Cognitive Solutions A776 manuals

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Programming Guide
- 3Contents
- 13Chapter 1: About this Guide
  - How to use this Guide
  - Where to nd the basics
  - Where to nd advanced technical information
  - Support
- 15Chapter 2: Printer Status and Indicators
  - Startup Diagnostics
  - Runtime diagnostics
  - Remote diagnostics
  - 16Ethernet terms and default setup
    - Ethernet Terminology
    - 17Ethernet Default Setup
  - 18Indicators
    - Green on-line, paper status,error light (to the rear of the paper feed button)
    - Green slip-in light (in front of the paper feed button)
- 19Chapter 3: Migrating to A776 and B780
  - Migrating from existing CognitiveTPG printers
  - 20Moving from the A756 to the A776 (Thermal printhead dierences)
  - 21Moving from the A756, A758, or A760 to the A776 (Slip dierences)
  - Moving from the A756 to the A776 (Emulation commands)
  - 22A776 Emulation Commands
  - A776 Conguration Commands
    - 23Select A776 Narrow Slip Conguration Option to Ignore n Leading Spaces
    - Select A776 Narrow Slip Conguration Option to Ignore n Leading Spaces
    - Select A776 Narrow Slip 51-column Compressed Print Option
    - Select A776 Delete Slip Trailing Spaces Option
  - 27Moving from A756/A758 to A776 Two-color Commands
  - 28LogoEZ colorization commands
    - B780 Emulation Commands
    - B780 Conguration Commands
  - 29Migrating from the A721 (7221) printer to the B780
- 35Chapter 4: Programming the Printer
  - Overview of Printing Characteristics
  - 36Character appearance
    - Receipt character specication
      - Standard
      - Compressed
  - 37Print zones
    - Print zones for receipt station 80 mm paper
    - 38Print zones for slip station
  - 39Print Zones for Slip, Validation
  - 40Rotated printing commands
- 41Chapter 5: Programming Commands
  - Commands listed by function
    - Commands in bold are ColorPOS commands.
    - Printer actions
    - 42Print and paper feed
    - Vertical and horizontal positioning
    - Text characteristics
    - 43Graphics
    - 44Status
      - Batch mode
      - Real-time
      - Unsolicited status mode
    - 45Bar codes
    - Page mode
    - Macros
    - MICR check reader commands
      - MICR Reading
      - MICR Parsing
    - 46User data storage
    - Flash download
    - Ethernet setup commands
    - 47Image Commands
  - 48Command conventions
  - Command descriptions
    - Printer actions
      - Clear printer
      - 49Close form
      - Open form
      - Perform partial knife cut
      - Generate tone
      - Return home
      - 50Select peripheral device (for multi-drop)
      - Initialize printer
      - Set slip paper eject length
      - Set unidirectional print on impact station
      - 51Select receipt or slip for printing; slip for MICR read
      - Select receipt or slip for setting line spacing
      - Select paper sensors to output paper end signals
      - 52Select sensors to stop printing
      - Enable or disable panel button
      - Set slip paper waiting time
      - 53Generate pulse to open cash drawer
      - Release Paper
      - Set current color
      - 54Select slip station
      - Select cut mode and cut paper
      - Set paper type (ColorPOS)
      - 55Select receipt station
      - Set Interpretation of Set current color
      - Print test form
    - 56Print and paper feed
      - Print and feed paper one line
      - Print and eject slip
      - Print and carriage return
      - Feed n print lines
      - 57Feed n dot rows
      - Add n extra dot rows
      - 58Print
      - Print and feed paper
      - Print and reverse feed paper
      - Print and feed n lines
      - Print and reverse feed n lines
      - Reverse feed n lines
      - Reverse feed n dots
    - 59Vertical and horizontal positioning
      - Horizontal tab
      - 60Set column
      - Set absolute starting position
      - Set vertical line spacing to 1/6 inch
      - 61Set vertical line spacing
      - Set horizontal tab positions
      - 62Set relative print position
      - To move to the left:
      - 63Select justication
      - Set left margin
      - 64Set horizontal and vertical minimum motion units
      - Set printing area width
    - 65Text characteristics commands
      - Select double-wide characters
      - Select single-wide characters
      - Select 90 degree counter-clockwise rotated print
      - 66Select pitch (column width)
      - Set right-side character spacing
      - 67Select print mode
        Selects the print mode: standard, compressed, double-high, or double-wide.
