Toshiba B-EP Series User manual

TOSHIBA Portable Printer
B-EP Series
External Equipment Interface Specification
1st Edition: September 19, 2008
2nd Edition: May 11, 2009
3rd Edition: February 6, 2013
4th Edition: June 20, 2013
5th Edition: June 4, 2014
6th Edition: December 5, 2014

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MODIFICATION HISTORY
EAA-02465 EXTERNAL EQUIPMENT INTERFACE SPECIFICATION
Date Modified
Pages Description
Sep. 19, 2008 – Newly published.
2-2 2.3 WEIGHT and 2.5 HEAD SPECIFICATION:
Values were changed.
3-4 to 7, 45,
46, 48, 49
3.2.3 TRANSMISSION CONTROL:
3.5.2 NOTES WHEN SENDING A COMMAND:
(including Ir packet error) was added to Command syntax error.
3-40, 41,
42, 51, 53,
74, 77
The following sections were added:
3.2.9/3.3.1/3.4.1/3.5.3/3.6.1/3.7.4/3.8.4
HANDLING OF RECEIVED DATA WHEN THE PRINTER GOES INTO
POWER SAVE MODE
3-43 3.5 RS-232C INTERFACE:
Received buffer was changed from 64K bytes to 512K bytes.
3-76 3.8.3.1 INFRASTRUCTURE MODE (ESS):
3.8.3.2 ADHOC MODE (IBSS):
Time-related description was added.
4-6 to 25 The following sections were added:
4.2.3 HANDLING OF RECEIVED DATA BY COMMAND
4.2.3.1 BIT MAP FONT FORMAT COMMAND
4.2.3.2 BARCODE/2-D CODE FORMAT COMMAND
4.2.3.3 GRAPHIC COMMAND
4.2.3.4 PC SAVE COMMAND
4-29 to 42 The following sections were added:
4.3.3 HANDLING OF RECEIVED DATA BY COMMAND
4.3.3.1 COMMAND PROCESSING
4.3.3.2 FORM STORE COMMAND
4.3.3.3 GRAPHIC DATA STORE COMMAND
4-47 to 51 The following sections were added:
4.4.3 HANDLING OF RECEIVED DATA BY COMMAND
4.4.3.1 PAGE MODE PROCESSING
4-56 to 60 The following sections were added:
4.5.3 HANDLING OF RECEIVED DATA BY COMMAND
4.5.3.1 PAGE MODE PROCESSING
5-1, 2,
6-1, 2
5.1/6.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
Descriptions were changed.
5-7, 6-6 5.3.1/6.3.1 LABEL SIZE SET COMMAND:
Paper thickness was added to the lists.
May 11, 2009
5-14 to 16 5.4.1 PRINT START POSITION FINE ADJUST COMMAND:
[Explanation] (5) Descriptions were added.
[Explanation] under (5) was deleted.
[Strip position fine adjustment] Figures were changed when the label-to-label
gap is 3 mm. Figures were added when the gap is 7 mm.
(up to V1.0C) was added.
[Notes] (6), (7) and (8) were added.

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Date Modified
Pages Description
5-18, 19,
7-10, 11,
10-11, 12
5.4.2/7.4.3/10.7.2 PRINT DENSITY FINE ADJUST COMMAND:
[Term] Terms were added to [d]:
3: Print quality oriented, 5: Auto2
[
Ex
p
lanation
]
(
6
)
Descri
p
tions were added.
5-33 5.6.2 BIT MAP FONT FORMAT COMMAND:
Point counts were added for Gothic725 Black.
5-41 5.6.2 BIT MAP FONT FORMAT COMMAND:
[Explanation] (10), (11) Descriptions were added.
5-141 5.7.1 BIT MAP FONT DATA COMMAND:
The max. number of characters was changed from 64 to 63.
5-164 5.8.1 ISSUE COMMAND:
[Explanation] (4) Status response-related description was deleted.
5-167 5.8.2 FEED COMMAND:
[Notes] (4) Description was added.
5-191 5.12.3 SAVED DATA READ COMMAND:
[Notes] (6) Descriptions were added.
5-192 5.13.1 HEAD BROKEN DOTS CHECK COMMAND:
[Explanation] (2), (3) and (4) Descriptions were added.
