CD Printer Specific PCL Commands

A set of PCL Rimage specific commands recognized only by the Rimage CD Printer are defined to allow control of the printer. These commands are:

 Command

 Hexadecimal Value

 Description
 Esc!d0C
 1B21643043
 OPEN DRAWER
This command tells the CD
Printer to open the drawer and
is required after printing.
 Esc!d1C
 1B21643143
 CLOSE DRAWER

This command tell the CD
Printer to close the drawer. This
is not the beginning print
position, rather, it is used to
ensure the drawer mechanism
is in all the way.
 Esc!d2C
 1B21643243
 CHECK COMMAND

This command tells the CD
Printer to clear the Fault line
and open the drawer (only if the
printer is in a fault condition). It
has the same function as
pushing the Unit-attention
button on the front of the printer
to recover from an error
  Esc!sXXXC
 1B2173X...X43
 SET PRINT STROBE

This command sets the print
strobe width to XXX on the CD
Printer where XXX is an ASCII
decimal value in microseconds.
Normal values are 350 microseconds to
650 microseconds.
 Esc!tXXXC
 1B2174X...X43
 SEND MEDIA TYPE

Media type parameter defines
the resident time of the printing
process. Resident time is
defined as the amount of time in
microseconds after printing and
before advancing the media. A
media type of 0 is selected for
generic lacquer coated media. A
media type of 200 is selected
for matte protective over-coat.
XXX is an ASCII decimal value.
 Esc!c0C
 1B21633043
 SET PAPER-OUT and LIMIT PRINT AREA 
(option 1)

This command tells the CD
printer to set the Paper-out line.
This is used along with Clear
Paper-out command to
determine if the printer is
connected to the parallel port.
The receipt of any other
command will allow the paper
sensing to function normally.

This command also prohibits
printing in the top 0.15-inch and
bottom 0.20-inch area of the CD.
 Esc!c3C
 1B21633343
  SET PAPER-OUT (option 2)

This command tells the CD
printer to set the Paper-out line.
This is used along with the
Paper-out command to
determine if the printer is
connected to the parallel port.
The receipt of any other
command will allow the paper
sensing to function normally.
 Esc!c1C
 1B21633143
 CLEAR PAPER-OUT and PROHIBIT SLEEP MODE
(option 1)

This command tells the CD
printer to clear the Paper-out
line. This is used along with Set
Paper-out command to
determine if the printer is
connected to the parallel port.
The receipt of any other
command will allow the paper
senslng to function normally.

This command prohibits the
printer from entering sleep
mode. Sleep mode shuts off
all motor power and crystal
operation after 20 seconds of
inactivity.
 Esc!c4C
 1B21633443
 CLEAR PAPER-OUT
(option 2)

This command tells the CD
Printer to clear the Paper-out
line. This is used along with Set
Paper-out command to
determine if the printer is
connected to the parallel port.
The receipt of any other
command will allow the paper
sensing to function normally.
 Esc!c2C
 1B21633243[data]
 SEND DIAGNOSTIC

This command is used to
ensure the integrity of the
parallel port connection. Since
the data is transferred as bitmap
data, the parallel port may see
the commands properly but still
have bad upper data bit
connections. This command
should be followed with the
following 12 bytes of
hexadecimal data: FF, 00, 55,
AA, 01, 02, 04, 08, 10, 20, 40,
80.

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