Epson LX-810 User Manual - Page 93

Data Dump Mode 3. Run any program. Your printer prints out all the codes sent to the printer in hexadecimal format as shown below. Data Dump Node 0000 OO1O 0020 0030 0040 0050 18 40 1B 52 00 1B 74 01 16 36 12 LB 50 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 61 6E 20 65 78 61 60 70 6C 65 20 6F 66 20 61 20 64 61 74 61 20 64 75 6D 70 20 70 72 69 6E 74 6F 75 74 ZE 20 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 66 65 61 74 75 72 65 20 6D 61 6B 65 73 20 69 74 20 65 61 73 79 20 66 6F 72 20 [email protected] This is an exa mple of a data d ump printout. Th is is feature ma kes it easy for On the printout's left side, the codes are printed in hexadecimal format. On the right side, printable ASCII characters are printed normally, but non-printable control codes (00 to 1F hex) are portrayed by dots. 4. To cancel the data dump mode, press the ON LINE button to set the printer off line. Then turn off the printer. By comparing the characters printed in the text field on the right side of the data dump printout (see Step 3) with the printout of hex codes, you can check which codes are being sent to the printer. If characters are printable, they appear as their true ASCII characters. Non-printable codes, such as control codes, are represented by dots. 3-28 Using the Printer