Tally Genicom 6600 User Manual

6600 Series Printers

Applications Manual

Volume 4

Graphics Languages - Code V, PGL, MT660 IG

6600 Series Printers

Applications Manual

Volume 4

Graphics Languages - Code V, PGL, MT660 IG

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Table of Contents

1 QMS® Code V™ Graphics Processing

Language............................................................ 15

Graphics Processing Language........................................................... 16

Graphics Mode .................................................................................... 16

Turning Graphics Mode On ........................................................... 16

PY Then ........................................................................................ 17

Turning Graphics Mode Off ........................................................... 17

Code V Command Character (CVCC)................................................. 18

Changing The CVCC .................................................................... 18

Free Format ......................................................................................... 19

Turning Free Format On................................................................ 19

Turning Free Format OFF ............................................................. 19

Control Code Equivalents ............................................................. 20

Ignore Data .......................................................................................... 21

Graphics Pass ..................................................................................... 21

Pass Spacing (Modplot) ................................................................ 22

Pass Buffer Length........................................................................ 22

Pass Format .................................................................................. 23

GPL Commands .................................................................................. 25

Multiple Passes ............................................................................. 25

2 Character Printing ............................................... 27

Control Panel Option ........................................................................... 27

Block Character ................................................................................... 27

Descender Mode ................................................................................. 32

Reverse Image .................................................................................... 33

Revese Image Descender Mode................................................... 33

Half-Tone ............................................................................................. 34

Half-Tone Toggle .......................................................................... 35

Half-Tone Reverse Image ............................................................. 35

Half-Dot Mode (Double Density).......................................................... 36

Half-Dot Mode And Half-Tones ..................................................... 36

Table of Contents

Block Character Fonts ......................................................................... 37

7.5 CPI .......................................................................................... 37

10 CPI ........................................................................................... 38

12 CPI ........................................................................................... 39

15 CPI ........................................................................................... 39

Code V Font Selection......................................................................... 40

Code V Character Set Selection.......................................................... 40

Compressed Fonts .............................................................................. 41

NLQ Fonts ........................................................................................... 42

Default Font Selection ......................................................................... 43

Draft Fonts ........................................................................................... 44

Font/Quality Speed .............................................................................. 44

High Quality Font Mode ................................................................ 44

Full Space Font Mode ................................................................... 44

Half Space Font Mode .................................................................. 45

Lines Per Inch...................................................................................... 45

Dump Mode ......................................................................................... 45

Hex Command..................................................................................... 45

Control Panel Option ........................................................................... 46

Block Character............................................................................. 46

ISO Character Sets.............................................................................. 46

ISO Character Set Table ..................................................................... 47

3 Creating Lines And Graphics .............................. 49

Line Drawing........................................................................................ 49

Solid Lines..................................................................................... 49

Dashed Lines ................................................................................ 51

Boxes................................................................................................... 53

Form Drawing ...................................................................................... 55

Plot Mode............................................................................................. 57

Logos ................................................................................................... 58

Version 1 Logos ............................................................................ 58

Version 2 logos ............................................................................. 59

Pixel Expansion ................................................................................... 59

Table of Contents

4 Barcodes............................................................. 61

Selecting Barcodes ....................................................................... 62

Barcode Density ............................................................................ 62

Barcode Height ............................................................................. 62

Barcode Width............................................................................... 62

Barcode Version 1......................................................................... 63

Barcode Version 2......................................................................... 64

Dark/Light Bar Ratios .................................................................... 70

High Density Barcode ................................................................... 71

LOGMARS Barcode ...................................................................... 72

Code 128 Barcode ........................................................................ 72

Code 128 Special Characters ....................................................... 75

Postnet Barcodes ................................................................................ 79

Accessing POSTNET in CVCC ..................................................... 79

Orientation..................................................................................... 79

Height ............................................................................................ 79

CPI ................................................................................................ 79

Parameters In POSTNET.............................................................. 80

AIAG Barcodes ............................................................................. 80

HIBCC Barcode............................................................................. 81

EMBARC Barcodes....................................................................... 81

5 Positioning and Repeating .................................. 83

Positioning Data................................................................................... 83

Horizontal Tab ............................................................................... 83

Vertical Justification ...................................................................... 84

Pass Height ................................................................................... 85

Pass Width .................................................................................... 86

Pass Density ................................................................................. 86

Dot Slew........................................................................................ 87

Form Length .................................................................................. 87

Interrupt Function .......................................................................... 88

Repeating Data.................................................................................... 89

Repeating Data, Version 2................................................................... 89

Horizontal Repeat, Version 2 ........................................................ 89

Vertical Repeat, Version 2 ............................................................ 91

Multiple Repeat Commands.......................................................... 92

Automatic Increment/Decrement ......................................................... 94

Repeating Data, Version 1................................................................... 98

Horizontal Repeat ......................................................................... 98

