Zebra LP2824 EPL1 Line Mode Manual (en)

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Line Mode

Programmer’s

Manual

Manual No. 980353-001 Rev. B

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FOREWORD

This manual provides programming information for the Zebra Technologies printers, featuring Line Mode and the EPL2 command language, which are manufactured by Zebra Technologies Corporation, Camarillo, California.

The scope of the manual is Line Mode print operations and commands. For details concerning non line mode printing and programming, see the printer's user's manual and the Page Mode (EPL2) Programmer's manual.

This document contains information proprietary to Zebra Technologies Corporation. This document and the information contained within is copyrighted by Zebra Technologies Corporation and may not be duplicated in full or in part by any person without written approval from Zebra. While every effort has been made to keep the information contained within current and accurate as of the date of publication, no guarantee is given or implied that the document is error-free or that itisaccurate with regardto any specification. Zebrareserves the right tomake changes, forthe purpose of product improvement, at any time.

TRADEMARKS

Zebra Technologies, EPL, EPL2, and Orion are trademarks of Zebra Technologies Corporation. All other marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

REVISION HISTORY

Rev.A - This manualversion coincideswith EPL firmware version4.06(or higher) and is available from Zebra Technologies in electronic form. Line Mode firmware version trackingnumber is 0.12 (or higher) and is a subset of the EPL firmware.

Rev. B - See Above. Changed the R command length parameter from 99 to 25 mm max..

See the Zebra Technologies web site at: www.zebra.com Technologies customer service.

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INTRODUCTION

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Manually Setting Line Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Printer Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Printer Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Basic Printing

Example of Default Font Character Dot Map . . . . . . . 2-2

Printing Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Printer Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Command Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Character Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Basic Command Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Command Concatenation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Basic Line Mode Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Contents

LINE MODE COMMAND REFERENCE

A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

A0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

CR - Carriage Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

DATA - Text for Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

{DATA} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

|DATA} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

EPL? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

EPL2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

FF - Form Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18

H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19

I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20

LF - Line Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21

M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22

N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23

oR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24

P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26

p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27

P00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28

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Q? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29

R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30

S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31

U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32

V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35

v . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36

X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37

x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38

? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39

Appendix A - Character References

Appendix B

System Compatibility Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

Changing Control Function Characters. . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

Resetting the Control Function Characters . . . . . . . . . . B-3

Checking Control Function Code Settings . . . . . . . . . . B-3

Appendix C

Modifying Your Printer For EPL1 Compatibility . . . . . . . C-1

Loading ELP1 Font Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2

Deactivating the EPL1 Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3

EPL1 LP20XX Conversion to LN20XX Printer Models. . . . C-4

Resetting the LN20XX to LP20XX Printer Mode . . . . . . . C-4

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INTRODUCTION

This section contains information about the basic features, command syntax and terminology of the Line Mode programming language.

Line mode printing is ideal for basic retail (point of sale - POS), shipping, inventory, work flow control, and general labeling. EPL™ printers with Line Mode, are versatile and are capable of printing a wide range media and bar codes.

Line mode printing and programming is designed to support label and bar code printing with little to no programming required.

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The Line Mode printer can print:

Receipts

❏

Labels

❏

Basic Printing

Line Mode operation allows printing of simple text (data) without using coded or programmed data strings. The text that the user types can be directly output to the printer for immediate printing. This simple text may be sent to the printer as simple text files (generated by most ASCII editors) or from ASCII data sent by a terminal device or software program.

Data is sent to and processed by the printer on a line by line basis. The printer will immediately process a terminated line of data. Line termination is a line feed (LF), carriage return (CR), or a combination (CR/LF).

Line and print heights are determined by multi ples of the selected text character height. Bar code height is also affected by the line height. See the Bar Code Select (?) command for af fected bar code.

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Example of Default

)

Font Character Dot

Map

4 Dots

Printing Example

16 Dots (2mm)

Inter-character Space (actually white dots)

Text

Text Printed at 2x, Line Terminated with Form Feed (FF

Line Height Set to 2x, Single Line Feed Only

Change Line Height (2x), Print Bar Code Data Line Feed Only

Bar Code Data

Line Feed Only

Text

First Line of Text at Top of Form

Direction Of Feed

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Printer Commands The printer utilizes "Escape" sequence data to

notify the printer that the following data is a command. Printer commands for Line Mode are used to:

Change the line (and font) size

•

Print bar codes

•

Select and configure bar code parameters

•

Select Character Set

•

Control print margins, speed and density

•

Buffer Commands and Batch Print

•

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Command

Conventions

The manual uses the following typographic conventions to describe commands.

Command Name

Text/Bar Code Size

←A p p DATA

Example

¬ or Esc

E or FF

 or LF

e or CR

¿ or CR/LF

↵

Data Parameters Command

Description

Escape ASCII value 27d (1Bh)

Form Feed Character, ASCII value 12d (0Ch)

Line Feed Character, ASCII value 10d (0Ah)

Carriage Return Character, ASCII value 13d (0Dh)

Carriage Return & Line Feed Command - Commands are

typically a single character. Some commands contain up to four (4) characters.

Character,

p1p2p

[p1p2p3]

This text should

®be on one line

DATA

Required parameters (No delimiters)

Optional parameters (No delimiters)

Text or bar code data to be printed.

