Printek MtP Series, MtP300, MtP300 LP, MtP400, MtP400 LP Programmer's Manual

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MtP Series

Programmer’s Manual

Printek, Inc.

1517 Townline Road

Benton Harbor, MI 49022

269-925-3200

www.printek.com

Printek Part Number 6035

Manual Revision Notes:

Released as Part Number 5886 in October, 2004

• Original release for the MtP400 Series printers.

• Based on MtP Series firmware version 1.7.

Released as Part Number 6035 in March, 2005

• Added support for the MtP300 Series printers.

• Based on MtP Series firmware version 2.0.

Acknowledgements

Printek is a registered trademark of Printek, Inc.

Bluetooth is registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG, Inc. O’Neil is a trademark of O’Neil Product Development, Inc. Palm OS is a trademark of PalmSource, Inc. PrintBoy is a registered trademark of Bachmann Software PrinterCE is a registered trademark of Fieldsoftware Products Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Zebra, ZPL-II, and Comtec are registered trademarks of Zebra Technologies, ZIH Corp.

All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Specifications subject to change without notice.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements...............................................................................................................................................ii

Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................... 1

Printer Models and Key Features....................................................................................................................1

Manual Contents .............................................................................................................................................1

Selecting Emulations ............................................................................................................................................ 3

Printek Emulation ................................................................................................................................................ 5

Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................5

Control Codes and Escape Sequences Grouped by Function..........................................................................6

Communications ......................................................................................................................................6

Character Size and Line Spacing .............................................................................................................7

Character Attributes .................................................................................................................................9

Character Sets ..........................................................................................................................................9

Horizontal Position ................................................................................................................................10

Vertical Position..................................................................................................................................... 10

Bar Codes...............................................................................................................................................12

Graphics ................................................................................................................................................. 16

Storing and Printing Graphic Images and Logos ...................................................................................18

Black Mark Sensing ...............................................................................................................................19

Black Mark Requirements................................................................................................................20

Black Mark Sensing Commands ......................................................................................................21

Gap Sensing ...........................................................................................................................................22

Printer Controls ......................................................................................................................................23

Printer Status Commands....................................................................................................................... 24

Magnetic Card Reader............................................................................................................................27

Control Code and Escape Sequence Summary .............................................................................................29

Mt3 Emulation....................................................................................................................................................31

O’Neil Emulation................................................................................................................................................ 33

ZPL-II Emulation...............................................................................................................................................37

CPCL Emulation ................................................................................................................................................ 39

Hex Dump Mode.................................................................................................................................................41

Print & Font Samples.........................................................................................................................................43

ASCII Character Tables ....................................................................................................................................47

ASCII Control Code Definitions...................................................................................................................47

Decimal to Hexadecimal TO ASCII Conversion Table................................................................................48

Printer Reset Conditions....................................................................................................................................49

Glossary............................................................................................................................................................... 51

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Introduction

This manual is intended to be used by software developers for the purpose of creating and/or modifying applications to make use of the special features offered by the Printek MtP Series of mobile thermal printers.

This section of the manual describes the various models of printers and the features supported by this manual and the information contained in other sections.

For printer set up and operating information for users, system integrators and information technology personnel, please refer to the printer’s Operator’s Manual for the specific model of interest.

Printer Models and Key Features

Printek’s MtP Series of mobile thermal printers offers solutions for a wide variety of printing applications. The various models support flexible paper widths, printing from roll stock or flat stock in easy loading cassettes, label printing enhancements, and several host interface choices. The configuration options are shown below for each model. For additional information, please refer to the printer’s Operator’s Manual or visit www.printek.com.

Model Max Paper Size Label Printing

MtP300 3.12” Wide Roll Front Black Mark Std Opt Opt Opt

MtP300 LP 3.12” Wide Roll Front/Back Black Mark, Gap Std Opt Opt Opt

MtP400 4.125” Wide Roll Front Black Mark Std Opt Opt Opt MtP400 LP 4.125” Wide Roll Front/Back Black Mark, Gap Std Opt Opt Opt MtP400 SL 4 x 6” Cassette n/a Std Opt Opt Opt

RS-232 IrDA Bluetooth Wi-Fi

Host Interfaces

Manual Contents

The remaining sections of this manual provide information on printer commands offered for the various emulations as well as additional information helpful to programmers. Descriptions of each section are shown below.

Selecting Emulations describes how to select the various printer emulations available in the MtP Series printers.

Printek Emulation describes in detail the Printek commands available for controlling Printek MtP Series printers.

Mt3 Emulation provides a summary of the command that are supported when emulating a Printek Mt3 printer.

Introduction

O’Neil Emulation provides a summary of the commands that are supported when emulating an O’Neil microFlash4t printer.

ZPL-II Emulation provides a summary of the commands that are supported when emulating a Zebra ZPL-II compatible printer.

CPCL Emulation provides a summary of the commands that are supported when emulating a Comtec CPCL compatible printer.

Hex Dump describes the printer’s output while in Hex Dump mode, and how it may be used to debug software problems.

Print & Font Samples provides character set mapping information and several font print samples.

ASCII Character Tables provides a definition of ASCII control codes and an ASCII to Decimal to

Hexadecimal conversion table.

Printer Reset Conditions describes the state of the printer after a power up reset or receipt of a reset command.

Glossary provides a reference for printer related terms.

Selecting Emulations

The emulations offered by Printer Mobile Thermal Printers allow for a great deal of language commonality between the various series of Printek printers as well as compatibility with systems and software that have been created for printers offered by other manufacturers.

The Printek MtP Series printers offer Printek, O’Neil, ZPL-II and CPCL emulations plus a Printek Mt3 emulation to allow the printers to work with existing three inch applications.

The printer’s default emulation may be selected through the control panel set up as described in the printer’s Operator’s Manual. To select an emulation temporarily, the host system may send an escape sequence as described below.

Select Emulation ESC ESC n

This command selects emulation mode n by which future commands will be interpreted as described in the following table. The selected mode will be in effect until another Select Emulation command is received or until the printer is reset via an escape sequence appropriate for the current emulation, or the printer is manually reset by entering/exit the front panel set up mode or cycling power on the printer.

Once the emulation has been selected, please refer to the section of this manual that describes the commands available for that emulation.

Example: The following escape sequence will set the printer to Mt3 Emulation.

Escape Sequence: ESC ESC 4 Hexadecimal: 1B 1B 04

Emulation 0 Test (reserved for factory use) 1 Printek Emulation 2 O’Neil Emulation 3 ZPL-II Emulation 4 Mt3 Emulation 5 CPCL Emulation 6 Hex Dump Mode ? Previously Selected Emulation

@ Default Emulation

If more than one emulation has been selected, ESC ESC ? will return to the previously selected emulation. This is particularly useful when the previous emulation is unknown. Please beware that the memory (stack) is only one level deep.

ESC ESC @ will return to the default emulation, as specified by the “Emulation” value in the Interface setup menu.

Note: Numeric values may be specified as either a binary or an ASCII value. As such, the example above

may be sent as either 1B 1B 04 or 1B 1B 34.

Printek Emulation

Introduction

This section describes the control codes and escape sequences comprising Printek emulation. This emulation may be selected by setting “Emulation” to “Printek” in the appropriate interface setup menu, or via software with the ESC ESC 1 sequence. While this emulation is selected, control codes and escape sequences from other emulations are not available.

Control codes and escape sequences are used to control printer operation. An ASCII control code is a single character in the range 00 hex through 1F hex, and 7F hex. The ESC (Escape) control code (1B hex) is used to introduce character strings called escape sequences, which provide an extension of the commands available with ASCII control codes.

If a sequence accepts one numeric parameter, it will be represented as “n”. If a sequence accepts more than one numeric parameter, they will be represented as “n1 n2 ... nx”.

Spaces are used when documenting escape sequences to increase readability. If a space character is actually a valid part of the sequence, it will be represented as “SPACE”. Characters that appear in italics (such as “n” and “n1” above) are not sent to the printer as is; they are used as a place holder indicating that some value must be supplied.

Multiple character strings without intervening spaces typically represent control codes. For example, BS is the Backspace control code (08 hex), not the two characters “B” and “S” (42 and 53 hex), and SPACE is the space character (20 hex). An ASCII Control Code Table is provided on page any doubt about how to interpret a documented control code or escape sequence, refer to the hexadecimal representation in the example. The examples may also be helpful when analyzing a Hex Dump printed by the printer. Please refer to the “

Hex Dump ” section of this manual on page 41.

47 for your convenience. If you have

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Control Codes and Escape Sequences

Grouped by Function

Communications

This section describes various methods of controlling the flow of data to and from the printer. Unlike other sections describing printer commands, the descriptions in this section indicate whether the command is one that is “received” by the printer, or “transmitted” by the printer.

Note that some handshaking methods are only supported by the RS-232C Serial interface and are not supported for the IrDA, Bluetooth, or Wi-Fi interfaces.

End of Text (Received by Printer) ETX

If “ETX/ACK” is set to “On” in the Serial Interface Menu (refer to the Operator’s Manual), then processing of an ETX from the printer’s input buffer causes the printer to transmit an ACK to the host computer.

