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All rights reserved. 740 West New Circle Road Lexington, Kentucky 40550 www.lexmark.com August 2008 Lexmark and Lexmark with diamond design are trademarks of Lexmark International, Inc., registered in the United States and/or other countries. © 2008 Lexmark International, Inc. More information will be added and a final version will be released at a later date. Monday, August 11, 2008 1:59 pm Please note that this is a DRAFT document. Forms Printer 258x/259x Technical Reference DRAFT document -
All rights reserved. 740 West New Circle Road Lexington, Kentucky 40550 www.lexmark.com August 2008 Lexmark and Lexmark with diamond design are trademarks of Lexmark International, Inc., registered in the United States and/or other countries. © 2008 Lexmark International, Inc. More information will be added and a final version will be released at a later date. Monday, August 11, 2008 1:59 pm Please note that this is a DRAFT document. Forms Printer 258x/259x Technical Reference DRAFT document -
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... Printing 2-6 Deselect Printer 2-7 Stop Printing (259X only 2-7 Print Position Commands 2-8 Relative Move Inline Forward (n/120 2-8 Automatic Line Feed (LF 2-9 Reverse Line Feed 2-9 Set Vertical Units (259X only 2-9 Select 1/8" Line Spacing 2-10 Select 7/72" Line Spacing 2-10 Set Text Line Spacing (n/72 2-11 Start Text Line Spacing 2-11 Page/Form Layout Commands 2-12...
... Printing 2-6 Deselect Printer 2-7 Stop Printing (259X only 2-7 Print Position Commands 2-8 Relative Move Inline Forward (n/120 2-8 Automatic Line Feed (LF 2-9 Reverse Line Feed 2-9 Set Vertical Units (259X only 2-9 Select 1/8" Line Spacing 2-10 Select 7/72" Line Spacing 2-10 Set Text Line Spacing (n/72 2-11 Start Text Line Spacing 2-11 Page/Form Layout Commands 2-12...
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.... If init = dec 4, 5 (hex 04, 05) are specified, parm 3 value is overwritten to initialize. • "No change" indicates the printer will overwrite the NVRAM of parm 2 represent the different buttons on the operator panel as Macro No. If init = dec 254, 255 (hex FE, ... Dec 197, 198 (Hex C5, C6) (Sheet 1 of Default Macro setting No. Macros 2-4 were added to provide additional flexibility when changing between alternate form sizes. Micro down 3. Micro up 4. The upper 6 bits of the current macro. Disable macro is backward compatible. Draft document 1-6 SIC Command Table ...
.... If init = dec 4, 5 (hex 04, 05) are specified, parm 3 value is overwritten to initialize. • "No change" indicates the printer will overwrite the NVRAM of parm 2 represent the different buttons on the operator panel as Macro No. If init = dec 254, 255 (hex FE, ... Dec 197, 198 (Hex C5, C6) (Sheet 1 of Default Macro setting No. Macros 2-4 were added to provide additional flexibility when changing between alternate form sizes. Micro down 3. Micro up 4. The upper 6 bits of the current macro. Disable macro is backward compatible. Draft document 1-6 SIC Command Table ...
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Selects the printer, causing all characters in double-width mode. 14 This mode is greater than the form length (or form length minus skip perforation), the VT does a line feed. This control code has no tab position is accepted and ignored. Does not change... 2-2 Control Codes Table 2-1: Control Codes (Continued) Code Name Beeper Vertical Tab Symbol BEL VT Form Feed FF Carriage Return CR Double-Wide Printing by SO Line Condensed Printing Select Printer Select 10 cpi Deselect Printer SI DC1 DC2 DC3 Cancel Double-Wide Printing by Line Cancel Data DC4 CAN Description Value...
Selects the printer, causing all characters in double-width mode. 14 This mode is greater than the form length (or form length minus skip perforation), the VT does a line feed. This control code has no tab position is accepted and ignored. Does not change... 2-2 Control Codes Table 2-1: Control Codes (Continued) Code Name Beeper Vertical Tab Symbol BEL VT Form Feed FF Carriage Return CR Double-Wide Printing by SO Line Condensed Printing Select Printer Select 10 cpi Deselect Printer SI DC1 DC2 DC3 Cancel Double-Wide Printing by Line Cancel Data DC4 CAN Description Value...
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... 07 Table 2-2: Escape Sequence Equivalents to Control Codes Code Nem Beeper Backspace Horizontal Tab Line Feed Vertical Tab Form Feed Carriage Return Double-Wide Printing by LIne Condensed Printing Select Printer Select 10 cpi Deselect Printer Format ESC BEL BS HT LF VT FF CR SO SI DC1 DC2 DC3 Decimal 27 7 8 9 10...
... 07 Table 2-2: Escape Sequence Equivalents to Control Codes Code Nem Beeper Backspace Horizontal Tab Line Feed Vertical Tab Form Feed Carriage Return Double-Wide Printing by LIne Condensed Printing Select Printer Select 10 cpi Deselect Printer Format ESC BEL BS HT LF VT FF CR SO SI DC1 DC2 DC3 Decimal 27 7 8 9 10...
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... NOTES • Set the tabulation stops in ascending order (n1.....n28). • The last digit in the sequence must be used with the printer command HT, Horizontal Tabulation. Format ESC D n1 ... Decimal 27 680 n1 ... Hexadecimal 1B 44 n1 ... The left most column is numbered one...HT, Horizontal Tabulation, activates the tabulation stops set user-defined tabulation stops, use printer command ESC D for horizontal tabs and ESC B for vertical tabs. Draft document 2-12 Page/Form Layout Page/Form Layout Commands Set All Tabs to Power On Setting This command sets the horizontal...