The line-continuation character (®) indicates that code contin ued from one line to the next in the manual should be typed all on one line. Note: This is not

used to program the printer.

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Character

Numbering

Character map positions are referred to by the ASCII decimal numbers 0 - 255 and are desig nated with a trailing d. The programmer will re fer to these character locations using hexadecimal numbering and are designated as hexadecimal with a h. See the character map in

Appendix A

for reference.

Basic Command

Syntax

Each command consists of an ESCape (de noted as ¬ or ESC) character followed by a sin gle ASCII character to identify the specific command desired. Some commands require one or more additional parameters to complete the command. Refer to Figure 1-1. for the basic command syntax.

Each command line must be terminated with a Line Feed (LF) character. As an alternate method both the Carriage Return (CR) and Carriage Return Line Feed (CR/LF) combination may be used. Most PC based systems send a Carriage Return Line Feed (CR/LF) when the Enter (Return) key is pressed.

Default ASCII Values for the Basic Printer Control Functions

Pro-

Command Function

cessing

Order

Decimal Hexadecimal

CR Carriage Return 1 13 0D

LF Line Feed 2 10 0A FF Form Feed 3 12 0C

ESC Escape 4 27 1B

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Command

Concatenation

Most commands can be concatenated together to print several objects on the same line. Refer to following for an example command concatena tion.

Figure 6-1

Concatenated

Commands

Selects Bar Code 0 (Code 128)

Selects Character Set 1, width 1, height 3

Print Bar Code with Human Readable

ESC ESC ESC ↵?0 A13 {4014561780}

Bar Code Data

All objects on a line must be the same size (height). An exception to this is the printer’s ability to concatenate a line command that changes line size after issuing one of the following commands: ESCA (Text), ESC{DATA} (Bar Code) and the ESC |DATA} (Bar Code with human readable text). While you can concatenate other commands on the same line as the A command which sets line and bar code height, you can not mix objects of different sizes on the same line.

To over come this limitation, the R command can be used to backup the label to print addi tional objects on what seems to be the same line.

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Basic Line Mode

Guidelines

The following are basic line mode programming and operation guidelines.

Printing is from right to left and from top to

❏

bottom. Sending a simple unformatted text (ASCII

❏

data) to the printer followed by a carriage re turn (CR), line feed (LF) or both (CR/LF) characters will result with printed text as typed (or stored as a file) on the media.

A line consisting of only a carriage return

❏

(CR), line feed (LF) or both (CR/LF) charac ters will produce a blank line.

❏ Once set to line mode, the printer will remain

in line mode until changed by the Line Mode/Page Mode (EPL2) configuration subroutine (see page 1-5) or the EPL2 command (see page 3-15).

❏ Printing graphics does not effect text or bar

code printing (line height) or parameters.

❏ The printer will accept data that exceeds the

right hand margin or media edge and will be truncated. Note: Printing off the media and onto the platen may reduce the printer’s op erational life span.

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LINE MODE COMMAND REFERENCE

This section contains a complete listing of all commands in alphabetical order.

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Command Description Page

DATA {DATA} |DATA}

E EPL? EPL2

Text/Bar Code Size 3-3 Small Text 3-6 Begin Command Buffer 3-7 Carriage Return (e) Density 3-9 Text Data 3-10 Print Bar Code with human readable 3-11 Print Bar Code without human readable 3-12 End Command Buffer 3-13 Print Configuration Label 3-14 Switch To Page Mode 3-15 Form Feed (E) Draw Graphics 3-17 Draw Graphics 3-18 Graphic Line Height 3-19 Country Code 3-20 Line Feed ()

3-8

3-16

3-21

M N

P00

U V

Left Margin 3-22 Form Length 3-23 Enable Euro Character 3-24 Print 1 - 99 Labels 3-26 Print 1 - 999 Labels 3-27 Reprint Buffer 3-28 Auto Detect Label Parameters 3-29 Top Margin 3-30 Print Speed 3-31 MaxiCode - 2D Bar Code 3-32 Start Reverse Printing 3-35 Stop Reverse Printing 3-36 Bar Width 3-37 Bar Width 3-38 Bar Code Select 3-39

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A Command - Text/Bar Code Size

Description Use this command to set character and bar code

height, as well as, character width. This com mand controls the default font for the printer.

Out of Box Font: 14 by 22 dots (CCSET1) and 10 by 18 dots (CCSET3) bit mapped fonts. These fonts are part of EPL1 emulationsoft font set (v,w,x,y,z) preloaded into the printer at time of shipment.

Base Default Font: 14 by 24 dots (Font 4) and 10 by 16 dot (Font 2) bit mapped fonts.

The base default fonts will be used if the soft fonts are deleted or inactivated with EPL2 pro gramming (in EPL2, page mode).

See Appendix C for information on controlling line mode font sets.

