Page Mode Commands

Page Mode is one of two modes, which the 7168 Series II printer uses to operate. Standard Mode is typical of how most printers operate by printing data as it is received and feeding paper as the various paper feed commands are received. Page Mode is different in that it processes or prepares the data as a page in memory before it prints it. Think of this as a virtual page. The page can be any area within certain parameters that you define. Once the printer receives the (0x0C) command, it prints the page and returns the printer to Standard Mode.

The Select Page Mode command (1B 4C) puts the printer into Page Mode. Any commands that are received are interpreted as Page Mode commands. Several commands react differently when in Standard Mode and Page Mode. The descriptions of these individual commands in this chapter indicate the differences in how they operate in the two modes.

Limitations

Page mode is only implemented on the receipt station in 7158 Native Mode and 7167 Native Mode only.