Since the ETX may be a legal value within an escape sequence, it is the user's responsibility to ensure that an ETX used for data handshake is not sent within an escape sequence. The user must also ensure that the maximum block size or the number of blocks sent at one time does not exceed the input buffer size of the printer.

The input buffer size is 32K (32,768 Bytes) unless Minimum Buffer has been selected in the printer’s Options Menu. Please refer to the Operator’s Manual for more information.

Control code: ETX Hexadecimal: 03

Acknowledge (Transmitted by Printer) ACK

Please refer to the “End of Text” description above.

Control Code: ACK Hexadecimal: 06

End of Transmission (Transmitted by Printer) EOT

The printer sends an EOT character each time the printer’s input buffer becomes empty to indicate the printer is idle.

Control Code: EOT Hexadecimal: 04

Transmitter On (Transmitted by Printer, Serial Only) XON (DC1)

When enabled for the Serial Interface (refer to the Operator’s Manual), this character is transmitted by the printer to indicate that the printer is on line and ready to receive data. See DC3/XOFF for more information.

Control Code: XON Hexadecimal 11

Printek Emulation

Transmitter Off (Transmitted by Printer, Serial Only) XOFF (DC3)

When enabled for the Serial Interface (refer to the Operator’s Manual), this character is transmitted by the printer to indicate that the printer’s input buffer is nearly full and that the host computer should stop sending data. When the printer is able to accept data again, it will transmit DC1/XON.

Control Code: XOFF Hexadecimal: 13

Character Size and Line Spacing

Select Character Pitch ESC K n

Sets the character pitch according to the following table.

Character Pitch/Font Matrix

0 5.5 cpi Sans Serif 37 x 60 13 22 1 10.2 cpi Sans Serif 20 x 26 28 41 2 10.7 cpi Sans Serif 19 x 26 30 43 3 12.7 cpi Courier 16 x 23 36 52 4 13.5 cpi Courier 15 x 23 38 55 5 14.5 cpi Courier 14 x 23 41 59 6 15.6 cpi Courier 13 x 23 44 64 7 16.9 cpi Courier 12 x 23 48 69 8 18.5 cpi Courier 11 x 23 52 75

9 20.3 cpi Courier 10 x 23 57 83 10 22.6 cpi Courier 9 x 23 64 92 11 25.4 cpi Courier 8 x 23 72 104

This command must be sent prior to any printable characters on the line. If sent after printable characters are received, a Carriage Return and Line Feed will be inserted and a new line started before the command takes effect.

Example: The following escape sequence will set the printer to use the 12.7 cpi Courier font.

Escape Sequence: ESC K 3 Hexadecimal: 1B 4B 03

Columns Per Line MtP300 MtP400

Set Printer to 12.7 cpi SO

Sets the character size to 12 cpi. This is equivalent to sending ESC k 1.

Control Code: SO Hexadecimal: 0E

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Set Printer to 22.6 cpi SI

Sets the character size to 22.6 cpi. This is equivalent to sending ESC k 4.

Control Code: SI Hexadecimal: 0F

Set Printer to 22. 6 cpi DC4

Sets the character size to 22.6 cpi. This is equivalent to sending ESC k 4.

Control Code: DC4 Hexadecimal: 14

Double High On FS

Enables double high printing. This will cause the characters and the interline spacing to be doubled in height. Double high printing will be in effect until the Double-High Off (GS) command is received.

Control Code: FS Hexadecimal: 1C

Double High Off GS

Disables double high printing.

Control Code GS Hexadecimal: 1D

Set Text Line Spacing ESC a n

Sets the number of dot rows the paper is to be moved after printing each row of text. Each dot row is 0.125mm. 0 ≤ n ≤ 10.

Example: The following escape sequence sets the line spacing to zero (as needed when printing line drawing characters when the PC Line Drawing character set is selected).

Escape Sequence: ESC a 0 Hexadecimal: 1B 61 00

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Character Attributes

Select Emphasized Mode ESC U n

Selects emphasized printing mode. Emphasized mode may be used to highlight text by giving it a more bold appearance.

Selection

0 Emphasized Mode Off

1 Emphasized Mode On

Example: The following escape sequence will set emphasized printing mode to On.

Escape Sequence: ESC U 1 Hexadecimal: 1B 55 31

Character Sets

Select Extended Character Set ESC F n

Selects the character set to be used when printing extended characters (hexadecimal 80-FF).

Character Set

1 International Character Set

2 PC Line Drawing Character Set

When using the PC Line Drawing Character Set, the Text Line Spacing should be set to zero. Doing so will allow the vertical line characters to form continuous lines.

Please refer to “ character set.

Example: The following escape sequence will select the International character set.

Escape Sequence: ESC F 1 Hexadecimal: 1B 46 31

Print & Font Samples” on page 43 for information on the specific characters contained in each

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Horizontal Position

Carriage Return CR

Causes the current line to be printed and the paper to advance to the next line. The current print position is set to the beginning of the next line.

Note that either a Carriage Return (CR) or a Line Feed (LF) will cause both functions to be performed. However, a Carriage Return and Line Feed “pair” (CRLF) will only perform a single line feed.

Control code: CR Hexadecimal: 0D

Backspace BS

Removes the previous character from the print buffer. Backspacing can be done up to, but not beyond, the beginning of the line.

Control code: BS Hexadecimal: 08

Horizontal Tab HT

Advances to the next horizontal tab stop. If no tab stop exists between the active column and the right margin, the print position will advance to the beginning of the next line.

Horizontal tab stops are associated with columns, not absolute physical positions. Changing the character spacing or font will change the physical position of the tab stops. Default tab stops are set to every fourth column, i.e. 5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37 ….

Control code: HT Hexadecimal: 09

Set Horizontal Margins ESC H l r

Sets the left and right margins in millimeters. l and r may be set from zero up to ½ the line length.

Example: The following escape sequence will set both the left and right margins to 10mm (0.394”).

Escape Sequence: ESC H 10 10 Hexadecimal: 1B 48 0A 0A

Vertical Position

Line Feed LF

Causes the current line to be printed and/or advances the paper to the next line. The total distance the paper is advanced is based on the vertical size of the current font plus the Text Line Spacing.

A Carriage Return is also performed which places the current print position at the beginning of the next line.

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Note that either a Carriage Return (CR) or a Line Feed (LF) will cause both functions to be performed. However, a Carriage Return and Line Feed “pair” (CRLF) will only perform a single line feed.

Control code: LF Hexadecimal: 0A

Variable Size Line Feed ESC J n

Causes paper to be moved forward n x 0.125mm. 0 ≤ n ≤ 255.

A Carriage Return is also performed which places the current print position at the beginning of the next line.

Example: The following escape sequence performs a line feed of five millimeters ( 5 ÷ 0.125 ).

Escape Sequence: ESC J 40 Hexadecimal: 1B 4A 28

Variable Size Reverse Line Feed ESC Q J n

Causes paper to be moved in the reverse direction n x 0.125mm. 0 ≤ n ≤ 255.

A Carriage Return is also performed.

Note that reverse paper motion is not supported in MtP400 SL models and this command is ignored.

Example: The following escape sequence moves paper in the reverse direction two millimeters (2 ÷ 0.125).

Escape Sequence: ESC Q J 16 Hexadecimal: 1B 51 4A 10

Vertical Tab VT

Advances the paper five lines. If a partial line exists in the buffer, that line will be printed including a Carriage Return and Line Feed, and then the paper advanced five lines.

A Carriage Return is also performed which places the current print position at the beginning of the next line.

Control code: VT Hexadecimal: 0B

Form Feed FF

If a partial line exists in the buffer, that line will be printed including a Carriage Return and Line Feed, and then the paper will be advanced as described below.

For printers that use rolls of print media, (not “SL” models), the paper will be advanced by the “FFeed Distance” set for the current Format (refer to the Operator’s Manual for more information).

For printers that use cassette media (MtP400 SL), the current sheet of paper will be ejected.

A Carriage Return is also performed which places the current print position at the beginning of the next line.

Control code: FF Hexadecimal: 0C

Printek Emulation

Bar Codes

The MtP Series printers will automatically print several types barcode symbols using the following command. The specification for each bar code type is also described.

Print Bar Code ESC a t n h data

Printek printers support several bar code symbologies including Code 39, Code 128, UCC/EAN-128, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC/EAC/JAN, and Codabar. The following table describes the Bar Code command. Details for each specific bar code type, including examples, are found below.

Variable Value Description

n 1 ≤ n ≤ 255 Number of characters in bar code. h 1 ≤ h ≤ 255 Height of bar code in increments of 0.125mm.

data

z (lower case) Print bar code only.

Z (upper case) Print bar code and human readable text.

1 Code 39 2 Code 128, UCC/EAN-128 3 Interleaved 2 of 5 4 UPC/EAN/JAN 5 Codabar

n characters to be represented in the bar code.

See individual bar code types for allowable characters and other specific requirements.

Notes: All barcodes are printed with the minimum bar width (“x-dimension”) of 0.250mm, in compliance with

the respective official specification. All barcodes are printed centered between the left and right margins. For information on setting margins, please refer to the Operator’s Manual.