Parameters p1= Horizontal size control and font set se-

Model Font

CCSET1

2443 2844

2722 2824

& Font 4 *

CCSET3

& Font 2 *

CCSET1

& Font 4*

CCSET3

& Font 2 *

Syntax

¬Ap

1p2

lection. Sets the width of Text character, only. Values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7 Default: 1

Characters

Per

Inch (cpi) 7 3.5 2.25 1.75

Line 52 26 17 13

Inch (cpi)

Line 69 34 23

Inch (cpi) 7 3.5 2.25 1.75

Line 28 14 9 7

Inch (cpi) 16.9 8.46 5.65

Line 37 18 12

(x1)2(x2)3(x3)4(x4)5(x1)6(x2)7(x3)

p1(width multiplier)

16.9 8.46 5.64

N/A

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A Command - Text/Bar Code Size

p2= Vertical size (multiplier).

Sets Text and Bar Code height.

Values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 Default: 1

Font

CCSET1

& Font 4*

CCSET3

Font 2*

Per

Character

Dots

Millimeters

Dots

Millimeters

Lines Per

Inch Dots

Millimeters

Lines Per

Inch

Line Height as Set by p

12345678

26 52 78 104 130 156 182 208

3.25 6.5 9.75 13 16.25 19.5 22.75 26

24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192

3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24

8.4 4.2 2.8 2.1 1.6 1.4 1.2 1

26 52 78 104 130 156 182 208

3.25 6.5 9.75 13 16.25 19.5 22.75 26

7.8 3.9 2.6 1.9 1.5 1.3 1.1 0.97

❏ All text and bar codes will be printed at the

size selected by this command until a new size is selected.

❏

The printer only supports a single line height setting per line.

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A Command - Text/Bar Code Size

Example:

Will Produce:

(Not to scale)

¬A11SIZE 11¿ ¬A12SIZE 12¿ ¬A13SIZE 13¿ ¬A14SIZE 14¿

¬A21SIZE 21¿ ¬A22SIZE 22¿ ¬A23SIZE 23¿ ¬A24SIZE 24¿

¬A31SIZE 31¿ ¬A32SIZE 32¿ ¬A33SIZE 33¿ ¬A34SIZE 34¿

¬A41SIZE 41¿ ¬A42SIZE 42¿ ¬A43SIZE 43¿ ¬A44SIZE 44¿

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A0 Command - Small Text

Description Use this command to set the small font charac

ter height and width. This command does not affect bar code height.

Out of Box Font: 5 by 7 dots (bit mapped font) (CCSET4). This font is part of EPL1 emu lation soft font set (w,x,y,z) preloaded into the printer at time of shipment.

Base Default Font: 8 by 12 dots (bit mapped font) (Font 1).

The base default fonts will be used if the soft fonts are deleted or inactivated with EPL2 pro gramming (in EPL2, page mode).

See Appendix C for information on controlling line mode font sets.

Base Small Font size: 8 by 12 dots (bit mapped font). See Appendix C for alternate font sets.

Syntax

¬A0p

Parameters p1= Sets vertical and horizontal character

height multipliers. Sets Small Text width.

p Width Multiplier Height Multiplier

0 11 1 11* 2 3 4

* - EPL1 fonts were bold versions for these settings

❏

All text will be printed at the size selected by this

12*

13*

command until a new size is selected. Bar code size will remain unaffected by this command.

❏

The printer only supports a single line height setting per line.

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B Command - Begin Command Buffer

Description Use this command to batch print labels or mini

Syntax

Parameters

Command Buffering

Rules

mize the affects of host system delays. Command buffering allows:

Assembly of a series of line print commands

•

(text, bar codes, etc.) for print. Buffered printing treats the print operation as

•

a single print routine. and will print without starting and stopping between line print oper ations.

¬B

None

Default: Command Buffering Off Use the command with the E command, End

Command Buffer. ❏ Do not use printer configuration and control

commands (speed, mode changes, density, etc.) within command buffer data strings.

❏ Line, text and bar code control commands

are allowed within the command buffer data strings.

❏

Printing with the buffer mode will automati cally assert a form feed at the end of buffer. To disable this feature, use the N command, Form Feed control, without any parameters.

❏

The printer will automatically backup to top of form (label) when buffer printing a label. The R command can not be used in buffered print operations.

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CR - Carriage Return

Description Use this command to print a line of data (text

and bar codes) and move to the next line.

This command may be used in conjunction with the Line Feed (LF) and will react as if a single Line Feed (LF) or a single Carriage Return (CR) has been is sued.

Syntax

e : ASCII value 13d (0Dh)

e :Abbreviation = CR/LF

Parameters None

: Abbreviation = CR

:Treated as a single Line Feed (LF)

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D Command - Density

Description Use this command to set print density. This

command controls the amount of heat applied to the media by the print head.

Syntax

¬Dp

Parameters p1= Density setting - Line Mode Printing

only!

Model Values1Default

2443 / 2844 0-7 5 0-15 10 2722 / 2824 0-7 5 0-15 7

LP Models

(Reference Only)

Note 1: 0 is the lightest print and 7 is the darkest. Note 2: The printer saves and shares density settings between Line Mode and Page (EPL2) mode. Note 3: Range and default density for EPL2 (Page Mode) operation is listed for reference to the AutoSense Dump Mode printout.

0-7 5

EPL2

The selected density will remain in effect until changed or power is removed.

The speed and densitycommands can dramatically affect print quality. Changes to thespeed setting typically require a change to the print density.

