Cancel Graphics Mode; Enable Printer; Disable Printer; Change Emulation Mode / Reset Printer - Brother HL-Series Technical Reference Manual

Revision C 16/01/96

Cancel graphics mode

Esc4
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This command turns off graphics mode.
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(52); 'Turn graphics mode off

Enable printer

DC1
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The printer ignores this command.

Disable printer

DC3
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This command disables the printer, preventing it from accepting or printing any data.
LPRINT CHR$(19); 'Put printer off-line

Change emulation mode / reset printer

EscCR<mode>
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This command enables you to switch emulation mode or to reset the printer.
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Any remaining pages are printed out when this command is invoked.
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Change emulation mode by setting mode to the appropriate letter or pair of letters. Set mode to 'E' to
switch to Epson mode, 'H' to switch to Laserjet 4 mode, 'A B' to switch to BR-Script Batch mode, 'A
I' to switch to BR-Script Interactive mode, 'G L' to switch to HP-GL mode, 'I' to switch to IBM
Proprinter XL mode, 'FD' to switch to Laserjet 4 mode and reset the printer to its factory default
settings.
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If you set mode to 'D' in Diablo mode, a printer reset is performed.
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If you set mode to 'P' in either Diablo mode, a printer reset is performed.
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The newly selected emulations default settings are restored, except when mode is set to 'FD'.
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If you set mode to 'FD' to reset the printer to its factory default settings, LaserJet 4 mode (the factory
default emulation mode) is selected and the Laserjet 4 factory default environment is restored. For a
list of the factory default settings see the sub-section "Factory default environment" in "Chapter 2 -
PCL" of this manual.
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(13); CHR$(73); 'Change to IBM Proprinter
mode
(27)(52) <1Bh><34h>
(17) <11h>
(19) <13h>
(27)(13)mode
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