Appendix B: Print Mode And Its Change; General Description; Set Values In Standard And; Set Print Area - SNBC BTP-R580II Programming Manual

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Appendix B: Print mode and its change

B.1 General Description

The printer operates in two modes: standard mode and page mode. In standard mode, when line buffer

is full or when the printer receives print or paper feed commands, the printer will print and feed paper. In

page mode, all the received print data and paper feed commands are stored in the specified memory,

and the printer executes no operation. All the data in the memory is then printed when an ESC FF or FF

command is received.

For example, when the printer receives the data "ABCDEF" <LF> in standard mode, it prints "ABCDEF"

and feeds one line. In page mode, "ABCDEF" is written to the specified print area in memory, and the

position in memory for the following print data is shifted by one line. The ESC L command switches the

printer to page mode, and all data received thereafter are processed in page mode. Executing ESC FF

command can print all the received data collectively, and executing a FF command can not only print all

the received data but also switch the printer to standard mode. Executing ESC S command also can

switch the printer to standard mode without printing the received data in page mode, and the received

data is cleared from memory instead.

B.2 Set values in standard and page modes

Some commands (such as ESC SP, ESC 2, ESC 3, and FS S) can be used in both standard and page

modes, besides the parameters of them are the same. However, these values can be set independently

in each mode. For these commands, different settings can be stored independently for each mode.

B.3 Set print area

1) The print area is set by ESC W. If all printing and feeding operations are completed before the

printer receives the ESC W command, the left side (as you face the printer) will be taken as the

origin (x0, y0) of the print area. The rectangular print area (dx dots) is defined by width extending

rightward from the origin (x0, y0) in the x direction (perpendicular to the paper feed direction), and

height (dy dots) in the y direction (paper feed direction). If the ESC W command is not used, the

Figure B.1 switch between standard mode and page mode

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