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DATA - Text for Print

Description Data is standard ASCII text characters. Text

(DATA) does not require special commands or identifiers (i.e. Esc) to print. A simple Line Feed (LF) character, a Carriage Return (CR), a Car riage Return and Line Feed combination (CR/LF)orFF (Form Feed) will cause the printer to print a line of DATA (text) and ad vance to the start of the next line (or form if a Form Feed is used to terminate a line).

Parameters DATA = ASCII Characters

Range: 32 to 254 decimal

(20-FE Hexadecimal) and include 20-21 decimal (14-15 hexadecimal).

See the Line Mode Character Map (Code Page 850) in Appendix A

Example: Data Entered:

ABC 123 EFGe : Text terminated with CR - Carriage

ABC 123 EFG : Text terminated with LF - Line Feed ABC 123 EFG¿ : Text terminated with CR/LF

Will Print:

ABC 123 EFG ABC 123 EFG ABC 123 EFG

: Return

: combination

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{DATA} Command - Print Bar Code (with Human Readable)

Description Use this command to write the bar code data

field with human readable code.

Example:

¬{DATA}

Parameters DATA = bar code data to be encoded.

Description

1. Starts bar code data field

{

DATA

}

2. Identifies bar code to include hu man readable text

1. Bar code data

2. Must comply with bar code specifi cations, i.e. type of character (num ber only or alpha-numeric), supported characters, data field size, etc.

1. Terminates the data to be entered into the bar code.

Example:

¬{1234567890}¿

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|DATA} Command - Print Bar Code (w/o Human Readable)

Description Use this command to write the bar code data

field as a bar code without human readable text.

Syntax

¬|DATA}

Parameters DATA = Bar code data to be encoded.

Description

1. Starts bar code data field

Example:

DATA

}

¬|1234567890}¿

2. Identifies bar code to be without the human readable text

1. Bar code data

2. Must comply with bar code specifi cations, i.e. type of character (num ber only or alpha-numeric), supported characters, data field size, etc.

1. Terminates the data to be entered into the bar code.

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E Command - End Command Buffer

Description Use this command to finish (terminate) com

mand buffering.

Syntax

Parameters

¬E

None

Default: Command Buffering Off Always use the E command in conjunction with

the B command, Begin Command Buffer.

See the P and p commands to print buffered commands.

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EPL? Command - Print Configuration Label

Description This command is used to print the current

printer configuration. This is the same Dump Mode status printout that is printed by the AutoSense alignment and configuration rou tine.

Syntax

¬EPL?

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EPL2 Command - Switch To Page Mode

Description This command is used to switch the printer from

Line Mode to Page Mode (EPL2). This command can not be concatenated with

other commands on a single line.

Syntax

Example:

This command is not intended to be used dur ing normal print operations.

¬EPL2

¬EPL2 :switch to Page Mode

The EPL2 command OEPL1 (followed by a LF, CR or CR/LF) can be sent to the printer to return the printer to Line Mode operation.

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FF - Form Feed

Description Use this command to feed to the top of the next

form (label). When in continuous media mode, the printer

will advance the printer to the next line unless set to a different value by the N command.

Syntax

Parameters None

Default - Label (Gap Sense) Mode:

By Default, Continuous Media Mode:

Continuous Media Mode with N set:

: ASCII value 12d (0Ch) : Abbreviation = FF

Go to Top Of (Next) Form.

Go to next line when a Form Feed (FF) is issued. Line height is set as per the A command setting.

Move the print position from 0 to 99 mm (N00 to N99) for each Form Feed (FF) issued to the printer. See the N command for details.

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G Command - Draw Graphics

Description Use this command to draw single line of a bit

mapped graphic. The bit map data pattern can be repeated automatically, in sequence, up to eight times. The line height is set by the H com mand. The bit map image is assembled on a line by line basis.

Syntax

¬Gp

Parameters p

DATA = Data bytes representing the bit

Each additional line of graphics must start with the G command and include the complete command parameter and data string (¬Gp

DO NOT add carriage returns (CR) or Line Feeds (LF)orCR/LF to the end of a Draw Graphics command line. Sending a CR or LF or CR/LF will advance the print position by full text line as defined by the default or previously issued A command.

DATA

= Number of bytes to follow.

Values : 01 to 99

mapped graphic. Each bit represents one dot (1=black, 0=white).

DATA).

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g Command - Draw Graphics

Description Use this command to draw single line of a bit

Syntax

¬gp

Parameters p

DATA = Data bytes representing the bit

Each additional line of graphics must start with the G command and include the complete command parameter and data string (¬gp

DO NOT add carriage returns (CR) or Line Feeds (LF)orCR/LF to the end of a Draw Graphics command line. Sending the CR or LF or CR/LF will advance the print position by full text line as defined by the de fault or previously issued A command.

DATA

= Number of bytes to follow.

Values : 001 to 199

mapped graphic. Each bit represents one dot (1=black, 0=white).

DATA).

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H Command - Graphic Line Height

Description Use this command to set the number of times

(up to eight)that a graphic(line) of bitmap data will be repeated when printing. The G or g commands are used to send the bit map data.

Syntax

¬Hp

Parameters p1= Line height of graphic (bit map data

pattern) measured in dots.

Range: 1- 8 Default: 1

(8 dots = 1mm)

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I Command - Country Code Character Set

Description Use this command to select the appropriate

character set for printing.

