Integral
Printer
Control
All
of
the
above
printer
operations
can
be
initiated
either
locally, by
operator
keystrokes,
or
~
remotely,
by
escape sequences
sent
from a
program
operating
on
a
host
computer.
In
both'
cases,
the
integral
printer
must
be selected
as
the
destination
device for device control
commands.
SELECTING THE INTEGRAL PRINTER
AS
THE "DESTINATION"
DEVICE
To
control
the
printer,
you
must
select
it
as
the
destination
device for device control com-
mands.
This
can
be done
using
either
the
function
keys
or
an
escape sequence.
To
do so
using
the
function keys,
press
the
following keys,
in
sequence:
.,
device
control,
"to"
devices,
and
TO
INT
PRT
An
asterisk
in
the
TO
I
NT
PRT
function
key
label
indicates
the
internal
printer
is
selected.
Alternate
presses
of
the
key display
and
delete
the
asterisk.
Programmatically,
the
CCto"
devices
are
selected
by
including
one
or
more
CCd"
parameters
in
the
device control escape sequence (more
than
one
destination
device
can
be selected).
The
escape sequence to
transfer
data
from
the
display to
printer
is
of
the
form:
Ec&p
<a>d
<b>d
<Y>
Where
Ccy"
lines
of
data
are
transferred
from
the
display to devices
CC
a
"
and
CCb".
The
values
for
CC
a"
and
CCb"
may
be 4 for
the
printer
as
specified
in
the
Pri
nt
er
Code 4
entry
on
the
Terminal
Configuration
menu,
or
6 for
the
integral
printer.
Use
of
the
CCd"
parameter
alters
the
selec-
tion
of
the
CCto
devices" accordingly.
If
no
CCd"
parameter
is specified,
then
the
currently
assigned
CCto"
device(s) is used.
The
Ccy"
value
can
be
either
B (copy line), F (copy page),
or
M (copy all).
PAPER
MOVEMENT
Two
paper
movement
operations
are
allowed:
line
feed (advance line)
and
form feed (advance
page). However, a form feed
can
be produced only
in
Report
or
Metric
modes.
If
a form feed
is
attempted
while
not
in
Report
or
Metric
modes, a
line
feed will be
generated
in
place
of
the
form feed.
To
perform
one
of
these
operations
using
the
function
keys,
press
the
•
and
device
control
keys,
in
sequence.
Then
press
either
the
ADVANCE
LINE
or
ADVANCE
PAGE
key,
as
desired.
Pressing
the
ADVANCE
LINE
key
causes
the
printer
to
advance
the
paper
one
line.
Pressing
the
ADVANCE
PAGE
key
causes
the
printer
to
advance
the
paper
to a
new
page,
if
in
Report
or
Metric
mode,
or
to
advance
the
paper
one line,
if
not
in
Report
or
Metric
mode.
Programmatically,
you
can
produce a
printer
line
feed
by
sending
the
following escape se-
quence:
Ec&p6d1P
C-2
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