IBM 4400 User Manual

4400 Thermal Label Printers

ASCII Programmer’s Reference Manual

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4400 Thermal Label Printers

ASCII Programmer’s Reference Manual

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Table of Contents

1 Overview............................................................... 17

Introduction.............................................................................................17

About This Manual ...........................................................................17

Notes And Notices ...........................................................................18

Software Features............................................................................20

Printer Configuration ........................................................................21

2 P-Series Printer Protocol...................................... 23

Introduction.............................................................................................23

P-Series Default Values and States.................................................24

Configuring the P-Series Emulation with Control Codes ........................26

Format for Control Code Descriptions..............................................26

Special Function Control Code-Control Code Header .....................26

Command Line.................................................................................27

Attribute Set and Reset Codes.........................................................27

Control Code Reference Index.........................................................28

Backspace........................................................................................30

Bell ...................................................................................................30

Bold Print..........................................................................................31

Bold Print Reset ...............................................................................31

Carriage Return................................................................................32

Character Set Select........................................................................33

Characters 80-9F (Control Codes)...................................................35

Characters 80-9F (Printable Symbols).............................................35

Character Set Select: ECMA-94 Latin 1 Extended...........................36

Character Set Select: International Languages................................37

Elongated (Double High) Print (One Line Only)...............................38

Elongated (Double High) Print, Set/Reset........................................39

Emphasized Print.............................................................................40

Emphasized Print Reset...................................................................40

Emulation Reset...............................................................................40

Expanded (Double Wide) Print.........................................................41

Expanded (Double Wide) Print (One Line Only) ..............................41

Extended Character Set...................................................................42

ExtendedCharacter Set Cancel

(Primary Character Set Select) ........................................................42

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Form Feed........................................................................................43

Forms Length Set (Inches)...............................................................43

Forms Length Set (Lines).................................................................44

Form Margins, Set............................................................................44

Line Feed .........................................................................................45

Line Spacing 1/6 Inch (6 lpi).............................................................46

Line Spacing 1/8 Inch (8 lpi).............................................................47

Line Spacing 8 or 10.3 lpi (One Line Only) ......................................47

Line Spacing 7/72 Inch.....................................................................48

Line Spacing n/72 Inch.....................................................................49

Line Spacing n/216 Inch...................................................................50

Overscoring......................................................................................50

Plot, Even Dot (P-Series High Density Graphics) ............................51

Plot, Odd Dot (P-Series Normal Density Graphics) .........................51

Print Mode/Pitch Selection...............................................................52

Superscript/Subscript Printing..........................................................55

Superscript/Subscript Printing Reset ...............................................55

Super-Set Commands......................................................................56

Underline..........................................................................................56

VFU Commands (P-Series) .............................................................57

Vertical Tab......................................................................................57

3 P-Series XQ Printer Protocol................................59

Introduction.............................................................................................59

P-Series XQ Default Values and States...........................................60

Configuring the XQ Emulation with Control Codes.................................62

Format for Control Code Descriptions..............................................62

Edit Mode.........................................................................................63

NUL Code ........................................................................................63

Control Code Index ..........................................................................64

Alternate Character Set Deselect (Shift In)......................................65

Alternate Character Set Select (Shift Out) .......................................65

Carriage Return................................................................................66

Compressed Print ............................................................................67

Delete...............................................................................................68

Electronic Vertical Format Unit (EVFU)............................................68

Elongated Characters (Double High Print).......................................69

Form Feed........................................................................................69

Line Feed .........................................................................................70

Line Spacing (8 or 10.3 lpi) ..............................................................70

Plot, Even Dot (P-Series XQ High Density Graphics)......................71

Plot, Odd Dot (P-Series XQ Normal Density Graphics ....................72

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Select Letter Gothic (DP) .................................................................72

Space...............................................................................................73

Underline..........................................................................................73

Vertical Tab......................................................................................74

4 Serial Matrix Printer Protocol................................ 75

Introduction.............................................................................................75

Serial Matrix Default Values and States...........................................76

Configuring the Serial Matrix Emulation with Control Codes..................78

Format for Control Code Descriptions..............................................78

Escape Control Code Header ..........................................................78

Attribute Set and Reset Codes.........................................................78

Control Code Index ..........................................................................79

Backspace........................................................................................80

Bell ...................................................................................................81

Bit Image Mode, Single Density.......................................................81

Bit Image Mode, Double Density......................................................82

