Printing A Hex Dump - Printronix P5000 Series Setup Manual

Chapter 6
Diagnosing Problems

Printing a Hex Dump

A hex code printout (or hex dump) is basically a translation of all host
interface data to its hexadecimal equivalent. A hex dump lists all ASCII
character data received from the host computer with their corresponding two-
digit hexadecimal codes. Hex dumps are used to troubleshoot printer data
reception problems.
Printable characters print as the assigned symbol; nonprintable characters
are indicated by a period (.); and paper instructions (PI) are indicated by a "p".
Table 18 shows the procedure for printing a hex dump.
Figure 47. Hex Dump Sample
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