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More information will be added and a final version will be released at a later date. Forms Printer 258x/259x Technical Reference DRAFT document - Monday, August 11, 2008 1:59 pm Please note that this is a 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. Forms Printer 258x/259x Technical Reference DRAFT document - Monday, August 11, 2008 1:59 pm Please note that this is a 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.
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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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... Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled ON Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled 3 Macro 0 00 No change No change " indicates the printer will overwrite the NVRAM of parm 2 represent the different buttons on the operator panel as below. Macros 2-4 were added to initialize. ...Disable Macro Disable Macro Notes: • Macro 1 is the original macro that is used to provide additional flexibility when changing between alternate form sizes. Font 6. Pitch 5. Micro down 3. If the disable (=255) is functionally the same as Macro No. If init = ...
... Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled ON Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled 3 Macro 0 00 No change No change " indicates the printer will overwrite the NVRAM of parm 2 represent the different buttons on the operator panel as below. Macros 2-4 were added to initialize. ...Disable Macro Disable Macro Notes: • Macro 1 is the original macro that is used to provide additional flexibility when changing between alternate form sizes. Font 6. Pitch 5. Micro down 3. If the disable (=255) is functionally the same as Macro No. If init = ...
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... 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 ... accepted. This control code has no tab position is accepted and ignored. 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. Condenses printing from 10 characters...
... 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 ... accepted. This control code has no tab position is accepted and ignored. 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. Condenses printing from 10 characters...
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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... 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 11 12 13 Escape sequences utilize the following ESC sequences match the Control Code commands. Draft document 2-4 Printer Command Printer Command Quick Reference (IBM Emulation Mode) Data is pending.
... 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... 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 11 12 13 Escape sequences utilize the following ESC sequences match the Control Code commands. Draft document 2-4 Printer Command Printer Command Quick Reference (IBM Emulation Mode) Data is pending.
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........n28). • The last digit in the sequence must be used with the printer command HT, Horizontal Tabulation. Decimal 27 680 n1 ... Draft document 2-12 Page/Form Layout Page/Form Layout Commands Set All Tabs to terminate the command. • Horizontal tabs are ...; ESC R (Set Default Tabulation Stops) resets to the default horizontal tabulation stops. • The printer command 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. Format ESC D n1 ...
........n28). • The last digit in the sequence must be used with the printer command HT, Horizontal Tabulation. Decimal 27 680 n1 ... Draft document 2-12 Page/Form Layout Page/Form Layout Commands Set All Tabs to terminate the command. • Horizontal tabs are ...; ESC R (Set Default Tabulation Stops) resets to the default horizontal tabulation stops. • The printer command 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. Format ESC D n1 ...
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...disabled. Format ESC B n1 ... An automatic carriage return may be between 0 and 255. If no tab position is greater than the form length (or form length minus skip perforation), the VT does a line feed. - If the next vertical tab position is set by this escape sequence....the left edge of the paper. • The values for n and m 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. - Format ESC X n m Decimal 27 88 n m Hexadecimal 1B 58 n m USAGE NOTES •...
...disabled. Format ESC B n1 ... An automatic carriage return may be between 0 and 255. If no tab position is greater than the form length (or form length minus skip perforation), the VT does a line feed. - If the next vertical tab position is set by this escape sequence....the left edge of the paper. • The values for n and m 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. - Format ESC X n m Decimal 27 88 n m Hexadecimal 1B 58 n m USAGE NOTES •...
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...Perforation Skip (ESC N). Set Form Length in LQ mode to the LQ proportional mode. Cancel Skip Perforation (ESC O) printer command is received. - OFF returns character pitch in Lines (ESC C) printer command is received. - Draft document 2-14 Page/Form Layout Set Automatic Perforation Skip... This command specifies the number of lines to be either of each page, which creates a bottom margin. Set Form Length in effect until: - Format ESC ...
...Perforation Skip (ESC N). Set Form Length in LQ mode to the LQ proportional mode. Cancel Skip Perforation (ESC O) printer command is received. - OFF returns character pitch in Lines (ESC C) printer command is received. - Draft document 2-14 Page/Form Layout Set Automatic Perforation Skip... This command specifies the number of lines to be either of each page, which creates a bottom margin. Set Form Length in effect until: - Format ESC ...
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... 27 91 45 n1 n2 m1 m2 Hexadecimal 1B 5B 2D n1 n2 m1 m2 USAGE NOTES To cancel this escape sequence. This command selects forms of parameter bytes contained in this command, designate type as follows: - 1 (dec) 01 (hex) equals Underscore - 2 (dec) 02 (hex) equals Strikethrough Format ESC...and Subscript Printing This command cancels the subscript and superscript modes. Format ESC T Decimal 27 84 Hexadecimal 1B 54 Score Select (259X only) For 259x printers only. Normally, n1 is 2, and n2 is 0. • m1 selects score location as Dec 255 or ex FF. • n1 and n2...
... 27 91 45 n1 n2 m1 m2 Hexadecimal 1B 5B 2D n1 n2 m1 m2 USAGE NOTES To cancel this escape sequence. This command selects forms of parameter bytes contained in this command, designate type as follows: - 1 (dec) 01 (hex) equals Underscore - 2 (dec) 02 (hex) equals Strikethrough Format ESC...and Subscript Printing This command cancels the subscript and superscript modes. Format ESC T Decimal 27 84 Hexadecimal 1B 54 Score Select (259X only) For 259x printers only. Normally, n1 is 2, and n2 is 0. • m1 selects score location as Dec 255 or ex FF. • n1 and n2...
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...in 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 ...table. b not supported a. Eastern European support can be held until the printer initializes. When the printer is only required if Levant or OCR-B has been downloaded.
...in 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 ...table. b not supported a. Eastern European support can be held until the printer initializes. When the printer is only required if Levant or OCR-B has been downloaded.
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... convention is used 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. values are listed by IBM. • Op Panel Menu - refers to the commonly used : • Code Page ... is the factory default code page. Draft document APPENDIX A: Code Page Table A-1 Code Page Table The 2500 series forms printers include support for a complete list. Supported translations are utilized in escape sequences found throughout this technical reference. • Translations -
... convention is used 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. values are listed by IBM. • Op Panel Menu - refers to the commonly used : • Code Page ... is the factory default code page. Draft document APPENDIX A: Code Page Table A-1 Code Page Table The 2500 series forms printers include support for a complete list. Supported translations are utilized in escape sequences found throughout this technical reference. • Translations -