Vertical Repeat.............................................................................. 98

Table of Contents

6 Buffered/Defined Forms ...................................... 99

Buffered Forms .................................................................................... 99

Data Fields .................................................................................... 99

Buffered Form Create ................................................................. 100

Buffered Form Execute ............................................................... 100

Control Code Command Changes .............................................. 101

Buffered Form Delete .................................................................. 104

Buffered Form Reset ................................................................... 104

Buffered Form List....................................................................... 105

Buffered Form Repeats ............................................................... 106

Buffered Form Copy .................................................................... 106

Repeat......................................................................................... 108

Predefined Forms .............................................................................. 109

AIAG Forms ................................................................................ 109

Primary Metals Form ................................................................... 111

Version 1 Buffered Formatting........................................................... 116

Buffered Form Create ................................................................. 116

Control Code Command Changes .............................................. 116

7 Industrial Graphics Application.......................... 121

Introduction ........................................................................................ 121

Control Sequences...................................................................... 121

Home And Cursor ....................................................................... 121

Barcodes ..................................................................................... 121

Block Characters ......................................................................... 121

Command Summary ................................................................... 121

Control Sequences ............................................................................ 122

Print Cycles ................................................................................. 122

Entering Barcode/Block Mode..................................................... 122

Invalid Commands ...................................................................... 122

Exiting Barcode/Block Character Mode ...................................... 123

Control Sequence Formatting ..................................................... 123

Valid Control Sequences............................................................. 124

Home And Cursor .............................................................................. 129

Paper Motion Commands ........................................................... 129

Barcodes............................................................................................ 130

Code 39 (Types 1 And 2) ............................................................ 130

Emulation Limitations .................................................................. 130

Code 39 Type 1 Examples .......................................................... 132

Code 39 Type 2 Examples .......................................................... 133

Two of Five with 2:1 Ratio (Type 6) ............................................ 134

Interleaved Two of Five, 2:1 (Type 7) ......................................... 135

Table of Contents

Two of Five with 3:1 Ratio (Type 10)........................................... 136

Interleaved Two of Five, 3:1 (Type 11)........................................ 137

UPC Version A (Type 12)............................................................ 138

EAN-13 (Type 13) ....................................................................... 139

EAN-8 (Type 1) ........................................................................... 140

Block Characters ............................................................................... 141

Block Character Sizes ................................................................. 141

Normal Density (^M) Examples................................................... 141

Other Size Variations .................................................................. 142

Double Density (^D) Examples ................................................... 143

Mixing Barcode/Block Characters ............................................... 144

Command Summary Table ................................................................ 145

8 PGL Menu Operations ...................................... 147

Introduction ........................................................................................ 147

PGL Menu Parameters ...................................................................... 147

Graphic Menu Category..................................................................... 148

PGL Graphic Parameters .................................................................. 149

Smooth Parameter ...................................................................... 149

Darkbar Parameter...................................................................... 149

Vscale Parameter........................................................................ 150

Zero Parameter ........................................................................... 150

SFCC Parameter......................................................................... 150

9 PGL Command Set........................................... 151

PGL Command Set Standards .......................................................... 151

Special Function Control Character (SFCC) ............................... 151

Parameter Delimiter .................................................................... 151

Case............................................................................................ 151

Line Terminator ........................................................................... 151

Printable Data Delimiter .............................................................. 152

Spaces ........................................................................................ 152

Command Parameters ................................................................ 152

Form And Logo Names ............................................................... 152

Numeric Variables ....................................................................... 153

Comments ................................................................................... 153

Print Position Location ................................................................ 153

Data Types .................................................................................. 154

Double-Density Printing (DARK Parameter) ............................... 154

PGL Modes ................................................................................. 155

Table of Contents

PGL Commands ................................................................................ 155

Command Presentation .............................................................. 157

Alphanumeric String Creation Commands (Create).................... 158

Incremented Static (Fixed) Alphanumeric Strings....................... 161

STEPMASK (Increment Information Field) ................................. 162

STARTDATA (Incremented Field)............................................... 162

Dynamic Incremented Alphanumeric Strings .............................. 166

Form Length Commands (Create) .............................................. 166

Duplication Commands (Create)................................................. 167

Using Duplication Commands..................................................... 169

Page Number Command (Create) .............................................. 170

Reverse Print Command (Create)............................................... 171

Exit CREATE Mode (Create) ...................................................... 172

EXECUTE Mode (Normal) .......................................................... 172

Box Command (Create) .............................................................. 177

Using The Box Command ........................................................... 179

Call LOGO Command (Create)................................................... 180

Change LPI Command (Normal and Execute)............................ 181

Change SFCC Command (Normal and Execute) ....................... 182

Create Corner Frames (Create) .................................................. 183

Using The Corner Command ...................................................... 185

