Epson Stylus C43UX - ESC/P2 Commands

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Greetings All,

I'm having a little problem with this printer.

I'm working with an old DOS program. Although I can print to the
printer (it's USB :) the printer dosn't comprehend the ESC/P2 commands
I send to the printer.

I've downloaded the ESC/P2 manual and the printer technical manual from
EPSON. The technical manual states that the printer interprets the
ESC/P2 commands. But that's not what's happening.

For instance:

To print condensed characters the ESC/P2 command I send is:
0x1B, 0x0F

and to print normal characters back I send
0x12

According to the manual I'm doing just right. But the printer doesn't
understand my commands and print everyting I send as normal characters,
ignoring the ESC/P2 commands.

Does anyone help me in this?

Regards,

Paulo
 
I'm working with an old DOS program. Although I can print to the
printer (it's USB :) the printer dosn't comprehend the ESC/P2 commands
I send to the printer.

I've downloaded the ESC/P2 manual and the printer technical manual from
EPSON. The technical manual states that the printer interprets the
ESC/P2 commands. But that's not what's happening.

For instance:

To print condensed characters the ESC/P2 command I send is:
0x1B, 0x0F

and to print normal characters back I send
0x12

According to the manual I'm doing just right. But the printer doesn't
understand my commands and print everyting I send as normal characters,
ignoring the ESC/P2 commands.
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DOS apps like WordStar and Q&A required a printer driver
(specific for each app and each printer). This recognized
the ESC as the prefix for a printer control command, as
distinct from text. Have you ever used this DOS app
successfully wthout a printer driver?
 
To print condensed characters the ESC/P2 command I send is:
0x1B, 0x0F
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and to print normal characters back I send 0x12

According to the manual I'm doing just right. But the printer doesn't
understand my commands and print everyting I send as normal characters,
ignoring the ESC/P2 commands.
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Righto, silly thought, it's been a while since i've had to deal with a
dot matrix on this level.


[esc]
0x1B=27
[si]
0x0F=15
[dc2]
0x12=18

Have you tried using the binary equilivent by *holding* alt and typing
in on the numberic keypad the numbers I have listed? or for example
[esc]+alt15-alt text [esc]+alt18-alt

Alternativly +alt27-alt+alt15-alt text +alt27-alt+alt18-alt
 
MstrControl said:
Greetings All,

I'm having a little problem with this printer.

I'm working with an old DOS program. Although I can print to the
printer (it's USB :) the printer dosn't comprehend the ESC/P2 commands
I send to the printer.

I've downloaded the ESC/P2 manual and the printer technical manual from
EPSON. The technical manual states that the printer interprets the
ESC/P2 commands. But that's not what's happening.

For instance:

To print condensed characters the ESC/P2 command I send is:
0x1B, 0x0F

and to print normal characters back I send
0x12

According to the manual I'm doing just right. But the printer doesn't
understand my commands and print everyting I send as normal characters,
ignoring the ESC/P2 commands.

Does anyone help me in this?

Regards,

Paulo
Click to expand...

Although that printer is not sold in NA, it is probably like other recent
Epson printers that do not use ESC/P2...they use ESC/P Raster and may or may
not respond to the command codes...there is, apparently, a manual for these
codes and they may be similar to ESC/P2 but definitely not the same...I've
had limited success (support wise) in getting these printers to do anything
but some will work to a limited degree...

They usually only work in a Windows/Mac environment and are not meant to be
used in DOS at all...something about better graphics capabilities with the
new command set...and the gradual phasing out of DOS from Microsoft...
 
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