Bit Image Mode, Double Density Double Speed..............................82

Bit Image Mode, Quadruple Density ................................................83

Bold Print Set ...................................................................................83

Bold Print Reset ...............................................................................84

Cancel..............................................................................................84

Carriage Return................................................................................85

Character Pitch 10 cpi......................................................................85

Character Pitch 12 cpi......................................................................86

Character Set Select........................................................................86

Characters 80-9F (Control Codes)...................................................88

Characters 80-9F (Printable Symbols).............................................89

Character Set Select: International Languages................................90

Condensed Print ..............................................................................91

Condensed Print Reset....................................................................91

Delete...............................................................................................92

Elongated (Double High) Print (One Line Only)...............................92

Elongated (Double High) Print, Set/Reset........................................93

Emphasized Print.............................................................................93

Emphasized Print Reset...................................................................94

Emulation Reset...............................................................................94

Expanded (Double Wide) Print.........................................................95

Expanded (Double Wide) Print (One Line Only) ..............................95

Extended Character Set...................................................................96

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ExtendedCharacter Set Cancel

(Primary Character Set Select) ........................................................96

Form Feed........................................................................................97

Forms Length Set (Inches)...............................................................97

Forms Length Set (Lines).................................................................98

Form Margins, Set............................................................................98

Horizontal Tab..................................................................................99

Horizontal Tab Set ...........................................................................99

Line Feed .......................................................................................100

Line Feed n/216 Inch (One Line Only)...........................................100

Line Spacing 1/6 Inch.....................................................................101

Line Spacing 1/8 Inch (8 lpi)...........................................................101

Line Spacing 7/72 Inch...................................................................102

Line Spacing n/72 Inch...................................................................102

Line Spacing n/216 Inch.................................................................103

Overscoring....................................................................................103

Print Mode/Pitch Selection.............................................................104

Printer Deselect..............................................................................107

Printer Select..................................................................................107

Skip-Over Perforation.....................................................................107

Skip-Over Perforation Cancel ........................................................108

Superscript/Subscript Printing........................................................108

Superscript/Subscript Printing Reset .............................................108

Super-Set Commands....................................................................109

Underline........................................................................................109

Vertical Tab....................................................................................110

Vertical Tab, Set/Clear...................................................................111

5 IBM Proprinter III XL Printer Protocol .................113

Introduction...........................................................................................113

Proprinter III XL Emulation Default Settings...................................114

Configuring the Proprinter III XL Emulation with

Control Codes.......................................................................................116

Escape Control Code Header ........................................................116

Attribute Set and Reset Codes.......................................................116

Control Code Index ........................................................................117

Backspace......................................................................................118

Bell .................................................................................................119

Bit Image Mode, Single Density.....................................................119

Bit Image Mode, Double Density....................................................120

Bit Image Mode, Double Density Double Speed............................121

Bit Image Mode, Quadruple Density ..............................................122

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Bold Print Set .................................................................................123

Bold Print Cancel ...........................................................................123

Bottom Margin, Set ........................................................................124

Bottom Margin Cancel....................................................................124

Cancel............................................................................................124

Carriage Return..............................................................................125

Carriage Return, Set ......................................................................125

Character Pitch 12 cpi....................................................................126

Characters 80-9F (Control Codes).................................................126

Characters 80-9F (Printable Symbols)...........................................126

Condensed Print ............................................................................127

Condensed Print Reset..................................................................127

Deselect Printer..............................................................................128

Emphasized Print...........................................................................128

Emphasized Print Reset.................................................................128

Expanded (Double Wide) Print.......................................................129

Expanded (Double Wide) Print (One Line Only) ............................130

Expanded (Double Wide) Print Reset (1 Line)...............................130

Form Feed......................................................................................131

Forms Length Set (Inches).............................................................131

Forms Length Set (Lines)...............................................................132

Horizontal Tab................................................................................132

Horizontal Tab Set/Reset...............................................................133

Horizontal/Vertical Tabs Clear........................................................133

Initialize Parameters.......................................................................134

Line Feed .......................................................................................136

Line Feed n/216 Inch (One Line Only) ...........................................136

Line Spacing 1/6 Inch (6 lpi)...........................................................137

Line Spacing 1/8 Inch (8 lpi)...........................................................138

Line Spacing 7/72 Inch (10.3 lpi)....................................................138

Line Spacing n/72 Inch...................................................................139

Line Spacing n/216 Inch.................................................................140