Code 39 Specifications

Description: Each symbol starts with Leading Quiet Zone, followed with Start Symbol, Data

Symbols, ending with Stop Symbol and Trailing Quiet Zone.

Character set: 43 ASCII characters including A-Z (uppercase only), 0-9, . (period), - (dash), $, /, +,

%, and SPACE

Elements per symbol: 9 (5 bars, 4 spaces)

Character density: 6.25 CPI

Bar width: 0.25mm (narrow to wide ratio = 1:3)

Example: The following escape sequence will print a bar code containing the characters "CODE-39" 1 mm high followed by human readable text.

Escape Sequence: ESC Z 1 7 8 C O D E - 3 9 Hexadecimal: 1b 5A 31 07 08 43 4F 44 45 2D 33 39

Printek Emulation

Code 128 Specifications

Description: Each symbol starts with Leading Quiet Zone, followed with Start Symbol, Data

Symbols, ending with Stop Symbol and Trailing Quiet Zone.

Character set: 256 ASCII via three Code Sets and an “Extend” function.

Elements per symbol: 6 (3 bars, 3 spaces)

Character density: 9.1 CPI

Bar width: 0.25mm

The first character position in the data portion of the escape sequence must contain a “Start Character”, as defined below. This Start Character defines the Code Set to be used to interpret the following data characters. Each Code Set has special character values defined that allow switching to a different Code Set(s) within the bar code.

Start Character Code Set Characters Sent To Printer Characters Read By Scanner

87 A

88 B 20 – 7F 20 – 7F

20 – 5F 20 – 5F 60 – 7F 00 – 32

89 C Pairs of 30 – 39

All character values shown in Hexadecimal.

Special data characters are available for each Code Set that allow switching to a different Code Set and other special functions. These characters have values of 80-86 Hexadecimal and their functions in each Code Set are defined below.

Character Value

(Hex)

80 FNC3 FNC3 81 FNC2 FNC2 82 Shift Shift 83 Switch to Code Set C Switch to Code Set C 84 Switch to Code Set B FNC4 Switch to Code Set B 85 FNC4 Switch to Code Set A Switch to Code Set A 86 FNC1 FNC1 FNC1

FNC 1: Reserved for EAN use. FNC 2: Concatenate the data in this bar code with the data in the next bar code read. Not

supported by all bar code readers. FNC 3: Reset the bar code reader. Any other data in this bar code will be discarded. FNC 4: Extended characters. The bar code reader will add 128 (80 Hex.) to each character.

Code Set A Code Set B Code Set C

Numeric Character Pairs

30, 30 – 39, 39 (00-99 Dec.)

Example 1: The following escape sequence will print a bar code containing “ABC123” that is 10mm high and is followed with human readable text.

Escape Sequence: ESC Z 2 7 80 Start B A B C 1 2 3 Hexadecimal: 1B 5A 32 07 50 88 41 42 43 31 32 33

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Example 2: The following escape sequence will print a bar code using numeric pairs of numeric characters containing “123456” that is 10mm high without human readable text.

Escape Sequence: ESC z 2 7 80 Start C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hexadecimal: 1b 7A 32 07 50 89 31 32 33 34 35 36

Example 3: The following escape sequence will print the same data as in Example 1, “ABC123”, using Code Sets that allow a mixture of alphanumeric character and numeric pairs. The bar code will be 20mm high without human readable text.

Escape Sequence: ESC z 2 7 160 Start A A B C 1 Switch C 2 3 Hexadecimal: 1B 7A 32 07 A0 87 41 42 43 31 83 32 33

UCC/EAN-128 Specifications

Description: The UCC/EAN-128 specification is an internationally recognized format for

application identifiers in code 128 bar codes. The bar code symbology is identical to Code 128. Only recognized bodies of the UCC or EAN may assign application identifiers. For more information visit www.ean-int.org and www.uc-council.org.

Character set: 256 ASCII via three Code Sets and an “Extend” function.

Elements per symbol: 6 (3 bars, 3 spaces)

Character density: 9.1 CPI

Bar width: 0.25mm

Example: The following escape sequence prints an all numeric bar code containing “1234” in an EAN-128 format that is 10mm high followed by human readable text.

Escape Sequence: ESC Z 2 6 80 FNC1 1 2 3 4 Hexadecimal: 1B 5A 32 06 50 86 31 32 33 34

UPC/EAN/JAN Specifications

Description: Each symbol starts with Leading Quiet Zone, followed with Left Guard Bars, Left

Data Symbols, Center Bar Pattern, Right Data Symbols, Check Character, ending with Right Guard Bars and Trailing Quiet Zone. The UPC, EAN/JAN-8, EAN/JAN-13 specifications comprise an internationally recognized format for application identifiers. Unlike the UCC/EAN-128 specification, these identifiers are intended for point-of-sale applications. Only recognized bodies of the UCC and EAN may assign application identifiers. For more information visit www.ean-int.org and www.uc-council.org.

Character set: numeric - fixed length as follows:

• UPC-A – Requires 12 digits. The first 11 will be printed and the 12 replaced by a check digit calculated by the printer.

• UPC-E – Requires 7 digits. (The check digit will be added by the printer.)

• EAN/JAN-8 – Requires 8 digits. The first 7 will be printed and the 8

replaced by a check digit calculated by the printer.

• EAN/JAN-13: – Requires 13 digits. The first 12 will be printed and the 13th will be replaced by a check digit calculated by the printer.

will be

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Elements per symbol: 4 (2 bars, 2 spaces)

Character density: 14.5 CPI

Bar width: 0.25mm

Characters

Note: When specifying the bar code height that h represents the total height including a 1.25mm drop bar

pattern printed after the barcode pattern.

Example 1: The following escape sequence will print a UPC-A bar code containing “12345678901” that is 30mm high followed by human readable text. Note that a check digit “9” is also sent, but will be ignored and recalculated by the printer.

Escape Sequence: ESC Z 4 12 240 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 9 Hexadecimal: 1B 5A 34 0C F0 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 30 31 39

Example 2: The following escape sequence will print a UPC-E bar code containing “1234567” that is 30mm high followed by human readable text.

Escape Sequence: ESC Z 4 7 240 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hexadecimal: 1B 5A 34 07 F0 31 32 33 34 35 36 37

Example 3: The following escape sequence will print an EAN/JAN-8 bar code containing “1234567” that is 30mm high followed by human readable text. Note that a check digit “9” is also sent, but will be ignored and recalculated by the printer.

Escape Sequence: ESC Z 4 8 240 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 Hexadecimal: 1B 5A 34 08 F0 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 39

Example 4: The following escape sequence will print an EAN/JAN-13 bar code containing “123456789012” that is 30mm high followed by human readable text. Note that a check digit “9” is also sent, but will be ignored and recalculated by the printer.

Escape Sequence: ESC Z 4 13 240 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 9 Hexadecimal: 1B 5A 34 08 F0 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 30 31 32 39

Interleaved 2 of 5 Specifications

Description: Each symbol starts with Leading Quiet Zone, followed with Start Symbol, Data

Symbols, ending with Stop Symbol and Trailing Quiet Zone.

Character set: numeric pairs.

Elements per symbol: 10 (5 bars, 5 spaces)

Character density: 11.11 CPI

Bar width: 0.25mm

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Example: The following escape sequence will print a bar code containing “123456” that is 10mm high followed by human readable text.

Escape Sequence: ESC Z 3 6 80 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hexadecimal: 1B 5A 33 06 50 31 32 33 34 35 36

Codabar Specifications

Description: Each symbol starts with Leading Quiet Zone, followed with Start Symbol, Data

Symbols, ending with Stop Symbol and Trailing Quiet Zone.

Character set: 0-9, $, -, :, /, ., + and the start/stop pairs of A/T, B/N, C/*, and D/E.

Elements per symbol: 7 (4 bars, 3 spaces)

Character density: 8.1 CPI

Bar width: 0.25mm

Example 1: The following escape sequence will print a bar code containing “123456”, using the A/T start/stop characters, and 20mm high followed by human readable text.

Escape Sequence: ESC Z 5 8 160 A 1 2 3 4 5 6 T Hexadecimal: 1B 5A 35 08 A0 41 31 32 33 34 35 36 54

Example 2: The following escape sequence will print a bar code containing “123456”, using the C/* start/stop characters and 20mm high followed by human readable text.

Escape Sequence: ESC Z 5 8 160 C 1 2 3 4 5 6 * Hexadecimal: 1B 5A 35 08 A0 43 31 32 33 34 35 36 2A

Graphics

The printer uses a single line thermal print head with elements spaced at 0.125mm. The maximum number of graphic data bytes allowed for each model printer is shown for each command. After each line of graphic data, the paper is automatically advanced 0.125mm to position the paper for the next graphic line. To advance the paper by additional graphic increments without printing, refer to “

Variable Size Line Feed” on page 11.

8-Bit Graphics ESC # h w data

This command may be used to print any graphics pattern. The height and width of the graphic image may be specified as shown below. Each line must contain the same number of bytes (width).

The image will be printed starting from the left margin and up to the right margin. If the width specified will not fit within the margins, the right side of the image will be truncated.

