industrial impact-matrix printers. The 4247 Model
X03/Z03 printers are rugged printers designed for harsh environments and demanding applications. Each
of the 4247 models offers user-installable interface cards.

The 4247 Model X03/Z03 printers can have either one or two straight continuous-forms paper paths. One
paper path is standard, and the second path is an optional feature. The printer operator panel is common
with these models and includes the same full-function, full-size, 2 line by 24 character display, making
messages and menus easy to understand.

Print-quality choices are Fast Draft mode (Model Z03 only), Data Processing mode (DP), DP Text mode
(DP Text), and Near Letter Quality mode (NLQ). Versatile paper-handling capability provides printing on up
to 8-part forms. Typical applications include transaction processing for invoices, office or internal business
documents, as well as barcodes, labels, and multipart forms.

Printer description

The 4247 Model X03/Z03 printers build on the strengths of previous models of the 4247 family while
providing a Fast Draft mode for the Model Z03 and a faster print speed for the Model X03.

Print speeds

The 4247 Model X03/Z03 printers print speeds (in characters per second):

Print Quality 4247 X03 4247 Z03

Fast Draft N/A 1100
Data Processing (DP) 800 800
DP Text 400 480
Near Letter Quality 200 240

Note: Print speed (CPS) at 10 CPI.

Paper paths

The 4247 Model X03/Z03 printers provide exceptional forms-handling flexibility. The base printer includes
one front continuous-forms tractor paper path, and an optional second continuous-forms tractor paper
path. Both continuous-form paper paths are front loading. Paper path linking is available when the optional
second tractor is installed.

Paper path nomenclature

Front continuous-forms tractor: The first tractor visible when opening the front tractor cover is called the
front continuous-forms tractor. In the standard (one tractor) configuration the installed tractor is called the
front continuous-forms tractor.

In the optional (two tractor) configuration the forward most installed tractor is called the front
continuous-forms tractor.

Rear continuous-forms tractor: In the optional (two tractor) configuration the tractor behind the front
continuous-form tractor is called the rear continuous-forms tractor.

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Print qualities

Fast Draft is a print quality available only for the 4247 Model Z03 printer. The Data Processing (DP), Data
Processing Text (DP Text), Near Letter Quality (NLQ), OCR-A, and OCR-B print qualities on the 4247
Model X03 printer is equivalent in character size, shape, and resolution to the print qualities available on
the 4247 Models Z03 printer.

Print quality selection

Print quality can be selected using program control or through the printer operator panel. Program control
datastream commands take precedence over operator panel settings and can not be overridden.

Available printer operator panel settings are:

Print Quality = Fast Draft (Model Z03 printer)
Fast Draft is the default setting for the Model Z03 printer.

Print Quality = DP

DP is the default setting for the Model X03 printer.

Print Quality = DP TEXT

Print Quality = NLQ

Print Quality = OCR-A

Print Quality = OCR-B

An 4247 Model Z03 printer operator panel feature, Host Fast Draft, is a setting that allows application
programs written for earlier printers in DP mode to print in Fast Draft mode without changes to the
application program. If Host Fast Draft is enabled then DP mode applications print in Fast Draft mode. If
Host Fast Draft is disabled then DP mode applications print in DP mode.

The following table summarizes the print quality for Fast Draft (model Z03 only), DP, DP Text, and NLQ:

Horizontal character

Print quality Horizontal DPI Vertical DPI

Fast Draft 45 72 9 9
(Model Z03 only)

DP 60 72 12 9
DP Text 100 72 20 9
NLQ 100 144 20 18

cell size (dots)

Vertical character

cell size (dots)

Printer interfaces

There are three Controller Board options:

v Allows a host connection to Parallel, Serial, and USB 2.0 interfaces
v Allows a host connection to Parallel and ASCII Ethernet 10/100 BaseT LAN Network interfaces.
v Allows a host connection to Parallel and ASCII-IPDS Ethernet 10/100 BaseT LAN Network interfaces.

