IBM PRINTER USED BY DOMINO’S
Last edited: December 15, 2003 08:09 AM

THIS DOCUMENT WILL BE UPDATED AND CLEANED UP ONCE WE KNOW HOW THE IBM PRINTER FOR DOMINO’S IS TO BE USED. POINTS TO CONSIDER:
1. SOME OF THE PRINT FORMAT COMMANDS ARE UP TO 5 CHARACTERS LONG.
2. SEVERAL DEFAULT SETTINGS CAN BE LOADED INTO THE PRINTER AND SET USING THE FRONT PANEL.
3. THE PRINTER CAN BE CONFIGURED TO EMULATE AN EPSON PRINTER WHICH WOULD GIVE US MORE SIMPLE CODES TO WORK WITH.
4. ALL OF THE FORMAT CODES AND DEFAULTS ARE IN SECTION 9 OF THE MANUAL.

ONCE WE KNOW HOW DOMINOS WANTS THE LABELS TO LOOK, WE CAN DECIDE HOW THE PRINTER SHOULD BE CONFIGURED, HOWEVER HERE ARE SOME BASIC STRINGS.

BEGIN BOLD PRINT    ESC E            27,69
END BOLD PRINT      ESC F            27,70
BEGIN DBL WIDE PRINT ESC W 1        27,87,1
END DBL WIDE PRINT  ESC W 0          27,87,0 
DOUBLE TALL PRINT    ESC [ @ 4 0 0 0 2 0  THIS IS THE ONE WHERE EPSON MODE MAY BE BETTER.

9/13/94

the ibm printer for dominos is to be set up in the epson mode, with the form length set to nine lines, the autopark and autoeject features must also be disabled so the labels are not always being rolled in and out of the printer. all of these procedures are in the ibm manual and will be edited into this doc when i ship the first system m.s

9/20/94

To set up the IBM printer for Dominos

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YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST 5 OR 6 SHHETS OF PAPER IN THE PRINTER                        Take printer off-line using start/stop button (reay light will go out)
press alt and setup at the same time to go into setup mode, a menu will
print
Select emulation option
  select emulation
    select EPSON mode
using the start/stop button go back to the main menu
  select Forms Macro option
    select Paper Handling option
      turn Auto-tearoff off (else labels will go back and forth each
        time)
      select form length
        set to 9lpp — by using the sub 10 option until the number is
        below 9 then use the add 1 lpp until you reach 9lpp
using the start/stop button go back to the main menu then start/stop to
exit and save.

escape codes used in the Dominos (papa johns) program. Templates are set up with
    red code of 27,119,49 which actually sets large print
    black code  27,119,48 which sets normal print
    large code  27,120,48 which selects draft mode, bit 0 as 1 would set NLQ
    normal code 27,67,9  which sets form length to 9
    cut code    12,0,0    which does a form feed
    open code  27,70,49  may (?) be used to end emphasized printing, which actually never gets set.

Don’t ask me, I didn’t write the templates.

Operationally, use labels that are 4″x 1 7/16″, to remove a label that has just printed, do not use top of form, use the alt-tearoff keys. that will advance the printed label to remove it then when you put it back on line the labels will go back into the printer ready to print the next label.