Using The Printer - Epson LX-810 User Manual

Data Dump Mode ^
3. Run any program. Your printer prints out all the codes sent to ^
the printer in hexadecimal format as shown below.
Data Dump Mode
6D 70 6C 65 20 6F 66 20 61 20 64 61 74 61 20 64 mple of a data d
75 6D 70 20 70 72 69 6E 74 6F 75 74 2E 20 54 68 ump printout. Th
0050
6B 65 73 20 69 74 20 65 61 73 79 20 66 6F 72 20 kes it easy for
the printer off line. Then turn off the printer.
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0000 IB 40 IB 52 00 IB 74 01 IB 36 12 IB 50 20 20 20 .@.R..t..6..P
0010 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 61 6E 20 65 78 61 This is an exa
OO'^O " """ ' mnlca a data d
0030
0040 69 73 20 69 73 20 66 65 61 74 75 72 65 20 6D 61 is is feature ma
On the printout's left side, the codes are printed in hexadecimal
format. On the right side, printable ASCII characters are printed
normally, but non-printable control codes (00 to IF hex) are ^
portrayed by dots.
4. To cancel the data dump mode, press the ON LINE button to set ^
By comparing the characters printed in the text field on the right
side of the data dump printout (see Step 3) with the printout of
hex codes, you can check which codes are being sent to the
printer. If characters are printable, they appear as their true ASCII ^
characters. Non-printable codes, such as control codes, are
represented by dots.