5-193 5.13.2 MESSAGE DISPLAY COMMAND:
[Notes] (2) A 'head' was changed to a 'cover.'
5-196, 6-73,
7-42
5.14.1 RESET COMMAND:
6.12.1/7.9.1 INITIALIZE COMMAND:
[Notes] (3) USB interface-related descriptions were deleted.
5-198, 199,
201,
6-57, 58,
75, 76, 79,
7-43, 44,
46,
8-88, 89,
91,
10-16, 17,
19, 20
5.15.1/6.13.1/7.10.1/8.11.3/10.9.1 STATUS REQUEST COMMAND:
5.12.2/6.13.2/7.10.2/8.11.4
RECEIVE BUFFER FREE SPACE STATUS REQUEST COMMAND:
6.6.1 DATA PRINT COMMAND:
(including Ir packet error) was added to Command syntax error.
5-204, 205
6-82, 83,
7-49,
8-94, 95,
10-22
5.15.3/6.13.3/7.10.3/8.11.5/10.9.2
MODE INFORMATION ACQUIRE COMMAND:
Spaces () are added to the lists.
6-12, 13 6.4.1 PRINT START POSITION FINE ADJUST COMMAND:
[Explanation] (10) Descriptions were added.
[Notes] Terms were added to (3), (7) and (8) were added.
6-14, 15 6.4.2 PRINT DENSITY FINE ADJUST COMMAND:
[Term] Terms were added to [d]:
3: Print quality oriented, 5: Auto2
[
Ex
p
lanation
]
(
7
)
Descri
p
tions were added.
6-57 6.6.1 DATA PRINT COMMAND:
[Explanation] (12) Status response-related description was deleted.
May 11, 2009
(Continued)
6-67 6.9.1 GRAPHIC DATA STORE COMMAND:
[Term] The max. number of dots was changed.

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Date Modified
Pages Description
7-24 7-5-10 NO. OF COLUMNS (STRINGS) COMMAND:
The number of columns was represented in hex.
8-67 8.10.47 BARCODE PRINT COMMAND:
[Explanation] "NO." was changed to "No."
8-87 8.11.2 RESET COMMAND:
[Notes] (2) and (3) were deleted.
9-2 9.2.1 COMMAND SYNTAX ERROR:
ewas added.
9-6 The following section was added:
9.5 CHARGING ERROR
9-10 9-11 STATUS VALUES:
'Bluetooth Initialization error' values were corrected in the list.
9-10, 12 9-11 STATUS VALUES:
'Ir packet error' items were added to the list.
9-12 9-11 STATUS VALUES:
'Wait for battery recovery' values were corrected in the list.
9-13 9-11 STATUS VALUES:
Description was corrected and note was deleted.
10-4, 5 10.6.2 MODE SELECT COMMAND:
[Explanation] (3) ESC/POS was added.
[Notes] (2) Terms were corrected.
10-8 to 10 10.7.1 PRINT START POSITION FINE ADJUST COMMAND:
[Explanation] (5) Descriptions were changed.
[Strip position fine adjustment] Figures were changed when the label-to-label
gap is 3 mm. Figures were added when the gap is 7 mm.
[Notes] Terms were added to (3), (6), (7) and (8) were added.
10-14 10.8.1 INITIALIZE COMMAND:
[Explanation] (3) Descriptions were changed.
[Notes] (1) and (2) were added.
10-26 10.10.4 INTERVAL/WINDOW SETTING AT THE INQUIRY/PAGE:
[Explanation] (5) was added.
11-11, 13,
15, 17, 18
11.11.3 DETAIL STATUS:
11.12 LCD MESSAGES AND LED INDICATIONS:
11.14 LCD MESSAGES IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES:
Ir PACKET ERROR items were added to the lists.
12-1 The following section was added:
12.2.1 UTF-8 CHARACTER CODE
12-9 to 12 12.3 TIMES ROMAN, HELVETICA, LETTER GOTHIC, PRESTIGE ELITE,
COURIER, GOTHIC725 Black:
(15) UTF-8 was added.
12-16 12.4 PRESENTATION:
(8) UTF-8 was added.
