Printer Protocol Interpreter DGL™
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1. DGL SETUP Active Character Euro Control CC SOH CC lt STX gt 1 Set Character Codes Yes PC 8TK CP 437T 128 Standard 1 2 No Roman 8 0 255 Alternate 0 255 0 255 Spanish Alternate2 Swedish User Defined English Ascii Win3 0 Latin 1 Win3 1 Latin 1 Win3 1 Latin 2 Win 3 1 Latin 5 Unicode UTF8 Cyrillic Danish Norweg 8859 1 Latin 1 8859 2 Latin 2 8859 5 Latin 5 French German Italian Legal PC 8 CP437 Code Page 852 Code Page 850 CC CR 1 CC lt ESC gt 1 CC lt CNT gt 1 Feedback Default Units of Row Chars Module Measure Offset 13 27 94 Disabled RAM Imperial 0 0 255 0 255 0 255 Enabled Flash Metric 0 99 99 Inch EMC Column Format Vert DPI Compatibility Length CMD Length CMD Heat Offset Attrib Adjust STXc STXc CMD H 0 XOR 0 Standard Process Process Process 0 99 99 Inch Transparent 100 to 100 dots S 462 Ignore Ignore Ignore Opaque i Speed Cut Soft Sensor Format lt SOH gt OCR CMD P S CMD Switch V e Attr Commands Compatible Process Process Process Process Process Ignore Datamax Ignore Ignore Ignore Ignore Ignore Process Standard Notes z Factory Default For SL5000r T5000r printers italicized items are available only when you enable Admin User in the PRINTER CONTROL menu For SLAM TAM printers the DGL S2. 27 ESC s W Character Download Data 27 Barcode Symbologies eaii 27 3 Command Enhancements And Differences 29 SOH D Shutdown sss 29 SOH U Update System Database with Current Database 29 STX J Set Pause for Each 29 STX KC Get Configuration 29 STX Kc Configuration Set ssssseee 30 STX Kd Set File as Factory 30 STX KF Select Factory 30 STX Kf Set Present Distance 30 STX Kp Module Protection 30 Table of Contents STX Query Memory Configuration 30 STX Kq Query Memory Configuration new format 30 STX Kr Resettable Counter 31 STX KV Verifier Enable Disable 31 STX Kx Delete Configuration 31 STX Kb Backfeed Time 31 STX K Top of Form Offset 31 STX KD Database
3. sessseem em 15 S EXC tetti t teer tree Ead 15 tenth endende 15 Speed CMD PS detegit eee 16 eR Lee en ad to decease tales 16 Soft Switch V zx educacion ree 16 Sensor CMA 4 eec 16 Format AUC edi CIEN E 16 lt SOH gt Commands sse nennen 16 OCR Compatible dene epe 16 2 Fully Supported Commands 17 Status And Control Command Functions 17 SOH Reset siete cetero teet 17 SOH Reset zi otn n meets 17 SOH A Send ASCII Status 17 SOH Toggle 17 SOH C Stop Canocel sss 17 Table of Contents SOH E Send Batch Quantity 18 SOH F Send Status 18 System Level Command 18 STX A Set Time and Date 18 STX a Enable Feedback 18 STX B Get Printer Time and Date Information 18 STX c Set Continuous Paper 18 STX E Set Quan
4. 44 Command 44 A Configuration Setting Compatibility 47 B Contact 57 Printronix Customer Support 57 Printronix Supplies 57 Corporate Offices rae eR ete ret ie 58 Table of Contents Introduction About This Manual This manual explains the differences between the Printer Protocol Interpreter Datamax Graphic Language DGL Utility and the Datamax DPL language Use this manual with your SL5000r T5000r or SL4M T4M User s Manual for complete printer protocol operation NOTE When substituting a Datamax printer with an SL5000r T5000r or SL4M T4M printer refer to the DGL Menu Conversions on page 47 Coax Twinax Interface Requirements T5000r Printer If you are using a coax or twinax interface you must select the correct control code in the DGL configuration menu Refer to the Coax Twinax Programmer s Reference Manual and your printer User s Manual for instructions on how to select the appropriate control code Chapter 1 DGL SETUP Menu DGL SETUP Menu
5. The only problem that might occur is when there is bi directional communication needed for a Windows driver which might verify an object got stored correctly by requesting a module directory When specifying a module that is not available the printer will automatically select the default module Bi Directional Communications Bi Directional communications can be divided in two groups time critical immediate and non time critical responses Datamax describes the time critical responses as follows When the printer receives a Status and Control Command its current operation will be momentarily interrupted to respond to the command Status and Control Commands may be issued before or after System Level Commands however they cannot be issued among a Label Formatting Commands b during font downloading or c during image downloading Cutter Commands The Commands to activate the Cutter System Level Command lt 57 gt and Label Formatting Commands c and are only processed when the Media Handling menu is set to Cut and the DGL Advanced User Menu Cut Cmds is set to Process The Media Handling menu setting can be set up through the Software Switch Setting command lt STX gt V e Enabling the Cutter bit selects Cut Media Handling e Enabling the Present bit selects e Tear Off Media Handling on SL5000r T5000r printer e Tear Off Strip Media Handling on SLxx T5xx printer Disabl
6. 56 B Contact Information Printronix Customer Support Center IMPORTANT Please have the following information available prior to calling the Printronix Customer Support Center e Model number e Serial number located on the back of the printer e Installed options i e interface and host type if applicable to the problem Configuration printout Thermal Printer See Printing A Configuration in the Quick Setup Guide e 5 the problem with a new install or an existing printer e Description of the problem be specific e Good and bad samples that clearly show the problem faxing or emailing these samples may be required Americas 714 368 2686 Europe Middle East and Africa 31 24 6489 410 Asia Pacific 65 6548 4114 China 86 800 999 6836 http www printronix com support aspx Printronix Supplies Department Contact the Printronix Supplies Department for genuine Printronix supplies Americas 800 733 1900 Europe Middle East and Africa 33 0 1 46 25 19 07 Asia Pacific 65 6548 4116 or 65 6548 4182 China 86 400 886 5598 India 800 102 7869 http www printronix com supplies parts aspx 57 Appendix B Corporate Offices Corporate Offices 58 Printronix Inc 15345 Barranca Parkway Irvine CA 92618 U S A Phone 714 368 2300 Fax 714 368 2600 Printronix Inc c o Printronix Nederland BV Bijsterhuizen 11 38 6546 AS Nijmegen The Netherlands Phone 31
7. Description PTX Setting CUSTOM ADJUSTMENTS For finetuning the following settings DARKNESS XX 1 64 PRESENT ADJUST XXX DOTS 0 128 ROW ADJUST XXX DOTS 100 to100 COLUMN ADJUST XXX DOTS 0 128 N A N A SL5000r T5000r MEDIA CONTROL Ver Image Shift and Hor Image Shift 71 00 to 1 00 inch SLxx Txx MEDIA SETUP Ver Image Shift and Hor Image Shift 1 00 to 1 00 inch Table 3 Printer Options Menu Datamax Setting Description PTX Setting MODULES PRINT DIRECTORY PRINT FILE FORMAT MODULE DELETE FILE PACK MODULE Memory available for user storage of graphics fonts and label formats Prints a label directory of selected or of all available modules The user may select from a list of available files for sample printing The user may select from a list of available modules for formatting all data will be erased The user may select from a list of available files for deleting Packing the module removes files marked as deleted and defragments existing file structures to recover space SL5000r T5000r PRINTER CONTROL gt Print File List SLxx Txx PRINTER SETUP Print File List N A N A SL5000r T5000r PRINTER CONTROL Delete Files SLxx Txx PRINTER SETUP Delete Files SL5000r T5000r PRINTER CONTROL gt Optimize amp Reboot SLxx Txx PRINTER SETUP Optimize amp Reboot 50 Table 3 Printer Options
8. GAP CONTINUOUS REFLECTIVE When the Sensor Type is set to Continuous this value is used to determine the TOF 04 00in 0 99 99 SL5000r T5000r MEDIA CONTROL gt Print Mode Direct Transfer SLxx T5xx MEDIA SETUP Print Mode Direct Transfer SL5000r T5000r CALIBRATE Gap Mark Sensor Disable Mark Gap Advanced Gap Advanced Notch SLxx Txx SENSOR SETUP Gap Mark Sensor Disable Mark Gap SL5000r T5000r MEDIA CONTROL Label Length 04 0 or 06 0 00 1 to 99 0 inches SLxx Txx MEDIA SETUP Label Length 04 0 or 06 0 00 1 to 99 0 inches 47 Appendix A Table 1 Media Settings menu Datamax Setting Description PTX Setting MAXIMUM LABEL LENGTH PAPER OUT DISTANCE LABEL WIDTH SENSOR CALIBRATION Sets the maximum length between TOF marks gap or reflective If this limit is exceeded a top of form fault is declared 16 00in 0 99 99 Sets the length of travel before an Out of Stock condition is declared 00 25in 0 99 99 Sets the maximum limit for the printable surface width Objects extending beyond this limit will NOT print 04 10 06 61 or 08 52 0 08 52 Adjusts the printer to sense your media N A N A SL5000r T5000r MEDIA CONTROL Label Width 04 1 06 6 or 08 5 00 1 to 08 5 inches SLxx Txx MEDIA SETUP Label Width 04 1 00 1 to 04 1 inches SL5000r T5000r CALIBRATE CTRL SLxx Txx SENSOR SET