... NOTES • Set the tabulation stops in ascending order (n1.....n28). • The last digit in the sequence must be used with the printer command HT, Horizontal Tabulation. Format ESC D n1 ... Decimal 27 680 n1 ... Hexadecimal 1B 44 n1 ... The left most column is numbered one...HT, Horizontal Tabulation, activates the tabulation stops set user-defined tabulation stops, use printer command ESC D for horizontal tabs and ESC B for vertical tabs. Draft document 2-12 Page/Form Layout Page/Form Layout Commands Set All Tabs to Power On Setting This command sets the horizontal...
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... digit in the sequence must be 0 to terminate the command. • The printer command VT, Vertical Tabulation activates the tabulation stops set , the printer performs a single line feed. - An automatic carriage return may be optionally disabled. Draft document 2-13 Page/Form Layout Set Vertical Tabs Sets as many as 64 tabulation stops by...
... digit in the sequence must be 0 to terminate the command. • The printer command VT, Vertical Tabulation activates the tabulation stops set , the printer performs a single line feed. - An automatic carriage return may be optionally disabled. Draft document 2-13 Page/Form Layout Set Vertical Tabs Sets as many as 64 tabulation stops by...
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Set Form Length in effect until: - Cancel Automatic Perforation Skip This command cancels Set Automatic Perforation Skip (ESC N). Format ESC N n Decimal 27 78 n Hexadecimal 1B 4E n USAGE NOTES • This command remains in Lines (ESC C) printer command is received. - Cancel Skip Perforation (ESC O) printer command is received. ...(hex) = ON - 0 (dec) 00 (hex) = OFF • (259x only) ON changes character pitch to the LQ proportional mode. Set Form Length in LQ mode to the pitch selected before the proportional space mode was turned on and off. Draft document 2-14 Page...
Set Form Length in effect until: - Cancel Automatic Perforation Skip This command cancels Set Automatic Perforation Skip (ESC N). Format ESC N n Decimal 27 78 n Hexadecimal 1B 4E n USAGE NOTES • This command remains in Lines (ESC C) printer command is received. - Cancel Skip Perforation (ESC O) printer command is received. ...(hex) = ON - 0 (dec) 00 (hex) = OFF • (259x only) ON changes character pitch to the LQ proportional mode. Set Form Length in LQ mode to the pitch selected before the proportional space mode was turned on and off. Draft document 2-14 Page...
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This command selects forms of the following: • 1 (dec) 01 (hex) = Subscript ON • 0 (dec) 00 (hex) = Superscript ON Cancel Superscript and Subscript Printing This command cancels the subscript ... specify the number of parameter bytes contained in this escape sequence. Format ESC T Decimal 27 84 Hexadecimal 1B 54 Score Select (259X only) For 259x printers only. Draft document 2-30 Style Commands Start Superscript or Subscript Printing This command selects the subscript and superscript modes.
This command selects forms of the following: • 1 (dec) 01 (hex) = Subscript ON • 0 (dec) 00 (hex) = Superscript ON Cancel Superscript and Subscript Printing This command cancels the subscript ... specify the number of parameter bytes contained in this escape sequence. Format ESC T Decimal 27 84 Hexadecimal 1B 54 Score Select (259X only) For 259x printers only. Draft document 2-30 Style Commands Start Superscript or Subscript Printing This command selects the subscript and superscript modes.
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...= ON). {insert graphic} 3 Press and hold one or more buttons on layer 2 of the control panel while turning the printer on 259x printers Standard Eastern Europe Micro up Micro down included included included includeda Baltic Set up included included Arabic Micro + Micro included included Levant Micro... the standard operating mode. 1 Turn the printer off. 2 Raise the Ribbon access cover and manually move the Carrier all the way to the standard support for the US and Western Europe code pages, the 2500 series forms printers include support for characters contained in the following...
...= ON). {insert graphic} 3 Press and hold one or more buttons on layer 2 of the control panel while turning the printer on 259x printers Standard Eastern Europe Micro up Micro down included included included includeda Baltic Set up included included Arabic Micro + Micro included included Levant Micro... the standard operating mode. 1 Turn the printer off. 2 Raise the Ribbon access cover and manually move the Carrier all the way to the standard support for the US and Western Europe code pages, the 2500 series forms printers include support for characters contained in the following...
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... is the factory default code page. English) is supported on the printer operator panel. • Name - Draft document APPENDIX A: Code Page Table A-1 Code Page Table The 2500 series forms printers include support for a complete list. The presence of code pages. ... code page name. • Hexadecimal and Decimal Hc/Lc codes - The following table for a variety of a printer model family (258x or 259x) indicates that printer family. Code page 437 (U.S. Supported translations are utilized in escape sequences found throughout this technical reference. • Translations...
... is the factory default code page. English) is supported on the printer operator panel. • Name - Draft document APPENDIX A: Code Page Table A-1 Code Page Table The 2500 series forms printers include support for a complete list. The presence of code pages. ... code page name. • Hexadecimal and Decimal Hc/Lc codes - The following table for a variety of a printer model family (258x or 259x) indicates that printer family. Code page 437 (U.S. Supported translations are utilized in escape sequences found throughout this technical reference. • Translations...