Margins, Left/Right, Set..................................................................140

Overscoring....................................................................................141

Print Control Codes........................................................................141

Print One Control Code..................................................................141

Select Attributes.............................................................................142

Select Font (Print Mode) ................................................................143

Select Proportional Spacing...........................................................144

Superscript/Subscript Printing........................................................144

Superscript/Subscript Printing Reset..............................................145

Super-Set Commands....................................................................145

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Top-of-Form ...................................................................................145

Underline........................................................................................146

Unidirectional Printing ....................................................................146

Vertical Tab....................................................................................146

Vertical Tab Set/Clear....................................................................147

6 Epson FX-1050 Printer Protocol.........................149

Introduction...........................................................................................149

Epson FX-1050 Default Values and States....................................150

Epson Emulation Exceptions and Differences ...............................152

Epson Character Sets....................................................................153

Configuring the Epson FX-1050 Emulation with

Control Codes.......................................................................................154

Format for Control Code Descriptions............................................154

Escape Sequences ........................................................................154

Set and Reset Codes.....................................................................155

NUL Code ......................................................................................155

Print Modes Supported for Character Sets ....................................156

Control Code Index ........................................................................157

Backspace......................................................................................159

Bell .................................................................................................160

Cancel Line ....................................................................................160

Carriage Return..............................................................................160

Character Pitch 10 cpi....................................................................161

Character Pitch 12 cpi....................................................................161

Character Pitch 15 cpi....................................................................161

Character Set Select: International Languages .............................162

Clear Bit 7 of Incoming Data Bytes to 0 .........................................163

Condensed Print ............................................................................163

Condensed Print Reset..................................................................164

Cut-Sheet / Paper Feed Control.....................................................164

Define a Download Character........................................................164

Delete Character............................................................................164

Double High Print, Set/Reset .........................................................165

Double Strike..................................................................................165

Double Strike, Cancel ....................................................................166

Double Wide Print ..........................................................................166

Double Wide Print (1 Line).............................................................167

Double Wide Print (1 Line), Cancel................................................167

Emphasized Print...........................................................................168

Emphasized Print, Cancel..............................................................168

Enable Printing Hex Codes 00-1F and 80-9F ................................169

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Form Feed......................................................................................171

Graphics, Standard Density ...........................................................171

Graphics, Double Density...............................................................172

Graphics, Double Density Double Speed.......................................173

Graphics, Quadruple Density.........................................................174

Half Speed Mode, On/Off...............................................................174

Horizontal Tab Execute..................................................................175

Horizontal Tab Set/Release ...........................................................175

Initialize Printer...............................................................................176

Italic Printing...................................................................................176

Italic Printing, Cancel .....................................................................176

Line Feed .......................................................................................177

Line Feed n/216 Inch .....................................................................177

Line Spacing 1/6 Inch (6 lpi)...........................................................178

Line Spacing 1/8 Inch (8 lpi)...........................................................178

Line Spacing 7/72 Inch...................................................................179

Line Spacing n/72 Inch...................................................................179

Line Spacing n/216 Inch.................................................................180

Make Hex 80-9F Control Codes.....................................................180

Make Hex 80-9F Printable..............................................................180

Master Print Select.........................................................................182

Paper Out Detection, Enable .........................................................182

Paper Out Detection, Disable.........................................................183

Pass Bit 7 from Host ......................................................................183

Printer Deselect..............................................................................183

Printer Select..................................................................................184

Reassign Graphics Mode...............................................................184

Remove Downloaded Characters ..................................................184

Select Graphics Mode....................................................................185

Select Italic Character Set..............................................................186

Select 9-Pin Graphics Mode...........................................................186

Select Print Quality.........................................................................186

Select/Deselect Proportional Spacing............................................187

Select Serif or Sans Serif Font.......................................................187

Select User-Defined Font...............................................................187

Select Vertical Tab Channel...........................................................187

Set Absolute Horizontal Print Position in 1/60 Inch........................188

Set Bit 7 of Incoming Data Bytes to 1 ............................................188

Set Intercharacter Spacing in n/120 Inch.......................................188

Set Margin, Left..............................................................................189

Set Margin, Right ...........................................................................189

Set Forms Length by Lines ............................................................190

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Set Forms Length in Inches ...........................................................190

Set Relative Horizontal Print Position in n/120 Inch.......................191

Set Vertical Tabs in Channels........................................................191

