Data Dump Mode - Epson Action Laser II User Manual

Data Dump Mode

Data dump mode is a special feature that makes it easy for
experienced users to find the cause of communication problems
between the printer and computer. The data dump mode produces
an exact printout of the codes reaching the printer.
1. Make sure that the printer is loaded with paper and turned off.
2. Hold down the SelecType button while you turn on the printer.
Make sure you hold the button down until the message HEX
DUMP appears on the display.
3. Run any program that causes the printer to print (either an
application program or a program written in any programming
language). Your printer prints out all of the codes sent to it in
hexadecimal format as shown in the sample below.
0000
1B 52 10 1B 43 45 1B 6B 00 1B 70 00 1B 63 0C 1B
0001 74 01 1B 32 54 72 6F 75 62 6C 65 20 73 68 6F 6F
0002 74 69 6E 67 20 20 20 20 20 0D 0A 54 68 69 73 20
0003 63 68 61 70 74 65 72 20 6 4 6 9 7 3 6 3 7 5 7 3 7 3 6 5
0004 73 20 70 72 6F 62 6C 65 6D 73 20 79 6F 75 20 6D
0005 61 79 20 65 6E 63 6F 75 6E 74 65 72 20 61 6E 64
0006 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 6C 69 68 65 6C 79 20 73 6F
0007 6C 75 74 69 6F 6E 73 2E 20 0D 0A 0D 0A 49 66 20
0008 61 6E 20 65 72 72 6F 72 20 6F 63 63 75 72 73 2C
0009 20 79 6F 75 72 20 62 65 73 74 20 73 6F 75 72 63
000A 65 20 6F 66 20 69 6E 66 6F 72 6D 61 74 69 6F 6E
000B 20 0D 0A 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 73 70 6C 61
000C 79 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 65 20 63 6F 6E 74 72 6F 6C
000D 20 70 61 6E 65 6C 2E 20 0D 0A
4. To turn off the data dump mode and stop printing, press
to set the printer off line. (If you press
being printed, the
and the printer goes off line.) To exit the data dump mode, turn
off the printer or hold down the
appears on the display.
light flashes until the page is ejected
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