Syntax Ip

Parameters p1= Select 0- 8 Default = 0

Character Set Selection

0 8 USA 1 2 German 3 French 4 Danish 5 Italian 6 Spanish 7 Swedish 8 Swiss

Data Bits Country

British

Dump Mode

Status Printout

I8,1 I7,1 I7,2 I7,3 I7,4 I7,5 I7,6 I7,7 I7,8

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LF - Line Feed

Description Use this command to print a line of data (text

and bar codes) and move to the next line.

This command may be used in conjunction with the Carriage Return (CR)and will react as if a single Line Feed (LF) or a single Carriage Return (CR) has been issued.

Syntax

Parameters

 : ASCII value 10d (0Ah)

: Abbreviation = LF

e : Abbreviation = CR/LF

:Treated as a single Line Feed (LF)

None

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M Command - Left Margin

Description Use this command to adjust the Left Margin.

By default, the Line Mode printer's outsidemar gins are set to match the maximum printable area for the largest typical label media sup ported by that printer.

Syntax

¬Mp

Parameters p1= Additional margin in millimeters.

Range: 00 - 99 Default: 03 (3mm)

1 millimeter = 0.040" = 8 dots

Do not set 2 inch printers to have margin values of greater than 49mm.

The margin command can not be applied to a line of print after print data (text, bar codes, or graphics) has proceeded it in a line.

The left margin parameter(M) is displayed on the Dump Mode Printout and has a range of

M00 to M99.

Printable Area = 1-2 mm margin on all sides.

Printing outside of the "printable" area may damage or shorten the print head's life.

Example:

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¬M05¿:set a 5mm left margin

N Command - Form Feed Control

Description Use this command to disable automatic form

feed (N) or set the form feed length (Nxx) when using continuous media.

Syntax

¬N[p1]

Parameters None = Disables auto form feed in buffer

mode.

= Sets length of the form in millimeters.

Feed a specified distance (p

) when a

Form Feed (FF) is issued.

Range: 00 - 25 (1 = 1 millimeter)

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oR Command - Enable Euro Character

Description This command allows the advanced program

mer to substitute the Euro currency character for any ASCII character in printer.

The original character can be restored by send ing the oR command without a parameter. Ex ample of Euro Currency Symbol is shown below.

Syntax

¬oR[p1, p2]

Parameters p1= E

If the p

parameter is not provided,

then the Euro character will map to code page position 213 decimal (D5 hexadecimal) for all code pages.

= Decimal number, Range 0 to 255

The active code page’s ASCII character map position to be replaced by the Euro character. The Euro character will be active in this map position for all code pages. See the I command for details on code page selection.

None = No Parameters (p

) resets to all

1/p2

code pages to original default character mapping.

The oR command is a global printer command.

❏

It must be issued prior to issuing a text com mand (and printing).

❏

Effects a single character on a single code page. Changing the character position will restore the original character.

❏

The character substitution is saved like printer configuration parameters (Density, Serial Port Data Rate, Options, etc.). The pa rameter data is preserved until it is changed by the oR command or reprogramming of the printer.

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oR Command - Enable Euro Character

Example:

¬oRE¿ : Places the Euro character into character

: map position 213 decimal : (D5 hexadecimal)

¬oRE,128¿ : Places the Euro into character map

: position 128 decimal (80 hexadecimal)

¬oR¿ : Clears Character Substitution,

: Restores default character maps

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P Command - Print Buffer 1-99 times

Description Use this command to print 1 to 99 batch forms

or labels from commands and data previously stored in the printer's command buffer.

The printer can print one or more forms or la bels that have been stored in the printer's com mand buffer as a single "batch". The "batch" of forms or labels are then printed 1 to 99 times as

parameter of this command.

Syntax

set per p

¬Pp

Parameters p1= Sets the number of batch forms or labels

to print.

Range: 00 - 99

The P command does not need to be terminated with a Line Feed (LF) character or alternately the Carriage Return (CR) or Carriage Return Line Feed (CR/LF) combination. If the print (P) command string is terminated immediately following the command, the top of form will be move down one line on the next label following the completion of the batch print routine.

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p Command - Print Buffer 1-999 times

Description Use this command to print 1 to 999 batch forms

or labels from commands and data previously stored in the printer's command buffer.

The printer can print one or more forms or la bels that have been stored in the printer's com mand buffer as a single "batch". The "batch" of forms or labels are then printed 1 to 999 times

parameter of this command.

Syntax

as set per p

¬pp

Parameters p1= Sets the number of batch forms or labels

to print.

Range: 001 - 999

The p command must be terminated with a Line Feed (LF) character. As an alternate method, both the Carriage Return (CR) or Carriage Return Line Feed (CR/LF) combination may be used.

Line Mode Operational Command Difference

- The equivalent ELP1 p command automatically prints a 100 labels when the p

001 through 099.

parameter is set to

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P00 Command - Reprint Buffer

Description Use this command to print and repeat print a

batch form or label programmed from commands and data previously stored in the printer's command buffer.

Each time the FEED button is pressed, the

❏

form (or label) stored in the image buffer will print.

The printer will accept no more commands

❏

or data once this command has been issued. To cancel the feed to reprint the buffer, reset

❏

the printer by cycling the printer power.

