Specifications

3.11 DP6 & DP7 PROGRAMMING

CAUTION: DURING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT ALL PRINTING SHOULD BE DONE ON SINGLE

SHEET PAPER UNTIL PRINT FIELDS ARE CORRECTLY FORMATTED. PRINTING DIRECTLY ACROSS

THICK FOLDS AND DOCUMENT EDGES CAN DAMAGE THE PRINTHEAD.

The printer accepts two separate command sets, C and I, that are selectable either from the keypad using 9

3 FUNCT (see 3.6.2) or the interface. Mode C is compatible with previous versions of this printer while Mode

I is compatible with popular PC based printers. If Mode I is selected, the DP6 can use a IBM Proprinter driver

and the DP7 can use a IBM Proprinter X24 driver. Unique Mode C commands to communicate with the

keypad/display and request status can still be accessed in Mode I by preceding the Mode C command with a

ESC character.

3.11.1 Mode C Command Summary

Mode C recognizes the following ASCII control sequences:

ASCII Hex Command

STX 02 Start envelope data

ENQ 05 Status request

BEL 07 Load upper display immediate

* BS 08 Reverse line feed

HT 09 Configuration download

* LF 0A Line feed

* VT 0B Vertical tab feed

* FF 0C Eject document

* CR 0D Print buffer

SO 0E Begin expanded characters

SI 0F End expanded characters

DC1/DLE 11/10 Key buffer request

DC2 12 Line count request

DC3/ETB 13/17 Load upper display delayed

DC4 14 Master reset

EM 19 Document length request

SUB 1A Status request delayed

ESC SO 1B 0E Begin double height characters

ESC SI 1B 0F End double height characters

* ESC n 1B 3# Feed document up #/120 inches

ESC A 1B 41 Begin 60 dot/inch graphics

ESC B 1B 42 Begin 120 dot/inch graphics

ESC E 1B 45 Begin bold print

ESC F 1B 46 End bold print

* ESC J n 1B 4A Feed document up n/216 inches

ESC ] 1B 5D Reverse line feed

ESC ~ I 1B 7E 49 Select Mode I

FS 1C Load lower display immediate

GS 1D Load lower display delayed

RS n 1E n Skip n blank spaces in print line

US 1F Begin/End underscore

Commands prefixed with a * will not be executed until after an ENQ is received if the BLOCK protocol is

used. ENQs are not required if DTR or XON/XOF protocols are used.