Printer datastream emulations

v ASCII emulations for the IBM®4202 Proprinter III XL, IBM 2381 Personal Printer, and Epson FX printers

™

v IPDS
v IBM 4247 mode (native mode) extensions to ASCII and IPDS datastream emulations

emulations for the IBM 4224 and IBM 4230 printers

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How to Use This Manual

The following lists describes the contents of each chapter and the appendixes:

Chapter 1, “Personal Printer Data Stream (PPDS),” on page 1 describes the Personal Printer Data Stream
(PPDS) programming commands for use when your printer is attached and emulation mode is set to 4247,
4202 III XL, or 2381 Personal Printer.

Chapter 2, “Epson FX-1050 Data Stream,” on page 39 describes Epson FX printers Data Stream
commands for use when your printer is attached and emulation mode is set to Epson FX.

Chapter 3, “Intelligent Printer Data Stream,” on page 75 explains the concepts and basic principles of the
Intelligent Printer Data Stream

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(IPDS).

Chapter 4, “IPDS Programming Information,” on page 99 contains the technical details of IPDS commands
that the 4247 receives and sends.

Chapter 5, “IPDS Exception Reporting Codes,” on page 199 contains the exception reporting codes the
printer sends to the host in the NACK reply.

Chapter 6, “Print Samples and IPDS Coding Example,” on page 215 contains samples showing the
printing capabilities of the 4247 Printer.

Appendix A, “Code Pages,” on page 231 contains the code pages (both EBCDIC and ASCII) available on
this printer.

Appendix B, “Application Paper Source Selection,” on page 321 describes the differences between the
4247 Printer and other IBM compatible printers.

Appendix C, “4247 Bar Code and OCR Printing Options,” on page 323 describes the bar codes available
for the printer and describes the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) printing options.

Appendix D, “Configuration Menu Lockout,” on page 327 describes the Menu Lock function of the operator
panel.

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Chapter 1. Personal Printer Data Stream (PPDS)

The 4247 Model X03/Z03 printers implement a subset of PPDS. The environment in which the printer data
stream processor operates is described below.

Print Job Processing

There are no PPDS controls that explicitly define print job boundaries. A print job for the 4247 is
established by the host system and consists of any set of related print objects. A print job could be as
short as one character or could be many pages long.

As an aid to the printer operator, the printer provides a PROCESSING indicator on the operator panel.
When the PROCESSING indicator is flashing, it indicates that data is currently being received, processed,
or printing, or that data is buffered in the printer but cannot be immediately printed. If the PROCESSING
indicator is not lit, then all print jobs have been completed.

Configuration parameter values can be changed at any time; however, to obtain predictable results,
changes to operator panel configuration parameter values should be made before the print job is sent to
the printer and after the previous print job has completed printing. Changing configuration parameter
values while a print job is in progress may cause unpredictable results.

We recommend the following to ensure that your print jobs run correctly:
v Establish a known print environment, and end any previous print job. Start each print job with a Set

Initial Conditions control. This control resets the printer environment to the default settings. You can then
set additional controls depending on your print job environment.

v End each print job with a FORM FEED control. This control causes all data to be printed, and the

current position is set to the top-of-form position.

v If a print job is abnormally terminated, the job should be canceled. See “Cancel Print” in “Chapter 2.

Understanding the Operator Panel” in the User's Guide for your printer.

Page Printing Concept

The 4247 processes print jobs in terms of pages, as well as in lines and columns. A page is a logical entity
whose boundaries are defined by the width and the page length. These boundaries are established during
printer initialization using the printer defaults, and can be changed using the Configuration Menu or by
issuing the appropriate data stream controls.

As a job prints, the printer controller maintains both the logical position and the physical position on the
page. If a print job does not end with a proper job terminator (for example, FORM FEED), then:

v All data for the current page may not print
v The next print job may be misaligned on the form
v Residual data from a previous job could print with the new job.