Create Form Command (Normal) ............................................... 186

Create Logo Command (Normal)................................................ 187

Delete Form Command (Normal)................................................ 191

Delete Logo Command (Normal) ................................................ 191

Density Command (Normal and Execute)................................... 192

Directory Command (Normal) ..................................................... 192

Expanded Print Command (Normal and Execute) ...................... 193

Horizontal And Vertical Line Commands (Create) ...................... 194

Ignore Commands (Normal, Create, and Execute) ..................... 196

Normal Command (Normal and EXECUTE Mode) ..................... 197

PGL Mode Control ...................................................................... 197

Reset Command (Normal and Execute) ..................................... 198

Scale Command (Create) ........................................................... 199

Select Format (SF) Command

(Normal, Create, and Execute) ................................................... 200

Practice.............................................................................................. 201

Table of Contents

10 PGL Barcodes................................................... 205

PGL Barcodes (Used in CREATE Mode Only).................................. 205

Barcode Command Parameters.................................................. 205

Data Field Characters ................................................................. 211

Incrementing Barcode Data ........................................................ 214

PGL Barcode Commands And Output............................................... 215

Code 39....................................................................................... 215

Code 128B .................................................................................. 216

Code 128C .................................................................................. 217

EAN 8 .......................................................................................... 218

EAN 13 ........................................................................................ 219

Interleaved 2/5 ............................................................................ 220

MSI.............................................................................................. 221

POSTNET ................................................................................... 222

UPC-A ......................................................................................... 223

UPC-E ......................................................................................... 224

11 Barcode And LCP Printing ................................ 225

Introduction ........................................................................................ 225

Special Features ......................................................................... 227

Secured/Unsecured Mode ................................................................. 228

Barcode Printing ................................................................................ 230

Barcode Header .......................................................................... 230

Data Formats of Barcode Types........................................................ 235

Code 2/5 Matrix ........................................................................... 235

Code 2/5 Industrial ...................................................................... 236

Code 2/5 Interleaved ................................................................... 237

Code 11....................................................................................... 238

Code BCD Matrix ........................................................................ 239

Code 39....................................................................................... 240

CODABAR .................................................................................. 241

Code EAN 8 With HRI ................................................................. 242

Code EAN 8 Without HRI ............................................................ 243

Code EAN 13 With HRI ............................................................... 244

Code EAN 13 Without HRI .......................................................... 245

Code MSI/Modify Plessey ........................................................... 246

Code UPC A With HRI ................................................................ 247

Code UPC A Without HRI ........................................................... 248

Code UPC E With HRI ................................................................ 249

Code UPC E Without HRI ........................................................... 250

Code Delta Distance (IBM).......................................................... 251

Code 128..................................................................................... 252

Table of Contents

EAN 128...................................................................................... 257

US Postnet Barcode.................................................................... 262

Large Character Printing (LCP)................................................... 263

LCP Character Set US-ASCII

LCP Character Set German ........................................................ 264

A Customer Support ............................................. 267

TallyGenicom Customer Support Center........................................... 267

TallyGenicom Supplies Department .................................................. 267

Corporate Offices............................................................................... 268

B ASCII Chart ....................................................... 269

C Logos ................................................................ 271

D Patterns ............................................................. 273

E Fonts ................................................................. 277

^~FQ Draft ......................................................................................... 277

^~FQ NLQ.......................................................................................... 278

^~FQ OCR-A & B............................................................................... 279

^~FF Draft.......................................................................................... 280

^~FF NLQ .......................................................................................... 281

^~FF OCR-A & B ............................................................................... 282

^~FH Draft ......................................................................................... 283

^~FH NLQ.......................................................................................... 284

^~FH OCR-A & B............................................................................... 285

F Commands........................................................ 287

G Modplot ............................................................. 291

H Control Panel Selection..................................... 293

Printer Control Panel: Graphics Category ......................................... 293

Graphic Category (Menu Level 1)...................................................... 293

Code V Command Character (CVCC) Parameter

(Level 2 Menu) ............................................................................ 293

Smooth Parameter (Menu Level 2) ............................................. 293

PY Then Parameter (Menu Level 3) ........................................... 294

PN Then Parameter (Menu Level 2) ........................................... 294

DarkBar Parameter (Menu Level 2) ............................................ 294

Version Parameter (Menu Level 2) ............................................. 294

Descender (Descndr) Parameter (Menu Level 2) ....................... 295

Table of Contents

Zero Parameter (Menu Level 2) .................................................. 295

Vscale Parameter (Menu Level 2)............................................... 295

PGL Special Function Command Character (SFCC) Parmeter

(Menu Level 2) ............................................................................ 295

