TransAct 90plus manuals

Software Guide

Overview of the Series 90PLUS Printer
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1.1 Warranty Information
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1.1.1 Warranty Options
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1.1.2 Service Information
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1.2 What is in this book?
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1.2.1 Who should read this book?
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1.2.2 What does it cover?
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1.2.3 Where can you find more information?
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1.2.4 Contacting TransAct Technologies
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1.2.4.1 Internet Support
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2.1 Series 90PLUS Models
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2.2 Standard Features
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2.3 Receipt Printer
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2.4 Receipt/Journal Printer
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2.5 Receipt/Journal/Validation Printer
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2.6 Receipt/Validation Printer
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3.1 Printing Specifications
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3.1.1 Character Generation
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3.2 Physical Specifications
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3.2.1 Dimensions
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3.2.2 Weight
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3.3 Electrical Characteristics
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3.3.1 Self-powered AC
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3.3.2 Interface Specifications
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3.3.2.1 Serial
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3.3.2.2 Parallel
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3.3.2.3 Cash Drawer
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3.4 Media Specifications
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3.4.1 Ribbon
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3.4.2 Receipt Paper
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3.4.3 Receipt/Journal Paper
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3.4.4 Inserted Slips and Forms
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3.5 Slip Sensor
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3.6 Printable Area
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3.6.1 Receipt Printing
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3.6.1.1 Receipt Printing without the Autocutter
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3.6.1.2 Receipt Printing with the Autocutter
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3.6.2 Validation Forms Printing
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3.6.2.1 Validation Forms Insertion
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3.6.2.2 Validation Forms Sensing
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3.6.3 Inserted Forms Printing
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3.6.3.1 Inserted Forms Guidelines
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3.6.4 MICR Reader
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4.1 Nomenclature
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4.1.1 Standard Emulation
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4.1.2 EPOS Emulation
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4.1.3 IPCL Codes
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Application Development
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Tables and Charts
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5.1 Print/Paper Motion
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5.1.1 Low-level Paper Motion Control
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5.1.2 Horizontal Motion Control
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5.2 Vertical Motion Control
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5.3 Character Font
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5.4 International Character Sets and Code Pages
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5.5 Character Print Control
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5.6 Character Pitch
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5.7 Character Attribute Commands
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5.8 Print Rotation Commands
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5.9 Graphic Mode
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5.9.1 Standard APA Graphics
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5.9.2 Extended APA Graphics
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5.9.3 EPOS Bit Image Graphics
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5.9.4 Graphic Save
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5.9.4.1 Programming Considerations
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5.10 Bar codes
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5.11 Station Control
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5.11.1 Receipt Operation
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5.11.1.1 Receipt Paper-error Sensor
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5.11.2 Validation and Slip Operation
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5.11.2.1 Top Insertion Validation
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5.11.2.1.1 Validation Controlled by the Host System
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5.11.2.1.2 Validation Controlled by the Printer
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5.11.2.2 Front Inserted Validation
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5.11.2.2.1 Slip Printing
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5.11.2.3 Mode Selection
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5.11.3 Top Validation Operation
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5.11.4 Front Slip Operation
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5.11.5 Validation and Slip Operation Control
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5.12 MICR Reader
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5.12.1 Overview
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5.13 Miscellaneous Controls
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5.14 Series 50 Compatibility Commands
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5.15 Printer Status Set/Inquire
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5.15.1 Parallel, Non-IEEE 1284 Mode Inquire
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5.15.2 Serial Mode Inquire
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5.15.3 Parallel, IEEE 1284 Mode Inquire
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5.15.4 Inquire Commands
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5.16 Extended Diagnostic Commands
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5.17 EPOS Codes
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5.17.1 Real-time Status
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5.17.2 EPOS Command Summary
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5.17.3 EPOS Deviations
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5.17.3.1 Command Descriptions
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5.18 Control Codes Summary by Code
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5.19 Control Codes Summary by Function
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Operator Panel Controls
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6.1 Push Buttons - Momentary Switches
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6.2 Indicators
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6.3 Fault Indicators
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7.1 Level 0 Diagnostics
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7.2 Extended Diagnostics
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7.2.1 Self-test Mode
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7.2.2 Hex Dump Mode
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7.2.3 Configuration Mode
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7.2.3.1 Initial Power On
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7.2.3.2 Manual Configuration
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7.2.3.3 Enable Remote Configuration