Page Presentation

Many PPDS commands (tabs, margins, line spacing, for example) are described in terms of the
presentation surface. A presentation surface is a two-dimensional surface upon which the printer positions
symbols according to controls embedded in the incoming data stream. The presentation surface is defined
in absolute terms by the width and depth parameters of the page size control commands (Set Page
Length, Set Horizontal Margins, for example). The physical print position does not move outside the range
of these two parameters. The left margin (LM) and right margin (RM) are variable parameters within the
presentation surface. The logical print position does not move outside the range of the vertical margins nor
outside the horizontal margins + 1. The following figure shows the presentation surface and the

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relationships of some of these parameters.

CPP Current Print Position (LM ≤ CPP ≤ RM).
CPL Current Print Line
MPP Maximum Print Position (in characters at current CPI)
PMPP Physical Maximum Print Position. The largest number of characters that can be placed on one line

of the surface (the largest value that MPP can assume).

LM Left Margin
RM Right Margin
MPL Maximum Page Length (in lines at current LPI)

Notes:

1. The host should set the limits of the presentation surface if the default or previous values are not
acceptable.

2. The operator should align the physical paper so that it matches the logical presentation surface.

Also created with this surface is a pair of numbers (CPL and CPP) which specify the line number and
column number where the next graphic will be printed. These internal values are the logical position on the
presentation surface.

The variable parameters have default values which are established when the printer is initialized. The
standard power-on defaults are:

MPP (width) Operator panel setting
MPL (depth) Operator panel setting
CPI Operator panel setting
LPI Operator panel setting
LM 0 inches (Column 1)

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RM Equal to MPP
HT Horizontal tabs are set at each 8th column, starting with column 9 (9, 17,

25, 33, and so on.)

VT Vertical tabs are all cleared

Graphic and Control Character Sequences

PPDS uses an ASCII encoding scheme to define controls and printable graphics. Multiple code pages for
printable graphics are supported. Control characters are interpreted based on the environment established
by any preceding control characters and signals.

The 4247 supports several ASCII code pages. Within a code page, a code point can be treated as a
printable character (including space) or as a control code. The following data stream controls affect how a
code point is interpreted:

ESC 6 Select PC Character Set 2
ESC 7 Select PC Character Set 1
ESC \ Print All Characters
ESC ^ Print Single Character
ESC[K

Set Initial Conditions

The following code points are interpreted as control characters:
v PC Character Set 1

X'00' to X'1F'
X'7F' (treated as NULL)
X'80'' to X'9F'

v PC Character Set 2

X'00' to X'02'
X'07' to X'1F'
X'7F' (treated as NULL)

Note: No characters are treated as controls when they are part of a Print Single Character or Print All

Characters control.

The following code points are interpreted as printable graphic characters:
v PC Character Set 1

X'20' (space)
X'21' to X'7E'
X'A0'' to X'FE'
X'FF' (required space)

v PC Character Set 2

X'03' to X'06'
X'20' (space)
X'20' to X'7E'
X'80' to X'FE'
X'FF' (required space)

Note: All characters are treated as printable graphic characters when they are part of a Print Single

Character or Print All Characters control.

Chapter 1. Personal Printer Data Stream (PPDS) 3

PPDS Compatibility

PPDS is supported in 4247, 2381 Personal Printer, and 4202 Proprinter III XL emulation modes. When
4247 is selected, PPDS control codes are supported in the same manner as if emulating the 2381
Personal Printer. The Emulation Mode can be selected from the Configuration Menu using the operator
panel. Emulation mode may also be selected using the Set Initial Conditions (ESC [ K) control sequence, if
the printer is set to 4247 or 2381 Personal Printer emulation mode.

