Miscellaneous Commands; Table 63 Printer Id; Table 64 Type Id (<N> = 2 Or 50) - TransAct POSjet 1500 Programmer's Manual

Programmer' s Guide

Miscellaneous Commands

Function Set Horizontal and Vertical Motion Units
ASCII
[GS] P x y
Hexadecimal
1DH 50H x y
Decimal <29> <80> x y
Range 0 ≤ x ≤ 255
Default
x = 180, y = 360
Description
The GS P x y command sets the horizontal and vertical motion units to 1/x inches and 1/y inches,
respectively. When x and y are set to zero, the default setting of each value is used.
Function Initialize the Printer
ASCII [ESC] @
Hexadecimal 1BH 40H
Decimal
<27> <64>
Description
The [ESC] @ command initializes the printer. All settings, including character font and line
spacing, are canceled.
Function Transmit Printer ID
ASCII
[GS] I <n>
Hexadecimal 1DH 49H <n>
Decimal <29> <73> <n>
1 ≤ n ≤ 3
Range
49 ≤ n ≤ 51
Description
The [GS] I <n> command transmits the printer ID specified by <n> below. Each printer ID
consists of one byte of data.
<n>
1,49 Printer model ID
2,50 Type ID
3,51 ROM version ID
Bit Off/On
0 Off
1 Off
On
2,3 -
4 Off
5,6 -
7 Off
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The Epson Type ID and ROM version are based on the Epson TM-U325 documentation and a sample printer.
Nov-07
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POSjet 1500
Printer ID

Table 63 Printer ID

Hex Decimal
00H <0>
00H <0>
02H <2>
- -
00H <0>
- -
00H <0>
Table 64 Type ID (<n> = 2 or 50)
Rev M
EPOS Control Codes
Hex ID
0DH
23
22H or 34D
2H or 2D.
Function
No two-byte character code
Not Auto-cutter equipped
Auto-cutter equipped
Undefined
Not used; fixed to off
Undefined
Not used; fixed to off
EPOS ONLY
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