Datamax E4203 manual STX I Image Downloading, Designator, Format Type

System-Level Commands

STX I Image Downloading

This command must precede image downloading from a host computer to the printer. The data that immediately follows the command string will be image data. If any of the 8-bit input formats are to be used, it is necessary to disable the Immediate Command interpreter by executing an <SOH>D command before issuing the <STX>I command. See Appendix M for more information. To print an image, see Generating Label Formats.

Note: The native format for storing downloaded PCX and BMP images is RLE-2. This results in a better compression ratio for gray-scale images and for images with very large areas with either black or white, effectively resulting in more module space for downloaded images.

Syntax:

Where:

<STX>Iabfnn…n<CR>data

a- Memory Module Bank Selection, A, B, or C; see Appendix J.

b- Data Type (optional), A or omit.

b Value: Image Data Value Range:

A

omitted

f- Format Designator

fDesignator:

F B

b

I i

P p

R

ASCII Characters 0-9, A-F, (7 bit)

00-FF, (8 bit)

Format Type:

7-bit Datamax image load file

.BMP 8-bit format (image flipped), black and

white (B&W)

.BMP 8-bit format (image as received), B&W

.IMG 8-bit format (image flipped), B&W

.IMG 8-bit format (image as received), B&W

.PCX 8-bit format (image flipped), B&W

.PCX 8-bit format (image as received), B&W

RLE-2 Native format

Sample:

nn…n	-	Up to 16 characters used as an image name.
<CR>	-	0x0d terminates the name.
data	-	Image data

<SOH>D <STX>IApTest <CR> data...data <CR>

The sample instructs the printer to (1) receive an 8-bit PCX image sent by the host in an 8-bit data format, (2) name the image ‘Test’, and (3) store it in memory module A.

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