One-Byte Controls

The printer uses the following one-byte controls:

Control Hex Name

NUL 00 (80) Null (no operation)
BEL 07 (87) Bell
BS 08 (88) Backspace
HT 09 (89) Horizontal Tab
LF 0A (8A) Line Feed
VT 0B (8B) Vertical Tab
FF 0C (8C) Form Feed
CR 0D (8D) Carriage Return
SO 0E (8E) Shift Out (Double-Wide Print)
SI 0F (8F) Shift In (Condensed Print)
DC1 11 (91) Device Control 1 (Select)
DC2 12 (92) Device Control 2 (Select 10 CPI)
DC3 13 (93) Device Control 3 (Deselect)
DC4 14 (94) Device Control 4 (Cancel Double-Wide Print)
CAN 18 (98) Cancel
ESC 1B (99) Escape (Multiple-byte control prefix)
SP 20 Space

Note: Control hex values within parentheses (nn) are recognized only within PC Character Set 1.

Null (NUL)

00

This control terminates the Set Horizontal Tab and Set Vertical Tab control codes. The printer ignores NUL
by itself.

Bell (BEL)

07

This control causes the audible alarm to sound, if enabled. The alarm may be disabled or enabled from
the Configuration Menu.

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Backspace (BS)

08

This control moves the print position horizontally one character width to the left. If the current print position
is at the left margin, the printer ignores this command.

Horizontal Tab (HT)

09

This control moves the print position to the next horizontal tab stop. If there are no tab stops to the right,
or if the next tab stop is beyond the current right margin, the control is ignored.

Line Feed (LF)

0A

This control advances the paper one line. The horizontal position does not change unless automatic
carriage return mode is activated from the operator panel Configuration Menu. If the paper advance
crosses the bottom margin, the printer completes all deferred printing on the current page and then does
an automatic form feed.

If skip perforation mode is active and the bottom margin is crossed, the vertical position on the new page
following the automatic form feed will be the top-of-form position. If skip perforation is not active, the
vertical position on the new page is the point immediately following the previous print line.

Vertical Tab (VT)

0B

This control causes the vertical print position to be advanced to the next vertical tab stop. The horizontal
position is not affected unless automatic carriage return mode is activated from the operator panel
Configuration Menu. If there are no tab stops past the current vertical print position, Vertical Tab is treated
as a Line Feed.

Form Feed (FF)

0C

This control causes a new page to be started. Form Feed is a line end and page end control; it causes all
deferred printing that may have been buffered for the current page to be completed and the form
physically advanced to eject the current page. The vertical print position advances to the top margin and
the horizontal print position is set to the left margin for subsequent printing.

Carriage Return (CR)

0D

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This control moves the current horizontal print position to the left margin. The vertical print position does
not change unless automatic line feed mode is active (see “Set Auto Line Feed (ESC 5)” on page 13).

Shift Out (SO) / Double-Wide Print

0E

This control causes the printer to start double-width printing. Double-width printing prints the characters
twice as wide as the current character spacing. This results in half as many characters per inch. Each
character takes up the space of two single-width characters. A Carriage Return, Line Feed, Form Feed,
Vertical Tab, Double-Wide Continuous Mode, or Cancel Double-Wide Print with vertical movement
specified cancels the Shift Out control code.

Shift In (SI) / Condensed Print

0F

This control prints graphic characters in condensed pitch (15 CPI, 16.7 CPI, 17.1 CPI or 20 CPI).

Shift In is a buffer terminating control; if printable data at a different character-per-inch setting is buffered,
that data is printed before the setting is changed. The current print position becomes the next printable
column at the new character-per-inch setting. CPI can be changed within a print line, and this control
changes the maximum number of characters that can be printed on one line.

When Printer Compatibility 7 – Condensed Print option in the ASCII Configuration menu is set to 15 CPI,
then 15 CPI is selected, otherwise, 16.7 CPI or 17.1 CPI is selected.