        The character sets cannot be used together on the same line.
      - Select or cancel user-dened character set
      - 68Dene user-dened character set
      - 69Select or cancel underline mode
      - Copy character set from ROM to RAM
      - 70Cancel user-dened character
      - Select or cancel emphasized mode
      - Select double-strike
      - 71Cancel double-strike
      - Select or cancel italic print
      - Select international character set
      - 72Select character code table
      - Select or cancel 90 degree clockwise rotated print
      - Select or cancel upside-down print mode
      - Select character size
      - 73Select or cancel white/black reverse print mode
      - 74Set smoothing
      - Reverse color text mode (ColorPOS)
      - 75Text strike-through mode (ColorPOS)
      - Select font ID number
      - Select font style number
      - 76Save font ID number as default font at power up
      - Download font
      - Download font list
      - Select superscript or subscript modes
      - 77Dene extended user-dened character set
      - Select active user-dened character set
    - 78Graphics
      - Download BMP logo
      - Select bit image mode
      - 79Print advanced raster graphics
      - 80Select double-density graphics
      - Print Flash Logo
      - Dene Flash Logos
      - Select the current logo (downloaded bit image)
      - 81Dene downloaded bit image
      - Print downloaded bit image
      - 82Print raster monochrome graphics (ColorPOS)
      - Print raster color graphics (ColorPOS)
      - Download logo image (ColorPOS)
      - 83Monochrome shade mode (ColorPOS)
      - Color shade mode (ColorPOS)
      - 84Logo print with color plane swap (ColorPOS)
      - Apply shading to logo (ColorPOS)
      - Merge watermark mode (ColorPOS)
      - 85Form and merge real-time surround graphic (ColorPOS)
      - 86Save graphics buer as logo (ColorPOS)
      - Background logo print mode (ColorPOS)
      - 87Apply margin message mode (ColorPOS)
      - Shade and store logo (ColorPOS)
      - 88Logo print with knife cut
      - Set temporary max target speed
      - 89Set LogoEZ colorization (ColorPOS)
      - 91Set LogoEZ attribute mapping (ColorPOS)
      - 93Convert 6-dots/mm bitmap to 8-dots/mm bitmap
      - Enable constant speed logos
    - 94Status
      - Status command introduction
      - Batch mode
      - Transmit peripheral device status
      - 95Transmit paper sensor status
        See real time commands, in this document for details about fault conditions reporting.
      - Transmit printer ID
        96Transmits the printer ID specied by n as follows:
      - 97Transmit printer ID, remote diagnostics extension
      - 99Transmit status
      - Send printer software version
    - 101Real-time commands
      - 102Preferred implementation
      - Alternate implementation
      - Rules for using real-time commands
      - Moving data through the buer
      - 103Busy line and fault conditions
      - Real-time status transmission
        104Continued...
      - 106Real-time request to printer
      - 107Real-time printer status transmission
      - Real-time commands disable
    - 108Unsolicited status mode
      - Select or cancel unsolicited status mode (USM)
    - 111Recognizing data from the printer
    - 112Bar codes
      - Select printing position of HRI characters
      - Select pitch of HRI characters
      - Select bar code height
      - Print bar code
        113The command is only valid at the beginning of a line. Illegal data cancels the command.
        Second variation: length n specied at beginning of string. Except as noted, 0 < n < 256.