I PY/PN Data Processing.................................... 297

PN Then Data Processing When PN Then = NONE ......................... 297

PN Then Data Processing When PN Then = ALL ............................. 298

PY Then Data Processing When PY Then = NONE ......................... 299

PY Then Data Processing When PY Then = TERM.......................... 300

PY Then Data Processing When PY Then = ALL ............................. 300

J Block-Character Size Tables ............................ 301

Block Character Size Table ............................................................... 301

K Character Sets .................................................. 305

LCP Character Sets ........................................................................... 306

German ....................................................................................... 306

US-ASCII..................................................................................... 307

OCR-A (Code Page 437) ............................................................ 308

OCR-B (Code Page 437) ............................................................ 309

L Addendum to the Line Printer Graphics

Applications Manual.......................................... 311

Postal Barcodes................................................................................. 311

PDF417 2-D Barcode ........................................................................ 311

PDF417 In Code V ...................................................................... 312

PDF417 in PGL ........................................................................... 313

Code 128A Barcodes in PGL............................................................. 314

Codabar Codes in PGL...................................................................... 314

UCC/EAN-128 Barcodes in PGL ....................................................... 314

UPC-E0 Bar Codes in PGL................................................................ 314

Barcode Rotations in PGL ................................................................. 315

User-defined Barcode Ratios in PGL................................................. 315

New Barcode Fonts in PGL ............................................................... 315

ISET/USET Commands In PGL......................................................... 316

POINT Parmeter In PGL .................................................................... 317

20 CPI Support In PGL ...................................................................... 318

SCALE Command Modifications In PGL ........................................... 318

Table of Contents

1 QMS

Processing Language

This manual describes the features and uses of the Code V Graphics
Processing Language. Code V uses a Graphics Processing Language (GPL)
that provides the user with total control over the printing and formatting of
graphics images. This GPL is compatible with QMS
2 and includes the following features.

• Block characters, printed horizontally or vertically with height and width

ranging from 0.1 to 9.9 inches. In addition to normal black on white
printing, block characters can be printed in special half-tone patterns or in
reverse image (white characters on a black background).

• Numerous barcodes, including Code 39 Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC, EAN,

Code 128, and Codabar. All barcodes can be printed horizontally or
vertically with various height, width, and ratio dimentions. Barcodes may
also be printed with or without human readable characters in a wide
variety of fonts.

®

Code V

™

Graphics

®

Code V™ versions 1 and

• Solid or dashed line drawings using various line thickness.

• Box drawing with user definable size and border thickness.

• Horizontal and vertical duplication of graphics images.

• User-definable, memory resident forms, including optional font fields.

• Predefined AIAG and Primary Metals forms.

• Draft, NLQ, OCR-A, and OCR-B typefaces in various sizes.

• Predefined symbols such as copyright (©) and registered trademark (®).

• A plot mode.

• All extensive command set providing total control over the formatting and

printing of graphics images.

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Chapter 1 Graphics Processing Language

Graphics Processing Language

The Graphics Processing Language (GPL) consists of a set of commands
that are used to print graphics images such as block characters, barcodes,
lines, and boxes, as well as provide formatting control for the correct
placement of these images. Relatively complex images may be created
through the use of a few simple commands.

The original version of QMS Code V (version 1) differs slightly from the
current version (version 2). The primary difference between the two is in the
way vertical justification commands are implemented. Specifically, version 1
used an approximation for 0.1 inch that has been made more precise in
version 2. If you are running an application designed for version 1, the printer
can be switched to a mode that can emulate it.

Graphics Mode

For the printer to recognize GPL commands, it must first be placed in
Graphics Mode. When the printer is in Graphics Mode, the printer scans the
data received from the host for GPL commands, passing non-Graphics data
to the current emulation. When the printer is not in Graphics Mode, Code V is
disabled and will not search the incoming data for GPL commands.

Graphics Mode may be entered while the printer is in any emulation. Graphics
Mode should not be entered while the printer is in Plot Mode. The printed
output of Code V adheres to all the applicable Control Panel settings (such as
LPI, CPI, Form Length, etc.).

NOTE: All escape sequences in this manual are in ASCII notation.

Turning Graphics Mode On

Graphics Mode is turned on with command ^PY, which must begin in the first
column of a line, followed by one of the following six terminators.

1. ^- (caret hyphen)

2. ^* (caret asterisk)

3. ^, (caret comma)

4. Carriage Return

5. Line Feed

6. Form Feed

Once the printer is in Graphics Mode, the data it receives is read into a Pass
buffer. The printer will stop looking for characters from the host and process
the data held in this buffer when one of the terminators is received. If the
buffer fills up before receiving a Pass Terminator, data in the buffer will be
processed and printed before the printer accepts any more characters.

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PY Then

When Graphics Mode is on:

• The control panel displays ONLINE GRAPHICS

• All GPL commands and data are processed by Code V

• Non-GPL data is passed to the current emulation.

PY Then

This control panel option defines the action taken on characters that are on
the same line as the Graphics Mode On Command (^PY). The options are All,
Term, and None. The default is None. These options are defined as follows:

All: All data following Graphics Mode On Command is processed.

