Initialization - Epson Stylus Pro 9000 - Print Engine Service Manual

EPSON Stylus Pro 9000

7.3 Initialization

This section describes the initialization procedures for the EPSON Stylus Pro
9000.

Power On initialization
When the power is turned ON or a cold reset command is sent to
the printer (remote RS command), the printer does the following:
Initializes the printer mechanism
Clears the input data buffer
Clears the print buffer
Restores the default values

Software initialization:
Activated by the ESC@ command. The following happens:
Clears the print buffer
Restores the default values
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Operation initialization
Activated when the Reset button is pressed or the printer receives
an INIT signal (negative pulse) from the parallel interface. The
following happen:
Caps the printheads
Ejects the paper if a cut sheet is loaded
Clears the input data buffer
Clears the print buffer
Resets the following default values:


Page Position
Current paper position as page-start position


Line feed
1/6 inch


Right margin
440th character


Left margin
1st character


Character pitch
10 CPI


Print mode
Text mode (non-raster graphics mode)
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