A combination of 12 CPI and Condensed Print sets the printer to 20 CPI when Printer Compatibility 9 (20
CPI) option is set to Enabled in the ASCII Configuration menu. A combination of 12 CPI and Condensed
Print sets the printer to 12 CPI when Printer Compatibility 9 (20 CPI) option is set to Disabled in the ASCII
Configuration menu.

Device Control 1 (DC1) / Select

11

This control selects the printer.

Device Control 2 (DC2) / Select

12

This control sets 10 characters per inch. DC2 is a buffer terminating control; if printable data at a different
characters-per-inch setting is buffered, that data is printed before the setting is changed. The current print
position becomes the next printable column at the new character-per-inch setting. CPI can be changed
within a print line.

Device Control 3 (DC3) / Select

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This control is treated as a NUL.

Device Control 4 (DC4) / Select

14

This control cancels double-wide printing if double wide was selected with the Shift Out control. The
characters-per-inch setting returns to the previous value.

Cancel (CAN)

18

This control purges all buffered data. All data received after the most recent buffer terminating control is
discarded. For a list of buffer terminating controls, see “Buffer Terminating Conditions” on page 38. Any
data received after Cancel is processed normally. Cancel does not change the current print position.

Escape (ESC)

1B

This control is a prefix used in combination with supplementary control bytes to provide an extended set of
control functions.

Space

20

This control moves the print position one character space to the right.

Escape Sequence Controls

Escape sequence controls have an ESC followed by one or more control parameters. Supported escape
sequence controls are:

Control Hex Name

ESC NUL 1B 00 Null (no operation)
ESC BEL 1B 07 Bell
ESC BS 1B 08 Backspace
ESC HT 1B 09 Horizontal Tab
ESC LF 1B 0A Line Feed
ESC VT 1B 0B Vertical Tab
ESC FF 1B 0C Form Feed
ESC CR 1B 0D Carriage Return
ESC SO 1B 0E Shift Out (Double-Wide Print)
ESC SI 1B 0F Shift In (Condensed Printer)
ESC DC1 1B 11 Device Control 1 (Select)
ESC DC2 1B 12 Device Control 2 (Select 10 CPI)

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Control Hex Name

ESC DC3 1B 13 Device Control 3 (Deselect)
ESC DC4 1B 14 Device Control 4 (Cancel Double-Wide Print)
ESC CAN 1B 18 Cancel
ESC EM 1B 19 Turn Auto Sheet Feeder On or Off
ESC - 1B 2D Auto Underscore
ESC 0 1B 30 Set 1/8 Inch Line Spacing
ESC 1 1B 31 Set 7/72 Inch Vertical Spacing
ESC 2 1B 32 Invoke Text Line Spacing
ESC 3 1B 33 Set Graphics Line Spacing
ESC 4 1B 34 Set Top of Form
ESC 5 1B 35 Set Auto Line Feed
ESC 6 1B 36 Select PC Character Set 2
ESC 7 1B 37 Select PC Character Set 1
ESC : 1B 3A Set 12 CPI
ESC < 1B 3C Unidirectional Printing
ESC = 1B 3D Character Font Image Download
ESC A 1B 41 Select n/72 Inch Spacing
ESC B 1B 42 Set Vertical Tabs
ESC C 1B 43 Set Page Length (Lines or Inches)
ESC D 1B 44 Set Horizontal Tabs
ESC E 1B 45 Begin Emphasized Print
ESC F 1B 46 End Emphasized Print
ESC G 1B 47 Begin Double-Strike Print
ESC H 1B 48 End Double-Strike Print
ESC I 1B 49 Change Font
ESC J 1B 4A Relative Move Baseline
ESC K 1B 4B Normal Density Bit Image Graphics
ESC L 1B 4C Dual Density Bit Image Graphics, Type 1
ESC N 1B 4E Begin Skip Perforation
ESC O 1B 4F End Skip Perforation
ESC P 1B 50 Proportional Space Mode
ESC Q 1B 51 Deselect on Positive Query Reply
ESC R 1B 52 Set Default Tabs
ESC S 1B 53 Begin Subscript/Superscript
ESC T 1B 54 End Subscript/Superscript
ESC U 1B 55 Set Print Direction
ESC W 1B 57 Double-Wide Continuous Mode
ESC X 1B 58 Set Horizontal Margins
ESC Y 1B 59 Dual Density Bit Image Graphics Type 2
ESC Z 1B 5A Dual Density Bit Image Graphics
ESC \ 1B 5C Print All Characters

