Section 5: Interface Specifications

5.24 DRIVER PROTOCOL (CONT’D)

(3) Form Overlay registration data request

In receiving this command, the form overlay registration information is responded.

a)Command SOH (01H)+FO

b)Responded Status Definition

STX + Form Overlay Registration content + ETX

c)Status Byte Definition

No.

Item

Contents

Byte number

 

 

 

 

1

Registration number

01 (ASCII code)

2

 

 

 

 

2

Registration name

Registration name (ASCII

16

 

 

code)

 

 

 

 

 

(4) Font Configuration Data Request

In receiving this command, the printer font data is responded.

a)Command SOH (01H) + FG

b)Responded Status Definition

STX + the following statuses (The response byte number changes depending on the font number) + ETX

c)Status Byte Definition

No.

Item

Contents

Byte number

1

Font ID number

ASCII code specification

2

2

Logo /Character selection

0: Character

2

 

 

1: Logo

 

3

Font name

ASCII code specification

32

4

Font Style (character

ASCII code specification

12

 

decoration)

 

 

5

Font size (points)

ASCII code specification

4

6

Character width

Dot specification (binary code)

2

7

Character height

Dot specification (binary code)

2

 

 

 

 

8

Font size (1 character byte)

Dot specification (binary code)

4

9

Font registration number

Binary code specification

4

10

Font data leading address

Binary code

4

11

Total size

Binary code

4

12

Vertical writing flag

Vertical / Horizontal writing

2

13

Character pitch

Fixed pitch / variable pitch

1

 

 

 

 

14

Family

Family attribute

1

15

Character set

Character set

1

16

Italic

Italic attribute

1

17

Weight

Emphatic attribute

2

18

Average character width

Dot specification

2

19

Accent

Dot specification

2

 

 

 

 

20

Registration start code

1 byte character registration start code

2

21

Registration end code

1 byte character registration end code

2

22

Spare

 

8

23

Code 1

Binary code

2

24

Horizontal valid size 1

Binary code

2

25

Left gap size 1

Binary code

2

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Code ??

Binary code

2

*

Horizontal valid size??

Binary code

2

*

Left gap size??

Binary code

2

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