Epson Stylus Color 740 Service Manual

EPSON Stylus COLOR 440, 640, and 740 Chapter 1 Product Description
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1.6 Printer Initialization
St
y
lus COLOR 440, 640, and 740 have three kinds of initialization
methods, as described below:
Power-on initialization
Power-on initialization occurs when
y
ou turn the printer on, or when the
printer receives the cold reset command
(
remote RS command
)
.
Power-on initialization performs the followin
g
actions:
(
a
)
Initializes the printer mechanism.
(
b
)
Clears the input data buffer.
(
c
)
Clears the print buffer.
(
d
)
Sets the default values.
Operator initialization
Operator initialization occurs when
y
ou turn the printer on less than 10
seconds after it was turned off, or when the printer receives the INIT
si
g
nal
(
ne
g
ative pulse
)
from the parallel interface. Operator initialization
performs the followin
g
actions:
(
a
)
Caps the printhead.
(
b
)
E
j
ects the paper.
(
c
)
Clears the input data buffer.
(
d
)
Clears the print buffer.
(
e
)
Sets the default values.
Software initialization
Software initialization occurs when the printer receives the ESC @
command. Software initialization performs the followin
g
actions:
(
a
)
Clears the print buffer.
(
b
)
Sets the default values.
1.7 Initialization Settings
The settin
g
s below take effect when the St
y
lus COLOR 440, 640, or
740 are initialized. If the user chan
g
es an
y
settin
g
s usin
g
the control
panel buttons, the Default Settin
g
mode, or remote commands, those
settin
g
s will take effect instead of the factor
y
settin
g
s.

Pa
g
e position: Pa
g
e headin
g
location for current pa
g
e

Line spacin
g
: 1/6 inch

Ri
g
ht mar
g
in position: 80 lines

Left mar
g
in position: First line

Character pitch: 10 cpi

Printin
g
mode: Text mode
(
not raster
g
raphics mode
)

Epson Stylus Color 740 Specifications

General

Brand	Epson
Model	Stylus Color 740
Category	Printer
Language	English