CHAPTER 10 SYSTEM MODE (INTERFACE COMMANDS)
B-EP
Series
10-5
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 (even if the power is
turned off).
(2) The factory default is “30H: 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 print position detection feed after the cover is closed is enabled with key
operations).
(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 feed is
performed after the error is cleared by pressing the PAUSE key (when the print
position detection feed after the cover is closed is enabled with key operations).
(9) The print position detection feed is ignored when it is specified in the SYSTEM
mode.
(10) When changing the print mode by the printer itself, the print position detection feed
parameter cannot be set.
(11) When the mode select command is designated with the print position detection
feed at the end of a print data issued in 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
setting is omitted, the mode is not changed to LABEL or TPCL (the mode select
command is discarded).