Syntax

¬P00

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Q? Command - Auto Detect Label Parameters

Description Use this command to printer automatically de

tect the label and gap length and set the sensor levels similar to the AutoSense routine.

This command will

not enter the printer into the Dump mode or print the printer configuration label.

Syntax

Parameters

¬Q?

None

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R Command - Backup

escription Use this command to control the print position

ing. This command's positioning functions can:

Reposition the print position back towards the

•

Top of Form after printing a line (or lines). Disable the reposition to Top of Form before

•

printing (R00). Move the print position to the physical Top of

•

form. Issuing the Rnn (nn = 01 -25) com mand in the first command line following a form feed (FF), a print buffer command (p or

P), a reset condition(power-up, etc.) or as the

first command in a group of buffered com mands will cause the printer to reposition to the physical Top of Form.

Syntax

¬Rp

Parameters p1= Distance in millimeters to backup.

Range: 01 - 25 (1 = 1 millimeter)

00 = Disables automatic

backup to top of form.

Example:

❏ The printer will reset to the default position

for Top of Form after a print command (p or

P) has been sent to the printer.

❏

The default Top of Form position (or margin) is approximately 1mm below the top edge of the media (label).

❏

The R command cannot be used inside a Buffered Label or to print a buffered label (see the B, E, P, and p commands).

¬R05 :moves the first print line 5mm

:toward the top edge of the label

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S Command - Speed Select

Description Usethis command to select media print speed.

Syntax

¬Sp

Parameters p1= Speed select value.

Model Value Speed

1.0 ips (25 mmps)

2722

2443 2844 2824

1.5 ips (37 mmps)

2.0 ips (50 mmps)

1.0ips (25 mm/s)

1.5 ips (37 mm/s)

2.0ips (50 mm/s)

2.5 ips (63 mm/s)

The selected speed will remain in effect until changed or power is removed.

The speed and density commands can dramatically affect print quality.Changes to the speed setting typically require a change to the print density.

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U Command - MaxiCode - 2D Bar Code

Description Use this command to print a MaxiCode bar

code symbol. The printer will automatically in terpret and encode data into MaxiCode sym bols for data modes 2, 3, 4, and 6. Up to eight symbols can be linked.

Syntax

¬Up

Parameters p

Range = 00 to 99 (millimeters)

Note - The vertical start position is set by line

1. If p2(mX) is not used, the printer will use the following rules to automatically format the “DATA” parameter. If the postal code (third parameter, PC) in the “DATA” is:

,[p2,],“DATA”

= Horizontal start position from the left

margin in millimeters.

position.

= Mode Selection

Value Description

Not Used Automatic Selection Mode 2 or 3

m2 Mode 2 m3 Mode 3 m4 Mode 4 m6 Mode 6

•

All numeric characters, the printer will auto matically select Mode 2.

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•

Alpha only or alpha-numeric character com binations will set the printer to Mode 3.

•

Not used, the printer automatically selects Mode 3.

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2. If p2value is “m2 or m3”, the printer will use the following rules to format the “Data” param eter:

In Mode 2 - If a non-numeric character is en

•

tered in the Postal Code “Data” parameter field, then the MaxiCode bar code will not print.

In Mode 3 – If the Postal Code “Data” field

•

exceed 6 characters, thenthe additional char acters will be truncated from the bar code field.

Mode Data Format 2 & 3 “cl,co,pc,lpm” 4 & 6 “lpm”

cl = Class Code (3 digits re-

quired)

co = Country Code

Mode 2 = Numeric Characters Mode 3 = International Characters (up to 6 characters)

pc = Postal Code

Mode 2 = 5 or 9 characters (All Numeric, including USA Postal ZIP 5 or 9 char.) For less than 9 characters, the printer will pad the field with 0’s. Mode 3 (International)= Any alphanumeric character (up to 6 characters)

lpm = Low priority message (data)

ASCII printable characters (up to 84 characters per symbol),

any 256 character map. The programmer should rely on the symbology’s specification to insure format com pliance and proper implementation. See the AIM web site for specifications at:

http://www.aimi.org/

(3 digits required)

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U Command - MaxiCode - 2D Bar Code

Using AIM Specified

MaxiCode Data

Formatting

The line mode printer can use and automati cally decode the AIM ITS (International Techni cal Standards) MaxiCode data format. The printer detects the message/start header ([)>R message marker (R

), field separator (GS), and the end of

SEOT

) data control strings.

The hexadecimal (ASCII) data control strings are in the following table. See the EPL2 dump mode character map in Appendix A.

Control String Hexadecimal Code Message/Start Header

[ ) > R

Field Separator

End Of Message Marker

RSE

5B 29 3E 1E

1E 04

Syntax bp1,p2“[AIM MaxiCode Data]”

Example

¬U20,m2,"001,840,93065,1692,[)>RS01GS9

6XXXZZFDAAFG MARILLOG

Notes:

1) This programming example represents actual data used to format a single AIM compliant MaxiCode symbol as pro grammed by a major international and domestic shipping com pany.

