Printer Function Commands - NCR 7167 Owner's Manual

7167 Owner's Manual

Printer Function Commands

The printer function commands control the following basic printer functions and are
described in order of their hexadecimal codes:
1. Station Select
2. Platen Control
3. Resetting the printer
4. Cutting the paper
5. Opening the cash drawers
Clear Printer
Clears the print line buffer without printing and sets the printer to the following
condition:
1. Receipt station is selected
2. Double-Wide command (0x12) is cancelled
3. Line Spacing, Pitch, and User-Defined Character Sets are maintained at current
4. Single-Wide, Single-High, Non-Rotated, and Left-Aligned characters are set
5. Printer is restarted and error status is cleared if a fault condition existed
6. Printing position is set to column one
7. Slip platen is opened
8. Slip print head is homed
9. Knife is homed
Example:
MSComm1.Output = Chr$(&H10)
Exceptions:
A DLE command followed by a hexadecimal 04 or 05 is interpreted as a "real time command".
(See Real Time commands)
90
Related Describes related information for this command, e.g., bit
Information:
information.
ASCII: DLE
Hexadecimal: 10
Decimal: 16
selections (RAM is not affected)
November 2002
Chapter 6: Commands