9. NOTE To allow handling of command listed in this section set the SOH Commands to Enable in the Advanced User menu For more information on SOH command functionality refer to the Bi Directional Communications section on page 43 SOH Reset This command resets the printer Resetting the printer returns all settings to default and clears both the communications and printing buffers The command also clears the internal RAM memory SOH Reset This command resets the printer Resetting the printer returns all settings to default and clears both the communications and printing buffers The command also clears the internal RAM memory SOH A Send ASCII Status String This command allows the host computer to check the current printer status The printer returns a string of eight characters to the host followed by a carriage return Each character is either a Y or N indicating that the associated condition is true Y or false N Byte 1 is the first character transmitted by the printer See lt SOH gt F SOH B Toggle Pause This command toggles the printer s paused state on and off This is the same function achieved when pressing the PAUSE button on the printer SOH C Stop Cancel This command performs the same function as pressing the STOP CANCEL button on the printer s front panel This function clears the current label format from the print buffer pauses the printer and illuminates the pause stop indicato
10. PRINTER CONTROL Max Cache Memory 900 KBytes 50 to 900 KBytes SLxx Txx PRINTER SETUP Max Cache Memory 900 KBytes 50 to 900 KBytes DGL SETUP Character Set PC 8 CP 437 N A DATE Menu only available if the real time clock option is installed DIAGNOSTICS gt Ptr Media Dist DIAGNOSTICS Head Print Dist Table 4 System Settings Menu Datamax Setting Description PTX Setting RESET COUNTER PRINT CONFIGURATION CONFIGURATION LEVEL PRINTER KEY UPGRADE PRINTER CODE SET FACTORY DEFAULTS FORMAT ATTRIBUTES IMAGING MODE PAUSE MODE Resets the Resettable Counter to zero Prints the effective configuration of the system To upgrade the application program resident software version of the printer Each printer has a unique Key number in the following form vvvv wwxx yyyyyy zzz This function is used to upgrade the software feature level of the printer Overwrite the current settings with the factory default settings Affects the manner in which overlapping text and graphics are treated as the label is printed TRANSPARENT XOR OPAQUE Instructs the printer whether to pre image the label format When enabled suspends printing between each label until the PAUSE Key is pressed ENABLED DISABLED DIAGNOSTICS Reset Head Data SL5000r T5000r CONFIG CONTROL Print Config Current SLxx Txx CONFIGURATION gt Print Confi
11. Positioning The barcode origin lies at the lower left coordinate and indicates the origin of the PDF interpretation 12345 67890 5 uo UPC EAN If the user provides the checksum the printer will check that it matches the expected checksum If it does not match the printer will print all zeros and the expected checksum Not supported for UPC E UCC EAN Code 128 DGL follows the UCC standards and requires the amount of data that is defined for the provided AI Application Identifier For example with barcode Q the required amount of data is 19 according to the Datamax manual An AI of 00 requires 19 databytes however Datamax also prints the barcode when 19 databytes are provided with another Al DGL does not the amount of data required is based only on the provided Al Barcodes Q R S and W1R all print the same UCC barcode on DGL except for differences in PDF placement required lengths only depend on the provided Al Plessey DGL does not accept more than 14 bytes as barcode data while Datamax does However according to the Datamax manual the maximum length is 14 So problems are not expected PostNet Datamax has a slightly larger width for the first space in the start character all other sizes match exactly MaxiCode The postal code can have a length of up to 9 digits and up to 6 for alphanumeric on Datamax DGL however always encodes using exactly 6 or 9 When less than 6 alphanumeric bytes
12. STX W Request Memory Module Information 21 STX X Set Default 21 STX x Delete File from 21 STX y Select Font Symbol 22 Label Formatting Command Functions seen 22 Set Cut By Amount esee dns 22 gt Make Last Field Entered Increment Numeric Alphanumeric etant nunt rnnt 22 lt Make Last Field Entered Decrement Numeric Alphanultrierie E El dene 22 Set Count by emen 22 Set Format Attribute eesssseseee en 22 B Barcode 23 C Set Column Offset Amount 23 c Set Cut By Amount eme 23 Table of Contents D Set Dot Size Width and 23 Terminate Label Formatting Mode and Print Label 23 F Advanced Font 24 FB Turns Bolding on or off 24 FI Turns Italicizing on or off 24 FU Turns Underlining on or 24 Points aae lin e te ie tits aed 24 ESn sec ge d e bti eL geb dde 24 G Place Data in
13. only lt STX gt KS Configure Scalable Font Cache Size PTX Font cache is configured in the PRINTER CONTROL Menu in the SL5000r T5000r printers and in the PRINTER SETUP Menu in the SLxx Txx printers lt STX gt P Enter Character Dump Mode HexDump Mode is available in DIAGNOSTICS Menu lt STX gt T Printhead Dot Pattern Test Label lt STX gt Z Print Configuration and Dot Pattern Labels DIAGNOSTICS gt Printer Tests lt STX gt J Set Pause for each label 45 Chapter 46 3 lt STX gt p Controlled Pause These commands can be supported by using PAA to filter out the commands and have GPIO put the printer in Single Label Mode A panel key can then be assigned by GPIO to either print the next label for lt STX gt J or disable pause mode again for lt STX gt p Partially Supported Commands lt STX gt t Test DRAM Memory Module lt STX gt w Test FLASH Module This command tests the DRAM Flash and reports back to the host DGL always reports OK status Configuration Setting Compatibility The tables below list the Datamax configuration setting along with a description of its behaviour on Datamax printers and the corresponding Printronix menu setting Table 1 Media Settings menu Datamax Setting Description PTX Setting MEDIA TYPE SENSOR TYPE LABEL LENGTH Selects the printing method DIRECT THERMAL THERMAL TRANSFER Selects the top of form TOF sensingmethod for the media
14. Configuration 31 STX KI GPIO Input 31 STX KM Configure Internal Memory Module Size 31 STX KO GPIO Output ssssse em 31 STX KR Reset Memory 31 STX KS Configure Scalable Font Cache Size 31 STX KW Configure Print Width 5 31 STX Set Maximum Label 32 STX O Set Start of Print SOP Position 32 STX P Character HEX Dump 32 STX p Controlled 32 STX R Ribbon Saver 32 STX T Printhead Dot Pattern Test Label 32 STXt Test RAM Memory 33 STX w Test Flash Memory Module 33 STX Y Output Sensor 33 STX Z Print Internal Information 33 STXz Pack Module eene 33 STX b Set Cutter signal time 33 STX C Copy Module sse 33 STX D Memory Dump Test Mode Only 33 STX d Set P
15. Global 24 Enter Heat 24 m Set Metric M d een 24 n Set Inch Mode Imperial 24 bp pir edad 25 Q Set Quantity Of Labels To 25 R Set Row Offset 25 Recall Stored Label 25 S Setolew Rate die ud tene e re Ea e E Ee Cei us 25 s Store Label Format In Module 25 T Set Field Data Line 25 U Make Previous Field A String Replace Field 26 X Terminate Label Formatting 26 y Select Font Symbol 26 z Zero Conversion to 0 26 STX S Recall Global Data And Place In Field 26 STX T Print Time and Date 26 Font Loading Command Functions 27 ESC c D Assign Font ID 27 ESC 5 Font 27 ESC Character Code
16. Menu Datamax Setting Description PTX Setting PRESENT SENSOR CUTTER SCANNER GPIO PORT Used for on demand label dispensing here a printed label blocking the sensor will inhibit further printing until removed ENABLED DISABLED NOT INSTALLED Used to cut media into separate labels ENABLED DISABLED NOT INSTALLED Used to check the bar codes on the labels Model dependant option used to interface the printer to an SL5000r T5000r MEDIA CONTROL Media HandlingTear off or Peel off SLxx Txx MEDIA SETUP gt Media HandlingTear off or Peel off SL5000r T5000r MEDIA CONTROL Media HandlingCut SLxx Txx MEDIA SETUP Media HandlingCut VALIDATOR menu SL5000r T5000r Only GPIO CONTROL menu and GPIO Manager SL5000r external controlling device T5000r Only Table 4 System Settings Menu Datamax Setting Description PTX Setting CONFIGURATION FILE RESTORE AS CURRENT SAVE SETTING AS DELETE FILE Options for storage and recall of printer configuration files Provides a list of available configuration files Selecting a file from the list causes a printer reset afterward the printer is configured according to the activated file Saves the entire effective configuration of the printer to a file Provides a list of available configuration files to delete SL5000r T5000r CONFIG CONTROL Load Config SLxx Txx CONFIGURATION Load Config SL50
17. Smooth Font 000 010 1 i aman 6 8 10 12 14 18 24 30 Scalable Resident Fonts standard S00 CG Triumvirate Bold Condensed S01 CG Triumvirate Scalable Resident Fonts optional SAO CG Times SA1 CG Times Italic SA2 CG Times Bold SA3 CG Times Bold Italic SBO CG Triumvirate Bold Condensed U40 Gothic B Kanji Double Byte Binary u40 Gothic B Kanji Double Byte Hex ASCII UCO GB Simplified Chinese Double Byte Binary GB Simplified Chinese Double Byte Hex ASCII UHO Korean Hangul Double Byte Binary Korean Hangul Double Byte Hex ASCII Bit Mapped Downloaded Fonts 100 999 Bit Mapped Downloaded Fonts N A Scalable Downloaded Fonts S50 S5z Single Byte Binary N A S90 S9z U50 U5z Double Byte Binary N A U90 U9z u50 u5z Double Byte Hex ASCII N A u90 u9z 37 Chapter 38 3 Font ID 9 uses the Size field eee in the Record Format to select the Smooth Scalable or Downloaded fonts NOTE For 142 The Smooth Internal CG Triumvirate Bitmap Fonts are automatically converted to the CG Triumvirate Scalable Font which therefore also affects the code pages Slash Zero All resident bitmap fonts use the slashed zero by default This can be disabled through Label Formatting command z None of the scalable fonts have the slashed zero available Codepages Resident Bitmap Fonts The Resident Bitmap fonts don t use different codepages the charac
