updated March 18, 2002

This appendix applies only to SureMark printers that attach to a POS system with an RS-232 cable connection.

If you use the RS-485 or USB interfaces, refer to 4610 driver documentation in the appropriate book for your operating system:

Operating System

IBM Publication

 

 

4690 OS Version 2 DBCS

IBM 4690 OS API Specification for IBM 4610 Printers

 

 

DOS

IBM Point-of-Sale Subsystem for DOS Programming

 

Reference

 

 

OS/2, Windows NT, Windows

IBM Point of Sale Subsystem Programming Reference and

95, and Windows 3.1x

User’s Guide

 

 

The 4690 OS manual is available on the current maintenance diskette for the IBM 4690 Operating System. Current versions of all three manuals are available on the Internet. See “Resources on the Internet” on page 43 for more information.

RS-232 Commands Summary by Function

Table 12. RS-232 Commands Organized by Function

Description

Command

Page

 

 

 

System Commands

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise Program

ESC x or X'1B78'

107

 

 

 

Status request

ESC v or X'1B76'

107

 

 

 

Extended address command-request

GS SOH or X'1D49;01' This is an IMMEDIATE command.

107

printer ID

 

 

 

 

 

Verify previous commands completed

X'1B;00;80;00'

107

 

 

 

Preset or Onetime-Set Commands

 

 

 

 

 

Download graphics (logo) commands

GS * logo_num n1 n2 data or X'1D2A';logo_num;n1;n2;data

109

 

 

 

Predefine messages

GS : message_num data GS : or

111

 

X'1D3A;message_num;data;'X'1D3A'

 

 

 

 

Download user-defined characters

ESC & s n m data or X'1B26;s;n;m;data'

112

 

 

 

Thermal code page

MCT commands

113

 

 

 

Proportional font

ESC & s n m data or X'1B;26;s;n;m;data'

114

 

 

 

Impact code page

MCT commands

116

 

 

 

Download double-byte characters

ESC ( s n data or X'1B28;s;n;data'

117

 

 

 

Flash storage write

ESC ’ n1 n2 data or X'1B27;n1;n2;data'

121

 

 

 

Erase flash EPROM sector

ESC # n or X'1B23;n'

121

 

 

 

Send checksum of flash EPROM sector

ESC n or X'1B22;n'

122

 

 

 

Microcode tolerance (MCT) information

ESC M n h l or X'1B4D;n'.

122

- loading

 

 

 

 

 

Microcode tolerance (MCT) information

ESC S n or X'1B53;n'

123

- request

 

 

 

 

 

DBCS address vectors

ESC S n or X'1B53;n'

125

 

 

 

Setup Commands

 

 

 

 

 

Set print mode

ESC ! n or X'1B21;n'

125

 

 

 

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IBM TM7, TI5 RS-232 Commands Summary by Function, Operating System IBM Publication, Description Command System Commands

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