Skip Over Perforation.....................................................................192

Skip Over Perforation, Cancel........................................................192

Super-Set Commands....................................................................192

Superscript and Subscript Printing.................................................193

Superscript and Subscript Printing, Cancel....................................193

Underline........................................................................................194

Unidirectional Printing, 1 Line ........................................................194

Unidirectional Printing, Set/Reset ..................................................194

Vertical Tab, Execute.....................................................................195

Vertical Tab, Set/Clear...................................................................195

7 Super-Set Programming.....................................197

Introduction...........................................................................................197

The Super-Set Commands...................................................................197

Character Set Selection .................................................................198

Character Spacing n/240 Inch........................................................201

Font Selection ................................................................................201

Font Size........................................................................................202

TrueType Font Selection................................................................203

Form Length and Width..................................................................204

Host Form Size ..............................................................................205

Horizontal Movements in Printer Resolution..................................205

PCX Data .......................................................................................206

Line Spacing n/288 Inch.................................................................206

Page Orientation Select .................................................................207

Print Engine Options ......................................................................209

Printer Protocol Select ...................................................................216

Software Page Eject.......................................................................216

Bar Codes.............................................................................................217

Bar Code Format............................................................................218

Australian 4-State...........................................................................222

Codabar .........................................................................................223

Code 39..........................................................................................225

Code 93..........................................................................................227

Code 128........................................................................................229

EAN 8.............................................................................................234

EAN 13...........................................................................................235

FIM.................................................................................................236

Interleaved 2/5 (I-2/5) and German I-2/5........................................238

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Maxicode........................................................................................239

MSI.................................................................................................241

PDF 417.........................................................................................242

PostBar and Royal Mail..................................................................243

POSTNET ......................................................................................244

Telepen ..........................................................................................245

UCC/EAN-128................................................................................246

UPC-A............................................................................................251

UPC-E............................................................................................252

UPC Shipping.................................................................................255

UPS 11...........................................................................................256

8 Graphics.............................................................257

Introduction...........................................................................................257

Bit Image Graphics...............................................................................258

Plotting a Bit Image Pattern ...........................................................259

Bit Image Density...........................................................................261

Bit Image Programming Format.....................................................262

P-Series Compatible Plot Mode (Odd/Even Dot Plotting).....................264

Plot Density....................................................................................264

Plot Data Byte Format....................................................................265

Plot Data Line Format ....................................................................266

Plotting the Data.............................................................................268

To Exit the P-Series Plot Mode......................................................269

Combining Graphics and Text..............................................................269

9 Vertical Page Formatting.................................... 271

Introduction...........................................................................................271

General P-Series EVFU Programming Information..............................271

VFU Load/Save/Clear ....................................................................272

P-Series EVFU .....................................................................................273

Start Load Code-Hex 1E or 6E ......................................................273

Channel Assignment......................................................................273

End Load Code-Hex 1F or 6F ........................................................274

Using the EVFU .............................................................................274

Clearing the EVFU Memory ...........................................................276

Relative Line Slewing.....................................................................277

Serial Matrix VFU..................................................................................278

Executing Vertical Tabs .................................................................279

Vertical Tab Positions ....................................................................279

A Standard ASCII Character Set........................... 281

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B PTR_SETUP Option...........................................283

Overview...............................................................................................283

The PTR_SETUP Commands..............................................................283

Commands.....................................................................................284

C P-Series Plot Byte Definition..............................289

D Glossary.............................................................291

1 Overview

Introduction

The IBM* ASCII Emulation is a software application on two diskettes capable of emulating five different impact printer protocols:

• Printronix** P-Series P3000/6000/9000, hereafter called P-Series

• Printronix P-Series XQ P300/600, hereafter called P-Series XQ

• Printronix Serial Matrix

• IBM Proprinter* III XL, hereafter called Proprinter XL

• Epson** FX-1050

The software is designed to be compatible with a variety of paper sizes as well as different print engine dots-per-inch ratios.

About This Manual

This manual is designed so you can quickly find the information you need to use your ASCII Emulation software.

Chapter 1 Introduction

Notes And Notices

For your safety and to protect valuable equipment, it is very important that you read and comply with all information highlighted under notes and notices:

<#> The word Danger next to the lightning slash indicates the

DANGER

presence of a hazard that could cause death or serious personal injury. Danger and Caution notices are numbered to help you find the translated versions in the

Notices

booklet.