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Variable Value Description

h 1 ≤ h ≤ 255 Number of graphic lines in the data to follow.

w MtP300: 0 ≤ w ≤ 72

MtP400: 0 ≤ w ≤ 104

data A line of graphic data

bytes where the value of

each byte is 0-255

Example 1: The following escape sequence will print a horizontal line 2mm long starting 2mm from the left margin.

Escape Sequence: ESC # 1 4 0 0 255 255 Hexadecimal: 1B 23 01 04 00 00 FF FF

Example 2: The following escape sequence will print a square box 2mm x 1mm starting 2mm from the left margin, and then move the paper forward an additional 5mm.

Escape Sequence: ESC # 8 4 0 0 255 255 Hexadecimal 1B 23 08 04 00 00 FF FF

Escape Sequence: 0 0 128 1 Hexadecimal 00 00 80 01

Escape Sequence: 0 0 255 255 Hexadecimal 00 00 FF FF

Escape Sequence: ESC J 40 Hexadecimal: 1B 4A 28

Number of bytes per graphic line in the data to follow. Each byte contains 8 bits. h x w bytes per line are required.

8 Bit Compressed Graphics ESC v h w c data [c data] [c data] …

This command differs from the 8 Bit Graphics command described above by reducing the number of bits (bytes) that have to be sent to the printer. This allows for faster data transfer between the host computer and the printer.

Variable Value Description

h 1 ≤ h 255 Number of graphic lines in the image.

w MtP300: 0 ≤ w ≤ 72

MtP400: 0 ≤ w ≤ 104

c 0 ≤ c ≤ 255 Counter(s) describing how following bytes are to be

data Graphic data bytes where

the value of each b

te is

Number of bytes in each graphic line of the image.

interpreted. A description of how counter values and the following data are interpreted follows this table. Graphic data bytes to be interpreted as specified by the preceding counter, c.

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0-255

Multiple “sets” of counters and data may be sent to the printer as necessary to describe the graphic pattern to be printed. The values specified by the counter(s) are interpreted as follows.

The counter may be considered as either a signed 7 bit value or an unsigned 8 bit value.

For signed 7 bit values: 0 ≤ c ≤ 127 Process the next (c + 1) bytes as simple 8 bit graphic patterns.

-128 ≤ c ≤ –1 Repeat the next byte (-c + 1) times.

For unsigned 8 bit values: 0 ≤ c ≤ 127 Process the next (c+1) bytes as simple 8 bit graphic patterns. 128 ≤ c ≤ 255 Repeat the next byte (256 - c + 1) times.

Example: The following escape sequence will print a graphic image that is two lines long and six bytes (48 bits) wide as shown below. Note that the outlines for each bit are shown only to explain this example and that only the image represented by the black “bits” will actually be printed.

In the following escape sequence the data bytes are shown in binary. The hexadecimal values for each byte are shown on the second line.

ESC v 2 6 255 01010101 255 10101010 3 00010001 00100010 00110011 01000100 25310011001 1B 76 02 06 FF 55 FF AA 03 11 22 33 44 FD 99

Storing and Printing Graphic Images and Logos

Graphic images including logos may be stored permanently in the printer’s flash memory so that they may be printed as often as needed without having to retransmit the graphic image each time. A total of 1MB of Flash memory is allocated to storing graphic images. The number of images that may be stored depends on the size of the images.

An image is programmed into the printer’s memory using a series of steps, or commands, as shown below.

Step 1: Send the Load Graphic Image command to the printer. Step 2: Send the image using up to 2,436 graphic lines as described in the Graphics section on page

8-Bit Compress Graphics command is not supported when defining logos.) Step 3: Send the Store Graphic Image command to the printer. Step 4: Wait for the printer to respond with “D” (Hexadecimal 44) indicating that the printer has begun

storing the image. Step 5: Wait for the printer to respond with an Exclamation Point character (Hexadecimal 21) indicating that

the image has been stored.

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Load Graphic Image ESC L G n

This command indicates that graphic commands describing an image to be stored is to follow. The value of n is used to identify this particular graphic image and may be any printable ASCII character (21 ≤ n ≤ 7E). This same value is then used to print the graphic

The graphic data is sent using Graphic commands as described on page 2,436 graphic lines. The loading process will terminate when 2,436 lines have been received, or upon receipt of the Store Graphic Image command.

Example: This escape sequence specifies that the following graphic command(s) will define graphic image “A”.

Escape Sequence: ESC L G A Graphics Data Hexadecimal: 1B 4C 47 41 Graphic commands as described on page

Note: This command may be used to store graphic images that can later be recalled and printed using O’Neil

Emulation Easy Print commands. The name used in the Easy Print command would be “LOGOn”, or “LOGOA” for the above example.

16. The image may consist of up to

16.

Store Graphic Image ESC L G DEL

This command terminates the Load Graphic Image mode and causes the graphic image to be stored in the printer’s Flash memory.

After this command is received, the printer will transmit a “D” (Hexadecimal 44) and begin saving the image. Once the image is stored, the printer will transmit a an Exclamation Point (Hexadecimal 21). The image may now be printed using the Print Graphic Image command.

Caution: The printer power must remain on throughout this entire process.

Escape Sequence: ESC L G DEL Hexadecimal: 1B 4C 47 FF

Print Graphic Image ESC L g n

This command will print a graphic image that was previously stored using the Load Graphic Image command.

Example: The following escape sequence will print the graphic logo stored as “A”.

Escape Sequence: ESC L g A Hexadecimal: 1B 4C 67 41

Black Mark Sensing

The MtP Series printers can print on preprinted forms on roll media by using a “black mark” to sense the beginning of each form. The black mark is located on the form in a position where the printer’s paper out sensor can be used to detect its presence. Additionally, the “LP” models are capable of sensing a black mark on the back side of the form and for sensing the gap between labels. The recommended position for the black mark is described below.

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Black Mark Requirements

The position described below is designed to be used when seeking a Black Mark at the beginning of a print job. This position and will require little or no reverse paper motion resulting in the fastest throughput and best printing alignment, and reduces the potential for paper jams. However, the vertical position of the Black Mark is entirely dependant on the application program that is controlling the printer.

The Black Mark must be printed on the front side of the paper for non “LP” models, and may optionally be printed on the back side of the paper for the “LP” models. Refer to the printer’s Operator’s Manual for instructions on selecting which sensor is used.

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Tear edge.

Black Mark should span width of paper for best results.

Optimum Black Mark Position

Black Mark Sensing Commands

0.9”

0.15”

Front (thermal printed) side of form.

Set Paper Out Sensitivity ESC Q Q n

This command sets the number of 0.125mm dot rows of paper motion that can occur after the paper out sensor detects the lack of paper before a paper out condition is displayed and the printer stops printing. Using this command to set a number of dot rows larger than the vertical size of the black mark, which looks like a lack of paper, allows the printer to continue operating in the area of the black mark. 0 ≤ n ≤ 255, the default value is

40.

Example: The following escape sequence will set the paper out sensitivity to 50 dot rows.

Escape Sequence ESC Q Q 50 Hexadecimal 1B 51 51 32

Forward Seek Black Mark ESC Q F n

This command causes the printer to move the paper forward up to n dot rows to seek the beginning of a black mark on a form where 0 ≤ n ≤ 255 0.250mm dot rows. If the black mark is found, the printer responds with the escape sequence ESC Q ? ? n1 n2 where n1 n2 represent the number of dot rows the paper was moved before the black mark was detected. If the black mark is not found, the printer responds with ESC Q 0 0 n1 n2 where n1 n2 represent the number of dot rows moved before the seek was aborted.

Example: The following escape sequence commands the printer to move the paper forward up to 200 * 0.250 mm dot rows in search of a black mark on the form. This example also shows the printer’s response that it found the beginning of the black mark in 183 dot rows.

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Command sent to printer:

Escape Sequence: ESC Q F 200 Hexadecimal: 1B 51 46 C8

Response from printer:

Escape Sequence: ESC Q ? ? ; 7 Hexadecimal: 1B 51 3F 3F 3B 37

Note that the values for n1 n2, or in this example “;” “7” in the response from the printer, represent the upper and lower nibbles, respectively, of the number of dot rows the paper was moved before detecting the beginning of the black mark. Each of these values has been “or’ed” with 30 Hexadecimal in order to provide the character shown. As a result, the value represented by “;” is 176, and the value represented by “7” is 7, indicating that the paper was moved 183 dot rows, or 45.75mm.

Reverse Seek Black Mark ESC Q B n

This command is identical to the Forward Seek Black Mark command described above except that the paper is moved in the reverse direction in order to seek the bottom edge of the black mark. Care should be taken not to move the paper very far in the reverse direction to avoid wrinkling the paper and creating the possibility of paper jams.

Note that reverse paper motion is not supported in MtP400 SL models and this command is ignored.

Black Mark Found (Response From Printer) ESC Q ? ? n1 n2

This response is provided by the printer after detecting the presence of a black mark on the form in response to either a Forward Seek Black Mark or Reverse Seek Black Mark command. Please refer to the example for Forward Seek Black Mark, above.

Black Mark Not Found (Response From Printer) ESC Q 0 0 n1 n2

This response is provided by the printer when the presence of a black mark is not detected on the form in response to either a Forward Seek Black Mark or Reverse Seek Black Mark command. Please refer to the example for Forward Seek Black Mark, above.

