Select Peripheral Device (For Multi-Drop); Initialize Printer; Set Slip Paper Eject Length; Set Unidirectional Print On Impact Station - CognitiveTPG A776 Programming Manual

38 Chapter 5: Programming commands

Select peripheral device (for multi-drop)

ASCII ESC = n
Hexadecimal
1B 3D n
Decimal 27 61 n
Value of n: bits 0 and 1 only:
0 = printer only
1 = printer only
2 = peripheral device only
3 = printer and peripheral device both
Default:
printer only
Selects the device to which the host computer sends data.
Related Information
When the printer is disabled by this command, it ignores transmitted data until re-enabled by same command.

Initialize printer

ASCII ESC @
Hexadecimal
1B 40
Decimal 27 64
Default:
Character pitch:
Column width:
Extra dot rows:
Character set:
Printing position:
Clears the print line buffer and resets the printer to the default settings for the start-up configuration (refer to Default
settings above).
Single-wide, single-high, non-rotated, and left-aligned characters are set, and user-defined characters or logo graphics
are cleared. (Flash memory is not affected.) Tabs reset to default. Receipt selection state is selected.
A776: Slip set to 42 column pitch
B780: Slip set to compressed pitch

Set slip paper eject length

ASCII ESC C n
Hexadecimal
1B 43 n
Decimal 27 67 n
Value of n:
0 to 255
Exception
This command is ignored.

Set unidirectional print on impact station

ASCII
ESC U n
Hexadecimal 1B 55 n
Decimal
27 85 n
Value of n:
Only the lowest bit of n is used
0
1
Default of n:
0
1
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Unidirectional printing is turned off
Unidirectional printing is turned on
For text printing
For Page Mode printing
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