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Table Of Contents
- 0. i Cover B
- 0. i Copyright B
- 0. i TOC B
- 1. i Introduction B
- 2. i Programming Concepts B
- 3. i Code Quick Reference B.backup
- 4. i Standard Command Codes B
- 5. i Optional Command Codes B
- 6. i Bi-Directional Communications B
- 7. i Appendix B
- 7
- appendix
- custom graphics
- CUSTOM GRAPHICS EXAMPLE
- 1. Determine the matrix size for the graphic. It must be in 8 dot by 8 dot blocks. The example here has six blocks horizontally and six blocks vertically (48 x 48).
- 2. Lay out a grid and draw the image on the grid.
- 3. Transfer the image into a bit map representation and then into hexadecimal format:
- 4. Using the hexadecimal data, send the following code to print the graphic image as designed.
- 5. To send the data in binary format, the software must convert the data into binary format before transmitting it to the printer. Using the BASIC programming language for example, this is done by notation “CHR$ (&HC0)” which sends the hexidecima...
- PCX GRAPHICS EXAMPLE
- CUSTOM GRAPHICS EXAMPLE
- printer configuration commands
- reference tables
Unit 4: Standard Command Codes
“i” Programming Reference
4-24 PN: 9001158B
SMOOTHING FONTS: XB, XL
FUNCTION
To print text images on a label. These are the four auto-smoothing fonts available on the printer.
FORMAT
Font XB: <ESC>XBa
Font XL: <ESC>XLa
a = 0: Disables auto-smoothing of font
1: Enables auto-smoothing of font (see notes below)
Place preceding the data to be printed.
EXAMPLE
<ESC>A
<ESC>PS
<ESC>H0300<ESC>V0100<ESC>XB0SATO
<ESC>H0300<ESC>V0185<ESC>XB1SATO
<ESC>H0300<ESC>V0270<ESC>XL0SATO
<ESC>H0300<ESC>V0355<ESC>XL1SATO
<ESC>Q1
<ESC>Z
OUTPUT
(4-15)
NOTES
Auto-smoothing (when enabled) is only effective if the character expansion rate is at least (3) times in
each direction.
Characters may be enlarged through the use of the Character Expansion (<ESC>L) command.
Character spacing may be altered through the use of the Character Pitch (<ESC>A) command.
A font must be defined for each field to be printed. There is no default font.
Refer to Appendix: Reference Tables 4 and 5 for additional information.