Gap Sensing

Gap sensing is only available on “LP” models and is used to sense the space between die cut labels. The minimum space between labels is 0.125” (3.2mm).

Gap sensing is very similar to Black Mark sensing and uses the same commands. Refer to the Operator’s Manual for instructions on how to select Gap versus Black Mark sensing.

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Printer Controls

Bell BEL

Causes the printer's bell to sound.

Control code: BEL Hexadecimal: 07

CANCEL CAN

Deletes all data in the printer’s input buffer and resets the printer to power up default values. Refer to “Printer Reset Conditions

Control Code: CAN Hexadecimal: 18

Reset ESC c

” on page 49 for more information.

Deletes all data in the printer’s input buffer and resets the printer to power up default values. Refer to “Printer Reset Conditions

Escape Sequence: ESC c Hexadecimal: 1B 63

” on page 49 for more information.

Print Contrast ESC P n

Sets the contrast, or relative “darkness”, of the characters or graphic images to be printed where 0 ≤ n ≤ 9 (hexadecimal 30-39). A value of zero provides the greatest contrast and also the slowest print speed. Likewise, a value of nine provides the lowest contrast, but the fastest print speed. The default value is “5”.

Since contrast is greatly affected by the quality of thermal paper being used, this command allows varying grades of paper to be printed on successfully.

In association with this setting, the printer automatically adjusts the contrast while printing in order to achieve consistent output based on the current battery condition and print head temperature.

Example: The following escape sequence with set the printer to a Print Contrast setting of “4”.

Escape Sequence: ESC P 4 Hexadecimal: 1B 50 34

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Buffer Mode ESC P # ESC P $

Buffer Mode may be used to force the printer to “hold” data until the entire print job is received.

If Buffer Mode has been enabled, the printer continues to hold data in its input buffer until an EOT character (Hexadecimal 04) has been received. Once the EOT is received, the printer will print the data in the input buffer up to the EOT character.

When Buffer Mode is not enabled (default) data are printed as received.

Example 1: The following escape sequence enables Buffer Mode.

Escape Sequence: ESC P $ Hexadecimal: 1B 4D 24

Example 2: This escape sequence disables Buffer Mode.

Escape Sequence: ESC P # Hexadecimal: 1B 4D 23

Select Format ESC l n

Causes the current line to be printed, and then loads the format parameters for Format n. 1 ≥ n ≥ 5. If Format n is already selected, this command is ignored. Refer to the Printer Configuration section of the Operator’s Manual for complete details.

Example: This escape sequence selects Format 2.

Escape Sequence: ESC l 2 Hexadecimal: 1B 6C 02

Select Emulation ESC ESC n

Select the printer emulation mode to be used for future commands. For complete details, refer to “Selecting Emulations

” on page 3.

Printer Status Commands

Print Battery Status ESC P ^

This command will cause the printer to print the current battery voltage and charge status followed by a Carriage Return and Line Feed.

If a partial line exists in the buffer, it will be printed prior to printing the battery information.

Escape Sequence: ESC P ^ Hexadecimal: 1B 50 5E

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Query Printer Status STX SYN

Each of these commands returns character strings which provide information regarding the current print buffer status and the magnetic card reader status. Additionally, SYN will return the current battery voltage.

Each status is returned as an escape sequence and four ASCII hexadecimal digits followed by a Carriage Return and Line Feed. The hexadecimal digits are nibbles that have been “OR’ed” with 0x30. The statuses returned for each command are as follows:

Command Returned Strings Comment STX ESC B b1 b2 b3 b4 CR LF

ESC M m s1 s2 t CR LF

SYN ESC B b1 b2 b3 b4 CR LF

ESC M m s1 s2 t CR LF ESC V v1 v2 v3 v4 CR LF

Print Buffer Status String

The print buffer status will be retuned as a four digits representing the number bytes in the buffer that remain to be processed, divided by 32. For example, if b1-b4 = “0020”, this would indicate that there are at least 20 x 32, or 640, bytes remaining to be processed. A value of “0000” would indicate that the buffer is empty.

Print Buffer Status MCR Status Print Buffer Status MCR Status Battery Voltage Status

Magnetic Card Reader Status String

The MCR status indicates the presence of a reader in the printer, and if present, its current status.

m “0” if MCR is present. “X” if not installed in printer.

s1, s2 Number of seconds remaining for a good card swipe

before the timeout specified in the read command occurs. If this value is “00” and a non-zero value for t is returned, the reader will not time out and must be cancelled by a Cancel Read Magnetic Card Reader command.

t The tracks to be read as specified by the read

command. If this value is zero and m and s1, s2 are also zero, this indicates that the reader is present but currently disabled (no read pending).

Battery Voltage Status String

This string contains the current battery voltage in millivolts. A string where v1 through v4 contains “7123” would indicate that the battery voltage is currently 7123 millivolts, or 7.123 volts.

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Example: The following control code will return the status of the print buffer, the magnetic card reader, and the battery voltage.

Control Code: SYN Hexadecimal: 16

The three sample status strings that would be returned in response to this command are as follows.

Print Buffer Status: ESC B 0 0 4 2 CR LF 1,344 bytes in input buffer. Hexadecimal: 1B 42 30 30 34 32 0D 0A

MCR Status: ESC M 0 1 2 4 CR LF Twelve seconds remain to read 1 & 2. Hexadecimal: 1B 4D 30 31 32 34 0D 0A

Battery Voltage: ESC V 7 1 2 3 CR LF Battery Voltage is 7.123 Volts Hexadecimal: 1B 56 37 31 32 33 0D 0A

Query Printer Firmware Version ESC P (

This command returns a string containing the printer’s firmware version designation as three ASCII digits. The three digits may be interpreted by adding a decimal point between the first two digits as shown in the example below.

Example: This following escape sequence requests the printer’s firmware version.

Escape Sequence: ESC P ( Hexadecimal: 1B 50 28

A sample string returned in response to this command is shown below and indicates that the firmware version is “1.00”.

Firmware Version: ESC ( 1 0 0 SPACE CR LF Hexadecimal: 1B 28 31 30 30 20 0D 0A

Query Printer Model and Hardware Revision Level ESC P )

This command returns a string containing three digits that represent the printer model and a single character that represents the printer’s hardware revision level. The printer models indicated by the three digits are as follows:

Value Printer Model Value Printer Model

300 MtP300 400 MtP400 302 MtP300 with MCR 401 MtP400 SL 304 MtP300 LP 402 MtP400 with MCR 306 MtP300 LP with MCR 403 MtP400 SL with MCR 404 MtP400 LP 406 MtP400 LP with MCR

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Example: This escape sequence requests the printer’s model and revision level.

Escape Sequence: ESC P ) Hexadecimal: 1B 50 29

A sample string returned in response to this command is shown below and indicates that the printer is a model is an MtP400 SL with a Magnetic Card Reader, and is at hardware revision level “A”.

Printer/Version: ESC ) 4 0 3 A CR LF Hexadecimal: 1B 29 34 30 33 41 0D 0A

Magnetic Card Reader

Read Magnetic Card Data ESC M n1 n2 t CR

If the optional Magnetic Card Reader (MCR) is installed in the printer, this command instructs the printer to read data from a card such as a credit card or driver’s license. The MCR is a three track reader designed to read magnetically encoded data conforming to ANSI/ISO 7810, 7811 standards. The card specifications are listed below.

Track 1

ISO1 (IATA)

Recording Density 210 bpi 75 bpi 210 bpi

Data Bits 7 5 7

Characters Per Track 79 40 107

Card Thickness 0.030” ±0.003” (0.76mm ±0.08mm)

The Read Magnetic Card Data command to allows an application to request that the MCR reads one, two, or three tracks simultaneously within a specified number of seconds, where n1 n2 are ASCII digits that specify the number of seconds to wait for the user to successfully swipe a card before a “timeout” error occurs, and t is an ASCII digit specifying the tracks to be read.

Specifying a timeout value of “00” disables the timeout timer and allows the user to swipe a card until a successful read is accomplished or until a cancel command (ESC C) is sent by the host.

Tracks To Be Read

1 Track 1 2 Track 2 3 Track 3 4 Tracks 1 & 2 5 Tracks 2 & 3 6 Tracks 1, 2 & 3

Track 2

ISO2 (ABA)

Track 3

ISO3 (MINTS)

After the printer receives the command, the may now pass the card to be read through the MCR slot near the front of the printer. The card may be swiped

MCR indicator will begin to flash indicating to the user that (s)he

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in either direction. If the read is successful, the the printer will transmit the data read and/or the status of the requested read operation.

If a swipe does not result in a successful read, the message as described below will be transmitted. The card may be swiped multiple times until a successful read occurs or until the specified timeout expires. Once the timeout occurs, the MCR will be disabled and both indicators will be turned off.

The data are returned as string(s) of ASCII characters in the following format.