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Control Hex Name

ESC ] 1B 5D Reverse Line Feed
ESC ^ 1B 5E Print Single Characters
ESC _ 1B 5F Continuous Overscore
ESC d 1B 64 Relative Move Right
ESC e 1B 65 Relative Move Left
ESC [ - (See Note) 1B 5B 2D Select Line Scoring
ESC [ @ 1B 5B 40 Set Presentation Highlights (SPH)
ESC [ I (See Note) 1B 5B 49 Set Font Global (SFG)
ESC [ K 1B 5B 4B Set Initial Conditions (SIC)
ESC [ T (See Note) 1B 5B 54 Select Code Page (SCP)
ESC [ d (See Note) 1B 5B 64 Set Print Quality (SPQ)

Note: Commands are only available in 4247 or 2381 emulation mode.

Null (ESC NUL)

1B 00

The printer ignores the NUL control by itself.

Bell (ESC BEL)

1B 07

This control causes the audible alarm to sound, if enabled. The alarm may be disabled or enabled from
the Configuration Menu.

Backspace (ESC BS)

1B 08

This control moves the print position horizontally one character width to the left. If the current print position
is at the left margin, the printer ignores this command.

Horizontal Tab (ESC HT)

1B 09

This control moves the print position to the next horizontal tab stop. If there are no tab stops to the right,
or if the next tab stop is beyond the current right margin, the control is ignored.

Line Feed (ESC LF)

1B 0A

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This control advances the paper one line. The horizontal position does not change unless automatic
carriage return mode is activated from the operator panel Configuration Menu. If the paper advance
crosses the bottom margin, the printer completes all deferred printing on the current page and then does
an automatic form feed.

If skip perforation mode is active and the bottom margin is crossed, the vertical position on the new page
following the automatic form feed will be the top-of-form position. If skip perforation is not active, the
vertical position on the new page is the point immediately following the previous print line.

Vertical Tab (ESC VT)

1B 0B

This control causes the vertical print position to be advanced to the next vertical tab stop. The horizontal
position is not affected unless automatic carriage return mode is activated from the operator panel
Configuration Menu. If there are no tab stops past the current vertical print position, Vertical Tab is treated
as a Line Feed.

Form Feed (ESC FF)

1B 0C

This control causes a new page to be started. Form Feed is a line end and page end control; it causes all
deferred printing that may have been buffered for the current page to be completed and the form
physically advanced to eject the current page. The vertical print position advances to the top margin and
the horizontal print position is set to the left margin for subsequent printing.

Carriage Return (ESC CR)

1B 0D

This control moves the current horizontal print position to the left margin. The vertical print position does
not change unless automatic line feed mode is active (see “Set Auto Line Feed (ESC 5)” on page 13).

Shift Out (ESC SO) / Doube-Wide Print

1B 0E

This control causes the printer to start double-width printing. Double-width printing prints the characters
twice as wide as the current character spacing. This results in half as many characters per inch. Each
character takes up the space of two single-width characters. A Carriage Return, Line Feed, Form Feed,
Vertical Tab, Double-Wide Continuous Mode, or Cancel Double-Wide Print with vertical movement
specified cancels the Shift Out control code.

Shift In (ESC SI) / Condensed Print

1B 0F

This control prints graphic characters in condensed pitch (15 CPI, 16.7 CPI, 17.1 CPI or 20 CPI).

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