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7.2.3.4 Feature Configuration
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8.1 Overview
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8.2 Parallel Port
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8.2.1 Parallel Port Protocol
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8.2.2 Printer Buffer Size
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8.2.2.1 One-line Mode
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8.2.3 Parallel Port Inquire IEEE 1284
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8.2.3.1 Buffer
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8.2.3.2 Mode 4
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8.2.3.3 Mode 0
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8.2.3.4 Time outs
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8.2.3.5 Active State
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8.2.3.6 Inquire Responses
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8.2.4 Parallel Port Inquire (Non-IEEE 1284)
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8.2.5 Parallel Port Plug and Play
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8.2.6 Parallel Port Connector
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8.2.7 Signal Levels
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8.3 Serial Port
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8.3.1 Serial Port Features
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8.3.2 Serial Port Pin out
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8.3.2.1 Signal Levels
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8.3.3 Serial Port Protocol
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8.3.4 Print Buffer Flow
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8.3.5 Printer Buffer Size
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8.3.5.1 One-line Mode
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8.3.6 Serial Mode Plug and Play
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8.3.6.1 Using DSR
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8.3.6.2 Serial Device Identification
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8.3.7 Serial Port Inquire
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8.4 Remote Printer Reset
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8.4.1 Reset in Serial Mode
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8.4.2 Reset in Parallel Mode
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8.5 Miscellaneous Communication Features
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8.5.1 Power-cycle Recovery
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8.5.2 Data Pass-through
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8.5.3 Multidrop Configuration
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8.5.4 Off-line Active
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Programmer’s Notes
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Cash Drawer Interface
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9.1 Interface Description
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9.2 Interface Connectors
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10 Printing Graphics
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10.1 Character Graphics
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10.2 APA Graphics
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Figure 1 Single-wide character
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Figure 2 Character forming
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Figure 3 Physical dimensions
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Figure 4 Slip form size
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Figure 5 Slip paper print
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Figure 6 Receipt printable area
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Figure 7 Receipt printable area
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Figure 8 Receipt autocutter position
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Figure 9 Validation print with normal and narrow print zones
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Figure 10 Inserted slip using normal and narrow print zone
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Figure 11 Normal and narrow print zone rotated print
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Figure 12 Multipart forms
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Figure 13 Data sent to printer for a fine line feed
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Figure 14 Example of fine line feed
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Figure 15 Examples of print at various character pitch
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Figure 16 Data sent to printer for one-line double-wide print
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Figure 17 Example of one-line double-wide print
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Figure 18 Example of underline, enhanced, emphasized, superscript, and subscript print
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Figure 19
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Figure 20 PE to ENQ request timing
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Figure 21 Typical POS system
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Figure 22 Host to printer link
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Figure 23 Printer communications buffer flow
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Figure 24 Parallel port data timing
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Figure 25
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Figure 26 PE to ENQ request timing
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Figure 27 Serial port flow control using DTR
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Figure 28 XON/XOFF serial port flow control
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Figure 29 Serial buffer operation
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Figure 30 Print controller using data
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Figure 31 Inquire flow
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Figure 32 Receipt with extended graphic characters
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Figure 33 Receipt with APA graphics
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Figure 34 9-pin female to 9-pin female serial interconnect
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Figure 35 9-pin female to 25-pin female serial interconnect
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Table 1 Character specifications
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Table 2 Power input requirements
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Table 3 Validation lines
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Table 4 Ten line validation option
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Table 5 Language table identification
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Table 6 EPOS language table identification
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Table 7 Code page definition table
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Table 8 EPOS code page definition table
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Table 9 OCR-MA2
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Table 10 Euro character Substitution Matrix
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Table 11 Print modes
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Table 12 Intercharacter spacing table
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Table 13 Rotated print spacing with 7 x 9 font
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Table 14 Rotated print spacing with 5 x 7 font
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Table 15 Amount of paper left when paper low is sensed
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Table 16 Values for the left and right print margins
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Table 17 MICR status fields
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Table 18 MICR translation characters
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Table 19 Printer states
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Table 20 Level 0 diagnostics
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Table 21 Parallel port pin outs
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Table 22 Serial bit rates
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Table 23 Serial port pin out
