CHAPTER 10 SYSTEM MODE (INTERFACE COMMANDS)
B-EP
Series
10-4
10.6.2 MODE SELECT COMMAND
[ESC] M
Function
Changes the print mode.
Format
[ESC] M; a(, b) [LF] [NUL]
Term
a:
Print mode designation
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
* Table 1 Print mode
HEX Mode
How to deal with the received data after an error is cleared
30H LABEL
Discards
31H RECEIPT
Discards
32H RECEIPT1
Continues
printing
34H ESC/POS
Continues
printing
41H TPCL
Continues
printing
42H TPCL1
Continues
printing
b: Print position detection feed
(Omissible. If omitted, the print position detection feed is not performed.)
0:
When the mode change from RECEIPT, RECEIPT1 or ESC/POS to LABEL,
TPCL or TPCL1 is requested, a print position detection feed is not performed
after the mode is changed.
1:
When the mode change from RECEIPT, RECEIPT1, ESC/POS to LABEL,
TPCL or TPCL1 is requested, a print position detection feed is performed after
the mode is changed.
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.
Print mode (Bit 0 to Bit 6
* See Table 1.)
Automatic status response in IrDA: IrCOMM or USB
0: Not performed
1: Performed