Term: Only the Terminator (FF, LF, or CR) is processed.

None: None of the data is processed.

If the None option is selected, any one of the following control codes (or

combination of control codes) immediately following a ^PN or
^PY^- on the same line will not be printed:

• Carriage Return

• Line Feed

• New Line

• Form Feed

• Carriage Return followed by a Line Feed

• Carriage Return followed by New Line, or Carriage Return followed by

Form Feed

If PY Then is set to All or Term, all characters that follow a PN or ^PN^- on the
same line will print.

Turning Graphics Mode Off

The Graphics Mode Off Command is the sequence ^PN followed by a Pass
Terminator. As with the Graphics Mode On Command (^PY), the Graphics
Mode Off Command must be sent in the first column of a line (i.e. after a
Carriage Return). This command will cause the printer to:

• Exit the Graphics Mode

• Display the ONLINE message

• Treat all further GPL commands as printable characters to be sent to the

current emulation.

A few fundamental GPL commands and concepts are described in the
following sections. Knowledge of these commands and concepts is essential
for understanding the descriptions and examples in the remainder of this
manual.

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Chapter 1 Code V Command Character (CVCC)

Code V Command Character (CVCC)

All GPL commands begin with a Command Character. By default, this
character is an ASCII caret (^) having hexadecimal value of 5E.

Changing The CVCC

There are two ways to change the CVCC.

Using ESC Sequences

Using the ^N Command Change Sequence

This method can only be done in Graphics Mode. Send the ^N followed by the
new CVCC (hex. OOto hex. FF), then terminate the ^N sequence with the
New CVCC.

Example:

^N$$ would change to CVCC to the ASCII dollar sign character
($-hex, 24, Dec 36).

When you leave Graphics Mode and return to Character Mode or when the
pritner is reset, the Command Character defaults to the ASCII caret character
(^).

Through The Control Panel

This method can be used either in Graphics Mode or in Character Mode. To
use this method take the printer offline and access the Configuration Menu.
After accessing the Configuration Menu proceed through the menu levels until
you access the decimal selections under the CVCC Parameter in the
Graphics Category. Scroll until the desired decimal value is reached, then
depress the ENTER key. This Command Character will remain valid until you
exit Graphics Mode (this resets it to the default value), the printer is reset, or
you change it with a ^N command or through the control panel.

NOTE: If the Command Character is set through the Control Panel outside of

Graphics Mode, that character stays in effect unless changed by the
^N command. If a config. report is printed while in Graphics Mode, it
will show the character chosen with the ^N command instead of the
character selected through the control panel. When you exit from
Graphics Mode, the Command character is reset to the value
selected through the Control Panel.

However, if the Command Character is set through the control panel
inside of Graphics Mode, that character stays in effect only until you
exit Graphics Mode, after which the Command Character is reset to
the value you selected through the control panel outside of Graphics
Mode. As with the ^N Command, if a config. report is printed while in
Graphics Mode, it will show the character chosen through the control
panel inside of the Graphics Mode.

All Graphics Mode commands in this manual are shown using the (default)
caret symbol.

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Free Format

The GPL provides a mode which ignores all data with values less than 20
(decimal 32). Data having values below decimal 32 are collectively called
Control Characters and include Line Feed, Form Feed, and Escape
characters. By using Free Format Mode, the user can filter out unwanted
Control Characters which may be sent by some host systems. Also, a
convenient way to send GPL commands to the printer is to simply type the
commands into a file and send the file to the printer. In Format Mode, a
command may be spread over several lines in the file, with the printer ignoring
the CR and LF characters at the end of each line.

NOTE: The Free Format ON/OFF commands may not be used within the

Turning Free Format On

Free Format is turned on by sending the command ^F. After the printer
receives the ^F, subsequent control characters are ignored and the printer will
no longer recognize CR, LF, or FF as Pass terminators. However, the GPL
language will recognize the following control code equivalents as Pass
terminators:

Turning Free Format On

data field of a Report or a Buffered Form.

1. ^- (caret hyphen) - equivalent to the Carriage Return Command (CR)

2. ^* (caret asterisk) - equivalent to the Line Feed Command (LF)

3. ^, (caret comma) - equivalent to the Form Feed Command (FF)

Turning Free Format OFF

Free Format is turned off by sending the command ^O^-.

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Chapter 1 Free Format

Control Code Equivalents

When Free Format is turned ON, GPL control code equivalents are treated as
actual ASCII control codes. For example ^! functions in the same manner as
the ASCII control code SOH. If control code characters need to be passed to
the printer in Free Format Mode, use the control code equivalents shown in
Table 1.

