Esc * r a – Star Micronics Line Thermal/Dot Printer User Manual
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STAR Line Mode Command Specifications
ESC * r A
[Name] Enter raster mode
[Code]
ASCII
ESC
*
r
A
Hexadecimal
1B 2A
72
41
Decimal
27
42
114
65
[Defined Area]
Thermal
: -
Slip
: -
Validation
: -
[Initial Value]
Thermal
: -
Slip
: -
Validation
: -
[Function]
Enters raster mode.
This command is ignored when in the raster mode.
The following shows the details regard processing of this command.
(1)
Reception of this command.
(2)
All data remaining in the reception buffer and image buffer is printed equivalent to the FF
command.
(3)
Initialize raster mode
(4)
Enter raster mode
When entering raster mode, raster mode is initialized.
The following shows the contents of the initialization.
• Raster page length setting (ESC * r P n NUL)
• Raster print quality setting (ESC * Q n NUL)
• Raster left margin setting (ESC * r m l n NUL)
• Raster right margin setting (ESC * r m r n NUL)
• Raster EOT mode setting (ESC FF EOT)
• Raster FF mode setting (ESC FF NUL)
• Clear raster image buffer
(*) Not initialized when raster mode is entered only when using raster data print color settings.
Use prohibited.