The printer will cut the paper when the printer receives the cut command from the system. This command code depends on the Emulation Mode the printer is in. This can be determined by printing a configuration listing. See Manual Configuration for how to print out this listing. The follow are the codes for the common Emulation Modes:
Ithaca PCOS
Cut | ASCII: [ESC] v | DECIMAL: 27 118 | HEX: 1B 76
EPSON
Cut | ASCII: [ESC] i | DECIMAL: 27 105 | HEX: 1B 69
Star
Cut | ASCII: [ESC] d 0 | DECIMAL: 27 100 0 | HEX: 1B 64 00
Microline
Cut | ASCII: [EM] | DECIMAL: 25 | HEX: 19