Higher Performance Monochrome Mode For The Epson Stylus Color; Stylus 1500 Only - Epson Stylus 1500 Programming Note

7. Higher Performance Monochrome Mode for The EPSON Stylus COLOR II
& Stylus 1500 only
If printing with only true Black ink (monochrome mode), printing speed can be enhanced by
selecting the following command. This command does not affect the ink used for printing, it only
affects internal buffering schemes which can improve performance.
The ESC/P2 command to select the "Higher Performance Monochrome Mode" or "Standard
performance Color Mode" is:
Format:
ASCII
Hex
Dec
Parameter range :
n1 = 00
n2 = 00
= 01
= 02
Function:
- Higher Performance Monochrome Mode
- Standard Performance Color Mode
Notes:
- this command must be executed before paper feeding.
- the default mode used when n2=00, or if no command is sent is as follows:
- this command is reset by the initialization command and the default mode is used.
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ESC ( K
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selects default mode
selects higher performance monochrome mode
selects standard color mode
- before only monochrome data is sent, select higher performance
monochrome printing mode
- throughput is faster than printing monochrome data in standard mode
- this is the standa rd mode which must be used if color data may be sent to
the printer during the current page.
- If black and color cartridges are both installed, the Standard Color
Performance Mode is the default.
- If the color cartridge is empty or removed, the Higher Performance
Monochrome Mode is the default.
02H 00H n1
02 00 n1
02 00 n1
n2
n2
n2
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