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Trademarksand Service Marks
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Table of Contents
1 Overview.................................. ............................. 17
2 P-Series Printer Protoco l........................ .............. 23
3 P-Series XQ Printer Protocol ................................ 59
4 Serial Matrix Printer Protocol............... ................. 75
5 IBM Proprinter III XL Printer Protocol ................. 113
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6 Epson FX-1050 Printer Protocol ......................... 149
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7 Super-Set Programming ..................................... 197
8 Graphics .............................................................257
9 Vertical Page Formatting ............................... ..... 271
A Standard ASCII Character Set ...........................281
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About This Manual
Chapter 1
Notes And Notices
IBM 4400 Safety Notices
Glossary
Chapter 1
Software Features
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Printer Configuration
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User's Guide.
User'sGuide.
Chapter 2
P-Series Default Values and States
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Configuring the P-Series Emulation with Control Codes
Special Function Control Code-Control CodeHeader
Command Line
f
Control Code Reference Index
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Bold Print
Bold Print Reset
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Character Set Select
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Character Set Select: ECMA-94Latin1Extended
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Elongated (Double High) Print (One Line Only)
Elongated (Double High) Print, Set/Reset
Emulation Reset
n=
Extended Character Set
Extended Character Set Cancel (Primary Character Set Select)
n=
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Form Margins, Set
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Line Spacing 8or 10.3 lpi (One Line Only)
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Plot, Even Dot (P-Series High Density Graphics)
Plot, Odd Dot (P-Series Normal Density Graphics)
Print Mode/Pitch Selection
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VFU Commands (P-Series)
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User's Guide.
UsersGuide.
Users Guide.
Chapter 3
P-Series XQ Default Values and States
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Configuring the XQ Emulation with Control Codes
Edit Mode
NUL Code
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Alternate Character Set Deselect (Shift In)
Alternate Character Set Select (Shift Out)
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Compressed Print
Delete
Electronic Vertical FormatUnit (EVFU)
Elongated Characters (Double High Print)
Line Spacing (8or 10.3 lpi)
Plot, Even Dot (P-Series XQ High Density Graphics)
Plot, Odd Dot (P-Series XQ Normal Density Graphics
Select Letter Gothic (DP)
Space
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Chapter 4
Serial Matrix Default Values and States
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Configuring the Serial Matrix Emulation with Control Codes
Escape Control Code Header
n1 ... nk
n1 n2 n3 ... nk
xyz
Bit Image Mode, Single Density
Bit Image Mode, Double Density
Bit Image Mode, Double Density Double Speed
Bit Image Mode, Quadruple Density
Bold Print Set
Bold Print Reset
Cancel
Character Pitch 10 cpi
Character Set Select
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Delete
Elongated (Double High) Print (One Line Only)
Elongated (Double High) Print, Set/Reset
only
Emulation Reset
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Extended Character Set
Extended Character Set Cancel (Primary Character Set Select)
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Form Margins, Set
Horizontal Tab
Horizontal Tab Set
n32
/216Inch (One Line Only)
Line Spacing 1/6 Inch
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Print Mode/Pitch Selection
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Printer Deselect
Printer Select
Skip-Over Perforation
Skip-Over Perforation Cancel
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Vert ical Tab, S et/Clear
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Printer Protocol
Chapter 5
Proprinter III XL Emulation Default Settings
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Configuring the Proprinter III XL Emulation with Control Codes
Escape Control Code Header
n
n1 n2 ... nk
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Bit Image Mode, Single Density
Bit Image Mode, Double Density
Bit Image Mode, Double Density Double Speed
Bit Image Mode, Quadruple Density
Bold Print Set
Bold Print Cancel
Bottom Margin, Set
Bottom Margin Cancel
Cancel
Carriage Return, Set
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Deselect Printer
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Expanded (Double Wide) Print Reset (1 Line)
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Horizontal Tab
Horizontal Tab Set/Reset
Horizontal/Verti cal Tabs Clea r
Initialize Parameters
n1
n2
n3
n4
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n5
/216Inch (One Line Only)
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Line Spacing 7/72Inch(10.3lpi)
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Margins, Left/Right, Set
Print Control Codes
Print One Control Code
Select Attributes
Select Font (Print Mode)
Select Proportional Spacing
Top-of-Form
Unidirectional Printing
Vertical Tab Set/Clear
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Chapter 6
Epson FX-1050 Default Valuesand States
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Epson Emulation Exceptions and Differences
Epson Character Sets
Configuring the Epson FX-1050 Emulation with Control Codes
Escape Sequences
n)
Set and Reset Codes
NUL Code
Print Modes Supported for Character Sets
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sm
mn1n2d1...dk
Cancel Line
Character Pitch 10 cpi
Character Pitch 15cpi
n=
Clear Bit 7of Incoming Data Bytes to 0
only
Cut-Sheet /Paper Feed Control
Define a Download Character
Delete Character
Double High Print, Set/Reset
Double Strike
Double Strike, Cancel
Double Wide Print
Double Wide Print (1 Line)
Double Wide Print (1 Line), Cancel
Emphasized Print, Cancel
Enable Printing Hex Codes 00-1F and 80-9F
Table 3 9.Epson Printable Codes (Hex 00-1F and 80-9F)
ESC
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CHARACTER
OCTAL DECIMAL HEX
BITS
Graphics, Standard Density
Graphics, Double Density
Graphics, Double Density Double Speed
Graphics, Quadruple Density
Half Speed Mode, On/Off
Horizontal Tab Execute
Horizontal Tab Set/Release
InitializePrinter
Italic Printing
Italic Printing, Cancel
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Make Hex 80-9F Control Codes
Make Hex 80-9FPrintable
Make Hex 80-9FPrintable
Table40. Epson Printable Codes (Hex80- 9F)
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Master Print Select
Paper Out Detection, Enable
Paper Out Detection, Disable
Pass Bit 7from Host
Printer Deselect
Printer Select
Reassign Graphics Mode
Remove Downloaded Characters
Select Graphics Mode
m.
