Specifications

1-48 Command Descriptions Rev. A
ESC = n selects the device to which the host computer sends data, based on the value of n as follows:
When the printer is disabled, it ignores all received data, with the exception of the DLE ENQ 1 and
DLE ENQ 2 commands. The default setting depends on DIP switch 1-6.
DLE ENQ n
[Name] Real-time request to printer
[Format] ASCII DLE ENQ n
Hex 10 05 n
Decimal 16 5 n
[Range] 1 ≤
n
≤ 3
Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Function
0
Off 00 0 Printer disabled.
On 01 1 Printer enabled.
1
Off 00 0 Customer display disabled.
On 02 2 Customer display enabled.
2-7 – – – Undefined.
Program Example Print Sample
AAAAACCCCC
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"=";CHR$(1);
←
Printer enabled
PRINT #1, "AAAAA";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"=";CHR$(2);
←
Only customer display enabled
Customer Display Sample
PRINT #1, "BBBBB";
BBBBB
BBBBB
BBBBB CCCCC
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"=";CHR$(3);
←
Both printer and customer display enabled
PRINT #1, "CCCCC"; CHR$(&HA);