ASCII: % / 1 / track 1 data ? CR LF Hexadecimal: 25 2F 31 2F … 3F 0D 0A

ASCII: ; / 2 / track 2 data ? CR LF Hexadecimal: 3B 2F 32 2F … 3F 0D 0A

ASCII: + / 3 / track 3 data ? CR LF Hexadecimal: 2B 2F 33 2F … 3F 0D 0A

Note: If no data is available for a track, the track data portion of the string will be empty. Other tracks

containing valid data will be returned. If an error occurs on any track, the track data portion of the string for that track will contain a single “E” (Hexadecimal 45).

If for any reason the MCR is unable to read the card’s data, the printer will transmit an error message string in the format shown below. The characters n1 n2 represent an error number and error message is a description of the error. Possible values are described in the subsequent table.

MCR indicator will stay lit momentarily (not flashing) and

Error Indicator will also begin to flash and an error

ASCII: % E , n1 n2 , error message , CR LF Hexadecimal: 25 45 2C … … 2C … 2C 0D 0A

n1 n2

Error Message

05 Time-out Expired 07 Invalid Track Number 08 Unsupported Track Selected 09 Cancel Request

Cancel Read Magnetic Card Data Command ESC C

This command will cancel a pending MCR read command. The printer will transmit an “error” message indicating that it has processed the cancel request and turn off the MCR indicator.

Escape Sequence: ESC C Hexadecimal: 1B 43

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Control Code and Escape Sequence Summary

Communications (RS-232C Serial Interface Only)

End of Text ETX Acknowledge (Transmitted by Printer) ACK Printer Idle (Transmitted by Printer) EOT Transmitter On (Transmitted by Printer) XON (DC1) Transmitter Off (Transmitted by Printer) XOFF (DC3)

Character Size and Line Spacing

Select Character Pitch ESC K n Set Printer to 12.7 cpi SO Set Printer to 22.6 cpi SI Set Printer to 22.6 cpi NORM (DC4) Double High On FS Double High Off GS Set Text Line Spacing ESC a n

Character Attributes

Select Emphasized Mode ESC U n

Character Sets

Select Extended Character Set ESC F n

Horizontal Position

Carriage Return CR Backspace BS Horizontal Tab HT Set Horizontal Margins ESC H l r

Vertical Position

Line Feed LF Variable Size Line Feed ESC J n Variable Size Reverse Line Feed ESC Q J n Vertical Tab VT Form Feed FF

Bar Codes

Print Bar Code ESC z t n h data Print Bar Code With Human Readable Text ESC Z t n h data

Graphics

8-Bit Graphics ESC # h w data 8 Bit Compressed Graphics ESC v h w c data [c data] [c data] …

Storing and Printing Graphic Logos

Load Graphic Logo ESC L G n Store Graphic Logo ESC L G DEL Print Graphic Logo ESC L g n

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Black Mark Sensing

Set Paper Out Sensitivity ESC Q Q n Forward Seek Black Mark ESC Q F n Reverse Seek Black Mark ESC Q B n

Printer Controls

Sound Bell BEL Cancel CAN Reset Printer ESC c Print Contrast ESC P n Enable Buffer Mode ESC P # Disable Buffer Mode ESC P $ Print Buffer Contents (Buffer Mode) EOT Select Format ESC l n Select Emulation ESC ESC n

Printer Status Commands

Print Battery Status ESC P ^ Query Print Buffer & MCR Status STX Query Print Buffer, MCR, & Battery Voltage Status SYN Query Printer Firmware Version ESC P ( Query Printer Model and Hardware Revision Level ESC P )

Magnetic Card Reader

Read Magnetic Card Data ESC M n1 n2 t CR Cancel Magnetic Card Data Read Command ESC C

Mt3 Emulation

Selecting Mt3 Emulation allows applications written for the Printek Mt3 series printers to operate properly. When using this emulation in an MtP400, the printer matches the print width of the Printek Mt3 by only allowing printing to occur on the leftmost 2.83 inches (576 dots) of the print line.

For information on selecting emulations using Escape Sequences, please refer to “

3. For information selecting emulations through the printer’s control panel set up, please refer to the

page printer’s Operator’s Manual.

The following summary lists the commands supported when Mt3 Emulation is selected. For more detailed information, please refer to the Mt3 Programmer’s Manual.

Communications (RS-232C Serial Interface Only)

Character Size and Line Spacing

Select Character Pitch ESC k n Set Printer to 12 cpi SO Set Printer to 21 cpi SI Set Printer to 21 cpi NORM (DC4) Double High On FS Double High Off GS Set Text Line Spacing ESC a n

Character Attributes

Select Emphasized Mode ESC U n

Character Sets

Select Extended Character Set ESC F n

Horizontal Position

Carriage Return CR Backspace BS Horizontal Tab HT

Vertical Position

Line Feed LF Variable Size Line Feed ESC J n Variable Size Reverse Line Feed ESC Q J n Vertical Tab VT Form Feed FF

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Bar Codes

Print Bar Code ESC z t n h data Print Bar Code With Human Readable Text ESC Z t n h data

Graphics

8-Bit Graphics ESC V n1 n2 data 8 Bit Compressed Graphics ESC v h w c data [c data] [c data] …

Storing and Printing Graphic Logos

Enter Flash Logo Mode ESC D L Load Graphic Logo ESC L G 0 Store Graphic Logo ESC L G DEL Print Graphic Logo ESC L g 0

Black Mark Sensing

Set Paper Out Sensitivity ESC Q Q n Forward Seek Black Mark ESC Q F n Reverse Seek Black Mark ESC Q B n

Printer Controls

Cancel CAN Print Contrast ESC P n Peak Power Mode ESC P n Enable Buffer Mode ESC P # Disable Buffer Mode ESC P $ Print Buffer Contents (Buffer Mode) EOT Select Emulation ESC ESC n

Printer Status Commands

Magnetic Card Reader

Read Magnetic Card Data ESC M n1 n2 t CR Cancel Magnetic Card Data Read Command ESC C

O’Neil Emulation

O’Neil Emulation allows the Printek MtP Series printers to respond to commands designed to operate an O’Neil microFlash printer. The commands that are supported are listed below.

Communications

Same as Printek Emulation

Line Printer Mode

Character Size and Line Spacing

Select Double Wide SO Cancel Double Wide SI Multiply Character Height ESC H n Select Double High and Double Wide ESC ! n

Character Sets

Select Font ESC w n

Horizontal Position

Carriage Return CR

Vertical Position

Line Feed LF Form Feed FF Set Interline Spacing ESC A n Set Form Length ESC C n Advance From Q Mark ESC Q n1 n2

Graphics

Select Graphics Mode ESC V n1 n2 Begin Graphics ESC B End Graphics ESC E

Printer Controls

Cancel Line Buffer CAN Reset ESC @ Select Easy Print Mode ESC E Z

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Easy Print Mode

Move Paper Forward {AHEAD:n} Move Paper Backward {BACK:n} Select Line Printer Mode {LP} Print Test Page {TP} Save Graphic {SAVE:n} This command has been added to provide a

mechanism for storing graphic images. The image defined in the PRINT command that immediately follows will be stored as a graphic named “n”, where n is a string of up to five characters in length.

Print Text Line/Bar Code/Graphic Image/Line

{PRINT,GlobalOptions:@row,column:name,FieldOptions|data|}

GlobalOptions: BACK, DEMAND, QUANTITY, QSTOP, STOP, ROT270

FieldOptions: Fonts – HMULTn (HMn), VMULTn (VMn)

Bar Codes – HIGHn (Hn), WIDEn (Wn) Graphics – HMULTn (HMn), VMULTn (VMn) Lines – length n (Ln), thick n (Tn)

Line Printer and Easy Print Modes

Query Commands

Print Status Request ESC{ST?} Configuration Request ESC{CF?} Battery Condition Request ESC{BT?} Version Request ESC{VR?} Memory Information/Status Request ESC{MY?} Print Head Information Request ESC{PH?} IrDA Configuration Information Request ESC{IR?} Font List Request ESC{FN?} Graphic List Request ESC{GR?} Format List Request ESC{FM?} Demand Quantity Remaining Request ESC{DQ?} Cancel Demand Printing ESC{CN!} Reset Printer ESC{RE!}

Magnetic Card Reader Commands

Configure Reader ESC{CCR:n} Configure MCR ESC{CMR:n} Enable MCR ESC{ME!} Disable MCR ESC{MD!} Zero MCR Data ESC{MZ!} Read MCR Status ESC{RS?} Read MCR Data ESC{MR?}

Printer Controls

Select Emulation ESC ESC n

Font Mapping

Line Printer Mode Easy Print Mode Font Used

0x20 MF102 10.2 cpi Sans Serif A 0x21 MF204 20.3 cpi Courier 0x22 MF072 10.2 cpi Sans Serif A 0x23 MF055 5.5 cpi Sans Serif A 0x24 MF185 18.5 cpi Courier 0x25 MF226 22.6 cpi Courier 0x26 MF107 10.7 cpi Sans Serif A

* * 15.6 cpi Courier

* All other font specifications.

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ZPL-II Emulation

ZPL-II Emulation supports a subset of the Zebra ZPL-II command set and allows the Printek MtP Series printers to respond to commands designed to control a ZPL-II compatible printer. The commands that are supported are listed below.

