Specifications

dump Command - Enable Dump Mode
Description This com mand al lows the ad vanced pro gram -
mer to force a user di ag nos tic “data dump”
mode. Sending the dump com mand to the
printer al lows the pro gram mer to com pare ac -
tual data sent to printer with the host pro gram.
Send data to the printer af ter the dump com -
mand has been is sued to eval u ate pro gram and
printer con trol data. The printer will pro cess all
data bytes into ASCII char ac ter data, range
0-255 dec i mal (00-FF hex a dec i mal).
Press the printer’s Feed but ton un til “Out of
Dump” is printed or power cy cle the printer to
ter mi nate the dump mode.
Syntax dump
Parameters None
❏ Set the im age buffer width with the q com -
mand to match the me dia width prior to is su -
ing the dump com mand.
❏ Use the “Dump Mode” char ac ter map in
Appendix A to in ter pret the dump mode data
(char ac ters printed on the la bels) back into
ASCII data.
❏ Press the Feed but ton to view dump data that
ex ceeds a sin gle la bel’s print area. Re peat to
view more dump data as re quired.
❏ Press ing the Feed but ton af ter the dump data
is fin ished print ing will cause the printer to
exit the dump mode.
❏ Graphics data dump may be large and re -
quire mul ti ple la bels to print.
Example
dump¿
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