18. This expands the System Level Commands See the Extended System Commands for more information STX KE Character Encoding This command specifies a character in the DPL datastream to be substituted with a delimited two character ASCII hexadecimal numeric equivalent Any character in the DPL datastream may be substituted with a delimited two character ASCII hexadecimal numeric equivalent The command allows the delimiting character to be selected and the encoding to be enabled or disabled When character encoding is enabled the printer will decode any ASCII hexadecimal numeric pairs following the delimiter as single byte values This command is used where control characters cannot be transmitted or where control characters within data may prematurely terminate a label format record Although the delimiter may be changed at any time except within a label format definition there cannot be more than one defined delimiter and character encoding must be disabled with lt STX gt KN prior to re enabling regardless of any change in the delimiter STX k Test RS 232 Port This command instructs the printer to transmit the character Y from the printers RS 232 port Failure to receive Y could indicate an interfacing problem 19 Chapter 2 System Level Command Functions STX L Enter Label Formatting Command This command switches the printer to the Label Formatting command input mode Once in this mode the printer expects to receive Rec
19. are provided trailing spaces will be added and trailing zeros will be added when the given data is numeric and less than 9 RSS14 The maximum accepted item number for RSS Limited barcodes is 1999999999999 DGL will not print the barcode when a larger number is provided Datamax does accept larger numbers DGL does not support X and Y Pixel Undercut Not Implemented Barcodes WI EAN 128 w auto subset switching W1J Code 128 w auto subset switching W1t TCIF Linked Barcode 3 of 9 TLC39 Images Images can be downloaded to the printer to be stored in Flash or DRAM in the following formats using the lt STX gt Command Image Formats ID Format 7 bit Datamax image load file BMP 8 bit format image will be flipped black and white ao Ww BMP 8 bit format save image as received black and white IMG 8 bit format image will be flipped black and white IMG 8 bit format save image as received black and white PCX 8 bit format image will be flipped black and white P PCX 8 bit format save image as received black and white NOTE The first image row received will be printed at given coordinates All following rows are appended on top of each other So when using the save image as received version the image will be printed upside down 41 Chapter 42 3 Graphics Supported graphics objects e Lines Boxes Fully supported e Polygons Partiall
20. is set via the menu s Store Label Format In Module This command stores a label format in a specified module Supplying memory module name A B or D will store the label to that module Using C will cause the label format to be stored in whichever module has been set as the default module refer to the Set Default Module Command STX X The store label format command will terminate the Label Formatting Command T Set Field Data Line Terminator This command is valid only for the next format record after which the terminator defaults to a carriage return This allows the user to embed special binary control codes e g carriage returns into the data to be printed It is intended to be used with record types e g PDF417 that will accept binary data 25 Chapter 2 LabelFormatting Command Functions U Make Previous Field A String Replace Field This command does not require the use of an updated field register loading the command only controls the way the bit mapped data is formatted The data used when it is created must be valid for the font type being used If the command is used only the changing data will be reformatted if this command is not used the entire label will be formatted The U command is used in conjunction with the lt STX gt U command to reformat only portions of a label resulting in faster label generation X Terminate Label Formatting Mode When the printer is in Label Formatting mode and receives
21. manner in which overlapping text and graphics are treated as the label is printed e Intersecting text strings images and barcodes print on top of one another e Transparent Intersecting text strings images and bar codes will not be printed An odd number of overlapping objects will print e Opaque Intersecting text strings images and barcodes are obliterated by those formatted last Each character cell is treated as opaque The default is XOR Vert DPI Adjust NOTE Applies to SLAM TAM printers only This option fine adjusts the resolution used to scale the page elements coordinates In cases where the printed label length is incorrect the vertical resolution value DGL uses for calculations can be fine adjusted by this menu between 100 and 100 Negative values result in a lower DPI value and thus a longer label Positive values result in a higher DPI value and thus a shorter label Note that this adjustment does not affect the size of images and downloaded bitmap fonts e 0 100 to 100 The default is O Compatibility This setting defines the emulation compatibility e Standard Datamax 1 and W Series compatible S 462 Avery S 462 compatible The difference with standard is that dimensions for barcodes and graphics lines are always in 1 100 inches independent of the selected Units of Measure can be 1 100 inches or 1 10 mm The selected Units of Measure value is used for all other p
22. offset of 0010 will be interpreted as 1 0mm All printers default to Imperial inch mode Menu selectable n Set Inch Mode Imperial This command sets the printer to measure in inches When this command is sent all measurements will change to inches All printers default to Imperial units Menu selectable 24 P Set Print Speed This command sets a print speed for a label or batch of labels Q Set Quantity Of Labels To Print This command sets the number of the label copies to be printed All printers default to 1 R Set Row Offset Amount This command allows vertical adjustment of the point where printing begins This is useful when a single format is printed on several different types of labels that contain pre printed information However if the pre printing does not appear in the same place on every label data may overprint the pre printed areas The R command instructs the printer to print label formats nnnn increments above the position the format specifies Valid input values are numbers between 0000 and 9999 refer to the C Set Column Offset Amount Command r Recall Stored Label Format This command is used to retrieve entire label formats that have been stored on a memory module S Set Slew Rate This command sets the rate for the printer to feed non printed areas of the label through the printer The slew rate remains unchanged unless another slew rate command is sent the printer is reset or a new rate
23. 00r T5000r CONFIG CONTROL Save Config SLxx Txx CONFIGURATION Save Config SL5000r T5000r CONFIG CONTROL Delete Config SLxx Txx CONFIGURATION Delete Config 51 Appendix A Table 4 System Settings Menu Datamax Setting Description PTX Setting FACTORY SETTING FILE INTERNAL MODULE DEFAULT MODULE SCALEABLE FONT CACHE SINGLE BYTE SYMBOLS DOUBLE BYTE SYMBOLS TIME AND DATE MEDIA COUNTERS ABSOLUTE COUNTER RESETTABLE COUNTER 52 The selected file will be restored whenever a Level 1 reset is performed Sets the number of 1K blocks allocated for the internal RAM D module 1024 KB Sets the default module used to store files when no other module is specified D Sets the number of 1K blocks allocated for the scaleable font engine 312 KB Selects the code page used to print single byte fonts unless otherwise specified in DPL PC 850 MULTILINGUAL When equipped with the ILPC option this selects the code page used to print double byte fonts unless otherwise specified in DPL Allows the user to set Time and Date Internal record of inches printed and time of use Number of inches printed since being set at the factory The number of inches printed since the last reset SL5000r T5000r CONFIG CONTROL Power Up Config SLxx Txx CONFIGURATION gt Power Up Config N A DGL SETUP Default Module RAM Flash SL5000r T5000r
24. 07 BEL e Enabled Feedback characters are sent to the host e Disabled No feedback characters are sent The default is Disabled Chapter 14 1 DGL SETUP Menu Default Module Sets the default module used to store files when no module or default module is specified in the command See Chapter 3 for further details RAM e Flash EMC The default is RAM Units of Measure Sets the printer to interpret measurements as Imperial or Metric values e Imperial Metric The default is Imperial NOTE lt STX gt n and lt STX gt m commands override this setting and stay in effect until the printer is take Offline and back Online Row Offset Shifts the vertical start of the print position This is the user setting for row adjustment 0 0 to 99 99 Inch or 999 9 mm The default is O NOTE The Label Formatting command R only temporarily overrides this setting it reverts back to this setting after the current label format is finished Column Offset Shifts the horizontal left justified start of the print position to the right without shifting the Label Width termination point to the right This is the user setting for row adjustment 0 0 to 99 99 Inch or 999 9 mm The default is 0 NOTE The Label Formatting command C only temporarily overrides this setting it reverts back to this setting after the current label format is finished DGL SETUP Submenu Format Attrib Affects the
