Paper Movement Commands

This section describes all commands that move the ticket from an idle to print state. This include cuts, ejection, presenting and retracting.

Partial Cut - $1B $69 rel phx

Performs a partial cut on the current ticket.

Notes:

  • For Reliance, this command will always execute a Full Cut.

  • If a ticket is not at least the minimum ticket size, then a blank portion will be printed/added to the ticket to make it the minimum size before the cut.

  • If nothing has been printed, then the command is ignored.

Format:

Hex       $1B $69

ASCII     ESC  i

Decimal   27   105

Range:

None

Default:

None

Related:

Form Feed

Full Cut - $1B $6D phx

Performs a full cut on the current ticket.

Notes:

  • If a ticket is not at least the minimum ticket size, then a blank portion will be printed/added to the ticket to make it the minimum size before the cut.

  • If nothing has been printed, then the command is ignored.

Format:

Hex       $1B $6D

ASCII     ESC  m

Decimal   27   109

Range:

None

Default:

None

Related:

Form Feed

Ejector - $1D $65 rel

Ejector Commands

Notes:

  • The ​m​ parameter must be sent for n = 3, and n = 32 .

  • The ​t parameter must be sent for n = 32.

  • When n = 3, 32 and the value of m is longer than the current ticket, the ticket will be ejected the length of the ticket.

  • When n = 2, 3, 5, 32, the printer will cut the ticket before it executes.

  • When n = 32, and the printer is told to print another ticket, the current ticket will be ejected or retracted based on the printer configuration. When the timeout condition has been met, the ticket is ejected or retracted based on the printer configuration.

  • When in continuous mode and m = 3, 32, the ticket is not presented any further if the ticket is at least the minimum ticket size. This command will just enable ticket pull detection and/or the set timeout.

  • This command controls the operation of the ejector and presenter. The command can be used to present, retract and/or produce a blank ticket. Also, this command can enable and disable the ​continuous mode​ feature. The value of n​ determines what the command will do and what additional (if any) parameters it may need. All additional parameters will use ​m​ or ​t.​ See table below.

n

Args

Description

1

None

None

2

None

Retract ticket

  • Only if paper retracting is enabled

  • This command will cut the ticket if it is not already

3

0 ≤ m ≤ 255

Present ticket with m steps

  • 1 step = 7 mm

  • This command will cut the ticket if it is not already.

5

None

Eject ticket

  • This command will cut the ticket if it is not already

6

None

Transmit ejector status byte

18

None

Disable dispenser continuous mode

  • While printing, the ticket remains at printer bezel.

  • The ticket can be cut and presented to the customer

  • The ticket can be cut and retracted back in

20

None

Enable dispenser continuous mode

  • While printing, the ticket is continuously pushed from the outlet

  • This is the default printer state on power up.

32

0 ≤ m ≤ 255

0 ≤ t ≤ 255

Present the ticket with m* steps and a timeout t

  • 1 step = 7 mm if it is not already.

  • This command will cut the ticket if it is not already

Ejector State Byte Table

BIT

OFF/ON

HEX

DECIMAL

DESCRIPTION

0

Off

00

0

Paper is present

On

01

8

Near paper end

1

Off

00

0

Reserved

2

Off

00

0

Paper is not present at printer entry

On

04

8

Paper is present at printer entry

3

Off

00

0

No presented ticket at output

On

08

8

Presented ticket at output

4

Off

00

0

Printer’s stepper motor is off

On

10

16

Printer’s stepper motor is on

5

Off

00

0

Printer’s ejector motor is off

On

20

32

Printer’s ejector motor is on

6

Off

00

0

No error

On

40

64

Error

7

Off

00

0

Printer has no jam

On

80

128

Printer is jammed
Format:

Hex       $1D $65  n   m   t

ASCII     GS   E   n   m   t

Decimal   29   101 n   m   t

Range:

1 ≤ n ≤ 3, 5 ≤ n ≤ 6, n = 18, n = 20, n = 32

0 ≤ m ≤ 255

0 ≤ t ≤ 255

Default:

N/A

Related:

Form Feed

Example:
write("\x1d\x65\x05")   # Eject Ticket
write("\x1d\x65\x02")   # Retract Ticket
Example:
write("\x1d\x65\x03\x0c")       # Present 84 mm
write("\x1d\x65\x20\x0c\x1e")   # Present 84 mm with timeout of 30 seconds
Example:
write("\x1d\x65\x14")   # Set continuous mode
write("\x1d\x65\x12")   # Disable continuous mode

Enable and Disable Auto Cut - $1C $7D $60 phx

This command changes if the printer will auto-cut a ticket or not.

Format:

Hex      $1C $7D $60  n

ASCII    FS  }   '    n

Decimal  28  125  140  n

Notes:

  • Reliance supports enable/disable autocut through the Reliance Tools program.

  • Phoenix supports enable/disable autocut through the Phoenix tools program.

    n

    Function

    $00

    Disable Auto-Cut, must send cut command

    $01

    Enable Auto-Cut, paper cuts itself

  • If a ticket is not at least the minimum ticket size, then a blank portion will be printed/added to the ticket to make it the minimum size before the cut.

Range:

n = $00, $01

Default:

None

Related:

Select Cut Mode and Cut Paper

Example:

Select Cut Mode and Cut Paper - $1D $56 phx

Select the cut mode for the printer and execute a cut command.

Format:

Hex      $1D $56  n

ASCII    GS  V   n

Decimal  29  86  n

Notes:

n

Function

$00

Full Cut mode

$01

Partial Cut mode

  • Dip switches overide choice of full or partial

Range:

n = 0,1

Default:

None

Related:

Full Cut

Partial Cut

Example:

None