12-20 12.5 OCR-A:
(8) UTF-8 was added.
May 11, 2009
(Continued)
12-24 12.6 OCR-B:
(7) UTF-8 was added.

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Date Modified
Pages Description
12-25 to 32 The following sections were added:
12-7 STANDARD CHARACTER (in Japan)/KANJI (16 x 16) (in Japan)/
KANJI (24 x 24)(in Japan)
12-8 STANDARD CHARACTER (outside Japan)
12-9 CHINESE CHARACTER (24 x 24) (outside Japan)
12-10 KOREAN CHARACTER
(
24 x 24
)
(
outside Ja
p
an
)
12-33, 34 12.11 BOLD CHARACTER:
12.12 PRICE CHARACTER 1/ PRICE CHARACTER 2
The following items were added:
(1) Other than UTF-8
(2) UTF-8
12-35, 43,
44
12.13 TEC OUTLINE FONT 1:
The font type 'K' was added.
(3) UTF-8 was added.
12-45 12.14 PRICE FONT 1, 2, 3:
(1) 'All types of character codes' were changed to 'Other than UTF-8.'
(2) UTF-8 was added.
13-1,
14-1,
15-1
13-2 KANJI CODE:
14-2 CHINESE CODE:
15-2 KOREAN CODE:
UTF-8-related descriptions were added.
13-1 The following section was added:
13.3 RESTRICTIONS ON DISCLOSURE OF SPECIFICATIONS
May 11, 2009
(Continued)
Contents In accordance with the changes above, page numbers were changed.
Feb. 6, 2013 3-76 to 79 • Illustrations were added for each connection sequence.
• 3.8.3.1 INFRASTRUCTURE MODE (ESS)
Explanation was modified so that it is consistent with that of 3.8.3.2 ADHOC
MODE (IBSS).
Explanation about the Radius was corrected.
• 3.8.3.2 ADHOC MODE
Explanation about IBSS network having same ESSID was added.
5-41 5.6.2 BIT MAP FONT FORMAT COMMAND
(10) Increment/decrement and (11) Zero suppression
Font types of 41, 42, 43 and 51 were added as non-supported font types.
5-208, 6-86,
7-52, 8-96,
10-23
PRINTER SERIAL NUMBER ACQUIRE COMMAND [ESC] WY was added.
6-59 6.6.1 DATA PRINT COMMAND
(16) Description of the specification which is not supported by the B-EP was
deleted.
11-20 11.15 RECOVERY OF BD ADDRESS, supported from firmware V1.2, was
added.
12-1 12.2.1 UTF-8 CHARACTER CODE
Explanation of the code table was modified.
12-30, 32 12.9 CHINESE CHARACTER and 12.10 KOREAN CHARACTER
UTF-8 became unsupported.
Contents In accordance with the changes above, page numbers were changed.
Jun. 20, 2013 9-6 A note regarding the “SYSTEM ERROR 19” has been added to Section 9.7.3.

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Date Modified
Pages Description
Jun. 20, 2013
(Continued.) 11-11, 11- 13, 11-15,
11-17, 11-
18
Message, “BT Initializing”, has been added.
11-20 When the old Bluetooth module (V244) is used, an error message, “SYSTEM
ERROR 18”, is not displayed and a recovery is not performed.
11-21, 11-
22 Section 11.15.1 Recovery of bonding table has been newly added.
Jun. 4, 2014 5-1, 5-2 Explanation of back feed and stop position for firmware V1.0E or later has
been added.
5-3 A supplementary explanation about the back feed in the strip issue for
firmware V1.0E or later has been added.
9-2 9.2.3 LAN DRIVER ERROR has been added.
11-20 A description that a recovery processing is not performed when the Bluetooth
module firmware version is before V257 has been added.
11-22 Verification of the Bluetooth module version has been added to the flowchart.
Dec. 5, 2014 2-2 New model, B-EP-GH32, has been added.
2-5, 3-54 Specification of the B-EP-GH32 Bluetooth module has been added.
3-74 3.7.5 COMBINATION OF BLUETOOTH MODEL AND APPLICABLE
FIRMWARE VERSION has been added.
