CHAPTER 5 TPCL MODE (INTERFACE COMMANDS)
B-EP
Series
5-13
Notes
(1) The print mode designation (the specified print mode and the automatic status response
in IrDA: IrCOMM or USB) is backed up in memory (retained even if the power is turned
off).
(2) The factory default is “TPCL mode” and “Automatic status response in IrDA: IrCOMM or
USB is not performed.” (The IrDA protocol is “IrCOMM.”)
(3)
When the print mode is changed, the type of sensor is automatically changed.
LABEL mode (0):
The previously backed up sensor is designated.
TPCL mode (A):
The previously backed up sensor is designated.
TPCL1 mode (B):
The previously backed up sensor is designated.
RECEIPT mode (1):
No sensor is designated.
RECEIPT1 mode (2):
No sensor is designated.
ESC/POS mode (4):
No sensor is designated.
(4)
If the RECEIPT or ESC/POS mode is selected or no sensor is designated in the LABEL or
TPCL mode, an initial feed is not performed when the cover is closed (when the key
operation or Set Command ([ESC]ZM03) is used to enable the print position detection
feed setting after closing the cover.)
(5)
When the mode change is finished, the printer sends the normal end status or an ACK to
the host. However, when the mode is changed to the TPCL mode, the printer does not
send the status. In IrDA: IrCOMM or USB, only when bit 7 of the print mode designation
is set to “1,” the printer sends the status.
(6) The print mode can be changed by the printer itself. However, since the setting for the
automatic status response in IrDA: IrCOMM or USB cannot be changed, the setting
remains as the same.
(7)
The print position detection feed is performed according to the conditions, such as, label
pitch, fine adjustment, and sensor selection, which were set in the LABEL or TPCL mode
before the printer is operated in the RECEIPT, RECEIPT1 or ESC/POS mode. If no
sensor is selected, the print position detection feed will not be performed.
(8) After performing a print position detection feed, the printer does not send a process end
status. If an error occurs during the print position detection feed, the print position
detection feed is performed after the error is cleared by using the PAUSE key (when the
key operation or Set Command ([ESC]ZM03) is used to enable the print position detection
feed setting after closing the cover.)
(9) When changing the print mode by the printer itself, the print position detection feed
parameter cannot be set.
(10) When the mode select command is designated with the print position detection feed at the
end of a print data issued in the RECEIPT1 or ESC/POS mode, and if an error occurs
while printing, the printing will restart after the error is cleared and then, the print mode will
be changed to the LABEL or TPCL mode and a print position detection feed is performed.
When the print position detection feed is omitted, the print mode will not be changed to
the LABEL or TPCL mode. (The mode select command is discarded.)
(11) When the LABEL or TPCL mode is selected in the mode select command and the print
position detection feed parameter is set 0 (not performed), and if an error occurs while the
printer issues in the RECEIPT1 or ESC/POS mode, the print mode is changed to the
LABEL or TPCL mode after the error is cleared. (The mode select command is
executed.)
