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Model 880 printer emulation commands – Epson 8900 Series User Manual

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TI Model 880 Printer Emulation 4-6

q When the RESP FMT selection is W/ ESC; the format of the

responses to the configuration and status requests are preceded
by the ASCII ESC character and the string terminator is preceded
by a semicolon.

Response Examples:

Config:

ESC[880;14;27;36;41;c

Status:

ESC[880;24;2C;n

Model 880 Printer Emulation Commands

When operating in the Model 880 emulation mode, your printer can
respond to both escape-sequence commands and the standard US
ASCII C0 control character commands. The following table lists all
of these commands.

Note: The functions performed by many of the control characters in
the Model 880 emulation mode depend upon the printer configuration
parameters selected via the operator control panel.

Model 880 Emulation Commands

Command

Command Name

Printer Operation
BEL

Sound Bell

ESC [ c

Transmit Configuration Report

ESC [ n

Transmit Status Report

ESC u

Select Unidirectional Printing

ESC b

Cancel Unidirectional Printing

Form Format Selection
ESC [ N t

Set Form Length to N Lines

ESC C n

Set Form Length to n Lines

ESC 2 n

Set Form Length to n Lines

ESC P L 0 ESC \

Load Default Form Parameters

ESC @

Load Default Form Parameters