10-1 Bluetooth (B-EP-GH32) has been added as unusable interface for
communication. (10.3 Communications Conditions)
10-25 to 10-
32 Restrictions (specification) concerning the B-EP-GH32 have been added. (Device nickname, Inquiry, Interval, Window, Bonding, Security)
Explanation of the conditions when a status 38H/39H (38/39) is sent to the
host has been added.
11-12, 15,
17, 19, 20 An LCD message, “SSP AUTH FAILED,” has been added.
11-22, 23 A note has been added to notify that the B-EP-GH32 does not support the
recovery function.
A note regarding the B-EP4DL-GH30-FE-QM-R has been added to the BD
address recovery.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. SCOPE/GENERAL DESCRIPTION..............................................................................................................1-1
1.1 SCOPE....................................................................................................................................................1-1
1.2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION......................................................................................................................1-1
1.2.1 SPECIFICATION ORGANIZATION................................................................................................1-1
2. OUTLINE OF SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................................................2-1
2.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION......................................................................................................................2-1
2.2 DIMENSION............................................................................................................................................2-2
2.3 WEIGHT..................................................................................................................................................2-2
2.4 PRINTING METHOD...............................................................................................................................2-2
2.5 HEAD SPECIFICATION..........................................................................................................................2-2
2.6 PRINT SPEED ........................................................................................................................................2-2
2.7 PRINT MODE..........................................................................................................................................2-2
2.8 FONT TYPE............................................................................................................................................2-3
2.8.1 BIT MAP FONT...............................................................................................................................2-3
2.8.2 OUTLINE FONT..............................................................................................................................2-4
2.9 TYPE OF BARCODE/TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE................................................................................2-4
2.9.1 BARCODE......................................................................................................................................2-4
2.9.2 TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE ..........................................................................................................2-4
2.10 FORMAT STORAGE...............................................................................................................................2-4
2.11 GRAPHIC STORAGE..............................................................................................................................2-4
2.12 WRITABLE CHARACTER STORAGE ....................................................................................................2-5
2.13 INTERFACE............................................................................................................................................2-5
2.14 POWER SOURCE...................................................................................................................................2-5
2.15 SWITCH..................................................................................................................................................2-5
2.16 SENSOR.................................................................................................................................................2-5
2.17 LED .........................................................................................................................................................2-5
2.18 LCD.........................................................................................................................................................2-6
2.19 SPEAKER ...............................................................................................................................................2-6
2.20 ISSUE MODE..........................................................................................................................................2-6
2.21 PAPER....................................................................................................................................................2-6
2.22 CUT.........................................................................................................................................................2-7
2.23 BROKEN HEAD DOTS CHECK FUNCTION ..........................................................................................2-7
2.24 STATUS TRANSMISSION......................................................................................................................2-7
2.25 AUTO LABEL POSITIONING FUNCTION ..............................................................................................2-7

