Compuprint 3056 Operating and maintenance manual

Compuprint 30X6
Programmer Manual

Contents
Commands................................................................................................................................................3
1．Index for ESC/PK ................................................3
2．Command interpretation for ESC/PK .............4
3．Other Command Sets........................................16
AR Command Set ..................................................16
OKI Command Set ................................................17
Interfaces ................................................................................................................................................19
1. The Parallel Interface..........................................19
Signals Description.................................................19
Operating Phases ...................................................20
Parallel Interface Signals ......................................20
Interface Timing.....................................................23
2. The Serial Interface .............................................23
Serial Interface Signals..........................................24
3. USB interface ........................................................24
4. Network interface.................................................25

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Co om mm ma an nd ds s
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1． ．I In nd de ex x f fo or r E ES SC C/ /P PK K
NO Command Function
1 ESC ( C Set page length in defined unit
2 ESC ( U Set unit
3 ESC C Set page length in lines
4 ESC C NUL Set page length in inches
5 ESC N Set bottom margin
6 ESC O Cancel bottom margin
7 ESC Q Set right margin
8 ESC l Set left margin
9 CR CR Carriage return
10 LF Line feed
11 FF Form feed
12 ESC J Advance print position vertically
13 HT Tab horizontally
14 VT Tab vertically
15 BS Backspace
16 ESC 0 Select 1/8-inch line spacing
17 ESC 2 Select 1/6-inch line spacing
18 ESC 3 Set n/180-inch line spacing
19 ESC + Set n/360-inch line spacing
20 ESC A Set n/60-inch line spacing
21 ESC D Set horizontal tabs
22 ESC B Set vertical tabs
23 ESC t Select character table
24 ESC R Select an international character set
25 ESC % Select user-defined set
26 ESC x Select LQ or draft
27 ESC M Select 12-cpi
28 ESC g Select 15-cpi
29 ESC SP Set character space
30 ESC 4 Select italic font
31 ESC 5 Cancel italic font
32 ESC G Select double-strike printing
33 ESC H Cancel double-strike printing
34 ESC q Select character style
35 SO Select double-width printing (one line)
36 ESC SO Select double-width printing (one line)

37 DC4 Cancel double-width printing (one line)
38 ESC W Turn double-width printing on/off
39 ESC w Turn double-height printing on/off
40 ESC U Turn unidirectional mode on/off
41 ESC * Select bit image
42 ESC @ Initialize printer
43 CAN Cancel line
44 DEL Delete last character in buffer
45 ESC - Turn underline on/off
46 ESC E Select bold font
47 ESC F Cancel bold font
48 ESC P Select 10-cpi
49 ESC p Turn proportional mode on/off
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2． ．C Co om mm ma an nd d i in nt te er rp pr re et ta at ti io on n f fo or r E ES SC C/ /P PK K
ESC ( C Set page length in defined unit
Format
ASCII ESC ( C nL nH mL mH
Hex 1B 28 43 nL nH mL mH
Decimal 27 40 67 nL nH mL mH
Parameter range
nL = 2, nH = 0
0 < ((mH  256) + mL) (defined unit) 22
Function
Sets the page length in the specified number of units—previously defined with the ESC( U command—according to
the following formula: (page length) = ((mH 256) + mL) (defined unit)
ESC ( U Set unit
Format
ASCII ESC ( U nL nH m
Hex 1B 28 55 nL nH m
Decimal 27 40 85 nL nH m
Parameter range
nL = 1, nH = 0
m = 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60
Function
Sets the unit to m/3600 inch. The printer uses this unit when moving the print position,
ESC C Set page length in lines
Format

ASCII ESC C n
Hex 1B 43 n
Decimal 27 67 n
Parameter range
1 n 127
0 < n (current line spacing) 22 inches
Function
Sets the page length to n lines in the current line spacing
ESC C NUL Set page length in inches
Format
ASCII ESC C NUL n
Hex 1B 43 00 n
Decimal 27 67 0 n
Parameter range
1 n 22
Function
Sets the page length to n inches
ESC N Set bottom margin
Format
ASCII ESC N n
Hex 1B 4E n
Decimal 27 78 n
Parameter range
0 < n 127
0 < (current line spacing) n < (page length)
Function
Sets the bottom margin on continuous paper to n lines (in the current line spacing) from the
top-of-form position on the next page.
ESC O Cancel bottom margin
Format
ASCII ESC O
Hex 1B 4F
Decimal 27 79
Function
Cancels the top and bottom margin settings
ESC Q Set right margin
Format
ASCII ESC Q n
Hex 1B 51 n
Decimal 27 81 n

