Setup Menus, Controls, and Indicators
•HEX DUMP – converts each byte of data which would have normally been sent to the printer to two bytes of data in a hexadecimal format. The two bytes are then sent to the printer so that the data stream is printed out as hex bytes to allow for analysis of the data being sent. This selection also functions during local screen prints.
Nibble Delimiter(s)
To define the delimiter(s) for sending printer commands embedded in LU1 and LU3 datastreams, highlight Nibble Delimiter(s), then press the Enter key. One or two displayable characters can be entered. The delimiter can be any displayable character and is chosen by using the Up/Down arrow keys to scroll through the options, and the Left/Right arrow keys to select which delimiter is being set.
The Reset key exits Delimiter Setup without changing the characters. The Enter key exits Delimiter Setup with changing the characters.
If you do not enter any characters, the feature is not active. If you enter 1 or 2 characters, the data pairs between the delimiters will be converted to bytes to send to the attached local printer.
The following occurs when the APM is selected:
OFF | Data string sent to terminal to be printed is not scanned for delimiter strings. | |
| Data In = | %%1B47426F6C641B48%% (20 characters in) |
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| Output = | %%1B47426F6C641B48%% (20 characters out) |
Single Pair | The NDS (%%) is not sent to the printer. The 1 and the B characters following | |
| the NDS are combined into one byte of data (ASCII esc) which is sent to the | |
| printer. The rest of the characters are sent unchanged. | |
| Data In = | %%1BGBold%%1BH (14 characters in) |
| Data Out = <esc>GBold<esc>H (8 characters out) | |
| Result: | <esc>G puts the printer into enhanced mode, ‘Bold’ is |
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| printed enhanced (Bold) and <esc>H takes printer out of |
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| enhanced mode. |
Multiple Pairs | The NDS (%%) is not sent to the printer. Each pair of characters following the | |
| NDS (%%) are combined into single bytes of data (ASCII esc, G, B, etc.) which | |
| are sent to the printer until the ending NDS is reached. The ending NDS is not | |
| sent to the printer. Any data following will be sent unchanged. | |
| Data In = | %%1B47426F6C641B48%% (20 characters in) |
| Data Out = <esc>GBold<esc>H (8 characters out) | |
| Result: | <esc>G puts the printer into enhances mode, ‘Bold’ is printed |
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| enhanced (Bold) and <esc>H takes printer out of enhanced mode. |
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