Select Font For Current Field ^A n1,n2,n3,n4 Interleaved 2 of 5 Bar Code ^B2 n1,n2,n3,n4,n5 Code 39 Bar Code ^B3 n1,n2,n3,n4,n5 PDF417 Bar Code ^B7 n1,n2,n3,n4,n5,n6 EAN-8 Bar Code ^B8 n1,n2,n3,n4 UPC-E Bar Code ^B9 n1,n2,n3,n4,n5 Code 128 (A, B, C) Bar Code ^BC n1,n2,n3,n4,n5,n6 EAN-13 Bar Code ^BE n1,n2,n3,n4 ANSI Codabar Bar Code ^BK n1,n2,n3,n4,n5,n6,n7 UPC-A Bar Code ^BU n1,n2,n3,n4,n5 Bar Code Field Default ^BY n1,n2,n3 Download Format ^DF n1:n2.n3 Field Data ^FD n Field Number ^FN n Field Origin ^FO n1,n2 Field Separator ^FS or SI Graphic Box ^GB n1,n2,n3,n4,n5 Change Backfeed Sequence to Normal ~JSN Set 230 Dots Per Inch ^JMA Reprint After Error = Yes ^JZY Label Home ^LH n1,n2 Label Reverse Print = No ^LRN Label Top ^LT n Map Clear = Yes ^MCY Print Mirror Image = No ^PMN Print Quality ^PQ n1,n2,n3,n4 Print Rate = Maximum ^PR4,4 Select ZPL-II ^SZ2 Media Feed ^MF n1,n2 Start Format ^XA or STX Recall Format ^XF n1,n2,n3 End Format ^XZ or ETX

Additional Printer Control

Select Emulation ESC ESC n

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Bar Code and Font Indices

Bar Code

Interleaved 2 of 5 2 Code 39 3 PDF417 7 EAN-8 8 UPC-E 9 Code 128 C EAN-13 E Codabar (ANSI) K UPC-A U

Font Requested

Zebra Font A A 25.4 cpi Courier Zebra Font B B 22.6 cpi Courier Zebra Font C C 18.5 cpi Courier Zebra Font D D 18.5 cpi Courier Zebra Font E E 10.2 cpi Sans Serif A Zebra Font F F 5.5 cpi Sans Serif A Zebra Font G G 10.7 cpi Sans Serif A

Index

Index Font Used

CPCL Emulation

CPCL Emulation supports a subset of the Comtec CPCL command set and allows the Printek MtP Series printers to respond to commands designed to control a CPCL compatible printer. The commands that are supported are listed below.

Note: This emulation is only available in units with firmware version 2.0 or later.

CPCL Commands

Terminate and Print File PRINT Form Feed FORM {max feed} {skip length} Set Form Feed SETFF Place Text on Label TEXT, T {font} {size} {x} {y} {data} Place Text on Label, Rotated 90° CCW TEXT90, VTEXT, T90, VT {font} {size} {x} {y} {data} Place Text on Label, Rotated 180° TEXT180, T180 {font} {size} {x} {y} {data} Place Text on Label, Rotated 270° CCW TEXT270, T270 {font} {size} {x} {y} {data} Place Mult. Same Size Text Lines on Label MULTILINE, ML {height}{text} {font} {size} {x} {y} {data} ENDMULTILINE, ENDML Set Font Magnification SETMAG {w} {h} Print Bar Code BARCODE, B {type*} {width} {ratio} {height} {x} {y} {data} Print Vertical Bar Code VBARCODE, VB {type*} {width} {ratio} {height} {x} {y} {data} Print PDF-417 Bar Code BARCODE PDF-417 {x} {y} [XD n] [YD n [C n] [S n] {data} ENDPDF Print Human Readable Text Under Bar Code BARCODE-TEXT, BT {font number} {font size} {offset} Place a Rectangular Box on Label BOX {x0} {y0{ {x1} {y1} {width} Place a Line on Label LINE, L {x0} {y0{ {x1} {y1} {width} Place Expanded Graphics on Label EXPANDED-GRAPHICS, EG {width} {height} {x} {y} {data} Place Vertical Expanded Graphics on Label VEXPANDED-GRAPHICS, VEG {width} {height} {x} {y} {data} Place Compressed Graphics on Label COMPRESSED-GRAPHICS, CG {width} {height} {x} {y} {data} Place Vertical Compressed Graphics on Label VCOMPRESSED-GRAPHICS, VCG {width} {height} {x} {y} {data} Set Print Contrast Level CONTRAST {level} Set Print Tone Level TONE {level} Set Page Width PAGE-WIDTH,PW {width} Enable Pace Mode PACE Disable Pace Mode NO-PACE Wait n/8 Seconds WAIT {delay-time} Set Maximum Print Speed SPEED {speed level} Set Paper Feed Distance Before Printing PREFEED {length} Set Paper Feed Distance After Printing POSTFEED {length} Position Media at Tear Bar for n/8 Seconds PRESENT-AT {length} {delay} Sound Control Panel Bell for n/8 Seconds BEEP {beep length}

CPCL Emulation

Utility Commands

Set Line Printer Font SETLP {font number} {font size} {unit height} Set Line Feed Height SETLF {unit height} Set Horizontal Position X {unit value} Set Horizontal and Vertical Position XY {x unit value} {y unit value} Set Vertical Position Y {unit value} Move Horiz. Relative to Current Position RX {unit x value to move relative to present position} Move Vertically Relative to Current Position RY {unit y value to move relative to present position} Set Left Margin LMARGIN {dots to offset from left} Set Bold Mode SETBOLD {value} Set Spacing Between Characters SETSP {unit to separate characters} Align Media to Print Head SETFF {max-feed} {skip-length} Set Start Printing Timeout to n/8 Seconds SETLP-TIMEOUT {time in 1/8 seconds} Set Page Width PAGE-WIDTH, PW {width} Print Bar Code BARCODE, B {type*} {width} {ratio} {height} {x} {y} {data} Print Vertical Bar Code VBARCODE, VB {type*} {width} {ratio} {height} {x} {y} {data} Print a Rectangular Box BOX {x0} {y0} {x1} {y1} {width} Print a Line LINE, L {x0} {y0} {x1} {y1} {width} Set Print Tone TONE {level}

*Supported barcode types:

UPCA,UPCE,EAN13,EAN8,39,39C,I2OF5,I2OF5C,128,UCCEAN128,CODABAR,CODABAR16

Line Print Mode Commands

Graphic Data ESC-g {00} {width} Carriage Return CR Line Feed LF Form Feed FF Backspace BS I/O Handshake, Printer Responds With ACK ETX Use Font File ! USE-FORMAT, ! UF {format name} Define Font File ! DEFINE-FORMAT, !DF{format name} Begin a Label Print Session ! {offset} 200 200 {height} {qty} Single Utility Command ! U1 {single utility command} Multiple Utility Command ! UTILITIES, ! U {multiple utility command separated by CRLF} PRINT

Additional Printer Control

Select Emulation ESC ESC n

Hex Dump Mode

Hex Dump provides a way to print, in a readable form, all the data received by the printer. This tool is useful to programmers for debugging programs when sending control codes and escape sequences to the printer. Hex Dump mode may also be used to detect what commands are being sent by a particular software application to help determine which emulation mode is needed for that application.

When the printer is operating in Hex Dump mode, control characters and escape sequences sent to the printer are not recognized or processed. The hexadecimal representation of the control characters and escape sequences will appear in the hex dump, but no other special processing will occur.

To select Hex Dump mode, enter Setup and use the Next use the Now press the

Enter Button to select “Emulation” and then use the Increment Button to select “Hex Dump”.

Advance Button Until “Exit Setup, Save Changes” is displayed and press the Enter Button.

Advance Button to select the “INTERFACE MENU”.

The printer will now reset and remain in Hex Dump mode until the “Emulation” is set back to another appropriate value.

A sample hex dump for the MtP400 is shown below. Note that each line shows sixteen characters, first in hexadecimal format and then in printable ASCII format. Certain, common nonprinting characters are

, and

. The Escape character is represented by a diamond shape

represented by special characters such as

♦) to help identify the beginning of command strings. All other unprintable ASCII characters (0x00-0x1F) are

(

represented by a period.

54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 61 20 73 61 6D 70 6C 65 This.is.a.sample 20 68 65 78 20 64 75 6D 70 20 74 6F 20 69 6C 6C .hex.dump.to.ill 75 73 74 72 61 74 65 20 68 65 78 20 64 75 6D 70 ustrate.hex.dump 66 6F 72 6D 61 74 0D 0A 0C 00 00 00 00 1B 1B 01 format

CRLFF

F....♦♦.

The format of the Hex Dump output for the MtP300 models will vary slightly due to constraints of printing on the smaller width paper.

Note: ETX/ACK handshake will not operate properly in Hex Dump mode. When an ETX is received by the

printer, its hexadecimal representation will be printed in the hex dump, but no ACK will be sent to the host computer. When using the printer in Hex Dump mode using the RS-232C Serial Interface, it is recommended that the printer be configured for RTS/CTS handshake or XON/XOFF handshake.

Note: The Hex Dump feature is only available in units with firmware version 2.0 or later.

Print & Font Samples

These print samples were produced on an MtP400.

