Printer Test; Programming Examples - Lexmark FORMS 249X Technical Reference

To run the printer test, follow these steps:
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To stop or interrupt the printer test:
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Programming Examples

Examples in this manual have been formatted to be processed by a simple
BASIC program. The BASIC program reads an input file and writes data to an
output file. Printer commands may be entered into the input file in a
hexadecimal format and enclosed with opening and closing delimiters.
The opening delimiter is a less-than symbol, '<', followed by an 'x'. The 'x' may
be either upper or lower case. The closing delimiter is a greater-than symbol,
'>'.
Within the delimiters, hexadecimal data must be presented in two-digit pairs.
White space, blanks, carriage returns and line feeds may be used between the
pairs. In addition, a comment may be added to the end of a line by using a
minus sign, '-', at the start of the comment. All data after a minus sign is ignored
until a carriage return or line feed is encountered.
The example format used in this book is shown below:
<x
1B36
1B5B0400000001B5
1B5B640100A0
1B5B4905000055007801
>
All of the examples use this encoding method and have been tested using the
following BASIC program:
1000 INPUT "Enter file name to be printed"; FILENAME$
1010 OPEN FILENAME$ FOR INPUT AS #1
1020 OPEN "prtrout.bin" FOR OUTPUT AS #2
1030 WHILE EOF(1) = 0
1040
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Section 1: Introduction
Make sure the paper and ribbon are installed.
Turn the printer Off.
Press Line Feed while you turn the printer On.
After a few seconds, release Line Feed.
Press Start/Stop. The test stops after a complete line of characters has
printed.
Press Start/Stop to continue the printer test.
I$ = INPUT$(1, #1)
- select character set 2
- select code page 437
- set print quality to letter quality
- set font global to Courier 12