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Table 24 Ithaca cash drawer connector
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Table 25 Epson/Axiohm cash drawer connector
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Table 26 Code page definitions
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Table 27 ASCII code chart
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00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
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02 01 02 01 02 01 02 01-02 01 02 01 02 01 02 01
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[ESC] [SI] Set 24 cpi
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[ESC] ] Reverse line feed
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[ESC] ^ <n> Print control character
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[CAN] Clear print buffer
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[ESC] _ <0> End overscore
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[CR] New line
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[ESC] _ <1> Begin overscore
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[DC2] Set 10 cpi
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[ESC] ~ <n> Extended diagnostics
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[DC4] End one-line double-wide print
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[ESC] < <n> Data pass-through
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[ENQ] <1> Inquire Cash Drawer 1 status
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[ESC] < <n> Print suppress
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[ENQ] <10> Request printer reset
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[ESC] 0 Set line space 27/216 inch
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[ENQ] <11> Request printer power-cycle status
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[ESC] 1 Set line space 7/72 inch
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[ESC] 2 Enable variable line spacing
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[ENQ] <15> Inquire printer state
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[ESC] 3 <n> Set line spacing n/216 inch
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[ENQ] <2> Inquire Cash Drawer 2 status
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[ESC] 4 Set top of form
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[ENQ] <20> Inquire all printer status
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[ESC] 5 <0> End automatic line feed
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[ENQ] <3> Inquire receipt-paper low status
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[ESC] 5 <1> Begin automatic line feed
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[ENQ] <4> Inquire receipt-paper out status
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[ESC] 8 Disable PE sensor
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[ENQ] <5> Inquire slip-stop sensor status
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[ESC] 9 Enable PE sensor
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[ENQ] <6> Inquire form position sensor status
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[ESC] a <n> Set justification
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[ENQ] <7> Inquire form clamp status
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[ESC] A <n> Set variable line spacing n/72 inch
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[ENQ] <8> Inquire cover open status
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[ENQ] <9> Send response
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[ENQ] <n> Inquire printer status
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[ESC] C [NUL] Set form length in inches
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[ESC] - <0> End underline
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[ESC] C Set form length in lines
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[ESC] - <1> Begin underline
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[ESC] d <n> Enable variable line spacing
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[ESC] r <11> Rotate 270°, 5x7 font
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[ESC] D <n1> <n2> … Set horizontal tab stops
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[ESC] r <15> Rotate 270°, formatting, 5x7 font
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[ESC] E Begin emphasized print
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[ESC] r <3> Rotate 270°, 7x9 font
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[ESC] F End emphasized print
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[ESC] r <7> Rotate 270°, formatting, 7x9 font
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[ESC] f Select receipt station
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[ESC] ! <n> Select International Character Set
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[ESC] g <0> Graphic-save print
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[ESC] # <0> Begin HSD mode
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[ESC] g <1> Start graphic-save record
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[ESC] % G Begin italics
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[ESC] g <2> Stop graphic-save record
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[ESC] % H End italics
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[ESC] g <3> Stop and save graphic-save data
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[ESC] * <m> … Print graphics in mode <m>
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[ESC] * <m> … Print single-density graphics
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[ESC] G Begin enhanced print
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[ESC] \: Set 12 cpi
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[ESC] H End enhanced print
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[ESC] ? <m> <n> Reassign graphic mode
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[ESC] I <1> Set print quality mode
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[ESC] i Select slip mode
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[ESC] [ C <n> Euro character enable
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[ESC] J <n> Fine line feed
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[ESC] [ P <n> Set cpi
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[ESC] j Select validation mode
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[ESC] [ T <nh> <nl> Select character code page
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[ESC] k Eject slip
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[ESC] [DC1] Open form clamp
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[ESC] l <n> Dual station control
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[ESC] [DC3] Close form clamp
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[ESC] L … Half-speed, double-density graphics
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[ESC] [DC4] Select validation mode
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[ESC] mD Request MICR data
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[ESC] [EM] <n> Set validation delays
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[ESC] mE Request MICR eject
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[ESC] [EM] B <n> Bar code height
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[ESC] mI Reset MICR reader
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[ESC] [EM] C <0> Validation clamp delay
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[ESC] mL Request MICR load
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[ESC] [EM] J <n> Set bar code justification
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[ESC] [EM] J <n> Set human readable number
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[ESC] mP Request MICR read
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[ESC] [EM] M <n> Set MICR start delay
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[ESC] mR Request MICR read
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[ESC] [EM] P <n> Top of slip position
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[ESC] mS Request MICR reader status
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[ESC] [EM] U <n> Set validation delay
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[ESC] mT Request MICR transport
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[ESC] [EM] V <n> Set validation delay