Control Code Equivalents Hex ASCII

^! (caret exclamation) 01 SOH

^” (caret double quote) 02 STX

^# (caret pound sign) 03 ETX

^$ (caret dollar sign) 04 EOT

Tabl e 1. Control Code Equivalents

^% (caret percentage sign) 05 ENQ

^& (caret ampersand) 06 ACK

^’ (caret single quote) 07 BEL

^( (caret left parenthesis) 08 BS

^) (caret right parenthesis) 09 HT

^* (caret asterisk) 0A LF

^+ (caret plus sign) 0B VT

^, (caret comma) 0C FF

^- (caret hyphen) 0D CR

^. (caret period) 0E SO

^/ (caret slash) 0F SI

^0 10 DLE

^1 11 DC1

^2 12 DC2

^3 13 DC3

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^4 14 DC4

^5 15 NAK

^6 16 SYN

^7 17 ETB

^8 18 CAN

Ignore Data

Control Code Equivalents

Table 1. Control Code Equivalents

Control Code Equivalents Hex ASCII

^9 19 EM

^: (caret colon) 1A SUB

^; (caret semicolon) 1B ESC

^< (caret left arrow) 1C FS

^= (caret equal sign) 1D GS

^> (caret right arrow) 1E RS

^? (caret question mark) 1F US

The Ignore Data command causes the printer to ignore all data (except for the
command to turn Ignore Data OFF). This allows comments or other that is not
to be printed to be inserted into the document for information purposes.

Format: ^X<data>^A

^X Ignore Data On Command. The printer will ignore all data after

<data> Data that the printer will ignore.

^A Ignore Data Off Command. The printer will not accept all

Graphics Pass

A Graphics Pass begins with a Pass Start (^M, ^U, ^V, or ^E) and ends with a
Graphics Pass Terminator (Pass Start, CR, LF, FF, ^-, or ^,). Any characters
placed between the Pass Start and Pass Terminator will print as block
characters. Also, all GPL Graphics Image commands, such as the Bar Code
and Line Drawing commands must be sent within a Graphics Pass. Each
Graphics Pass is treated by the printer as a set of data and instructions to be
processed and printed, starting at the current paper position, before accepting
any further data from the host.

Each pass begins at the current vertical paper postion and the left margin.
From this point, the printer prints to the right and down the page.

NOTE: It is not possible to print above the starting point of a Graphics Pass.

this command except for the Ignore Data Off Comand, ^A.

subsequent data received from the host.

It is possible, however, to issue positioning commands within the

pass which position the paper at any point below the start of the pass.

NOTE: When (LF, FF, ^*, ^,) are used to terminate a Graphics Pass, they

lose their normal meanings, and become Pass Terminators such as

^-. When used outside the Graphics Pass they take on their normal

meaning.

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Chapter 1 Graphics Pass

Not all GPL commands and data sent to the printer need to be in a
pass. In fact, many commands must be outside of a pass to function
properly. For instance, the command ^H sets the form length if it is
used outside of a pass, but sets the pass height if it is used within a
Pass.

At this point, it may seem difficult to decide when to use a Graphics
Pass. If there is any doubt about whether a command should go
inside or outside of a pass, refer to Appdendix F,
on page 287. The GPL commands fall into two general categories:

Inside A Pass

• GPL positioning commands (e.g., tabs, vertical justification, etc.)

• GPL printing commands (e.g., barcodes, lines, boxes, certain fonts, etc.)

• Block characters

Outside A Pass

Global Graphics Pass commands (i.e. commands which act on the entire
pass as a unit, such as those which cause the entire Pass to be repeated or
stored in memory for later use).

“Command Table”

Environmental commands wuch as form length setting, Graphics Mode, and
Free Format.

Non-GPL Data

Any data you want to go to the current Control Panel emulation must be sent
outside of a Graphics Pass. Appdendix F,
lists all GPL commands.

“Command Table” on page 287

Pass Spacing (Modplot)

Code V output can be affected by a Plot Mode option that is available on your
printer. Appendix G,
how it affects Code V output.

“Modplot” on page 291 explains the Modplot option and

Pass Buffer Length

Data received from the host is stored in a Pass Buffer. The Printer begins to
process a Graphics Pass when it receives a Pass Terminator. The printer
processes one pass at a time, printing at the end of each pass. If the Pass
Buffer fills up before the printer encounters a Pass Terminator, it terminates
the pass and attempts to process and print it.

Buffered Form definitions and Repeat sequences cannot be processed until
the Form or Repeat Terminator is received; therefore, the entire Form
Definition or Repeat Sequence must fit into the Pass Buffer to be printed
correctly. Buffered Form execute data can be larger than the Pass Buffer. The
Printer processes this data one Pass Buffer at a time, until the Form Execute
Terminator is received.

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Pass Format

The Printer uses a Heap Buffer to process the pass for printing. If a Graphics
Pass is so complex that processing it overflows the available Heap Buffer
space, the Printer aborts processing and announces a Heap Overlfow fault.

