Select Page Mode; Select Standard Mode - CognitiveTPG A798 Programming Manual

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Select page mode

ASCII
ESC L
Hexadecimal
1B 4C
Decimal 27 76
Switches from standard mode to page mode. After printing has been completed either by the print and return to standard
mode (FF) command or select standard mode (1B 53) the printer returns to standard mode. The developed data is deleted
after being printed. For more information see page mode in this document.
This command sets the position where data is buffered to the position specified by select print direction in page mode (1B
54) within the printing area defined by set print area in page mode (1B 57).
This command switches the settings for the following commands (which values can be set independently in standard mode
and page mode) to those for page mode.
• Set right-side character spacing (1B 20)
• Select 1/6-inch line spacing (1B 32)
• Set line spacing (1B 33)
It is possible only to set values for the following commands in page mode. These commands are not executed.
• Select or cancel 90 degree clockwise rotation (1B 56)
• Set counter-clockwise rotation (1B 12)
• Select justification (1B 61)
• Select or cancel upside-down printing (1B 7B)
• Set left margin (1D 4C)
• Set print area width (1D 57)
Exceptions
The command is enabled only when input at the beginning of a line.
The command has no effect if page mode has previously been selected.

Select standard mode

ASCII
ESC S
Hexadecimal
1B 53
Decimal
27 83
Switches from page mode to standard mode. In switching from page mode to standard mode, data buffered in page mode
are cleared, the printing area set by set print area in page mode (1B 57) is initialized and the print position is set to the
beginning of the line.
This command switches the settings for the following commands (the values for these commands can be set independently
in standard mode and page mode) to those for standard mode:
• Set right-side character spacing (1B 20)
• Select 1/6 inch line spacing (1B 32)
• Set line spacing (1B 33)
Standard mode is automatically selected when power is turned on, the printer is reset, or the initialize printer command
(1B 40) is used.
Exceptions
This command is effective only in page mode.
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