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26. Printer Protocol Interpreter DGL Programmer s Reference Manual for DGL a Datamax DPL Printer Protocol Interpreter Thermal Series Printers Printer Protocol Interpreter DGL Programmer s Reference Manual for DGL a Datamax DPL Printer Protocol Interpreter Thermal Series Printers Trademark Acknowledgments DPL is a trademark and Datamax is a registered trademark of Datamax Technologies Corporation SL4M TAM SL5000r T5000r and SL T5R Energy Star are trademarks of Printronix Inc Printronix and PSA are registered trademarks of Printronix Inc COPYRIGHT 2006 2012 PRINTRONIX INC All rights reserved Table of Contents 1 Introduction ep 11 About This Manali snien iaaa eaa r E 11 Coax Twinax Interface Requirements T5000r Printer 11 SETUP Menu cor sea T nennen nennen nnns 12 SETUP Submenu 13 tete uita eic 13 Character Set ice tee nrbe 13 Euro Character eater NC 13 Control Codes ortae erred 13 Feedback Chars i i ote etras ave ee 13 Default Module ette e esie 14 6 14 Row Offset Env ee re ET RE 14 Column Offset on ence edid 14 Format Attrib 5 ERU Ma ERE 15 Vert DPI Adjust m tete ta heme 15 Compatibility 22 EE rettet eb eo Geo s 15 Command Ignore Menus
27. The end of the black mark determines label TOF Labels must be at least 0 5 13mm between each TOF mark The lt STX gt e command switches from reflective back to edge sensing STX S Set Feed Rate This command determines the feed rate of the media when the printer s FEED button is pressed 20 STX U Label Format Field Replacement This command places new label data into format fields Format fields are used to build a label The new data string must equal the original string length and contain valid data To easily keep track of fields place all of the fields to be updated with the command at the beginning of the label format A maximum of 99 format fields can be updated Fields are numbered consecutively 01 to 99 in the order received STX V Software Settings Printer options are set by entering selections through the menu The software setting command allows two of these option settings to be modified without returning to the menu Choosing the appropriate values allow the option s to be turned On or Off Each has a corresponding bit whose value is 1 when enabled Enabling the Cutter bit selects Cut Media Handling and the Present bit selects Tear Off Disabling the Cutter or Present bit selects the Factory Default media handling setting Continuous Media Handling The STX V command can be ignored by setting the DGL Advanced User menu Soft Switch V to Ignore STX v Print Firmware Version Inf
28. UP 48 Table 2 Print Control Menu Datamax Setting Description PTX Setting HEAT PRINT SPEED FEED SPEED REVERSE SPEED ROW OFFSET COLUMN OFFSET PRESENT DISTANCE Controls the burn time of the printhead This is the equivalent of Heat Setting on most label software programs 10 0 30 Controls the rate of label movement during the printing process 6 2 12 ips Controls the rate of label movement between printing areas 6 2 12 ips Controls the rate of label movement during backup positioning for start of print cutting or present distance Shifts the vertical start of print position 00 00in 0 99 99 Shifts the horizontal left justified start of print position to the right 00 00 in 0 99 99 Sets the label stop position past the start of print 0 00 in 0 4 00 SL5000r T5000r MEDIA CONTROL Print Intensity 3 15 to 15 SLxx Txx MEDIA SETUP Print Intensity 3 15 to 15 Controls the rate of label movement during the printing process SL5000r T5000r 6 2 12 ips SLxx Txx 6 1 10ips SL5000r T5000r MEDIA CONTROL Slew Speed Automatic Manual 6 ips 1 10 ips SLxx Txx MEDIA SETUP Slew Speed Automatic Manual 6 ips 1 10 ips N A DGL Setup Row Offset 00 00in 0 99 99 DGL Setup Column Offset 00 00in 0 99 99 N A 49 Appendix A Table 2 Print Control Menu Datamax Setting
29. arameters The default is Standard Command Ignore Menus The Admin User menus allow ignoring of several configuration commands in the host data This allows using their corresponding front panel settings without being overridden by host commands The default is to process all commands Length Cmd STXc Allows the user to disable the Length Command Heat Cmd H Allows the user to disable the Heat Command 15 Chapter 16 1 DGL SETUP Menu Speed CMD P S Allows the user to disable the speed commands Print Feed and Reverse Cut Cmd o c Allows the user to disable the commands affecting the cutter Soft Switch V Allows the user to disable the Software Switch Settings Command this command enables Cut or Tear Off mode or disables both by selecting Continuous mode Sensor e r Allows the user to disable the commands that select the Gap Mark sensor lt STX gt e and lt STX gt r Format Attr A Allow the user to disable the commands that select the Format Attribute lt SOH gt Commands Allows the user to enable handling of the lt SOH gt status and control commands as described on page 17 OCR Compatible Allows the user to select which OCR size to use e Datamax default Uses the size as defined by the Datamax reference printer e Standard Uses the size as defined by the OCR standard 2 Fully Supported Commands Status And Control Command Functions
30. command SOH U Update System Database with Current Database This command will copy the current User database into the system database There are various DPL commands that modify the configuration of the printer See the lt STX gt K command for specifics on how these commands function The user should send the lt SOH gt U command after these configuration commands so that these commands can take affect This command will cause the printer to reset See the lt SOH gt command above for details on what events occur during a reset Not supported STX J Set Pause for Each Label This command causes the printer to pause after printing each label and is intended for use with the optional Peel and Present Mechanism or with a Tear Bar when no Present Sensor is installed After removing the printed label the PAUSE button must be pushed in order to print the next label The printer must be reset to clear the lt STX gt J command Not supported STX KC Get Configuration This command returns the configuration of the printer The form of the returned data is similar to that of a printed Configuration Label This command should be Parsed by KEYWORDS not by Character POSITIONS Each line is terminated by a CR 0x0d amp LF 0x0a Not supported 29 Chapter 30 3 STX Kc Configuration Set This command specifies the Power up Configuration parameter values for the printer It is equivalent to using other system commands
31. d Result Not supported Set Label Backup Speed This command is used for the Peel and Present and Cut Label Operations It allows the user to specify the rate at which the printer will reverse the label direction to align the next start of print position The rate set by this command remains in effect until another backup speed command is received see Appendix L for valid ranges The speed is modified via the menu or when the printer is reset Not supported W Wait mode Prodigy only Obsolete System Command Z Zip Mode Prodigy only Obsolete System Command Print Area When looking at the front of the printer the origin of the label is positioned at the bottom left of the label and extends up and to the right The label length for continuous labels can be set in the Menu and through the lt STX gt cnnnn command On Datamax printers the print width is adjusted through the menu LABEL WIDTH According to the manual objects extending beyond the page width will not print However this does not seem to have any effect on the I 42xx the full width can always be used On DGL objects draw beyond the adjusted page width will not print Physical page rotation is not available on Datamax When rotation is needed each object should be rotated individually See figure below for a graphical representation of the print area and the coordinate system used by DGL Feed Direction Fonts See the tables b
