User`s manual

TLS PC Link
TM
Programmer’s Guide
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Command Type Description
configuration and image downloading.
Label-Formatting Commands Used to control the position of text and
images. The label format termination
commands can selectively store and print
the label and end the formatting process.
Control Codes
Control codes are used to inform the printer that a command is to be received or
terminated. The control codes used are:
ASCII
Char
Decimal
Value
HEX
Value
Printer
Dump
Control Code for
SOH 1 0x01 ^A Start of Immediate
Commands
STX 2 0x02 ^B Start of System
Commands
CR 13 0x0D ^M Termination of many
commands
Power up Conditions
On power up, the unit is in the following modes:
! System Level Commands are accepted
! Immediate Commands are turned off
! Feedback Characters are turned off
The unit will never accept System Level Commands and Label Formatting
Commands at the same time. When Label Formatting mode is entered, System
Level Commands are disabled. After Label Formatting Mode is exited, System
Level Commands can be received again.
Immediate Commands can be turned on and off. When turned on, they can be
received in both Label Formatting Mode and System Level Mode. They are
turned off with an Immediate Command, but turned back on with a System Level
command.
Feedback Characters can be turned on and off with System Level Commands.
When turned on, all System Level and Label Formatting Commands will reply