IBM 4400 Safety

CAUTION

<#> The word Caution next to the exclamation point (!) indicates the

presence of a hazard that could cause moderate or minor personal injury.

CAUTION

<#> The word Caution next to this symbol indicates a heavy

assembly that requires two or more persons to lift or hold.

CAUTION

<#> The word Caution next to this symbol indicates a part or

assembly that is hot enough to burn you.

Notes And Notices

CAUTION

<#> The word Caution next to this symbol indicates a part or

assembly that is sharp enough to cut you.

CAUTION

<#> The word Caution next to this symbol indicates the presence of

laser radiation. NEVER look directly into laser light.

ATTENTION

The word Attention indicates the possibility of damage to a program, device, system, or data.

IMPORTANT

The word Important indicates information vital to pr oper operation of the printer.

NOTE: A note gives you helpful information and tips about printer operation

and maintenance.

Glossary

The Glossary defines computer terms and acronyms used in this manual. It is located just before the Index.

Chapter 1 Introduction

Software Features

The ASCII Emulation software provides the following features:

• Printer Protocols:

Printronix P-Series Printronix P-Series XQ Printronix Serial Matrix IBM Proprinter III XL Epson FX-1050

• Page Orientations:

Portrait/Inverted Portrait Landscape/Inverted Landscape

• Graphics:

Bit Image Graphics P-Series Compatible Plot Mode

• Vertical Page Formatting:

Printronix P-Series Electronic Vertical Format Unit (EVFU) Serial Matrix Vertical Formatting Unit (VFU)

• Character Sets:

IBM PC ECMA-94 Latin 1 Multinational DEC** Multinational IBM Code Page 437 and 850

as well as the international symbol sets in the following categories:

Arabic Sets Cyrillic Sets European Sets Greek Sets Hebrew Sets Turkish Sets

• Font Typefaces:

Courier Letter Gothic OCR-A OCR-B CG Triumverate** Bold Condensed Ability to download True Type.

Printer Configuration

• Print Attributes:

Emphasized/Bold print

Scalable font sizes

Superscript/subscript print

Automatic underline and overscore

Carriage return editing

Variable point size

Italics

• Barcode Printing

NOTE: Complete listings of all the choices from these categories are printed

in the menu descriptions, as well as in the description of the Super-

Set “Character Set Selection” (SSCC R) command (see page 198).

Printer Configuration

Matching certain printer operational settings to those of the host computer is known as printer configuration adjusted according to the printer function key descriptions in your printer

User's Guide

from the printer control panel or by the software commands described in Chapters 2 through 7 of this manual.

Your

User's Guide

as well as descriptions of each configuration parameter available with your printer.

. You can select ASCII Emulation configuration options directly

also contains detailed configuration menus and diagrams,

The settings, or configuration parameters, are

NOTE: You must also enter and exit the ASCII Emulation configuration menu

accordingto your printer

Pressing an invalid key to enter a parameter value may move you to

another level in the configuration or exit the configuration menu

completely.

User's Guide

configuration procedures.

Chapter 1 Introduction

2 P-Series Printer Protocol

Introduction

This chapter describes the P-Series emulation host control codes. “Emulation” refers to the ability of a printer to execute the commands of a particular printer control language. A printer control language is the coding system used to convey, manipulate, and print data. It contains character codes and command sequences that configure the emulation. In this manual, the terms emulation, printer protocol, and printer control language are synonymous.

In the P-Series emulation mode, your printer can print files coded for the PSeries printer control language. To select the P-Series emulation mode as the active printer emulation, select ASCII Emulation from the EMULATION menu and P-Series from the Printer Protocol menu, as described in the

Guide.

The P-Series emulation provides many configurable parameters. The default parameter values for this emulation are shown in Table 1. You can modify the emulation parameter values in two ways:

User's

• The P-Series host control codes. An extensive set of P-Series control

code commands can be sent to the printer from an attached host computer via the host data stream. Most of this chapter is devoted to describing the P-Series control code commands.

• The printer configuration menus. You can modify a subset of the P-

Series emulation parameters using the printer configuration menus, control panel keys and LCD, as described in the

A parameter value set by a host control code generally overrides a value set from the printer's control panel.

NOTE: Configuration values selected from the menus or via host control

codes can be saved to the printer's NVRAM memory so that they will

not be lost when you power off the printer or reset it to the factory

defaults. The menu selection for saving a configuration to memory is

described in the

control codes, refer to Appendix B, “PTR_SETUP Option”.