2) The shipper has explicitly set the MaxiCode symbol for Mode

2. This can be omitted by the programmer and the printer will auto-select the mode per parameter p

3) The shipper has used the “!” character to pad the symbol’s data. A scanner reads back all the "Data" within the quotation marks, including the “!” characters following the End Of Mes

sage Marker (E

4) All of the data fields in the Low Priority Message are not used in the example. Some are left empty with the field delim

iting G

character used as a format field holder.

SHIPGS309GSGS1/1GS10GSNGSGSCA

CAGSRSEOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"¿

rules.

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V Command - Enable Reverse Print

Description This command is used to enable reversed

(white on black) printing.

Syntax

¬V

Parameters Default Condition - Disabled

The reversed print condition will be cleared when:

The line has been printed, ie a line termina

❏

tion comand (LF, CR or CR/LF or a combination there of).

❏ A Disable Reverse Print command (v) is sent

to the printer.

❏ A print command (Porp) is sent to the

printer.

❏ The print has power cycled and returns to the

default condition, which is disabled.

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v Command - Disable Reverse Print

Description Usethis command to disable reversed printing.

Syntax

¬v

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X Command - Bar Width

Description

Use this command to set the "X" dimension (or narrow bar width) of a bar code.

Syntax

¬Xp

Parameters p1= Width in dots.

Each dot is 0.125mm or 0.005" wide. Values: 2, 3 or 4 Default: 2 (.25mm or .010")

The selected value will remain in effect until:

The setting is changed,

❏ ❏ An error condition occurs or ❏ The print has power cycled and returns to the

default setting.

Example:

¬X2¿ :sets the bar width to 10 mils.

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x Command - Bar Width Ratio

Description Use this command to set ratio of the narrow bar

width to the wide bar width for applicable bar code types.

Supported bar codes that have adjustable bar with ratios are:

Code 39

•

Interleaved 2 of 5

•

CodaBar

•

Syntax

¬xp1p

Parameters p1= Narrow bar width in dots.

Values: 2, 3 or 4 Default: 2 (.250 mm or .010 inch)

= Wide bar width in dots.

Values: 04 to 12 Default: 05 (.625 mm or .025 inch)

The selected value will remain in effect until changed, an error condition occurs, or power is removed.

Example:

¬x205¿ :sets the narrow bar to 2, and the

:wide bar to 5.

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? Command - Bar Code Select

Description Use this command to select the bar code type.

Syntax

¬?p

Parameters p1= Bar Code type.

Default = 2 (I 2 of 5).

Value Description

2 Interleaved 2 of 5 (default) 3 Code 39 (w/extended)

9 Code 93 U UPC-A and UPC-E E EAN8 and EAN13

P Postnet 5, 9,11 & 13 digit K CodaBar

L MSI-3 with mod. 10 check digit

Code 128B/C Serial Shipping Container Code

Code 128 (Auto-selects mode A, B or C)

Plessey (MSI-1) with mod. 10 check digit

Example:

The selected Bar code will remain in effect until changed or power is removed.

¬?2¿ :selects Interleaved 2 of 5 bar codes

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Appendix A - Character References

This section has character reference.

Default Character Map

Code Page - 850

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Dump Mode Character Map

Hexidecimal - Most Significant Digit

0123456789ABCDEF

00 

016

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 A B C

Hexidecimal - Least Significant Digit

D E F



117

218

♥

319

♦

420

♣ §

521

♠

622

o

723

824

925

10 26

11 27

12 28

13 29



14 30



15 31

32 48

33 49

34 50

35 51

36 52

37 53

38 54

39 55

40 56

41 57

42 58

43 59

44 60

45 61

46 62

47 63

64 80

65 81

66 82

67 83

68 84

69 85

70 86

71 87

72 88

73 89

74 90

75 91

76 92

77 93

78 94

79 95

96 112

97 113

98 114

99 115

100 116

101 117

102 118

103 119

104 120

105 121

106 122

107 123

108 124

109 125

110 126

111 127

128 144

129 145

130 146

131 147

132 148

133 149

134 150

135 151

136 152

137 153

138 154

139 155

140 156

141 157

142 158

143 159

               

°

160 176

¡±

161 177

¢²

162 178

£³

163 179

¤´

164 180

¥µ

165 181

¦¶

166 182

§·

167 183

¨¸

168 184

©¹

169 185

ªº

170 186

«»

171 187

¬¼

172 188

½

173 189

®¾

174 190

¯¿

175 191

ÀÐ

192 208

ÁÑ

193 209

ÂÒ

194 210

ÃÓ

195 211

ÄÔ

196 212

ÅÕ

197 213

ÆÖ

198 214

Ç×

199 215

ÈØ

200 216

ÉÙ

201 217

ÊÚ

202 218

ËÛ

203 219

ÌÜ

204 220

ÍÝ

205 221

ÎÞ

206 222

Ïß

207 223

àð

224 240

áñ

225 241

âò

226 242

ãó

227 243

äô

228 244

åõ

229 245

æö

230 246

ç÷

231 247

èø

232 248

éù

233 249

êú

234 250

ëû

235 251

ìü

236 252

íý

237 253

îþ

238 254

256

239 255

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Appendix B

System Compatibility

Features

Many computer operatingsystems have unique character values assigned to the basic printer control functions of escape, line feed, carriage return and form feed. The line mode printer programming allows for any one or all of these functions to be reassigned as a new one or two character (hexadecimal) data string.