Parameter range
1 n 255
(left margin) < (current pitch) n (printable area width)
Function
Sets the right margin to n columns in the current character pitch, as measured from the leftmost
printable column
ESC l Set left margin
Format
ASCII ESC l n
Hex 1B 6C n
Decimal 27 108 n
Parameter range
1 n 255
0 (left margin) <(right margin)
Function
Sets the left margin to n columns in the current character pitch, as measured from the leftmost printable column
CR Carriage return
Format
ASCII CR
Hex 0D
Decimal 13
Function
Moves the print position to the left-margin position
LF Line feed
Format
ASCII LF
Hex 0A
Decimal 10
Function
Advances the vertical print position one line (in the currently set line spacing)
FF Form feed
Format
ASCII FF
Hex 0C
Decimal 12
Function
Advances the vertical print position on continuous paper to the top-margin position of the next page
ESC J Advance print position vertically
Format

ASCII ESC J n
Hex 1B 4A n
Decimal 27 74 n
Parameter range
0 n 255
Function
Advances the vertical print position n/180 inch
HT Tab horizontally
Format
ASCII HT
Hex 09
Decimal 9
Function
Moves the horizontal print position to the next tab to the right of the current print position
VT Tab vertically
Format
ASCII VT
Hex 0B
Decimal 11
Function
Moves the vertical print position to the next vertical tab below the current print position
Moves the horizontal print position to the left-margin position
BS Backspace
Format
ASCII BS
Hex 08
Decimal 8
Function
Moves the print position to the left a distance equal to one character in the current character
pitch plus any additional character space.
ESC 0 Select 1/8-inch line spacing
Format
ASCII ESC 0
Hex 1B 30
Decimal 27 48
Function
Sets the line spacing to 1/8 inch
ESC 2 Select 1/6-inch line spacing
Format

ASCII ESC 2
Hex 1B 32
Decimal 27 50
Function
Sets the line spacing to 1/6 inch
ESC 3 Set n/180-inch line spacing
Format
ASCII ESC 3 n
Hex 1B 33 n
Decimal 27 51 n
Parameter range
0 n 255
Function
Sets the line spacing to n/180 inch
ESC + Set n/360-inch line spacing
Format
ASCII ESC + n
Hex 1B 2B n
Decimal 27 43 n
Parameter range
0 n 255
Function
Sets the line spacing to n/360 inch
ESC A Set n/60-inch line spacing
Format
ASCII ESC A n
Hex 1B 41 n
Decimal 27 65 n
Parameter range
0 n 85
Function
Sets the line spacing to n/60 inch
ESC D Set horizontal tabs
Format
ASCII ESC D n1 n2 . . . nk NUL
Hex 1B 44 n1 n2 . . . nk 00
Decimal 27 68 n1 n2 . . . nk 0
Parameter range
0 k 32
1 n 255

nk > n(k-1)
Function
Sets horizontal tab positions (in the current character pitch) at the columns specified by n1 to nk, as measured from the
left-margin position
ESC B Set vertical tabs
Format
ASCII ESC B n1 n2 . . . nk NUL
Hex 1B 42 n1 n2 . . . nk 00
Decimal 27 66 n1 n2 . . . nk 0
Parameter range
0 k 16
1 n 255
nk > n(k-1)
Function
Sets vertical tab positions (in the current line spacing) at the lines specified by n1 to nk, as
measured from the top-margin position
ESC t Select character table
Format
ASCII ESC t n
Hex 1B 74 n
Decimal 27 116 n
Parameter range
0 n 3
Function
Selects the character table to be used for printing from among the four character tables
described below:
n = 0Character table 0
1 Character table 1
2 Character table 2
3 Character table 3
Default
table 0 Italic
table 1 PC437
table 2 User-defined characters
table 3 PC437
ESC R Select an international character set
Format
ASCII ESC R n
Hex 1B 52 n
Decimal 27 82 n
Parameter range

0 n 13
Function
Selects the set of characters printed for specific character codes, as listed below:
n = 0 USA
1 France
2 Germany
3 United Kingdom
4 Denmark I
5 Sweden
6 Italy
7 Spain I
8 Japan (English)
9 Norway
10 Denmark II
11 Spain II
12 Latin America
ESC % Select user-defined set
Format
ASCII ESC % n
Hex 1B 25 n
Decimal 27 37 n
Parameter range
n = 0, 1
Function
Switches between normal and user-defined characters, as follows:
n = 0 Normal (ROM) characters
1 User-defined (RAM) characters
ESC x Select LQ or draft
Format
ASCII ESC x n
Hex 1B 78 n
Decimal 27 120 n
Parameter range
n = 0, 1
Function
Selects either LQ or draft printing according to the following values:
n = 0 Draft printing
1 Letter-quality printing
ESC M Select 12-cpi
Format
ASCII ESC M