Pass Format

A single Graphics Pass Command is formatted like this:

Command ^ {M, U, V or E}hhwwjjd<data>^-

Arguments ^ {M, U, V, or E} The braces, { }, indicate that either M, U, V, or E

must be used. This notation is used throughout the manual to
indicate that a choice must be made. The braces themselves are
not literally part of the command.

The M, U, V, and E determin the orientation of the data to be
printed. For example:

Horizontal Orientation (^M)

Prints data across the page right side up.

Upside Down Orientation (^U)

Prints data across the page upside down.

Vertical Right Orientation (^V)

Prints data down the page and roated 90 degrees clockwise so that the
baseline faces the left margin of the paper.

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Vertical Left Orientation (^E)

Prints data down the page and roated 90 degrees counterclockwise so that
the baseline faces the right margin of the paper:

hh The height of each individual barcode or block character. This

dimension is measured vertically on the page and is specified in
increments of 0.1 inches (0.25 cm). The allowable height for each
barcode/block character ranges from 01 to 99 (0.1 to 9.9 inches
or 0.3 to 25.2 cm). For example, a value of 03 means a height of

0.3 inches (0.76 cm).

ww The width of each printed barcode/block character. This

dimension is measured horizontally on the page and is specified
in increments of 0.1 inches (0.25cm). The width for each barcode/
block character ranges from 01 to 99 (0.1 to 9.9 inches or 0.3 to

25.2 cm) For example, a value of 10 means a width of 1.0 inches
(2.5 cm).

jjd Data can be positioned down the page from the beginning of the

Pass. This is teemed justification. the jj is the amount of
justification from 00 to 99 increments of 0.1 inches (0.3 to 25.2
cm). The d allows an additional amount of justification down from
0 to 9 dot rows to fine tune the final position of the data. For
example, inserting the value 118 means the data is moved down

1.1 inches (2.8 cm) plus an additional 8 dot rows. A justification
value of 000 sets the current print position to the top of the
current Graphics Pass.

NOTE: Any values not specified will default to 0.

<data> The actual data can be printed. Characters in the data string will

be printed as block characters or in a particular GPL font.
Barcodes, lines, boxes, and formatting commands may also be
placed in the pass. The data contained within the pass is printed
in accordance with the orientation, height, width, and justifcation
values of the Graphics Pass.

^- Every Graphics Pass is terminated with a Pass Terminator,

indicating the end of the Graphics Pass. When the printer is in
Free Format Mode, the printer will only recognize ^-, ^*, and ^, as
Pass Terminators. When the pritner is not in Free Format Mode,
Carriage Return (CR), Line Feed (LF), and Form Feed (FF) may
be used. Throughout the manual, ^- will typically be used to
indicate a Terminator.

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GPL Commands

Most of the examples shown in this manual assume Graphics Mode and Free
Format Mode are turned on, although the examples will not always show the
^PY and ^F commands. The complete set of commands to turn Graphics and
Free Format Mode On, send GPL commands and data, then turn Free Format
and Graphics Mode Off are shown below:

^PY^- Turns on Graphics Mode

^F^- Turns on Free Format Mode

<data>^ Sample GPL Command sequences

^O^ Turns off Free Format Mode

^PN^- Turns off Graphics Mode

The above lines are typically entered into a file and sent to the printer, or are
written to the printer using a computer language such as BASIC or C with
Free Format and Graphics mode on.

The main reasons to turn Graphics mode off are:

Multiple Passes

• To print a large amount of non-GPL data.

• To reset the Code V to its default startup state.

• To send plot data to the underlying emulation.

The reamining chapters in this manual discusses how the GPL command
sequences should be formatted. For all subsequent examples in this manual,
the following conditions are assumed:

• The control panel displays ONLINE GRAPHICS.

• Graphics Mode is ON (^PY^-).

• The printer is in Free Format mode (^F^-).

Multiple Passes

A Graphics Pass may contain other GPL commands, including other ^M, ^U,
^V, and ^E commands. The printer does not begin printing a Graphics pass
until the Pass is terminated. After a pass is printed, the next pass begins at
the bottom of the printed Pass.

For example, the sequence of GPL commands
^M0101000A^M0101000B^M0101000C^- produces the same printed result
as ^M0101000ABC^- which prints:

whereas the three graphics Passes ^M0101000A^-^M0101000B^­^M0101000C^- print:

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2 Character Printing

Control Panel Option

A new option has been added to the control panel under the Graphics
category. The new option, Vscale, determines whether or not vertical block
characters will be scaled to match the difference between the horizontal and
vertical print densities. The option is necessary to be fully compatible with old
QMS Code V version 1 boards that are still in the field.

