CHAPTER 8 ESC/POS MODE (INTERFACE COMMANDS)
B-EP
Series
8-85
Explanation
(1)
There are 4 types of the print mode: “LABEL,” “RECEIPT,” “TPCL” and “ESC/POS.”
(2)
“Automatic status response in IrDA: IrCOMM” or USB is the function for the specifications
which do not allow the printer to spontaneously send the status through IrDA; IrCOMM or
USB. This function enables the printer to forcefully send the status to the host, if the link
between the printer and the host is established. However, if the link between the printer
and the host is not established upon the status transmission, the printer cannot send the
status. Therefore, the status is discarded. (In the next connection to the host, the
printer does not send the status to the host.)
(3)
The sensor is not used in the RECEIPT, RECEIPT1 or ESC/POS mode. When sensor
detectable paper is used for receipts and labels, print position detection feed cannot be
done in the LABEL, TPCL or TPCL1 mode. By setting the print position detection feed
parameter to 1, print position detection feed is carried out after the mode is changed to
LABEL, TPCL or TPCL1.
(4) In the TPCL1 mode, it is possible to re-print the last print data by pressing the FEED
button.
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.
