User guide

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Pocket Merchant Communications
All communications between the Pocket Merchant and the PC / PDA are
performed at: 9600 baud, No Parity, 1 Stop Bit, 8 Data Bits. (9600,8,N,1).
The Pocket Merchant is capable of accepting RS-232 signals at either the
standard RS-232 levels, or at TTL levels. This allows the device use a straight
through data cable on PDA’s that have a level converter module on their own
RS-232 Data cable. If you are attempting to interface the Pocket Merchant to a
custom device, contact Advanced Merchant Solutions, Inc.
[e-mail]
for the pinout.
Pocket Merchant Printer Escape Codes
HT
Horizontal tab
Hex 09
Decimal 9
[Description ] Moves the print position to the next horizontal tab position..
[Notes ]
This command is ignored unless the next horizontal tab position has been set. If
the next horizontal tab position exceeds the printing area, the printer sets the
printing position to [Printing area width +1 ]. Horizontal tab positions are set with
ESC D. If this command is received when the printing position is at [Printing area
width +1 ],the printer executes print buffer-full printing of the current line and
horizontal tab processing from the beginning of the next line.
LF
Print and line feed
Hex 0A
Decimal 10
[Description ] Prints the data in the print buffer and feed one line based on the
current line spacing..
[Notes ]
This command sets the print position to the beginning of the line.
[Reference ] ESC 2,ESC 3
FF
Print and return to standard mode (in page mode)
Hex 0C
Decimal 12
[Description ] Prints the data in the print buffer collectively and returns to
standard mode..
[Notes ]