3-1STARCommandSpecications
Rev. 0.70
3. COMMAND DETAILS

3-1 Explanation of Terms

•Receptionbuffer
Thebufferforstoringdata(receptiondata)receivedfromthehost,asitiscalledthereceptionbuffer.
Receptiondataistemporarilystoredinthereceptionbuffer,thenprocessedsequentially.
•Linebuffer
Thebufferforstoringimagedataforprintingiscalledthelinebuffer.
•Linebufferfull
Thestateinwhichthebufferhasnomorespaceavailableiscalledlinebufferfull.Whenthebufferisfull,dataintheline
bufferisprintedandalinefeedisperformedwhennewprintdataisprocessed.ThisisthesameasaLineFeed.
• Top of line
Thetopoflineisastatethatsatisesthefollowingconditions.
A.Thereiscurrentlynoprintdatainthelinebuffer.
B.Thepositionisnotspeciedwiththehorizontaldirectionpositioncommand.
•Printableregion
Thisisthemaximumprintableareawiththeprinter’sspecications.
• Print region
Thisistheprintingareaspeciedbyacommand.(PrintRegion≤PrintableRegion)
• SBCS
Thisisanabbreviation ofSingleByteCharacter Set.Thesearecharactersin languagesthataredisplayed usingthe
informationinonebyte.
Inthisspecicationsmanual,itreferstothestandardspecications(destination:singlebytecountries).
• DBCS
Thisisanabbreviationof DoubleByteCharacterSet.Thesearecharacters inlanguagesthataredisplayedusing the
informationintwobytes.
Inthisspecicationsmanual,itreferstotheChinesecharacterspecicationssuchas��Japan,ChinaandTaiwan(destina-
tion:doublebytecountries).
• Inch
This is a unit of length. 1 inch = 25.4 mm
• MSB
ThisisanabbreviationofMostSignicantBit.
• LSB
ThisisanabbreviationofLeastSignicantBit.