Print Samples

Print & Font Samples

Courier Font With International Extended Character Set

Courier Font PC Line Drawing Extended Character Set

Sans Serif Font

Print & Font Samples

ASCII Character Tables

ASCII Control Code Definitions

The following table is provided as a reference to the control character descriptions as provided by the ASCII definition. Not all of these definitions are supported by the Printek MtP Series printers and some are emulation dependent. For more information consult the appropriate chapter for the emulation being used.

Control Hexadecimal Code Value Description

─────────── ───────────── ─────────── NUL 00 Null SOH 01 Start of Heading STX 02 Start of Text ETX 03 End of Text EOT 04 End of Transmission ENQ 05 Enquiry ACK 06 Acknowledge BEL 07 Bell BS 08 Backspace HT 09 Horizontal Tabulation LF 0A Line Feed VT 0B Vertical Tabulation FF 0C Form Feed CR 0D Carriage Return SO 0E Shift Out SI 0F Shift In DLE 10 Data Link Escape DC1 11 Device Control 1 (XON) DC2 12 Device Control 2 DC3 13 Device Control 3 (XOFF) DC4 14 Device Control 4 NAK 15 Negative Acknowledge SYN 16 Synchronous Idle ETB 17 End of Transmission Block CAN 18 Cancel EM 19 End of Medium SUB 1A Substitute ESC 1B Escape FS 1C File Separator GS 1D Group Separator RS 1E Record Separator US 1F Unit Separator

ASCII Character Tables

Decimal to Hexadecimal TO ASCII Conversion Table

Dec Hex ASCII

0 00 NUL 1 01 SOH 2 02 STX 3 03 ETX 4 04 EOT 5 05 ENQ 6 06 ACK 7 07 BEL 8 08 BS 9 09 HT 10 0A LF 11 0B VT 12 0C FF 13 0D CR 14 0E SO 15 0F SI 16 10 DLE 17 11 XON 18 12 DC2 19 13 XOFF 20 14 DC4 21 15 NAK 22 16 SYN 23 17 ETB 24 18 CAN 25 19 EM 26 1A SUB 27 1B ESC 28 1C FS 29 1D GS 30 1E RS 31 1F US 32 20 SP 33 21 ! 34 22 “ 35 23 # 36 24 $ 37 25 % 38 26 & 39 27 ' 40 28 ( 41 29 ) 42 2A * 43 2B + 44 2C , 45 2D 46 2E . 47 2F / 48 30 0 49 31 1 50 32 2 51 33 3 52 34 4 53 35 5 54 36 6 55 37 7 56 38 8 57 39 9 58 3A : 59 3B ; 60 3C < 61 3D = 62 3E > 63 3F ?

Dec

Hex ASCII

64 40 @ 65 41 A 66 42 B 67 43 C 68 44 D 69 45 E 70 46 F 71 47 G 72 48 H 73 49 I 74 4A J 75 4B K 76 4C L 77 4D M 78 4E N 79 4F O 80 50 P 81 51 Q 82 52 R 83 53 S 84 54 T 85 55 U 86 56 V 87 57 W 88 58 X 89 59 Y 90 5A Z 91 5B [ 92 5C \ 93 5D ] 94 5E ^ 95 5F _ 96 60 ` 97 61 a 98 62 b 99 63 c 100 64 d 101 65 e 102 66 f 103 67 g 104 68 h 105 69 i 106 6A j 107 6B k 108 6C l 109 6D m 110 6E n 111 6F o 112 70 p 113 71 q 114 72 r 115 73 s 116 74 t 117 75 u 118 76 v 119 77 w 120 78 x 121 79 y 122 7A z 123 7B { 124 7C | 125 7D } 126 7E ~ 127 7F DEL

Dec

Hex

128 80 129 81 130 82 131 83 132 84 133 85 134 86 135 87 136 88 137 89 138 8A 139 8B 140 8C 141 8D 142 8E 143 8F 144 90 145 91 146 92 147 93 148 94 149 95 150 96 151 97 152 98 153 99 154 9A 155 9B 156 9C 157 9D 158 9E 159 9F 160 A0 161 A1 162 A2 163 A3 164 A4 165 A5 166 A6 167 A7 168 A8 169 A9 170 AA 171 AB 172 AC 173 AD 174 AE 175 AF 176 B0 177 B1 178 B2 179 B3 180 B4 181 B5 182 B6 183 B7 184 B8 185 B9 186 BA 187 BB 188 BC 189 BD 190 BE 191 BF

Dec

Hex

192 C0 193 C1 194 C2 195 C3 196 C4 197 C5 198 C6 199 C7 200 C8 201 C9 202 CA 203 CB 204 CC 205 CD 206 CE 207 CF 208 D0 209 D1 210 D2 211 D3 212 D4 213 D5 214 D6 215 D7 216 D8 217 D9 218 DA 219 DB 220 DC 221 DD 222 DE 223 DF 224 E0 225 E1 226 E2 227 E3 228 E4 229 E5 230 E6 231 E7 232 E8 233 E9 234 EA 235 EB 236 EC 237 ED 238 EE 239 EF 240 F0 241 F1 242 F2 243 F3 244 F4 245 F5 246 F6 247 F7 248 F8 249 F9 250 FA 251 FB 252 FC 253 FD 254 FE 255 FF

Printer Reset Conditions

The following list describes what conditions are assumed whenever the printer is powered on, the Setup Menus are exited, or a reset escape sequence is received when the printer is operating in an emulation mode which supports such a sequence.

This list includes all variables which may be modified by the user for all emulations even though some emulations cannot modify all the variables shown. Refer to the appropriate section for the emulation being used.

Variable Reset Condition ─────────────── ───────────────

Emulation According to Interface Setup Line Printer/Easy Print Line Printer Mode Character Pitch/Font According to Format Setup Extended Character Set International Double High Off Double Wide Off Emphasized Off Line Spacing According to Format Setup Left Margin According to Format Setup Right Margin According to Format Setup Print Contrast According to Format Setup Buffer Mode Disabled Text in an Incomplete Line Discarded Input Buffer Cleared (unless reset from host) Magnetic Card Reader Pending Read Canceled

Glossary

802.11 Wireless networking communication standards created by IEEE.

access point An interface between a wireless network and a wired network.

Ad-Hoc A Wi-Fi network consisting of only stations (no access point). Same as Peer-

to-Peer.

ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange.

authentication The process a Wi-Fi station uses to identify itself to another station.

bandwidth The amount of data that be transferred in a given period of time.

baud rate The rate at which characters are transmitted over a serial interface. This is also

often referred to as bits per second.

binary Base two numbering system. Digits are represented by the characters 0 and 1.

bit A single binary digit.

Bluetooth A definition for short range radio frequency communications.

client Any node on a network that requests services from another node (server).

control code A single, non-printing character which is used to control the configuration or

operation of the printer.

character pitch The horizontal spacing of characters. Measured in cpi.

cpi Characters per inch.

current line The line upon which the next character will be printed.

current print position The column on the current line where the next character will be printed.

default Value or configuration assumed when the printer is powered on or reset.

DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A method used to centrally control the

assignment of IP addresses on a network.

dpi Dots per inch. Generally used to refer to graphics density or resolution.

escape sequence String of characters beginning with the escape (ESC) character which is used

to control the configuration or operation of the printer. The characters which are part of this string are not printed.

font A group of characters of a given shape or style.

hexadecimal Base sixteen numbering system. Digits are represented by the characters 0

through 9 and a through f.

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

infrastructure A Wi-Fi network consisting of stations connecting to a wired network or other

stations via an access point.

interface The connection between the printer and the host computer.

Glossary

IP Internet Protocol. A specification for packets, or datagrams, of data and an

addressing method to allow the exchange of data with another system. Must be combined with another protocol such as TCP to create a complete connection with the other system.

LAN Local Area Network.

LCD Liquid crystal display.

LED Light emitting diode.

line pitch The vertical spacing of rows of characters. Measured in lpi.

lpi Lines per inch.

margin An area along any edge of a form where data may not be printed.

MSB Most significant bit. In a character, this refers to bit seven (of 0 to 7).

node Any device connected to a network.

parity A method used for detecting errors within a single character transmitted or

received via an interface.

Peer-to-Peer A network consisting of only stations (no access point or central server). Same

as Ad-Hoc.

reset Initialization of various operating parameters of the printer to the value or state

assumed when the printer is powered on.

RS-232C An EIA standard for serial data transmission.

server Any node on a network that provides services to another node (client).

SSID Service Set IDentifier. An identifier attached to packets on a Wi-Fi network

that identify the particular network the packets are intended for.

TCP Transmission Control Protocol. A specification that controls the connection

between systems on a network.

top of form The vertical position where the first line is printed on the paper. Also the

position the paper is advanced to when a form feed (FF) character is received from the host or the Form Feed button is pressed on the printer's control panel.

WAN Wide Area Network. Refers to connections that allow one LAN to

communicate with another LAN(s).

WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy. A security protocol for wireless LANs designed to

provide data security similar a wired LAN.

Wi-Fi Refers to any of the IEEE 802.11 standards.

WLAN Wireless Local Area Network. A LAN made up of wireless nodes.

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