User's Guide.

To save the configuration using host

User's Guide.

Chapter 2 Introduction

P-Series Default Values and States

The factory settings for the P-Series emulation menu options (for an 8” printer) are shown in Table 1. Table 1 also lists additional factory settings for parameters provided by the ASCII Emulation formatting menus. (The EMULATION menu options are described in the codes can override many of the settings for these menu options.

Select CPI 10.0 CPI Select LPI 6.0 LPI Typeface Letter Gothic Character Group Standard Sets Character Set IBM PC

User's Guide

Table 1. P-Series Default Settings

Characteristic Default Setting

). Host control

Primary Subset ASCII (USA) Extended Subset Code Page 437 Horizontal DPI 120 DPI Vertical DPI 72 DPI Prop. Spacing Enable Italic Print Disable Slashed Zero Disable Left Margin 0 characters Right Margin 0 characters Top Margin 0 linespaces Bottom Margin 0 linespaces Print Char. Set Define CR code CR = CR Auto LF Disable Define LF code LF = CR + LF

*Advanced User:

Control Code 06 8.0 LPI Control Code 08 Elongated Bold Disable

P-Series Default Values and States

Table 1. P-Series De fault Settings (continued)

Characteristic Default Setting

Overstrike Enable Select SFCC 1 EVFU Select Enable Alt. Set 80-9F Control Code SFCC d command Even dot plot PSeries Dbl High Normal FF valid at TOF Enable Text Position Bottom of Line Host Command Enable Reset Cmd CFG Ld Disable Form Length 06.0 inches Form Length 152.4 mm Form Length 36 lines Form Width 08.5 inches Form Width 216.0 mm Form Width 85 characters

* Advanced User must be enabled under the Printer Control Menu in order for the Advanced User parameters to be visible and changeable.

Chapter 2 Configuring the P-Series Emulation with Control Codes

Configuring the P-Series Emulation with Control Codes

The remainder of this chapter describes the P-Series printer control language codes that may be sent from a host computer attached to the printer, in order to invoke and configure numerous P-Series emulation functions.

Format for Control Code Descriptions

The following information is listed for each code function (where applicable).

Name The title or function of the command. ASCII Code The ASCII mnemonic for the command is shown. Command

sequences are in 7-bit (ASCII) form.

Hex Code The code or command sequence in hexadecimal numbers. Dec Code The code or command sequence in decimal numbers. Purpose The function(s) of the control code. Comment A discussion of the uses of the code or command sequence,

including exceptions or limitations to its use.

Example A sample is provided for some control codes when it is possible

to illustrate the effect of a control code, or if a specific syntax is required to complete the program statement (i.e. Horizontal Tab set, Vertical Tab set/clear).

IMPORTANT

If you specify any parameters for a c ontrol code other than the ones that are defined in the control code description, unpredictable results may occur.

Special Function Control Code-Control Code Header

A Special Function Control Code (SFCC) is used to extend the control code protocol. The SFCC is the control code introducer (or header); it is the first input in the sequence of parameters. The general control code sequence is:

(SFCC)(parameter 1)(parameter 2)...(parameter

P-Series codes can use any value from 1 through 255 (hex 01 through hex FF) as control code introducers. For example, bold print can be enabled in the P-Series protocol using any of the following control code introducers:

ASCII: SOH G Hex: 01 47 Dec: 171

ETX G 03 47 3 71 ESC G 1B 47 27 71

^ G5E479471 ~ G7E4712671

NOTE: The SFCC has been set to ESC for all examples.

)

Command Line

Print format, print mode, or international language selection can be controlled by a longer sequence known as a Command Line. Command Lines are string type commands placed between complete lines of text and affect the text which follows. The protocol has six Command Lines: PMODE, OSET, PSET, LPI, LINES, and INCHES. Each of these Command Lines is discussed in this chapter under the appropriate Control Code function.

For example, the form length (in inches) can be set using the following command line:

SFCC INCHES; where:nis the whole number of inches, andfis the fractional

increment in 0.5 inch increments.

