User guide Emulations107EmulationsWhen a printer understands the control set written for another printertype, it is said to emulate the other printer. Your printer emulates, i.e.“understands” the Olivetti PR2 in its standard version.Escape sequences Escape sequences or control codes tell the printer that the followingtransmitted code is a printer command and not a printable character.They allow the selection of printer functions or the changing of printerparameters from the computer. By transmitting an escape sequence,you are able to change the previously set configuration of the printer(e.g. character set).This chapter contains an introduction into the sequences and controlcodes which are used by your printer.The settings made by escape sequences have priority over thesettings made in menu mode; therefore they override these.C