32. d data The C command instructs the printer to print label formats nnnn units to the right of the position that the format specifies c Set Cut By Amount This command is the same as the command except only a two digit value can be entered This command allows a predetermined number of labels to be printed before a cut is made 1 to 99 labels may be printed before a cut is made D Set Dot Size Width and Height This command is used to change the size of a printed dot hence the print resolution dots per inch DPI of the printhead By changing the height of a dot the maximum length of a label can be increased or decreased E Terminate Label Formatting Mode and Print Label When the printer is processing Label Formatting Commands and receives an E command it will immediately print a label based upon the data received at that point Even if no printable data has been received the printer will generate and feed a label other termination commands are X and s Commands sent to the printer after a terminate label command must be Status and Control System Level or Font Download type 23 Chapter 2 Label Formatting Command Functions F Advanced Font Attributes These commends extend the text presentation capabilities for Scalable Fonts The format attribute allows a set of label format records to select Bolding Italicizing and Underlining Additional commands allow the specification of line rotation a
33. d symbol set remains active until another symbol set is selected Not all symbol sets can be used with all fonts Label Formatting Command Functions Set Cut By Amount This command allows a predetermined number of labels to be printed before a cut is initiated This feature is useful when it is necessary to print an uncut strip of labels Between 1 and 9999 labels may be printed before a cut is made The amount must be smaller than the quantity of labels printed gt Make Last Field Entered Increment Numeric Alphanumeric The printer is capable of automatically incrementing fields on each label of a batch This command is useful to print labels numbered in sequence The data in the field will increment by the value after the sign each time a label is printed The character may be replaced by a character to make the field increment alphabetically rather than numerically This command is effective only on the label format record it follows It is intended for use with the label batch quantity Q or the System Level Commands for quantities and reprint lt STX gt E and lt STX gt G lt Make Last Field Entered Decrement Numeric Alphanumeric The printer is capable of counting down fields on labels in a batch This command is useful when printing labels need to be numbered in reverse sequence The data in the field will decrement by the value after the minus sign with every label printed The minus character may be re
34. e printed label will show the corresponding print values The lt STX gt T may now be preceded by data to be printed encoded and or the string may now be terminated by a lt STX gt command followed by data terminated by a CR 26 Font Loading Command Functions Font Loading Command Functions ESC c D Assign Font ID Number This command is the first command required for downloading a font to either RAM or Flash Memory modules ESC represents the ASCII control character 27 ESC s W Font Descriptor This command typically first data in a font file contains all of the information about the font contained in the file Different font generation software will create different length header information but the initial 64 bytes will remain consistent with the PCL 4 HP LaserJet II format ESC c E Character Code This code is the ASCII decimal value corresponding to the next downloaded character ESC s W Character Download Data This command contains all of the information for one downloaded character Barcode Symbologies Code 3 of 9 UPC A UPC E See Partially Supported Commands D Interleaved 2 of 5 I 2 of 5 1 Code 128 F0 EAN 13 G0 EAN 8 Health Industry Barcode HBIC Code 39 barcode with a modulo 43 checksum I Codabar J Interleaved 2 of 5 with a modulo 10 checksum Plessey See Partially Supported Commands L 1 Interleaved 2 of 5 w
35. elow for the different types of fonts that will be available All Single Byte fonts will be supported and will be available in DGL by default Double Byte support has not been planned 35 Chapter 3 Internal Bitmapped Non Proportional fonts Description Type b DPI Height Width Spacing Point Size Agfa Typeface 0 96 character alphanumeric font uppercase and lowercase 203 7 5 1 2 5 300 10 7 1 24 1 145 character uppercase and lowercase alphanumeric font that includes descenders and ascenders 203 13 7 2 4 6 300 19 10 3 4 6 2 138 character alphanumeric upper and lower case font 203 18 10 2 6 4 300 27 15 3 6 5 3 62 character alphanumeric uppercase font 203 27 14 2 9 6 300 40 21 3 9 6 4 62 character alphanumeric uppercase font 203 36 18 3 12 8 300 53 27 4 12 7 5 62 character alphanumeric uppercase font 203 52 18 3 18 4 300 TT 27 4 18 5 6 62 character alphanumeric uppercase font 203 64 32 4 22 7 300 95 47 6 22 8 7 OCR A size I 203 32 15 5 11 3 300 95 47 6 11 3 8 OCR B size Ill 203 28 15 5 9 9 300 41 22 7 9 8 36 Smooth Scalable and Downloaded Fonts Size Field Description Agfa eee Typeface Bit Mapped Resident Font A04 72 0 CG Triumvirate Bit Mapped
36. etup Menu is available only when you enable Admin User in the PRINTER SETUP menu These menus are only present when you select User Defined in the Control Codes menu Available for SLAM TAM printers only 12 DGL SETUP Submenu DGL SETUP Submenu Active This setting determines if the DGL parser should process all incoming data or pass all the data to the underlying emulation e Yes DGL is active processes all DPL commands e No DGL is inactive data is processed as pure text The default is Yes Character Set Allows the operator to select the character set Euro Character Allows the operator to select the position of the Euro character in the code page Control Codes Allows the operator to change the prefix of the software commands interpreted by the printer SOH STX CR ESC Count By Standard 0x01 0x02 0x0D 0x1B Ox5E Alternate Ox5E Ox7E 0x0D 0x1B 0x40 Alternate 2 Ox5E Ox7E Ox7C Ox1B 0x40 User Defined 0x01 0x02 0x0D 0x1B Ox5E When User Defined is selected 5 additional sub menus are inserted in the menu tree These sub menus allow the user to set a value for each of the control codes The default User Defined values are shown in the table above Feedback Chars When enabled the printer returns a Hex 1E RS after each label successfully prints and Hex 1F US after each batch of labels is printed For invalid characters the printer responds with Hex
37. followed by the lt SOH gt U The printer will reset upon completion of a command stream containing parameter value changes no commands should be sent to the printer until this reset is complete This command is intended for easily configuring a custom setup not for dynamic configuration changes Not supported STX Kd Set File as Factory Default This command selects the specified file name as the factory default for the printer s configuration After execution subsequent Select Factory Default commands will configure the printer to the file s configuration Currently there are three ways to Select Factory Defaults 1 by the lt 5 gt command 2 power up the printer while pressing the PAUSE and CANCEL keys or 3 via the printer s menu system entry System Settings Set Factory Defaults Not supported STX KF Select Factory Defaults This command restores the printer s configuration to the factory default settings These factory default values may be either the Datamax default settings or the configuration file previously specified in the lt STX gt Kd command Not supported STX Kf Set Present Distance This command specifies an additional amount to advance the label after printing Not supported STX Kp Module Protection This command controls memory module protection When protected a module will ignore format downloads and delete commands This command can be useful to add data to Datamax reser
38. g Current DIAGNOSTICS Software Build Through PPM Download Mode SL5000r T5000r CONFIG CONTROL Load Config Factory SLxx Txx CONFIGURATION Load Config Factory DGL SETUP Format Attrib TRANSPARENT XOR OPAQUE N A N A 53 Appendix A Table 4 System Settings Menu Datamax Setting Description PTX Setting PEEL MODE SECURITY UNITS OF MEASURE INPUT MODE PLUS EMULATION ALLEGRO EMULATION DPI EMULATION COLUMN EMULATION SOP EMULATION BACK AFTER PRINT MENU LANGUAGE Specifies that a Feed operation be prevented when the label is presented and not removed ENABLED DISABLED Provides the user with the ability to password protect all printer settings made through the front panel ENABLED DISABLED MODIFY PASSWORD Selects the measurement system in which the system s settings are represented in the menu system and on configuration labels METRIC IMPERIAL Defines the type of printer language DPL LINE Provides compatibility with legacy Datamax emulations When the present distance is set with the cutter present sensor or GPIO option enabled this setting determines the timing of the label back up ENABLED DISABLED Selects the language in which the menu system messages and configuration label are shown SL5000r T5000r MEDIA CONTROL Media Handling Tear off or Peel off SLxx Txx MEDIA SETUP Media Handling Tear off o