      - 115Print GS1 DataBar (formerly RSS), data length specied
      - Print GS1 DataBar (formerly RSS), null terminated
      - 116Print multiple barcodes
      - 117Select PDF 417 parameters
      - Sample symbol description:
      - Select bar code width
    - 118Page mode
      - 119Slip page mode considerations
      - 120Print and return to standard mode
      - Cancel print data in page mode
      - Print data in page mode
      - 121Select page mode
      - 122Select standard mode
      - Select print direction in page mode
      - 123Set print area in page mode
      - 124Set absolute vertical print position in page mode
      - Set relative vertical print position in page mode
    - 125Macros
      - Select or cancel macro denition
      - Execute macro
    - 126MICR commands
      - MICR reading
      - Read MICR data and transmit
      - Transmit last MICR read
    - 127MICR parsing
      - Dene parsing format, save in NVRAM
      - Dene parsing format, do not save permanently
      - Parsing parameter string options
      - 129Sample parsing formats
      - 130Notes:
      - 131Check serial number
      - 132Loading the exception table
      - Exception table entry format
      - Example 1
      - Example 2
      - Maintaining the exception table
    - 133User data storage
      - Write to user data storage
      - 134Read from user data storage
      - Read from non-volatile memory
      - Write to non-volatile memory (NVRAM)
      - Select memory type (SRAM/ash)
      - 135Flash memory user sectors allocation
      - Expanded ash memory allocation
      - 136Select ash area for storing logos and user-dened characters
      - Erase user ash sector
      - 137User storage status (ColorPOS)
    - 138Flash download
      - Switch to ash download mode
      - 139Return boot sector rmware part number
      - Return segment number status of ash memory
      - Select ash memory sector to download
      - Get rmware CRC
      - Return microprocessor CRC
      - 140Erase all ash contents except boot sector
      - Return main program ash CRC
      - Erase selected ash sector
      - Download to active ash sector
      - Reset rmware
    - 141Ethernet setup commands
      - Restore default settings
      - Set IP address
      - Set Net Mask
      - 142Set Gateway
      - Set raw TCPIP port 9001
        Sets the port where the printer will look for raw tcpip communications.
      - LP Daemon
        Enables or disables the printer LP Daemon. The LP listens on port 515.
      - Telnet Daemon
        Enables or disables the printer Telnet server. The Telnet server listens on port 23.
      - BootP
      - 143DHCP (auto-conguration)
      - Inactivity timeout
        Enables or disables resetting of open TCP ports after ve (5) minutes inactivity.
      - Keep-alive pings
  - 144Imaging Commands
    - Calibrate Scanner
    - 145Congure/Change Image Transmission Port
    - Set Top Entry Startup Delay
    - Set Image Format Properties
    - 146Congure Binarization Methods and Attributes
    - 147Dene/Update Application Tag Values
    - 148Attach Scan Application Tags
    - Return Imager Status
    - 149Real-Time Imager Status
    - 150Real-Time Error Status
    - Real-Time Cancel Image Transmission
    - Wait for Scan & Optionally Transmit
    - 152Transmit Image
    - 154Eject from Scanner
    - 155Free Image
    - Free Imager Buering
    - Get Buered Image List
    - Get Buered Image Attributes
    - 156Congure Scan Options
    - Congure Max Scan Width & Height
    - Transmit Printer Type (Extended Existing Command)
      - Hexadecimal Code Command Name Page
- 157Chapter 6: DH emulation for B780
  - List of DH 4700 Emulation Commands
    - 158List of DH emulation Commands continued:
  - 159List of DH 4700 Command Descriptions
    - Printer Function Commands
      - End of Text
      - Line Feed
      - Vertical Tab
      - Carriage Return
      - Setup Parameters
      - 160Reset Printer
      - Cash Drawer 1
      - Cash Drawer 2
      - Document Clamp Open
      - Self Test
      - Document Validation
      - Receipt/Journal Print
      - 162Print Speed
      - Buered Validate
      - Buer Clear
      - Repeat Character
      - Print Characteristics Commands
      - Double-Wide Font
      - Double-Wide O
      - 163Character Set
      - 164Underline Print
      - Underline O
      - Double-High O
      - Double-High Font
      - Pitch Selection
      - Upside-Down O
      - Upside-Down Print
    - 165Graphics Commands
      - Graphics
      - Graphics: 5 Dot
      - 166Printer Status Commands
      - Status: 3 Bit
      - Status: 6 Bit
      - Status-Firmware
- 168Appendix A: Commands listed by hexadecimal code
- 187Appendix C: Electronic Journal
  - Electronic Journal Storage
  - 189Printing and Erasing the Journal Flash Buer:

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