
Chapter 3: Programming Commands102
Page mode
PagemodeisoneoftwomodesthattheA798IIprinterusestooperate.Standardmodeistypicalofhowmostprinters
operatebyprintingdataasitisreceivedandfeedingpaperasthevariouspaperfeedcommandsarereceived.Pagemodeis
differentinthatitprocessesorpreparesthedataasa“page”inmemorybeforeitprintsit.Thinkofthisasavirtualpage.
Thepagecanbeanyareawithincertainparametersthatyoudene.ThepageisprintedusingeithertheFF(0C)orthe
ESCFF(1B0C)command.
Theselectpagemodecommand(1B4C)putstheprinterintopagemode.Anycommandsthatarereceivedareinterpreted
aspagemodecommands.Severalcommandsreactdifferentlywheninstandardmodeandpagemode.Thedescriptionsof
theseindividualcommandsinthischapterindicatethedifferencesinhowtheyoperateinthetwomodes.
Thesecommandsdescribetheoperationfor80mmpaper.Note:theA793EmulationdoesnotsupportPageMode.
Print and return to standard mode
ASCII FF
Hexadecimal 0C
Decimal 12
Whenprintingiscompleted,valuesforselectprintdirectioninpagemode(1B54n) and set print area in page mode
(1B57n1,n2,…n8) and the position for buffering character data are set. Buffered data is not deleted from the printer.
The processed data is printed and the printer returns to standard mode. The developed data is deleted after being printed.
For more information see page mode in this document.
Exceptions
Thiscommandisenabledonlyinpagemode.
Cancel print data in page mode
ASCII CAN
Hexadecimal 18
Decimal 24
Deletesallthedatatobeprintedinthe“page”area.Anydatafromthepreviouslyselected“page”areathatisalsopartof
the current data to be printed is deleted.
Exceptions
Thiscommandisonlyusedinpagemode.
Print data in page mode
ASCII ESC FF
Hexadecimal 1B 0C
Decimal 27 12
Collectivelyprintsallbuffereddataintheprintingarea.
Afterprinting,theprinterdoesnotclearthebuffereddataandsetsvaluesforselectprintdirectioninpagemode(1B54n)
andsetprintareainpagemode(1B57…),andsetsthepositionforbufferingcharacterdata.
Printerreturnstostandardmodethroughuseof0C,1B53,orinitialization(whichcancelsallsettings).
Exceptions
Thiscommandisenabledonlyinpagemode.
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