Block characters are build to be printed horizontally at 60 x 72. When the
characters are rotated and printed vertically, it is necessary to scale the
characters to maintain the cell size of the character. Some QMS Code V
version 1 boards do not handle this scaling, so that when a 5 x 7 block
character is rotated and printed vertically, it will actually be 4 x 8. when the
Vscale option is turned off, we will now emulate this.

Block Character

Block characters are printed by putting the characters to be printed into the
<data> portion of a Graphics Pass. Thus, the Block Character Command is
the same as the Graphics Pass Command.

Each block character is printed within a window which includes an appropriate
amount of space for character separation. The block character window size
ranges from 0.1 inches (0.25 cm) to 9.9 inches (25.15cm) in increments of 0.1
inch (0.25 cm). the character window includes 1 dot row or column of
intercharacter space for every 0.1 inches in window size. That is, if the
Graphics Pass command is ^M0505000, then the character window size will
be 0.5 x 0.5 inches, including a 5 dot-column space to the right of the
character (see

Figure 1 on page 27).

Figure 1. Character Window

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Chapter 2 Block Character

When a block character is rotated 90 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise
on a page, the height and width values are exchanged:

• the Graphics Pass height value determines the new character width.

• the Graphics Pass width value determines the new character height.

Command ^{M, U, V, or E}hhwwjjd<data>^-

Arguments ^{M, U, V, or E} One of the four orientation commands ^M, ^U,

^V, or ^E.

hh The height of each printed character window. This

ww The width of each printed character window. This

jjd The vertical justification, jj, ranges from 00 to 99

dimension is measured vertically on the page and
is specified in increments of 0.1 inches (0.25 cm).
The height for each character window ranges from
01 to 99 (0.1 to 9.9 inches or 0.25 to 25.3 cm). For
example, a height of 03 means a character window
height of 0.3 inches (0.76cm).

dimension is measured horizontally on the page
and is specified in increments of 0.1 inches. The
width for each character window ranges from 01 to
99 (0.1 to 9.9 inches or 0.3 to 25.3 cm). For
example, a width of 10 means a character window
width of 1 inch (2.5 cm).

(0.0 to 9.9 inches/0.0 to 25.2 cm). The d allows an
additional amount of justification down from 0 to 9
dot rows to fine tune the final positioning. For
example, inserting the value 118 means the
characters are moved down the page 1.1 inches
(2.8 cm) plus an additional 8 dot rows. If any of the
jjd is not sent, the printer assumes the missing
values are 0. If any of the jjd is nto sent, the printer
assumes the missing values are 0. For instance,
M1010 would have a jjd value of 000.

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<data> The actual characters to be printed. This data will

print in accordance with orientation, height, width,
and justification values.

^- The Pass Terminator

The following examples illustrate block character printing.

Example 1: The Graphics Pass ^M0202000Graphics ^- prints:

^M Horizontal orientation of character.

02 Character height of 0.2 inches (0.51 cm).

02 Character width of 0.2 inches (0.51 cm).

00 Justified downward 0.00 inches.

0 No additional dot rows of justification down.

Graphics Data to be printed.

^- Pass Terminator.

Example 2: The Graphics Pass ^M0302000Graphics^- prints:

^M Indicates this Graphic Pass is oriented horizontally.

03 Character height of 0.3 inches (0.76 cm).

02 Character width of 0.2 inches (0.51 cm).

00 No justification down.

0 No additional dot rows of justification down.

Graphics Data to be printed 0.3 inches high and 0.2 inches

wide.

Example 3: The Graphics Pass ^U0303000Graphics^- prints:

^U Rotated 180 degrees from the horizontal

orientation.

03 Character height of 0.3 inches (0.76 cm).

03 Character width of 0.3 inches (0.76 cm).

00 No justification down.

Graphics Block characters to be printed in the upside down

orientation.

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Example 4: The Graphics Pass ^E0101000Vertical Left^_ prints:

^E Vertical left orientation of the pass.

01 Character height of 0.1 inches (0.25 cm).

01 Character width of 0.1 inches (0.25 cm).

00 No justification down.

0 No additional dot rows of justification down.

Example 5: The Graphics Pass ^M0202000GRAPHICS

^M0203053OPTION^- prints:

• First Command - ^M0202000GRAPHICS

^M Horizontal orientation of the Graphics Pass.

02 Character height of 0.2 inches (0.51 cm).

02 Character width of 0.2 inches (0.51 cm).

000 No vertical justification.

GRAPHICS Data printed at 0.2 inches high and 0.2 inches

wide.

• Second Command - ^M0203053OPTION^-

^M Horizontal orientation of the Graphics Pass.

02 Character height of 0.2 inches (0.51 cm).

03 Character width of 0.3 inches (0.76 cm).

05 Justification down of 0.5 inches (1.27 cm).

3 An additional three dot rows of justification down.

OPTION Data printed at 0.2 inches high and 0.3 inches wide

with downward justification of 0.5 inches plus three
dot rows.

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