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2.26 STATUS PRINTING................................................................................................................................2-7
2.27 CONTINUOUS PRINTING FUNCTION...................................................................................................2-7
2.28 STRIP ISSUE..........................................................................................................................................2-8
3. INTERFACE..................................................................................................................................................3-1
3.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION......................................................................................................................3-1
3.2 IrDA INTERFACE (TEC Protocol) ...........................................................................................................3-2
3.2.1 SPECIFICATIONS FOR PHYSICAL LAYER AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD ..........3-2
3.2.2 INPUT/OUTPUT SIGNAL ...............................................................................................................3-3
3.2.3 TRANSMISSION CONTROL..........................................................................................................3-3
3.2.4 HOW TO SEND THE DATA PRINT COMMAND WHICH CANNOT BE INCLUDED IN ONE
PACKET IN THE LABEL MODE...................................................................................................3-11
3.2.5 CONNECTION SEQUENCE EXAMPLE ( LABEL MODE)............................................................3-12
3.2.6 CONNECTION SEQUENCE EXAMPLE (TPCL, RECEIPT OR ESC/POS MODE)......................3-32
3.2.7 PRINTER STATE TRANSITION(LABEL MODE).........................................................................3-38
3.2.8 PRINTER STATE TRANSITION(TPCL, RECEIPT OR ESC/POS MODE)..................................3-39
3.2.9 HANDLING OF RECEIVED DATA WHEN THE PRINTER GOES INTO POWER SAVE MODE .3-40
3.3 IrDA (IrCOMM) INTERFACE.................................................................................................................3-41
3.3.1 HANDLING OF RECEIVED DATA WHEN THE PRINTER GOES INTO POWER SAVE MODE .3-41
3.4 IrDA (IrOBEX) INTERFACE ..................................................................................................................3-42
3.4.1 HANDLING OF RECEIVED DATA WHEN THE PRINTER GOES INTO POWER SAVE MODE .3-42
3.5 RS-232C INTERFACE ..........................................................................................................................3-43
3.5.1 TRANSMISSION CONTROL (XON/XOFF PROTOCOL) .............................................................3-43
3.5.2 NOTES WHEN SENDING A COMMAND.....................................................................................3-44
3.5.3 HANDLING OF RECEIVED DATA WHEN THE PRINTER GOES INTO POWER SAVE MODE .3-51
3.6 USB INTERFACE..................................................................................................................................3-52
3.6.1 HANDLING OF RECEIVED DATA WHEN THE PRINTER GOES INTO POWER SAVE MODE .3-53
3.7 BLUETOOTH INTERFACE...................................................................................................................3-54
3.7.1 OUTLINED SPECIFICATIONS.....................................................................................................3-54
3.7.2 BLUETOOTH DEVICE ADDRESS (BD ADDRESS).....................................................................3-55
3.7.3 STANDARD COMMUNICATION SEQUENCE OF BLUETOOTH INTERFACE...........................3-56
3.7.4 HANDLING OF RECEIVED DATA WHEN THE PRINTER GOES INTO POWER SAVE MODE .3-74
3.7.5 COMBINATION OF BLUETOOTH MODEL AND APPLICABLE FIRMWARE VERSION.............3-74
3.8 WIRELESS LAN INTERFACE...............................................................................................................3-75
3.8.1 OUTLINED SPECIFICATIONS.....................................................................................................3-75
3.8.2 MAC ADDRESS............................................................................................................................3-76

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3.8.3 CONNECTION SEQUENCE.........................................................................................................3-76
3.8.4 HANDLING OF RECEIVED DATA WHEN THE PRINTER GOES INTO POWER SAVE MODE .3-79
4. TRANSMISSION SEQUENCE......................................................................................................................4-1
4.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION......................................................................................................................4-1
4.2 TPCL MODE ...........................................................................................................................................4-2
4.2.1 INITIAL SETTING...........................................................................................................................4-2
4.2.2 LABEL ISSUE OPERATION...........................................................................................................4-4
4.2.3 HANDLING OF RECEIVED DATA BY COMMAND........................................................................4-6
4.3 LABEL MODE .......................................................................................................................................4-26
4.3.1 INITIAL SETTING.........................................................................................................................4-26
4.3.2 LABEL ISSUE OPERATION.........................................................................................................4-28
4.3.3 HANDLING OF RECEIVED DATA BY COMMAND......................................................................4-29