Select Italic Character Set
Select 9-Pin Graphics Mode
Select Print Quality
Select/Deselect Proportional Spacing
Select Serif or Sans Serif Font
Select User-Defined Font
Select Vertical Tab Channel
Set Absolute Horizontal Print Position in 1/60Inch
Set Bit 7of Incoming Data Bytes to 1
Set Intercharacter Spacing in
/120 Inch
Set Margin, Left
Set Margin, Right
Set Forms Length by Lines
Set Forms Length in Inches
Set Relative Horizontal Print Position in
/120 Inch
Set Vertical Tabsin Channels
Skip Over Perforation
Skip Over Perforation, Cancel
Superscript and Subscript Printing
Superscript and Subscript Printing, Cancel
Unidirectional Printing, 1 Line
Unidirectional Printing, Set/Reset
Vertical Tab, Execute
Vert ical Tab, S et/Clear
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The Super-Set Commands
Character Set Selection
Character Set Selection
Table 4 5.P-Seri es and Serial Matrix Character Sets
Table 4 6.Proprinter XL Character Sets
Character Spacing
/240 Inch
Font Selection
Font Size
TrueTypeFont Selection
Form Length and Width
Host Form Size
Horizontal Movements in Printer Resolution
PCXData
/288 Inch
Page Orientation Select
Portra it
Landscape
Print Engine Options
Calibrate
Clip Page
Error Recover
Horizontal Image Shift
Image Width
Linefeed
Media Handling
Media Sensor
Off Line
Paper Cut
Paper Feed Shift
Paper Len gth
Plot Attributes
Power Saver Time
Print Count
Print Intensity
Print Mode
Print Speed
Reboot
Slew Speed
Tear Strip Time
Vertical Image Shift
Printer Protocol Select
Software Page Eject
Bar Codes
do not
Bar Code Format
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yyyy
xxxx
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xxxx = 10 and yyyy = 5.
Australian 4-State
Normal
Codabar
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Code 39
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Code 93
Code 93DataField
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Code 128
Code 128A Data Field
Code 128B Data Field
Code 128C Data Field
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Code 128
Table 68. Code 128A Charact er Set
Character Hex Character Hex Character Hex Character Hex
Table 69. Code 128B Charact er Set
Character Hex Character Hex Character Hex Character Hex
Code 128
Table 70. Cod e 128C Character Set
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Maxicode
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Security Level
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PostBar and RoyalMail
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Tele pen
UCC/EAN-128
UCC/EAN-128
Table 73. UCC/EAN-128Application Identifiers Application Identifier (AI) Content Format
Table 73. UCC/EAN-128Application Identifiers (continued) Application Identifier (AI) Content Format
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Modulo-103 Check Digit
Modulo-10 Data Field Check Digit for SSCC-18and SCC-14
UPC-A
UPC-E
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UPC Shipping
Quiet Zone
UPS 11
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Bit Image Graphics
PlottingaBitImagePattern
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Bit Image Density
Bit Image Programming Format
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P-Series Compatible Plot Mode (Odd/Even Dot Plotting)
Plot Density
Plot Data Byte Format
Plot Data Line Format
Normal Density Plot
111 1110
00 01111
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Double Density Plot
Plotting the Data
ToExittheP-SeriesPlotMode
Combining Graphics and Text
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General P-Series EVFU Programming Information
VFU Load/Save/Clear
P-Series EVFU
Start Load Code-Hex 1E or 6E
Channel Assignment
EndLoadCode-Hex1For6F
Using the EVFU
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Chapter 9
Clearing the EVFU Memory
Relative Line Slewing
Chapter 9
Serial Matrix VFU
Executing Vertical Tabs
Vertical TabPositions
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Set
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Overview
The PTR_SETUP Commands
Commands
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Summary of the CONFIG Command
Operation of the FILE_IO Command
filename
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Appendix C
Table 81. Plot Data Byte Dot Patterns
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