39. gnored Not supported STX P Character HEX Dump Mode This command instructs the printer to enter the Character Hex Dump Mode ASCII Dump monitor mode All data sent to the printer following this command will be printed in the raw ASCII format Labels must be at least four inches 102mm long and as wide as the maximum print width This command has the same effect as turning the printer On while pressing the FEED button in this case however a Configuration and Test label will be printed To return to normal operation the printer must be manually reset Not supported STX p Controlled Pause The controlled pause command will cause the printer to pause only after all previously received commands are executed This is often useful between label batches This command will not clear the pause condition see lt SOH gt B Not supported STX R Ribbon Saver On Off This is the only command used for the optional Ribbon Saver This does not instruct the Ribbon Saver when to engage rather it turns the operation On or Off The option will operate automatically lifting when the minimum amount of label white space is exceeded The operation is continuous when enabled The printer must be set to thermal transfer ribbon printing mode Not supported STX T Printhead Dot Pattern Test Label This command instructs the printer to print a dot pattern test label To view all dots the labels must be at least four inche
40. ing cutter or present bit selects media handling setting Continuous The lt STX gt V command can be ignored by setting the DGL Advanced User menu Soft Switch V to Ignore Emulations Datamax allows emulation of legacy and other resolution printers through menu settings Plus Allegro Column and SOP emulations None of these emulations are supported on DGL 43 Chapter 44 3 Printer Configuration All DPL commands affecting the printer configuration will be ignored DGL has its own configuration management to save load configuration settings that can be used instead See table below for the affected commands all ignored Cmd Description lt SOH gt U Update System Database with Current Database lt STX gt KC Get Configuration lt STX gt Ke Set Configuration lt STX gt Kd Set File as Factory Defaults lt STX gt KF Select Factory Defaults lt STX gt Kx Delete Configuration File e Recall Printer Configuration Command Reference The following sections explain why certain commands are partially supported or ignored Ignored Commands lt STX gt Kb lt STX gt K lt STX gt KF lt STX gt M lt STX gt R lt STX gt b lt STX gt Y lt STX gt D lt STX gt d lt STX gt s STX g lt STX gt N f p Backfeed Time Delay Top of Form Offset Distance Set Present Distance Set Maximum Label Length Distance to search for Gap before error Ribbon Saver Set Cut
41. ith a modulo 10 checksum shipping bearer bars 2 digit UPC addendum 5 digit UPC addendum O Code 93 P Postnet Qal UCC EAN Code 128 See Partially Supported Commands R 1 UCC EAN Code128 K MART NON EDI barcode See Partially Supported Commands 27 Chapter 2 LabelFormatting Command Functions S UCC EAN Code 128 Random Weight See Partially Supported Commands T Telepen u UPS MaxiCode Modes 2 amp 3 See Partially Supported Commands U UPS MaxiCode Modes 2 amp 3 with Byte Count Specifier See Partially Supported Commands v FIM Z PDF 417 Z PDF 417 with Byte Count Specifier Wh1c DataMatrix W1C DataMatrix with Byte Count Specifier W1d QR auto format W1D QR manual format WAf Aztec W1f Aztec with Byte Count W1g and W1G USD 8 Code 11 W1k RSS six types See Partially Supported Commands W1R UCC EAN Code 128 K Mart NON EDI barcode alternate type See Partially Supported Commands W1z MicroPDF 417 W1Z MicroPDF 417 with Byte Count 1 These barcodes print human readable interpretation when uppercase ID is specified Lowercase prints barcode without HR 28 3 Command Enhancements And Differences For more information on SOH command functionality refer to the Bi Directional Communications section on page 43 SOH D SOH Shutdown The internal firmware architecture no longer requires the execution of an SOH shutdown for binary downloading Obsolete
42. l successfully prints and a Hex 1F US after each batch of labels is printed ENABLED DISABLED PARALLEL PORT ETHERNET PORT ADDRESS PARAMS All communication port menus Timeout 10 Sec 1 60 Sec DGL SETUP gt Control Codes Standard Alternate Alternate2 User defined DGL SETUP Feedback Chars Enable Disable 55 Appendix A Table 5 Communications Menu Datamax Setting Description PTX Setting ESC SEQUENCES HEAT COMMAND SPEED COMMANDS Allows data containing invalid ESC control code sequences to be processed ENABLED DISABLED Allows the user to disable the DPL Heat and Speed Commands ENABLED DISABLED N A DGL SETUP Heat Speed Cmd Process Ignore Table 6 Diagnostics Menu Datamax Setting Description PTX Setting HEX DUMP MODE OPTIONS TESTING PRINT TEST RATE min SENSOR READINGS RIBBON SENSOR LIMITS Prints data and instructions received from the host rather than interpreting them as label formats ENABLE DISABLE Tests currently installed options The number of minutes to delay between the printing of batches of labels in Quick Test Mode 000 0 120 Analog Sensor readings are displayed DIAGNOSTICS Hex Dump Mode Enable Disable N A N A SL5000r T5000r CALIBRATE CTRL Media Profile Print Profile SLxx Txx SENSOR SETUP Media Profile Print Profile
43. nd font changes within a label field FB Turns Bolding on or off Fl Turns Italicizing on or off FU Turns Underlining on or off FPn Points Specify the vertical point size of the following text relative to the base line FSn Points Specify the horizontal point size of the following text relative to the base line G Place Data in Global Register The G command saves the print data of a print format record in a global register temporary storage This data may be retrieved and copied to another record in the same label format using the special Label Formatting Command lt STX gt S Global registers are named in the order received beginning with register A ending at register P and incrementing with each instance of the G command use H Enter Heat Setting This command changes the on time of elements of the printhead The default setting can be changed through the keypad An increase or decrease in this value results in a change of heat applied by the printhead to the media lightening or darkening the print contrast accordingly This is helpful when using different media types each requiring a different amount of heat to properly image the media The host device can send this command value to correct the heat setting per the application m Set Metric Mode This command sets the printer to measure in metric When this command is sent all measurements will be interpreted as metric values e g a column
44. ord Structures and Label Formatting commands Status and Control System Level and Font Loading commands will be ignored until the label formatting mode is terminated with E s or X see Label Formatting Commands for additional information STX m Set Printer To Metric This command sets the printer to interpret measurements as metric values e g lt STX gt c0100 will equal 10 0mm See lt STX gt n STX n Set Printer to Imperial Inches This command sets the printer to interpret measurements as Imperial values e g lt STX gt c0100 will equal 1 00 inch See lt STX gt m STX o Cycle Cutter This command will immediately cycle the cutter blade on the option Cutter Mechanism The Cutter must be installed enabled and the interlocks closed for operation The Commands to activate the Cutter System Level Command STX o and Label Formatting Commands c and are only processed when the Media Handling menu is set to Cut and the DGL Advanced User Menu Cut Cmds is set to Process STX Q Clear All Modules This command instructs the printer to clear all of the Flash RAM and Internal Modules STX q Clear Module This command clears the selected memory module Flash or RAM STX r Select Reflective Sensor This command selects the reflective media sensor for top of form detection of reflective stock e g fan folded tags with carbon based black marks printed along the underside of the media
45. ormation This command causes the printer to respond by sending a version string The version may be different from printer to printer this data is the same as that printed on the configuration label STX W Request Memory Module Information This command requests a directory listing for memory module s Although a module can store font graphics and format data together it can display only one type of information at a time If the module contains all three types of data it will be necessary to check the directory three times using each of the control parameters F G and L to determine the contents STX X Set Default Module This command is used when downloading information to a module memory It is designed to allow the user to select between modules If C is entered to select a memory bank the data will go to the bank set by this command Set Default Module See Chapter 3 Flash Ram Module Compatibility STX x Delete File from Module This command removes a specific file from the specified module The file name is removed from the module directory and thus the file cannot be accessed The actual storage space occupied by the file is not released this only applies to the flash memory The menu option Optimize and Reboot can be used to reclaim all deleted file storage space 21 Chapter 2 LabelFormatting Command Functions STX y Select Font Symbol Set This command selects the scalable font symbol set The selecte
