The various printed forms used in the pawn shops are printed with specific characters per inch (CPI) and lines per inch (LPI). The printers have to be "told" what size print to use. This document shows the control codes required to set Okidata (and emulations) printers to the necessary CPI and LPI.
The APS software has selected the Okidata printers as the standard dot matrix line printer. Even though only one manufacturer has been selected, the Okidata printers still "emulate" other manufacturers. They are the Okidata Microline, IBM, and the Epson printers.
In order to understand the concept of control codes, an example of setting up the control codes for a pawn ticket printer will be discussed. First determine what kind of printer emulation is being used. On the Okidata 320's and 192+s the type of printer is displayed in the menu setup. On the older 190's and 180's, the control codes are Microline unless there is a red (IBM) sticker on the back of the printer below the plug where the computer cable is attached. So in this example the printer is an Okidata Microline and the pawn ticket printer needs to be 12 CPI and 8 LPI. The control codes are sent to the printer before each pawn ticket is printed. Look at the table below and find in the Microline section the 12 CPI line and the 1/8 inch (8 LPI) entries. To the right of the 12 CPI is the ASCII code of FS and the decimal value of 28. To the right of the 1/8 inch entry is ESC 8 and then decimal values of 27 56. So these values are to be entered in the store parameters screen. From the MASTER MENU enter:
E E A A field 18
027056028000 The decimal numbers are entered as a string of 12 numbers with the control codes each being three digits long with leading zeros. So a 27 becomes 027. Fill the rest of the twelve character field with zeros.
Printer control codes
Function ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal
MICROLINE CODES:
Character Width
10 CPI RS 30 1E
12 CPI FS 28 1C
17 CPI GS 29 1D
Line Spacing
1/6 inch, (6 LPI) ESC 6 27 54 1B 36
1/8 inch, (8 LPI) ESC 8 27 56 1B 38
Print mode
NLQ ESC 1 27 49 1B 31
Utility ESC 0 27 48 1B 30
Draft ESC # 0 27 35 48 1B 23 30
Clear buffer set default CAN 24 18
IBM COMPATIBLE
Character Width
10 CPI DC2 18 12
12 CPI ESC 27 58 1B 3A
17 CPI SI 15 0F
Line Spacing
1/6 inch, in multiples of
of 1/216 inch.
36/216 = 1/6 ESC 3 36 27 51 36 1B 33 24
1/8 inch, (8 LPI) ESC 0 27 48 1B 30
Skip over perforation
Clear skip-over perf. ESC O 27 79 1B 4F
ESC Letter "O"
Print mode
NLQ ESC I 3 27 73 51 1B 49 33
Utility ESC I 1 27 73 49 1B 49 31
Clear buffer set to default CAN 24 18
EPSON FX Commands
Character Width
10 CPI ESC P 27 80 1B 50
12 CPI ESC M 27 77 1B 4D
17/20 CPI condense SI 15 0F
Cancel condensed DC2 18 12
Line Spacing
1/6 inch, (6 LPI) ESC 2 27 50 1B 32
1/8 inch, (8 LPI) ESC 0 27 48 1B 30
ESC then zero
Skip over perforation
Clear skip perf. ESC O 27 79 1B 4F
ESC Letter "O"
Print mode
NLQ ESC x 1 27 120 49 1B 78 31
Utility ESC x 0 27 120 48 1B 78 30
Clear print buffer CAN 24 18
POWER ON CONTROLS
182 Microline
Self Test push LINEFEED
17 cpi push TOF
NLQ push FORM FEED
192 Microline emulating an IBM
Menu Mode push FORM FEED
push SELECT to print the menu
push FORM FEED to move forward
push SELECT to select value
push LINEFEED to move backward
push TOF SET to exit menu mode
Turning off the printer will save the settings.
Self Test push LINEFEED
Okidata 320
Top of Form - Form tear off capability
1. Turn off printer
2. Roll paper up until the perf is aligned with the tear bar.
3. Turn on power to the printer.
4. Push the Select light to turn it off.
5. Hold down the TOF/QUIET button
and push the LINE FEED button.
This will roll the paper down to set the top of form.
Do NOT roll the paper below the paper bail.
HP Laser control codes
Reset printer Esc E 27 69 1B 45
Character pitch (cpi)
10 CPI ESC (10H 27 40 49 48 72 1D 28 31 30 48
12 CPI ESC (12H 27 40 49 50 72 1D 28 31 32 48
17 CPI (16.66) ESC (17H 27 40 49 55 72 1D 28 31 37 48
If the pitch is not available then use the next larger size. Above, where the pitch to set to 17 cpi, the printer should reset to 16.66 cpi.
Automatic feed Esc &l0H 27 38 108 48 72 1D 26 6C 30 48
Manual feed Esc &l2H 27 38 108 50 72 1D 26 6C 32 48
Page size
8.5 x 11 Esc &l2A 27 38 108 50 65 1D 26 6C 32 41
8.5 x 14 Esc &l3A 27 38 108 51 65 1D 26 6C 33 41
Portrait Esc &l0O 27 38 108 48 79 1D 26 6C 30 4F
Landscape Esc &l1O 27 38 108 49 79 1D 26 6C 31 4F
Note, in the Esc sequences above the "&l" is "Ampersand and then a lower case letter "L". A lower case l is 108 decimal and 6C in hex.
