Instruction manual

A758 Owner’s Guide Chapter 7: Programming Guide
September 1999 186
Macro Commands
These commands are used to select and perform a user-defined sequence of
printer operations.
Start or End Macro Definition
ASCII
:GS :
Hexadecimal
:1D 3A
Decimal:
29 58
Starts or ends macro definition. Macro definition begins when this command is
received during normal operation and ends when this command is received
during macro definition. The macro definition is cleared, during definition of the
macro, when the Execute Macro (1D 5E) command is received.
Normal printing occurs while the macro is defined. When the power is turned on
the macro is not defined.
The defined contents of the macro are not cleared by the Initialize Printer (1B 40),
thus, the Initialize Printer (1B 40) command may be used as part of the macro
definition.
If the printer receives a second Select or Cancel Macro Definition (1D 3A)
command immediately after previously receiving a Select or Cancel Macro
Definition (1D 3A) the printer remains in the macro undefined state.
Formulas:
The contents of the macro can be defined up to 2048 bytes.
Exceptions:
If the macro definition exceeds 2048 bytes, excess data is not stored.
This command is available in A758 Native Mode only.