4.4 RECEIPT MODE...................................................................................................................................4-43
4.4.1 INITIAL SETTING.........................................................................................................................4-43
4.4.2 RECEIPT ISSUE OPERATION.....................................................................................................4-44
4.4.3 HANDLING OF RECEIVED DATA BY COMMAND......................................................................4-47
4.5 ESC/POS MODE...................................................................................................................................4-52
4.5.1 INITIAL SETTING.........................................................................................................................4-52
4.5.2 RECEIPT ISSUE OPERATION.....................................................................................................4-53
4.5.3 HANDLING OF RECEIVED DATA BY COMMAND......................................................................4-56
5. TPCL-LE MODE (INTERFACE COMMANDS).............................................................................................5-1
5.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION......................................................................................................................5-1
5.2 OUTLINE OF COMMANDS.....................................................................................................................5-3
5.2.1 FORMAT OF INTERFACE COMMAND..........................................................................................5-3
5.2.2 HOW TO USE REFERENCE..........................................................................................................5-3
5.2.3 PRECAUTIONS..............................................................................................................................5-3
5.3 COMMANDS RELATED TO SETTING...................................................................................................5-4
5.3.1 LABEL SIZE SET COMMAND [ESC] D ..........................5-4
5.3.2 PRINTER ID SET COMMAND [ESC] ID .......................5-10
5.3.3 MODE SELECT COMMAND [ESC] M........................5-11
5.4 COMMANDS RELATED TO FINE ADJUSTMENT ...............................................................................5-13
5.4.1 PRINT START POSITION FINE ADJUST COMMAND [ESC] AX ......................5-13
5.4.2 PRINT DENSITY FINE ADJUST COMMAND [ESC] AY ......................5-18
5.4.3 STRIP SENSOR ADJUST COMMAND [ESC] AH......................5-21

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5.5 COMMANDS RELATED TO CLEAR.....................................................................................................5-22
5.5.1 IMAGE BUFFER CLEAR COMMAND [ESC] C ........................5-22
5.5.2 CLEAR AREA COMMAND [ESC] XR......................5-23
5.6 COMMANDS RELATED TO DRAWING FORMAT ...............................................................................5-25
5.6.1 LINE FORMAT COMMAND [ESC] LC ......................5-25
5.6.2 BIT MAP FONT FORMAT COMMAND [ESC] PC......................5-33
5.6.3 OUTLINE FONT FORMAT COMMAND [ESC] PV ......................5-50
5.6.4 BARCODE FORMAT COMMAND [ESC] XB ......................5-68
(WPC, CODE93, CODE128, UCC/EAN128, EAN128, Customer Barcode, POSTNET, RM4SCC, KIX CODE)
5.6.5 BARCODE FORMAT COMMAND [ESC] XB ......................5-83
(MSI, Interleaved 2 of 5, CODE39, NW7, Industrial 2 of 5, MATRIX 2 of 5 for NEC)
5.6.6 BARCODE FORMAT COMMAND (GS1 Databar) [ESC] XB ......................5-93
5.6.7 TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE FORMAT COMMAND (Data Matrix) [ESC] XB ....................5-103
5.6.8 TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE FORMAT COMMAND (PDF417) [ESC] XB ....................5-113
5.6.9 TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE FORMAT COMMAND (MicroPDF417) [ESC] XB ....................5-120
5.6.10 TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE FORMAT COMMAND (QR Code) [ESC] XB ....................5-128
5.6.11 TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE FORMAT COMMAND (MaxiCode) [ESC] XB ....................5-136
5.7 COMMANDS RELATED TO PRINT DATA .........................................................................................5-142
5.7.1 BIT MAP FONT DATA COMMAND [ESC] RC....................5-142
5.7.2 OUTLINE FONT DATA COMMAND [ESC] RV....................5-147
5.7.3 BARCODE/TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE DATA COMMAND [ESC] RB....................5-150
(Any codes other than MaxiCode)
5.7.4 TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE DATA COMMAND (MaxiCode) [ESC] RB....................5-161
5.8 COMMANDS RELATED TO ISSUE AND FEED.................................................................................5-163
5.8.1 ISSUE COMMAND [ESC] XS ....................5-163
5.8.2 FEED COMMAND [ESC] T.......................5-167
5.8.3 STORAGE AREA ALLOCATE COMMAND [ESC] XF ....................5-169
5.9 COMMANDS RELATED TO FORMAT ...............................................................................................5-171
5.9.1 FLASH MEMORY FORMAT COMMAND [ESC] J1 .....................5-171
5.10 COMMANDS RELATED TO WRITABLE CHARACTERS...................................................................5-172
5.10.1 2-BYTE WRITABLE CHARACTER CODE RANGE COMMAND [ESC] XE ....................5-172
5.10.2 BIT MAP WRITABLE CHARACTER COMMAND [ESC] XD....................5-174
5.11 COMMANDS RELATED TO GRAPHICS............................................................................................5-182
5.11.1 GRAPHIC COMMAND [ESC] SG....................5-182
5.12 COMMANDS RELATED TO PC COMMAND SAVING .......................................................................5-189
5.12.1 SAVE START COMMAND [ESC] XO....................5-189
5.12.2 SAVE TERMINATE COMMAND [ESC] XP ....................5-191