46. ows 3 1 Latin 2 PE PC 852 Latin 2 WO Windows 3 0 Latin 1 PM PC 850 Multilingual WT Windows 3 1 Latin 5 PT PC 8 TK Code Page 437T Unicode Printing Unicode characters are printed using UTF8 encoding Which Unicode characters can be printed depends on the selected font Unicode printing is supported for resident as well as downloaded TrueType fonts Downloading Bitmap Fonts The Font loading lt ESC gt commands are used to download bitmap fonts in the PCL 4 HP LaserJet 11 format Downloading Scalable Fonts Two types of Scalable fonts be downloaded to the printer with lt STX gt command IntelliFont CDI Not Supported TrueType TTF Advanced Format Attributes Advanced Format Attributes can be used to manipulate the font string attributes They can even affect partial strings by embedding them in the text data stream NOTE DGL will not support these commands when embedded in a text string only when they appear as separate commands 39 Chapter 40 3 Dot Size Label formatting command Dwh can be used to change the size of a printed dot hence the print resolution dots per inch DPI NOTE The dot size does not affect all printed objects Barcodes are only affected in horizontal direction Barcode PDF affected in both directions Graphics are not affected at all Barcode Symbologies The sections below list the limitations for the barcodes that are partially supported
47. placed by a lt character in order to make the field decrement alphabetically rather than numerically This command has effect on only the label format record that it follows It is intended for use in conjunction with the label batch quantity Q or the System Level Commands for quantity and reprint lt STX gt E and lt STX gt G Set Count by Amount An application using incrementing or decrementing fields gt lt will occasionally require that more than one label be printed with the same values before the field data is updated This situation is handled with the nn command All printers default to 1 A Set Format Attribute This command specifies the type of format operation and remains in effect until another format command is specified or another label format has begun lt STX gt L Each label format defaults to the menu value 22 B Barcode Magnification This command provides a mechanism to specify barcodes greater than 36 dots 0 9 A Z in the field record The value is reset to 1 at the start of every label and stays active for the entire label or set to a new value C Set Column Offset Amount This command allows horizontal adjustment of the point where printing begins This feature is useful when a single format must be printed on several different types of labels that contain pre printed information If the pre print does not appear in the same place on every label the new data may overlap the pre printe
48. r 17 Chapter 2 System Level Command Functions SOH E Send Batch Quantity This command causes the printer to send back a 4 digit number indicating the quantity of labels left to print in the current batch followed by a carriage return Communications latency may cause this value to be higher than actual on some printers SOH F Send Status Byte This command instructs the printer to send a single status byte where each bit 1 or 0 represents one of the printer s status flags followed by a carriage return see table below If an option is unavailable for the printer the single bit will always be 0 A satisfied condition equals 1 System Level Command Functions STX A Set Time and Date This command sets the time and date The initial setting of the date will be stored in the printer s internal memory This date can be verified by printing a configuration label STX a Enable Feedback Characters This command enables the feedback ASCII HEX characters 07 1E and 1F to be returned from the printer following specific events STX B Get Printer Time and Date Information This command retrieves the time and date information from the printer and transmits the response to a host device See lt STX gt A for details and restrictions STX c Set Continuous Paper Length This command is used to define the page label size when printing on continuous media It disables the media sensor top of form function but continues
49. r Peel off SL5000r T5000r PRINTER CONTROL Set Lock Key SLxx Txx PRINTER SETUP Set Lock Key DGL SETUP Units of Measure METRIC IMPERIA N A N A N A SL5000r T5000r PRINTER CONTROL Display Language SLxx Txx PRINTER SETUP Display Language 54 Table 4 System Settings Menu Datamax Setting Description PTX Setting FAULT HANDLING LEVEL When a faulted condition N A 1 ribbon or paper out failed 2 bar code etc has been VOID DISTANCE detected this setting 0 25in 0 2 00 determines the action to be RETRY COUNT taken by the operator and the 1 0 3 printer Table 5 Communications Menu Datamax Setting Description PTX Setting SERIAL PORT A Controls the communications SERIAL PORT SERIAL PORT B PARALLEL PORT A PARALLEL PORT B NIC ADAPTER HOST SETTINGS HOST TIMEOUT CONTROL CODES FEEDBACK CHARACTERS settings for the Serial Ports Controls the communications settings for the Parallel Ports Controls the communications settings for the Ethernet Ports Settings which affect all communications with a host The number of seconds a communications port must be idle before the printer may process data from a different port 10 SEC 1 60 Allows the operator to change the prefix of the software commands interpreted by the printer STANDARD CODES ALTERNATE CODES ALTERNATE CODES 2 ALTERNATE CODES 3 Returns a Hex 1E RS after each labe
50. rinter to double buffer 33 STX g Internal Batch Software Mode 34 STX N Enter Internal Batch 34 STX s Set Printer to single buffer mode 34 e Recall Printer 34 f Set Present Speed 34 M Select Mirror mem 34 p Set Label Backup 34 W Wait mode Prodigy only seene 34 Z Zip Mode Prodigy only 34 Print Area iie eee en ede ena eere dinde d 35 gencre 35 slash Zeno hs eni 38 Table of Contents Barcode 0 40 nce c 41 Graphics Supported graphics 42 Flash Ram Module Compatibility 42 Bi Directional Communications ssssssssss 43 Cutter Commandis sssssssssssemeemmeeene 43 Emulations eiie ete eene te Re dud ag edt ene 43 Printer Configuration
51. s 102mm long and as wide as the maximum print width Not supported STXt Test RAM Memory Module This command tests all RAM modules however the printer must be in feedback mode for the command to function The printer returns a one line message stating whether the module is good or bad no message is returned if a module is unavailable Feedback mode can be enabled via the menu see the corresponding Operator s Manual for additional information Always returns OK status STX w Test Flash Memory Module This command performs a test sequence on flash memory modules however the time for each test will vary from 20 seconds up to two minutes depending on the size of the module The module must have the write protect Switch Off for testing all stored data will be destroyed The printer responds with good or bad message results for each module tested No modules present will result in no printer response Always returns OK status STX Y Output Sensor Values This command causes the printer to respond with the sensor value status The printer must be in feedback mode menu setting When lt STX gt Y is received the printer will respond with the internal A D sensor values see table below To repeat the display of values send the printer a SPACE 20 hexadecimal Send lt ESC gt to terminate the function Not supported STX Z Print Internal Information This command prints the configuration To capt
52. se Configuration Obsolete Extended System Command STX KI GPIO Input Obsolete Extended System Command STX KM Configure Internal Memory Module Size Obsolete Extended System Command STX KO GPIO Output Obsolete Extended System Command STX KR Reset Memory Configuration Obsolete Extended System Command STX KS Configure Scalable Font Cache Size Obsolete Extended System Command STX KW Configure Print Width Size Obsolete Extended System Command 31 Chapter 32 3 STX M Set Maximum Label Length This command instructs the printer to travel this distance in search of top of form label edge notch black mark etc before declaring a paper out fault The fault condition can occur if this value is set too close to the physical length of the label within 0 1inch 2 54mm Therefore it is good practice to set this value at 2 5 to 3 times the actual label length used The minimum value should be at least 5 127mm Not supported STX O Set Start of Print SOP Position This command sets the point where printing starts relative to the selected SOP Emulation SOP Emulation may be enabled and selected using the printers Menu System The position specified by this command emulates selected legacy printer s distance as measured between the Media Sensor and the Printhead burn line This value is independent of the lt STX gt f command If the SOP Emulation is set to Disabled this command is i
53. ter signal time Output Sensor Values DataMax Values do not correspond with PTX values Memory Dump Test Mode Only Set Printer to double buffer mode Set Printer to single buffer mode This only affects the internal processing of dynamic fields cannot be changed in DGL which always prints using display list Internal Batch Software Mode Enter Internal Batch Set Present Speed Set Backfeed Speed FR n Degrees Label Length When Datamax receives a label that exceeds the configured physical page length it will still print the whole job by spanning it across multiple physical pages DGL will clip the job at the configured physical page length Workaround lt SOH gt U Update System Database with Current Database STX KC Get Configuration STX Kc Set Configuration lt 5 gt Set File as Factory Defaults lt STX gt KF Select Factory Defaults lt STX gt KQ Query Memory Configuration lt STX gt Kq Query Memory Configuration new format lt STX gt Kx Delete Configuration File STX KD Database Configuration lt STX gt KR_ Reset Memory Configuration e Recall Printer Configuration PTX has its own Configuration Management lt STX gt Kr Reset Internal Counters Use DIAGNOSTICS Reset Head Data to reset the Head Print Distance lt STX gt KV_ Verifier Enable Disable Use Validator Menu options lt STX gt KI GPIO Input lt STX gt KO GPIO Output PTX has its own GPIO configuration methods SL5000r T5000r
