Miscellaneous Commands; Table 50 Printer Id; Table 51 Type Id (<N> = 2 Or 50) - TransAct Ithaca 8000 Programmer's Manual

Programming Codes

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
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.
Note: This feature is licensed from Epson, and is only available in the Full
Epson Emulation of the firmware. Problems with this command are
frequently caused by not using the correct version of the firmware.
Contact Transact sales and/or technical support for this added cost option.
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>
Range 1 n
49 n
Description The [GS] I <n> command transmits the printer ID specified by <n> below. Each
printer ID consists of one byte of data.
<n> Printer ID
1,49 Printer model ID
2,50 Type ID
3,51 ROM version ID

Table 50 Printer ID

Bit Off/On
0 Off
1 Off
On
2,3 -
4 Off
5,6 -
7 Off
Table 51 Type ID (<n> = 2 or 50)
Function Generate Pulse
13
The Epson Type ID and ROM version are based on the Epson TM-88 documentation and a
sample printer. This value can be reconfigured to any 8 bit value.
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Hex Decimal
00H <0>
00H <0>
02H <2>
-
00H <0>
-
00H <0>
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Hex ID
0DH
13
20H or 32D
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
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