When using the SFCC in a Command Line, the SFCC must be the first nonblank symbol in the line (space, hex 20, is a blank symbol). In addition, characters following spaces (other than a valid line terminator) in a Command Line are ignored so that user comments can be included on the Command Line. The valid line terminators are Form Feed (FF), Line Feed (LF), and Carriage Return (CR); however, when used in the Command Line, these line terminators do error, the command is not executed, and the line truncates to include any of the error messages listed in the following table:

Error Message Explanation

Invalid Parameter The command received cannot be

Parameter Out of Bounds A decimal parameter in the command is out

Missing Parameter One or more necessary parameters is

not

cause any paper motion. If a Command Line contains an

Table 2. Command Line Error Messages

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interpretedcorrectly, or the correctcommand is not followed by an expected delimiter.

of range.

missing from the command.

Illegal Character in Decimal Parameter

TooManyDigitsinDecimal Parameter

A decimal parameter contains a non-numeric character, or a fractional digit is out of range.

A decimal parameter contains too many digits.

Attribute Set and Reset Codes

Certain print attributes are set and reset (turned on or off) by using the appropriate SFCC code sequence and the numbers 1 or 0. These may be either the hexadecimal code 01 and 00, or the ASCII code for the printable symbols of decimal 1 and 0 (hexadecimal code 31 and 30, respectively). Expanded Print, Superscript/Subscript Print, and Underline are attributes that are set and reset this way.

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Control Code Reference Index

This index lists each printer command by function, ASCII mnemonic, and the page where the command is explained in detail. The rest of this chapter defines the control code functions for P-Series Emulation mode. The commands are listed in alphabetical order.

NOTE: Some control code functions can be accomplished using another

control code sequence or via control panel selection.

FUNCTION ASCII CODE PAGE Paper Motion

Form Feed FF 43 Line Feed LF 45 Vertical Tab VT 57

Page Format

Backspace BS 30 Carriage Return CR 32 Forms Length Set (Inches) SFCC INCHES; Forms Length Set (Lines) SFCC LINES; Form Margins, Set SFCC v 44 Line Spacing 1/6 Inch (6 lpi) SFCC 2 46

SFCC LPI;

Line Spacing 1/8 Inch (8 lpi) SFCC 0 47

SFCC LPI;

Line Spacing 8 or 10.3 lpi (1 line only) ACK 47

SFCC f Line Spacing 7/72 Inch SFCC 1 48 Line Spacing Line Spacing VFU Commands DLE through US 57

/72 Inch SFCC A 49

/216 Inch SFCC 3 50

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Print Attributes

Bold Print SFCC G 31 Bold Print (1 line only) SFCC j 31 Bold Print Reset SFCC H 31 Elongated (Double High) Print (1 line) SFCC h 38

BS Elongated (Double High) Print, Set/Reset SFCC w Emphasized Print SFCC E 40 Emphasized Print Reset SFCC F 40 Expanded (Double Wide) Print SFCC W Expanded (Double Wide) Print (1 line) SFCC k 41 Overscoring SFCC _ Print Mode/Pitch Selection SFCC X

SFCC PMODE;

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Control Code Reference Index

FUNCTION ASCII CODE PAGE Print Attributes (continued)

Superscript/Subscript Printing SFCC S Superscript/Subscript Printing Reset SFCC T 55 Underline SFCC – 56

Graphics

Plot, Even Dot (High Density) EOT 51

SFCC d

Plot, Odd Dot (Normal Density) ENQ 51

SFCC e

Other Functions

Bell BEL 30 Character Set Select SFCC l Characters 80-9F (Control Codes) SFCC 7 35 Characters 80-9F (Printable Symbols) SFCC 6 35 Character Set Select: ECMA Extended SFCC OSET; Character Set Select: International SFCC R

Languages SFCC PSET; Emulation Reset SFCC @ 40 ExtendedCharacter Set SO 42

SFCC SO SFCC n SFCC 4

ExtendedCharacter Set Cancel SI 42

(Primary Set Select) SFCC SI

SFCC o SFCC 5

Super-Set Commands SFCC |};56

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Backspace

ASCII Code BS Hex Code 08 Dec Code 8 Purpose Moves the logical print head to the left one character space

toward the first character column.

Comment When configured from the front panel for backspace, BS moves

the character position indicator (the logical print head position) one character space to the left at the current character pitch setting. The code is ignored if the logical print head is positioned at the first character column.

Example If you were to print five “T” characters, then two BS commands,

then two “=” characters, the output would look like the sample below.

Bell

ASCII Code BEL Hex Code 07 Dec Code 7 Purpose Sounds the printer's buzzer/beeper. Comment The BEL function sounds the buzzer/beeper for 0.2 seconds

upon receipt of this command.

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