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[ESC] P <0> End 90° rotated font
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[ESC] [EM] W <n> Set eject pause
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[ESC] p <n> Select paper-error operation
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[ESC] [EM] W <n> Set eject wait
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[ESC] P <n> Set 90°/270° rotated font
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[ESC] q <n> Query marker
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[ESC] r <0> End rotated print
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[ESC] r <1> Rotate 90°, 7x9 font
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Data pass-through
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[ESC] r <13> Rotate 90°, formatting, 5x7 font
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Diagnostic commands
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[ESC] r <2> Rotate 180°
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Double-high
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[ESC] r <5> Rotate 90°, formatting, 7x9 font
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Double-wide
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[ESC] r <9> Rotate 90°, 5x7 font
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Double-wide characters
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[ESC] r <X> Rotate 90°, 180°, 270°
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Dual station mode
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[ESC] s <n> Set rotated print line length
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[ESC] S<0> Select superscript
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[ESC] S<1> Select subscript
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Eject pause
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[ESC] T End superscript or subscript
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Eject slip
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[ESC] U <0> Begin bidirectional print
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Eject wait
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Electrical specifications
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[ESC] u <n1> … Set rotated print line spacing
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[ESC] v Activate receipt cutter
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[ESC] V <n> Set intercharacter spacing
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EPOS emulation
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[ESC] w <n> Enable dynamic response
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ESC/POS
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Euro character enable
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[ESC] x <n> Open cash drawer
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[ESC] X <n1> <n2> Set left/right margin
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[ESC] y <11> OCR character enable
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[ESC] y <12> OCR character disable
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Feature control
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[ESC] y <n> Feature control
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Forming characters
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[ESC] Y … Full-speed, double-density graphics
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[ESC] Z <n>1 <n>2 Quad-density graphics
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close
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[ESC] z Release slip
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open
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[ESC]mX … Set MICR translation table
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[FF] Form feed
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[HT] Horizontal tab
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[LF] Line feed
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General descriptions
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[SI] Set 17 cpi
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General specifications
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[SO] One-line double-wide print
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Graphic printing
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[SOH] <n> Multidrop control
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Graphics using APA
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[VT] Vertical tab
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Graphics using characters
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APA graphic file
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High Speed Draft
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ASCII code chart
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Internet support
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Cash drawer control
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IPCL codes
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Italics
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Character pitch
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Ithaca Peripherals
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Communication features, miscellaneous
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Communications protocol
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Communications, parallel port
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Communications, serial
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Media specifications
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Configuration, feature
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Multidrop configuration
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Control code summary by code
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Control codes overview
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Near Letter Quality
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Nomenclature
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OCR character disable
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Select receipt station
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OCR character enable
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Serial Plug and Play
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Off-line active
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Serial port [ENQ]
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Serial port capabilities
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Serial port flow control
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Serial port pin out
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Paper motion
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Series 90PLUS models
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Parallel port [ENQ]’s
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Service
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Parallel Port Plug and Play
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Slip mode
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Parallel port timing
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Slip stop sensor
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Parallel-port inquire
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Standard emulation
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Parallel-port pin-out
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Standard features
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Physical specifications
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Power-cycle flag
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Printable area
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Printer inquire
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Printing specifications
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Programmer’s notes
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Utility print
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Release slip
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Remote reset
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Validation mode
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Rotate print
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Warranty
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