54. ters are mapped at predefined positions defined in the table below See the print samples in Appendix C in the Class Series Programmers Manual for the reference characters Valid ASCII Characters for bitmap fonts Font Valid ASCII Characters decimal Furo Char 0 32 127 255 1 2 32 168 171 172 225 255 3 4 5 6 32 35 38 40 58 65 90 128 142 144 146 255 153 154 156 157 165 168 225 7 32 126 N A 8 32 48 57 60 62 67 69 78 83 84 88 90 N A Scalable Fonts The scalable fonts allow codepage selection through the System Command STX ySxx and the Label Formatting Command ySxx where xx is a two letter CP Identifier Note that on Datamax not all fonts have an entire compliment of character codes for a given code page The default codepage is PT PC 8 TK Code Page 437T See table below for an overview of the available codepages Additional info and print samples can be found in the Class Series Programmers Manual Appendix E and l Codepages used by Scalable Fonts CPG ID Description CPG ID Description DN ISO 60 Danish Norwegian R8 Roman 8 E1 ISO 8859 1 Latin 1 SP ISO 17 Spanish E2 ISO 8859 2 Latin 2 Sw ISO 11 Swedish E5 ISO 8859 9 Latin 5 UC Unicode UTF8 FR ISO 69 French UK ISO 4 United Kingdom GR ISO 21 German US ISO 6 ASCII IT ISO 15 Italian W1 Windows 3 1 Latin 1 LG Legal WE Wind
55. this command it will immediately switch to the System Level Command mode and generate a label format based on whatever data it has already received However unlike the E command it will not print a label Other termination commands are the E and s Label Formatting Commands y Select Font Symbol Set Same as a System Level Command STX y Symbol sets are used only with scalable fonts see Generating Label Formats also see STX y z Zero O Conversion to 0 This command removes the slashes from zeros in fonts 0 to 8 and barcodes The command is effective only for the label format in which it appears and applies to all format records containing fonts 0 through 8 or barcodes A through Z None of the smooth fonts font 9 have a slash zero The command has no effect on scalable fonts STX S Recall Global Data And Place In Field Once a global register has been defined its contents can be used as data in other fields When the printer receives the command STX Sn in a format record data field it will place data from the specified global register into the data field see Label Formatting Command G Global registers contain the data in the first A through P format record data fields STX T Print Time and Date Time and date string data is selected by choosing the string character A through Z and a through h to retrieve data from the printer s internal clock The date string characters are not printed instead th
56. tity For Stored 18 STX e Select Edge 18 Form Feed neni denen ded dde 19 STX G Print Last Label Format 19 STX Input Image 19 STX i Downloading Scalable Fonts 19 STX K Extended System Commands 19 STX KE Character 19 STX k Test RS 232 EE 19 STX L Enter Label Formatting Command 20 STX m Set Printer To 20 STX n Set Printer to Imperial 20 STX o Cycle Cutter 20 STX Clear All 20 STX q Clear Module sssssssssssssee 20 STX r Select Reflective 20 STX S Set Feed 20 STX U Label Format Field 21 STX V Software 21 STX v Print Firmware Version Information 21
57. to monitor paper out conditions STX E Set Quantity For Stored Label This command sets the number of labels to print for the label format currently stored in the print buffer The printer automatically stores the most recent label format in the buffer until the printer is reset or turned Off To print this command is used in conjunction with the lt STX gt G command STX e Select Edge Sensor This command enables see through sensing for top of form detection of die cut and notched media The printer s transmissive media sensor will detect a minimum gap of 0 05 inches 1 27mm between labels Label stock must be at least 0 1 inches 2 5mm between each top of form start of print point on the next label 18 STX F Form Feed This commands the printer to form feed one label STX G Print Last Label Format This command prints a previously formatted label and restarts a canceled batch job after the last processed label This is used when there is a label format in the print buffer The lt 5 gt command is used to enter the quantity STXI Input Image Data This command must precede image data downloading from a host computer to the printer The data that immediately follows the command string will be image data STX i Downloading Scalable Fonts The command structure for downloading TrueType TTF scalable fonts follows font files must be single character systems STX K Extended System Commands
58. ure all printed information use labels as wide as the print width and at least 4 inches 102mm long Not supported STX z Pack Module This command causes the printer to reclaim all storage space associated with all deleted files on the specified module A Flash Module cannot be packed Not supported STX b Set Cutter signal time Obsolete System Command STX C Copy Module Obsolete System Command STX D Memory Dump Test Mode Only Obsolete System Command STX d Set Printer to double buffer mode Obsolete System Command 33 Chapter 34 3 STX g Internal Batch Software Mode Obsolete System Command STX N Enter Internal Batch Obsolete System Command STX s Set Printer to single buffer mode Obsolete System Command e Recall Printer Configuration This command recalls a previously stored printer configuration It is highly recommended that only one Recall Printer Configuration command be used per label and that it be used at the beginning of the label otherwise unpredictable results will occur Printer Configurations may be stored using the Extended System Commands or the printer s menu system Not supported f Set Present Speed Not supported M Select Mirror Mode This command instructs the printer to mirror all subsequent print field records This command toggles the mirroring mode Mirrored fields are transposed visually as if the object is viewed in a Printe
59. ved modules Z ILPC and Y EFIGS Not supported STX KQ Query Memory Configuration This command causes the printer to transmit its internal DRAM memory configuration to the host device The transmitted data provides information regarding the total amount of installed internal DRAM the amount available for configuration and the amount currently assigned to specific functions or entities Reported values are not all actual values STX Kq Query Memory Configuration new format This command causes the printer to transmit its internal DRAM memory configuration to the host device The transmitted data provides information regarding the total amount of internal DRAM installed the amount available for configuration and the amount currently assigned to specific functions or entities Not supported STX Kr Resettable Counter Reset This command resets the internal counters Follow this command with an lt SOH gt U command to retain the reset or the counters will revert to the previous values after cycling power Not supported STX KV Verifier Enable Disable This command allows the verifier option if installed to be enabled and disabled Not supported STX Kx Delete Configuration File This command deletes the specified configuration file Not supported STX Kb Backfeed Time Delay Obsolete Extended System Command STX K Top of Form Offset Distance Obsolete Extended System Command STX KD Databa
60. y supported The polygon command only prints rectangles The bounding box covering all specific polygon points is used as coordinates for the rectangle Fillpattern ID 1 Solid Black is the only supported fill pattern all other pattern IDs print without fill e Circles Fully supported Flash Ram Module Compatibility DPL can store read several different types of objects to separate modules and perform operations on these modules Objects that can be stored to modules can be Labels Images Scalable or Bitmap fonts Module Operations Cmd Description Comment lt STX gt x File delete from module Supported lt STX gt q Module clear Supported lt STX gt Q Modules clear all Supported lt STX gt z Module compress Not supported lt STX gt W Module directory request Partially Supported lt STX gt X Module set default Supported lt STX gt w Module FLASH memory Print the status report Test lt STX gt t Module RAM memory Test Print the status report lt STX gt Kp Module Protection Not Supported DGL will emulate 2 different Modules Ram and Flash Datamax has several Flash and Ram modules but DGL will map all Flash modules to the same PTX Flash File System and all Ram Modules to the global Memory Pool When recalling something from a module the Module Identifier is not specified in the command so this should not cause a problem when DGL maps them to a single Flash Ram module
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