Default ASCII Values for the Basic Printer Control Functions

Pro-

Command Function

CR Carriage Return 1 13 0D

LF Line Feed 2 10 0A FF Form Feed 3 12 0C

ESC Escape 4 27 1B

cessing

Order

Decimal Hexadecimal

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The table below describes the unique, non-printing data characters that are used by the line mode printer to reprogram these basic printer control functions.

Command

<STX> Start Transmission 02 02 <ETX> End Transmission 03 03

<EOT> End of Text 04 04

<CAN> Cancel 24 18

Changing Control

Function Characters

Standard Character

Name

Use this command string to change the basic command code functions.

Syntax:

Decimal Hexadecimal

Parameters p1= Character to be substituted for: Escape

(ESC), line feed (LF), carriage return (CR) or a form feed (FF).

= One to two character string to be substi-

tuted. Each individual control character can be substituted with a one or two ASCII characters.

Example:

<STX>LF<EOT>?-<ETX>:The printer will treat a ?-

as a line feed (LF) .

If control function code substitution is such

that a higher priority code is a subset of a lower priority code, the lower priority code will not be executed. For instance, if the carriage return is replaced with ? and the line feed is replaced with ?- and the user sends the line feed sequence to the printer the ? will be interpreted as a carriage return and the – will be printed as data.

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Resetting the Control

Function Characters

Use this command string to reset (or return)

the basic printer control function charac ter codes to their default values.

Syntax:

Checking Control

Function Code

Settings

The AutoSense routine’s Dump Mode Print

out has the decimal values for the basic printer control function displayed near the bottom of the printout.

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Appendix C

Modifying Your

Printer For EPL1

Compatibility

The Line Mode printing language is designed to be command compatible with EPL1 programming language. The printer character sets used for printing are the basic differences between the ELP flash based Line Mode printer and the EPL1 LP series printer (i.e. LP2022, LP2042, etc.).

ELP1 printers had a character sets for font 1 (CCSET 1) of 14 by22 dots and font 2 (CCSET

4) that was 5 by 7 dots. See the A command (page 3-3) for the default Line Mode fonts. The EPL1 character sets can be installed in the printer prior to switching to Line Mode and us ing the printer Font Downloader utility.

The printer automatically performs the func tions of the Top-of-form (Qnnn) command for labels less than 2 inches long and the Extra Feed (On) command for label taken sensing.

The printer does not support the Print Line Command (L). Lines can be printed with the G,

g and H graphic print commands.

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Loading ELP1 Font

Sets

1. Set the reconfigure the printer for Page (EPL2) Mode. Send a EPL2 command to the printer.

2. Send the EPL2 U command to the printer. The printer will print a Dump Mode status re port. If it prints a U, then the print is still in Line Mode and steps 1 and 2 need to be repeated.

3. Download the EPL1 Font file (LMFONT.BIN) with the Firmware Downloader program. Change the file type pull down menu to *.BIN files and load the font (and the embedded command that activate the EPL1 fonts).

4. Send the EPL2 OEPL1 (Set Line Mode) command to the printer. Send a Line Mode

EPL? command to the printer to print a Dump

Mode printout. Verify that the printer is in Line Mode and that the status line immediately below the “Option:” line has, at minimum, the following: oEw, x, y, z

Cycle the printer power and repeat steps3&4if the printer is not in Line Mode or the fonts (as represented by oEw, x, y, z ) are not active and loaded.

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Deactivating the

EPL1 Fonts

1. 1. Set the reconfigure the printer for Page (EPL2) Mode. Send a EPL2 command to the printer.

2. Send the EPL2 U command to the printer. The printer will print a Dump Mode status re port. If it prints a U, then the print is still in Line Mode and steps 1 and 2 need to be repeated.

3. Send the EPL2 o (Clear Special Mode Op tions) command to the printer.

4. Send the EPL2 OEPL1 (Set Line Mode) command to the printer. Send a Line Mode

EPL? command to the printer to print a Dump

Mode printout. Verify that the printer is in Line Mode and that the status line immediately be low the “Option:” line has been cleared of the following: oEw, x, y, z

Typically the last two lines will read:

Options: 04 07 10 << label sensor readings

Cycle the printer power and repeat steps3&4if the printer is not in Line Mode or the fonts have not been cleared.

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EPL1 LP20XX

Conversion to

LN20XX Printer

Models

The LN20XX EPL1 printer had unique Control Function Characters (see Appendix B) prepro grammed into the printer.

1. 3. Download the EPL1 LN printer conversion file (EPL1 Chr Substitution LN.bin) with the Firmware Downloader program. Change the file type pull down menu to *.BIN files and load the conversion file.

Resetting the LN20XX

to LP20XX Printer

Mode

The printer will print a Dump Mode Printout au tomatically if the conversion is correct. Thecon trol function character should be as follows:

ESC 063 CR 063,044 LF 063,044 FF 063,046

See the “Resetting the Control Function Characters” in Appendix B, page B-3.

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Zebra LP2824 EPL1 Line Mode Manual (en)

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

INTRODUCTION

Basic Printing

LINE MODE COMMAND REFERENCE

Appendix A - Character References

Appendix B

Appendix C